· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article    Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Cloudy Nights - Official Forums of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu.... uh, User   You are not logged in. [Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> Sketching Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 Shannon s super member Reged: 06/21/09 Posts: 138 Loc: Bartow FL. Mancave mural       #3368668 - 10/03/09 02:35 PM Attachment (20 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My wife and I are lucky enough to have his and hers rooms. So I wanted a mural in my mancave. Had to clear it with the boss,she said "It's your room". So this is what it ended as M31,32,and 110. It was done with interior and exterior house paint acrylic & watercolors. Rollers, paintbrushes,a rag and a toothbrush. Thinking of doing M 42 on another wall. Can you tell where the window is? Ha ha. -------------------- 4.5" & 12" Reflectors 5" Maksutov Astroview mount Orion SSDSI 7x50 Binos A box of Eps Post Extras:       JayinUT I'm not Sleepy Reged: 09/19/08 Posts: 940 Loc: Utah Re: Mancave mural [Re: Shannon s]       #3368843 - 10/03/09 04:01 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   WOW!!!! That is just incredible and awesome. Thanks for sharing this, your lucky. Perhaps when my two teens finally leave home in 10 years if I am so lucky I can make a man cave. -------------------- Jay in Utah --------------------------- Location: Lat: 40.514N Long: -112.032W Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth. — Ptolemy, c.150 AD My Blog Post Extras:       Dr Morbius scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 02/06/07 Posts: 1720 Re: Mancave mural [Re: JayinUT]       #3376574 - 10/07/09 01:21 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Shannon, can you take a bigger, clearer shot of that mural? I think some of us would like to see it better. -------------------- Meade ETX-125 NightFire 6" f/8 Refractor with Moonlite focuser Meade 14" LX200 S/C D&G 10" f/15 Refractor with Parallax Mount Little Giant 11x70mm Binos I'm afraid of dying, but I've learned to live with it. ......Steve Perry Post Extras:       CarlosEH Post Laureate Reged: 01/19/05 Posts: 4132 Loc: Pembroke Pines, Broward County... Re: Mancave mural [Re: Dr Morbius]       #3378490 - 10/08/09 02:23 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Shannon, That is an impressive mancave and mural. I hope that you get to enjoy it much in the future. Carlos -------------------- Post Extras:       ladip63 member Reged: 10/17/07 Posts: 56 Loc: the dark skies of Texas Re: Mancave mural [Re: CarlosEH]       #3378547 - 10/08/09 02:57 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   That is a great mural Shannon. Enjoy!!! Lynn -------------------- Celestron 9.25 CPC Telescope http://www.flickr.com/photos/ladip63/ Post Extras:       Shannon s super member Reged: 06/21/09 Posts: 138 Loc: Bartow FL. Re: Mancave mural [Re: ladip63]       #3381674 - 10/10/09 08:25 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks everyone. I've tried to make my pics bigger but they always get rejected. I keep scaling them down until they are accepted. Too many bytes. What do you guys do to get bigger pictures? -------------------- 4.5" & 12" Reflectors 5" Maksutov Astroview mount Orion SSDSI 7x50 Binos A box of Eps Post Extras:       GlennLeDrew Pooh-Bah Reged: 06/18/08 Posts: 1250 Loc: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Re: Mancave mural [Re: Shannon s]       #3386207 - 10/12/09 09:59 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Don't be afraid to apply somewhat aggressive JPEG compresion. An otherwise large pixel count image can be remarkably small on the byte count. If you don't use a paint program (e.g., Paintshop Pro, Photoshop, etc.), there are free downloadable utilities which allow you to compress images. But you may already be halfway there. Check into whatever software you're currently using and see if you have the option of selecting the file size (degree of compression) when saving in JPG format.... -------------------- Home-made 11X50 right angle bino, 8.1 deg. FOV Modified 26X100 bino, 3.5 deg. FOV Home-made Mk II RA bino, using interchangeable objectives and eyepieces My Gallery Mediocre minds discuss people. Good minds discuss events. Great minds discuss ideas. Post Extras:       Shannon s super member Reged: 06/21/09 Posts: 138 Loc: Bartow FL. Re: Mancave mural [Re: GlennLeDrew]       #3393372 - 10/16/09 04:59 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Glenn. I'll play around with it. -------------------- 4.5" & 12" Reflectors 5" Maksutov Astroview mount Orion SSDSI 7x50 Binos A box of Eps Post Extras:       markseibold Pooh-Bah Reged: 01/19/08 Posts: 1082 Loc: Portland Oregon Re: Mancave mural [Re: Shannon s]       #3394083 - 10/17/09 04:58 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Shannon That is a beautiful work of art! I would like to see it larger. I don't believe you mentioned what photo program you are using. If Photopshop you simply click under FILE - Drop Down Menu to 'Save For Web'. In that screen you may adjust file size and screen dimensions till your hearts content. I look forward to seeing a larger version soon; you may have given me an idea for a mural here in the land of starving artists in Portland Oregon! Thanks for sharing this, Mark www.markseibold.com Post Extras:       Shannon s super member Reged: 06/21/09 Posts: 138 Loc: Bartow FL. Re: Mancave mural [Re: markseibold]       #3394433 - 10/17/09 11:32 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Mark. I'll try it. I do use Photoshop. We're all hungry. -------------------- 4.5" & 12" Reflectors 5" Maksutov Astroview mount Orion SSDSI 7x50 Binos A box of Eps Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 0 registered and 2 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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