Brave Heart

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted January 27, 2011606 views15 comments

I love the CS Lewis Narnia books for children. I especially love Aslan the lion in the stories. This is my rendition of Aslan. This was a photo converted to a painting in Photoshop using the smudge brush, burning tool and dodge tool. I tweaked it with Viveza and Topaz adjust.

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15 comments

Comment posted by Walt Sterneman on January 27, 2011 at 4:49 PM

That's cool David. I'd love to see a large version.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on January 27, 2011 at 6:10 PM

This is beautiful. The treatment is very fitting for the subject.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on January 27, 2011 at 7:43 PM

David:
I like mesmerizing stare accentuated by the fuzzy hairdo. Admire you patient in preserving the whiskers; must have take some time to paint around it. Well done.

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on January 27, 2011 at 10:19 PM

Thanks for describing the process, David. It certainly was effective in focusing attention on those pearcing eyes.

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Comment posted by Phillip Noll on January 27, 2011 at 10:46 PM

Wow! Absolutely beautiful! Well done!

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Comment posted by Craig Myers on January 27, 2011 at 10:55 PM

This has a really nice illustrative quality to it. I like that it fills the frame and that those eyes bore right into the viewer. Great stuff!

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on January 27, 2011 at 11:21 PM

Great sense of depth, David. Fine job on the painting, and the intensity of the eyes grab the viewer's attention.

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Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on January 28, 2011 at 9:55 AM

Simply stunning. Excellent processing. Liked the way the whiskers stand out almost giving a 3D look.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on January 28, 2011 at 9:59 AM

Great image, wonderful portraiture of the Lion.It really does give the impression of a CS Lewis character you were looking for.Cheers

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on January 28, 2011 at 10:10 AM

This is SO NEAT! Almost hypnotic in nature. Great job David!

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Comment posted by mark cillo on January 29, 2011 at 2:50 PM

That's awesome! Really nice work

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 29, 2011 at 5:18 PM

David: What a portrait! Beautifully done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Marc Ward on January 30, 2011 at 9:34 PM

Top notch, David! A very compelling image.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on February 2, 2011 at 1:38 PM

I just saw this David. Love the image.

pat

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Comment posted by Gary Marquart on February 8, 2011 at 8:41 PM

Very Very nice and interesting! Thanks for stating the process you used.

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