Comments on: Tutorial: Painting Fairy Portraits with Corel Painter

By: sandy

sandy — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:46:27 +0000

Wow! So beautiful. Thanks for sharing. I was wondering how much do you charge for something like this. If I were to shoot the picture and send it to you ? I shoot fairytale portraits only and this would be so benefical to my business.
Pl respons to memories42morrow@aol.com

Thanks
Sandy

By: anoop

anoop — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:36:50 +0000

realy it is wonderfull iam photographer itis more helpfull your work thank u verymuch godbless u

By: Talya

Talya — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:44:09 +0000

Hi bob,
I enjoyed your tutorial. I am a grpahic designer for 20 years now (I can’t believe I’m saying that), and new to Painter. I’ve always painted for my own pleasure, but I feel Painter can help me get to quality in my illustrations that I couldn’t do beforehand. Thank you for helping simplify the process.

By: Bob Nolin

Bob Nolin — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:32:36 +0000

Kathy –

Thank you for the kind words. Sorry to say, I did go to school for art, and have been a traditional painter most of my life, until discovering Painter in 2003. I’ve been digital ever since, and do photo painting for photography studios. Painting is not something you pick up overnight, just as photography is a learned skill. You may want to consider outsourcing your Painter work, at least until you get up to speed. I invite you to check out my online portfolio at http://www.bobnolin.com. Thanks again for the comments!

Bob

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:54:13 +0000

Bob, Thank you for your response. I love your work and aspire to becomes half as good. Please tell me you were not a trained artist to start. I am a photographer trying to expand my resources but I am not a trained aritst. I am trying to teach myself Painter sometimes being very discouraged.

Anyway thank you for this website, your kindness in sharing you talent and letting us glimpse into your creative process.

By: Bob Nolin

Bob Nolin — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:59:16 +0000

Kathy –

These backgrounds came from a vendor (maybe two?) on http://www.Renderosity.com. Go into the Marketplace, and do a search on 2D Backgrounds. There’s a bunch there, all at reasonable prices. Hope that helps!

Bob

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:46:46 +0000

Hi Bob,
I have looked everywhere for backgrounds like these and there are none to be found. Were they photos that you painted? What type of medium did you use?

Thanks

By: Bob Nolin

Bob Nolin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:56:42 +0000

@Jackie –

Thanks for the nice comment. To get started, I’d recommend checking out the FAQ page here (see the link at the top of the page). There are some free programs you can use to get your feet wet. Check out the articles here about Sumo Paint and other free programs. Click on the “Digital Painting” tag in the Tag Cloud, below, for some introductory articles. There’s a lot of information here on this site to help you get started. Have fun!

Bob

By: Jackie

Jackie — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:11:21 +0000

Hi Bob, wow what a lovely photo, i am very interested in being able to turn pictures into the types of art with fairies that you do, i really don’t no where to start! how do you go about this for a extreme beginer, i have photos and that’s preety much it. Do you need to spend alot of money on different computer programs? am looking forward to your reply, Jackie

By: Bob Nolin

Bob Nolin — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:58:03 +0000

@Socialite

Thank you for the kind comments! As for “cracked paint,” I don’t know of a good way to use Painter for that. But look into Photoshop’s Craquelure filter, which may do what you want. Go Filter > Texture > Craquelure.