Pre-Raphaelite Meets Orientalism - A Composite
Jun 17, 2022 12:25:20 #
I've spent far too long making this image. In fact it started off with the figures and bed in a totally different setting that, in the end, I decided wasn't right. So this setting (a Bedouin tent) is fabricated from scans of a bit of cardboard and some pottery transfers. Everything else is my images from the pre-Raph shoot and (outside the window) some camel racing at the New Forest Show, plus junk around the house. The pipes are left over from my now dispersed collection and are not in regular use! The hashish came out of the compost bin.
It's all done with pre-Raphaelite conventions in mind, so colourful, complex and everything pretty much in focus.
Your critique would be welcome as always.
It's all done with pre-Raphaelite conventions in mind, so colourful, complex and everything pretty much in focus.
Your critique would be welcome as always.
Jun 17, 2022 12:54:31 #
magnetoman wrote:
I've spent far too long making this image. In fact... (show quote)
So many different elements in this busy image. Thanx for sharing.
Jun 17, 2022 14:00:40 #
Sinewsworn wrote:
So many different elements in this busy image. Thanx for sharing.
Yes, they slowed my machine down for sure! Thanks for looking-in.
Jun 17, 2022 14:43:57 #
Fabulous result, mesmerizing! Dave, I'm so glad you listed some of your source material. Great fun and creativity for folks to try, even if they're not able to achieve the complexity of your work. A couple of years ago I took a photo of ornamental grass, made a brush from it, turned it 90 degrees and it became a simple wood-grain table top 
Many thanks for your continuing inspiration!
Many thanks for your continuing inspiration!
Jun 17, 2022 15:21:19 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Fabulous result, mesmerizing! Dave, I'm so glad you listed some of your source material. Great fun and creativity for folks to try, even if they're not able to achieve the complexity of your work. A couple of years ago I took a photo of ornamental grass, made a brush from it, turned it 90 degrees and it became a simple wood-grain table top
Many thanks for your continuing inspiration!
Many thanks for your continuing inspiration!
Thanks Linda. Yes, your brush is a good example of what can be done. In this composite the hookah extension, across Abigail and up to the mouthpiece, was proving difficult. It wouldn’t match the pipe until I used a photo of a piece of builders usb board I’d snapped whilst on a country house shoot! Made life a lot easier.
Jun 17, 2022 16:37:04 #
Jun 17, 2022 18:11:16 #
jaymatt wrote:
Excellent processnig!
Thanks John, nice to have you comment.
Jun 18, 2022 07:20:23 #
Once again if you didn’t state how you achieved this composite, I would never suspect it was a composite. Just wonderful results.
Jun 18, 2022 07:25:55 #
NJFrank wrote:
Once again if you didn’t state how you achieved this composite, I would never suspect it was a composite. Just wonderful results.
Thanks Frank. Took some perseverance, but you know that as a fellow compositor.
Jun 18, 2022 07:57:34 #
Jun 18, 2022 08:46:58 #
UncleBuck wrote:
Bravo !!!
Or Dummo! Depends whether you think it worth the effort I guess. Glad you think it’s Bravo UncleBuck.
Jun 18, 2022 11:39:33 #
Jun 18, 2022 14:07:02 #
UTMike wrote:
Beautiful result! Your long effort was worth it.
Thank you Mike, glad you like it.
Jun 18, 2022 14:11:24 #
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