originally yes I did, but here ones I do here now NO..
its all currently done semi automatically
the art is picking the image and adjusting it so it will come out good.
I started doing these by hand with my cintiq blurring over a existing images but then after someone commented on another board that same thing could be done with filters. I tried and got the same, well maybe actually better results.
So I started playing around layers and filters to reduce the work down, now I just pick picture adjust colors and run a action script that preforms all the tasks.
I do some adjustment color, brushes etc to make them punch.
I do some tweaking about 30 layers and 60 different actions happen through filters and actions.

just using photoshop oil painting filter will yield this for me the art is the tweaking..

Edited by OcalaFlorida
12/31/2014 2:27 pm