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# nope, that would be too simple!
It's in one of the early posts, but basically create a bunch of layers for each colour and remove everything that doesn't match that colour. The grayscale images usually use ~5 layers. This one used 22 layers. The idea being that there's nothing of the original image left.
(, Fri 4 Jun 2010, 22:04, archived)
# so it's the same as
using the blending options but you just do it yourself. Gotcha.
(, Fri 4 Jun 2010, 22:05, archived)
# Painting is the same as taking a photograph, just very slowly and involving more paint.
(, Fri 4 Jun 2010, 22:08, archived)
# or I could make it even easier
by just using a clipping mask. But again, that would be too easy.
(, Fri 4 Jun 2010, 22:10, archived)
# Hey I'm not criticising
but you know to me, a lazy cunt, I can see a quick way to do it. And you have established that you don't do that so all good.
The result is the only thing that counts and the results are good.
(, Fri 4 Jun 2010, 22:26, archived)
# ha
no worries :)
(, Fri 4 Jun 2010, 22:31, archived)
# good lord
i see what you're doing. that's a hell of a lot of effort, i'm impressed.
(, Fri 4 Jun 2010, 22:08, archived)
# ta
the monochrome ones normally only take about 30 minutes, but the colour ones take a lot longer - think this one took about 3 hours. Most of the time is waiting though.

The finished articles look pretty decent though. The following is one that somebody got framed up at full size (59cm high)

Master of Puppets album cover

Photo posted with permission of the owner of the framed picture
(, Fri 4 Jun 2010, 22:48, archived)
# fucking hell i just looked at the london calling one
i'm so tempted to abuse university printing rights and get that one printed out at poster size.
(, Fri 4 Jun 2010, 22:52, archived)
# If you want a really hi-res version
let me know and I'll recreate it at higher res. I think the early ones were designed for A3/A2 at best so I've been doing recent ones at A1 size :)
(, Fri 4 Jun 2010, 22:58, archived)
# actually i may get back to you ont hat
it may be in a couple of months when i've got access to a good enough printer, but i may very well get back to you on that. (that or put it up on lulu or something like that.)
(, Fri 4 Jun 2010, 23:05, archived)