15,000+ Layer Photoshop project...

MrConfigT · Post by **MrConfigT** » Sun May 07, 2006 10:44 pm

http://www.bertmonroy.com/fineart/text/ ... _damen.htm

Damen
This is my latest and most ambitious digital painting of a Chicago scene unveiled at Photoshop World in Miami on March 22, 2006.
It is a panorama of the Damen Station on the Blue Line of the Chicago Transit Authority.
Adobe Illustrator was used for generating the majority of the basic shapes as well as all the buildings in the Chicago skyline.
The rest was created in Photoshop.
• The image size is 40 inches by 120 inches.
• The flattened file weighs in at 1.7 Gigabytes.
• It took eleven months (close to 2,000 hours) to create.
• The painting is comprised of close to fifty individual Photoshop files.
• Taking a cumulative total of all the files, the overall image contains over 15,000 layers.
• Over 500 alpha channels were used for various effects.
• Over 250,000 paths make up the multitude of shapes throughout the scene.

What do ya'll think?

AndyDufresne · Post by **AndyDufresne** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:03 pm

...I think that if he ever created a map here we wouldn't see the completed version for say...2 years

--Andy

Hoff · Post by **Hoff** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:35 pm

wow those are some sick photoshop drawings.

MrConfigT · Post by **MrConfigT** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:44 pm

I just don't really see a point in spending that much time on something like a train stop...

Zackismet · Post by **Zackismet** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:31 am

well i do, it's because chicago is the best damn city in the world, and that's not just bias.

happysadfun · Post by **happysadfun** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 5:24 pm

Yep, I've been to that station. The view isn't quite as perfect as it shows in the picture, but those pictures are just amazing.

spinwizard · Post by **spinwizard** » Sun May 06, 2007 12:50 pm

wow that is class!

Psilocbin · Post by **Psilocbin** » Sun May 06, 2007 12:53 pm

I've seen way better photoshop work than that, sorry.

CS3 is awesome btw. I love it.

unriggable · Post by **unriggable** » Sun May 06, 2007 12:56 pm

I wish they had a full-sized version of the picture to see

Titanic · Post by **Titanic** » Sun May 06, 2007 5:27 pm

Wow, amazing quality. Really sharp images. Great job.

static_ice · Post by **static_ice** » Sun May 06, 2007 5:39 pm

that is incredible. I would not have enough motivation to make one of those close ups that is half as good...

jnd94 · Post by **jnd94** » Sun May 06, 2007 9:49 pm

well, chicago is the best city ever, so its only fair to draw great picutres of our mass transit system

s.xkitten · Post by **s.xkitten** » Sun May 06, 2007 10:03 pm

AndyDufresne wrote:...I think that if he ever created a map here we wouldn't see the completed version for say...2 years

--Andy

of course...that happens anyway now... :roll:

Guidocks · Post by **Guidocks** » Sun May 06, 2007 10:17 pm

woah, i didn't even know you could do something that clear on photoshop . . .

Anarkistsdream · Post by **Anarkistsdream** » Sun May 06, 2007 10:18 pm

Psilocbin wrote:I've seen way better photoshop work than that, sorry.

CS3 is awesome btw. I love it.

There is always that one guy.... :roll:

Anarchy Ninja · Post by **Anarchy Ninja** » Mon May 07, 2007 3:01 am

Just the amount of time and effort is amazing, I like it.

diddle · Post by **diddle** » Mon May 07, 2007 3:24 am

the first drawing was the best

Psilocbin · Post by **Psilocbin** » Mon May 07, 2007 10:50 am

Anarkistsdream wrote:
Psilocbin wrote:I've seen way better photoshop work than that, sorry.

CS3 is awesome btw. I love it.

There is always that one guy....

I was joking....but there is some that are better. I think this is just too much time on someones hands.