Computer doodles for those that can't paint! (1 Viewer)

deborah4

Well-known member

• Dec 6, 2006

• #1

Seeing Ed's lovely illustration of Merganser produced completely on a computor gave me an idea for a thread for 'non-artists'. Perhaps there are some members who look at the wonderful artwork in this forum who think 'I can't possibly do that!'. I'm sure everyone has a unique sense of colour and design, more importantly here, perhaps there are some 'non-artists' who are better with a mouse than a brush. It would be great to see some fun doodles done by those who don't normally regard themselves as 'artists' (also some by those that do!).

Just to get the ball rolling, I tried a computor doodle of my own (took about 20 mins) and is stored in my 'General Rubbish' folder for safekeeping!

 

Wildwood

Well-known member

• Dec 6, 2006

• #2

deborah4 said:

Seeing Ed's lovely illustration of Merganser produced completely on a computor gave me an idea for a thread for 'non-artists'. Perhaps there are some members who look at the wonderful artwork in this forum who think 'I can't possibly do that!'. I'm sure everyone has a unique sense of colour and design, more importantly here, perhaps there are some 'non-artists' who are better with a mouse than a brush. It would be great to see some fun doodles done by those who don't normally regard themselves as 'artists' (also some by those that do!).

Just to get the ball rolling, I tried a computor doodle of my own (took about 20 mins) and is stored in my 'General Rubbish' folder for safekeeping!

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Interesting stuff Deborah, reminds me a litte of stain glass windows. Like it..

 

desgreene

Well-known member

• Dec 6, 2006

• #3

I've never been up to much with computer graphics but here goes....

 

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desgreene

Well-known member

• Dec 6, 2006

• #4

Another attempt....

 

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christineredgate

Winner of the Copeland Wildlife Photographer of th

• Dec 6, 2006

• #5

Where does one find the prog in ones pc ,please,to create these "doodles" ?.

 

Keith Dickinson

Well-known member

Opus Editor

• Dec 6, 2006

• #6

christineredgate said:

Where does one find the prog in ones pc ,please,to create these "doodles" ?.

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Look in the All Programs list, Accessories menu and select Paint. This should get you started Christine

 

deborah4

Well-known member

• Dec 6, 2006

• #7

Hi Christine

I just used what was already on my computer when I bought it. I use Windows Xp and found the programme called 'paint'. It's really basic but fun and easy to use. I then saved it as a jpeg, went into my photo editing programme and made it the right size to upload.

I love your efforts Des - reckon we could start a line in fieldguides for toddlers with these - they're simple, colourful and jolly to look at!!

 

matt green

Norfolkman gone walkabout

• Dec 6, 2006

• #8

Keith Dickinson said:

Look in the All Programs list, Accessories menu and select Paint. This should get you started Christine

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How do I save my completed masterpiece to the pictures folder?

Matt

 

Keith Dickinson

Well-known member

Opus Editor

• Dec 6, 2006

• #9

Matt, File menu>Save As>

give the file a name and save as a bitmap, then import into a resizer and drop to the 800 pixel limit for posting

 

matt green

Norfolkman gone walkabout

• Dec 6, 2006

• #10

Cheers Keith

Matt

 

matt green

Norfolkman gone walkabout

• Dec 6, 2006

• #11

A cyber norfolk marsh,with cyber corvids and ducks!

Matt

 

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desgreene

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• Dec 6, 2006

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deborah4 said:

Hi Christine

I just used what was already on my computer when I bought it. I use Windows Xp and found the programme called 'paint'. It's really basic but fun and easy to use. I then saved it as a jpeg, went into my photo editing programme and made it the right size to upload.

I love your efforts Des - reckon we could start a line in fieldguides for toddlers with these - they're simple, colourful and jolly to look at!!

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Cheers Deborah,
perhaps we can get the Mr Men people interested. What do you think?

 

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matt green

Norfolkman gone walkabout

• Dec 7, 2006

• #13

desgreene said:

Cheers Deborah,
perhaps we can get the Mr Men people interested. What do you think?

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Priceless :'D :'D :'D :t:

Matt

 

deborah4

Well-known member

• Dec 7, 2006

• #14

desgreene said:

Cheers Deborah,
perhaps we can get the Mr Men people interested. What do you think?

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:clap: ROFLMHO!!


Hey Matt - I love it! Reckon you should send it to Mr TA as a housewarming card :bounce:

BTW. does anyone know whether it's possible to send attachments via PM?

 

desgreene

Well-known member

• Dec 7, 2006

• #15

I suppose that's me off their Christmas card list aswell then!!

 

Atricapilla

Still Wandering

• Dec 7, 2006

• #16

Another oil masterpiece on the pc(cheat)

 

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desgreene

Well-known member

• Dec 7, 2006

• #17

Another Rolf Harris inspired masterpiece...

 

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Larry Lade

Moderator

• Dec 7, 2006

• #18

OK, I'll play a little bit!

 

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desgreene

Well-known member

• Dec 7, 2006

• #19

I've not worked out a good way to deal with reflections yet so I've kept this one simple.

 

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matt green

Norfolkman gone walkabout

• Dec 7, 2006

• #20

I'm very impressed with these birdy pictures,I still draw like a drunken lobster
and my computer skills arn't much better

..Which is why I opted for the landscape!

No work from Tim Wootton yet?

Matt

 

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