painting experiment with negatives/inversions

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Fatal-Noogie
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08 Jul 2011, 7:35 pm

Photographers and photo-connoisseurs, I want your help.
I'll explain how in a moment.

I tried an experiment painting an inverted photograph in watercolors. This is the result.
[img][800:1810]http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/184/8/5/inverted_watercolor_experiment_by_fatal_noogie-d3kwj93.jpg[/img]
The fun part was not knowing what the final would look like until the the very end.
I want to go one step farther, and paint something without knowing what it is.

To help me, pick an image with the following traits:
1. preferably organic (plants/fruit/flowers/landscapes etc, no people for now)
2. fairly SIMPLE (light shapes on dark backgrounds are best, so that when it's inverted, it's easier)
3. allowed by creative commons or owners permission
4. please nothing stupid or inappropriate

In photoshop, rotate 180° and invert (command-i).
Send that to me (ask for my email).
I will paint that WITHOUT looking at the original,
then photography my painting, rotate & invert the photo,
post it, and send you the link.
We'll see how this experiment turns out.

(I may only have time for 1 or 2, so I'll choose at my discretion.)


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08 Jul 2011, 7:44 pm

this was interesting

but i don't have photoshop



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08 Jul 2011, 10:17 pm

I really like your idea of inverted painting! The end result looks magnificent! :D Send me your email, I've got an idea for something else you could paint.



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09 Jul 2011, 2:54 am

Thanks IdahoRose for sending me the image! (upper left)
Visit the gallery page to see intended aspect ratio http://fatal-noogie.deviantart.com/art/ ... -217459908
IdahoRose, Who do I credit as the original photographer?
[img][800:795]http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/190/a/3/inverse_watercolor__iris_by_fatal_noogie-d3lgx50.jpg[/img]


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10 Jul 2011, 6:42 pm

*waits*



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10 Jul 2011, 7:02 pm

The flower one looks apocalyptic. :P



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11 Jul 2011, 3:34 pm

These are really cool, I love it.


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12 Jul 2011, 1:05 am

I got an image suggestion from OneStepBeyond, so here's my interpretation of that...
SEE ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO HERE: http://fatal-noogie.deviantart.com/art/ ... -220353029
[img][800:1128]http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/192/8/0/lotus_watercolor_inverse_by_fatal_noogie-d3n6xhh.jpg[/img]

Jonsi wrote:
The flower one looks apocalyptic. :P
Haha. I guess so.
That's probably because my blues & cyans are off, which translates the yellows becoming orange in the background.
I had the same problem with the blossom, so I used a +30 hue filter.
It might be my old monitor, or the florescent lamp light, or my camera flash (or just brain error :roll:).


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12 Jul 2011, 6:34 am

worth the wait- it's really good!
love it(:

this woulda been a cool thing to do in art lessons at school



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19 Jul 2011, 9:36 pm

I did 4 more. (click for more info —>watercolor gallery<—)

I'm still taking requests, but I can't get to any until next week, since I have 3 paintings in the works right now.
If anyone wants to try out this style, I'd be happy to exchange tips & techniques. ... what I tried, what worked, what didn't, etc.

[img][800:894]http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/197/5/1/kiwi_wet_negative__final_by_fatal_noogie-d3tprh3.jpg[/img]
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[img][800:716]http://th07.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/198/c/4/fuchsia_negative__final_by_fatal_noogie-d3z2aeq.jpg[/img]


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20 Jul 2011, 6:06 pm

These are gorgeous. Very sharp thinking as well on the creative technique employed.


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20 Jul 2011, 6:14 pm

Great stuff :thumleft:


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21 Jul 2011, 8:44 pm

this is like an imaginary artist Harry Mathews (IIRC) made up in one of his books, only the artist's secret in that case was he painted subjects under artificial lighting conditions (colored lights, etc).

nice to see painting with an intellectual process behind it...


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22 Jul 2011, 7:53 pm

Awesome, love the idea and your art. Vibrant and soothing at the same time.



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22 Jul 2011, 10:05 pm

thx for all the support. As always, requests are still open.

I never read Harry Mathews, but it's amusing to think that what I'm doing falls in the realm of fiction.
I'm still honestly surprised I can't find others who do this. :shrug: It's not that strange.
I'm just a digital artist who happens to use a brush & paper instead of a wacom tablet & stylus.

The colors in the last photo I copied were really hard to see, so I muted them. Next time that happens, I'll fake it to keep them bold.
The aspect ratio is all whonky. See the original page —> —> —> http://fatal-noogie.deviantart.com/art/ ... -244127598 <— <— <—
[img][800:811]http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/203/b/6/red_stone_flowers__neg_final_by_fatal_noogie-d41ci26.jpg[/img]


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22 Jul 2011, 10:13 pm

btbnnyr wrote:
Awesome, love the idea and your art. Vibrant and soothing at the same time.