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      davidh
      last edited by

      Thanks guys,
      The effect is done purely in photoshop using standard filters with colour overlays.Its an effect I have been working towards for quite a while and is probably as close as I can get to a digital watercolour effect .

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        tadema
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        Hello David, your styles just keep getting better...love the tones 👍

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          solo
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          These are awesome, I'd be interested in buying your presets if you made them available.

          http://www.solos-art.com

          If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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            jarynzlesa
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            nice project. too much water in your colors for me, but 👍 anyway.

            http://www.vizualizaceschodiste.mypage.cz/

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              Daniel
              last edited by

              they look great, David.

              My avatar is an anachronism.

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                Richard
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                Again mate, making the rest of us feel VERY inferior. They really do look like real hand works!

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                  LUDMILA198
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                  ХОРОШАЯ РАБОТА 👍

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                    davidh
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                    2 more based off original Artlantis renders(the original artlantis render for the kitchen is attached).I added faint lines in photoshop using the line tool with a very low opacity in the layer so they dont stand out.
                    I found the key to getting a better final image is to brighten the original render considerably or the result can look quite dark.


                    KITCHEN WATERCOLOUR 2.jpg


                    KITCHEN ORIGINAL.jpg


                    RED ROOM 1.jpg

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                      davidh
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                      Heres an example of how increasing the brightness of one part of the image can really make a difference.Attached are 2 versions of an image I recently uploaded but decided that the original(the top image) was too murky and too busy.
                      I greatly increased the brightness on the left to reduce the murkyness and the image is much better.It also helps give the impression of blank paper,and a more looser,sketcheier feel to the image.


                      CAFE  TABLE WATERCOLOUR 3 compare.jpg

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                        davidh
                        last edited by

                        Here's a streetscape I rendered a while back in Thea.The original Thea render is much darker than the final watercolour so I had to increase brightness and saturation before starting the main process.


                        street 03.jpg


                        WATERCOLOUR STREET BRIGHT.jpg

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