ILO CG ART
Merging techniques 1
Photography merged with realistic digital illustration. Photograph taken by me.
My mother used to tell me when I was a child during meals: nothing is thrown away.
As a semi-professional photographer I have a fairly large bank of images of my own, and since I have been exploring in depth the field of graphic illustration of nature, in which at the moment I represent isolated subjects, I have been curious about how complicated it would be to merge both techniques to create a final image that shows what I'm looking for.
This is one of those tests, based on a photograph taken of an aspen in autumn, in which I could fit almost perfectly an illustration I had made of a cape sugarbird.
To begin with, I wanted to break the strong contrast between the appearance of a photograph and an illustration, no matter how realistic it may be, so I applied one of my recipes to give a painterly touch to some of my photographs. Once this is done, I trace the drawing on the stage, taking care of the scales of course. After this I begin the digital painting, taking care that the tonal values fit and of course, that the light is coherent.
I know that in this case, which was a study, the specific species may not fit in this scene. Sorry to the biologists ;)
The process could be seen a little in the next image.
I hope you like!
Merging techniques 1
Photography merged with realistic digital illustration. Photograph taken by me.
My mother used to tell me when I was a child during meals: nothing is thrown away.
As a semi-professional photographer I have a fairly large bank of images of my own, and since I have been exploring in depth the field of graphic illustration of nature, in which at the moment I represent isolated subjects, I have been curious about how complicated it would be to merge both techniques to create a final image that shows what I'm looking for.
This is one of those tests, based on a photograph taken of an aspen in autumn, in which I could fit almost perfectly an illustration I had made of a cape sugarbird.
To begin with, I wanted to break the strong contrast between the appearance of a photograph and an illustration, no matter how realistic it may be, so I applied one of my recipes to give a painterly touch to some of my photographs. Once this is done, I trace the drawing on the stage, taking care of the scales of course. After this I begin the digital painting, taking care that the tonal values fit and of course, that the light is coherent.
I know that in this case, which was a study, the specific species may not fit in this scene. Sorry to the biologists ;)
The process could be seen a little in the next image.
I hope you like!