My other half, RandomIdeaMan, sent me through a link to a Paint & Draw competition and that was enough to convince me to sign up and become a not just a member, but an author as well!
For my first Instructable, I wanted to create a post impressionist Halloween themed digital painting using Sketchbook Pro 6 (trial), based on the masterpiece Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh. In my opinion Starry Night is one of the most eerily beautifully paintings ever created, so I decided to try and capture a little bit of that haunted feeling with a Halloween remake. OoooOOOooooOOOoohhhhh!
In the following pages I will walk through how I recreated the painting digitally and hopefully you'll be inspired to try your hand at making your own post impressionist style masterpiece.
I've included a time-lapse creation video in the last page of this instructable for those of you who would like to watch the painting take shape.
For my first Instructable, I wanted to create a post impressionist Halloween themed digital painting using Sketchbook Pro 6 (trial), based on the masterpiece Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh. In my opinion Starry Night is one of the most eerily beautifully paintings ever created, so I decided to try and capture a little bit of that haunted feeling with a Halloween remake. OoooOOOooooOOOoohhhhh!
In the following pages I will walk through how I recreated the painting digitally and hopefully you'll be inspired to try your hand at making your own post impressionist style masterpiece.
I've included a time-lapse creation video in the last page of this instructable for those of you who would like to watch the painting take shape.
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I decided to make a reasonably large document for this project because I wanted to print off the end result. The image size is 2500 x 2000 pixels. That should be large enough for a modest sized digital print.
The next thing I did was find a good quality photograph of the original Starry Night painting that I could use for reference. Wikipedia hosts a few image sizes for you to choose from, the largest being a whopping 22,284 x 17,646 pixels. I love this painting so much- I grabbed the biggest one. The biggest image is far too big for this purpose though, so I cropped it down to 2,500 x 2000 px to match my sketchbook document.
The next thing I did was find a good quality photograph of the original Starry Night painting that I could use for reference. Wikipedia hosts a few image sizes for you to choose from, the largest being a whopping 22,284 x 17,646 pixels. I love this painting so much- I grabbed the biggest one. The biggest image is far too big for this purpose though, so I cropped it down to 2,500 x 2000 px to match my sketchbook document.
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Great job in the instruction and a fantastic painting!
Thanks for the comment and good luck in the comp!
Very detailed!
What software did you use for your time lapse.
I really enjoyed that!
The software used for the time lapse and for the screen-caps featured in the Instructable is called Chronolapse. It's not a very flashy program but it works wonderfully well for this type of project.
You have inspired me, and I respect your fondness for Vincent and Post-impressionist but I'm hooked on classics.
Thanks for sharing this,
John
thanks again,
J
I've added a couple of download links below for the higher resolution images. I wanted a roughly 6x8 inch print to sit on my bookshelf so that would be the ideal size but you might be able to get away with a larger 12x15 poster print if you wanted something larger and a drop in quality/clarity doesn't bother you.
Starry Fright by MissThrifty 6x8
Starry Fright by MissThrifty 12x15
You should add it to these halloween contests:
http://www.instructables.com/halloween/?tab=decorations
http://www.instructables.com/halloween/?tab=haunted
http://www.instructables.com/halloween/?tab=props
http://www.instructables.com/contest/sketchbookhalloween2012/
I would vote for you!