Jathilan is an art originating from Ponorogo, East Java Province - Indonesia. This dance art combines elements of dance movements with magic. This type of art is played with the property of an imitation horse, which is made of woven bamboo or braids. This art, which is also often referred to as jaran braids, can be found in Java areas. Regarding the origin or origin of this jathilan art, there are no historical records that can explain in detail.
This art performance begins with dances by dancers whose movements are very slow but then the movements gradually become very dynamic following the sound of the gamelan being played. The gamelan to accompany this jathilan is quite simple, consisting only of drums, drums, kenong, gongs, and slompret, which is a shrill flute. The songs that are sung to accompany the dance, usually contain an appeal that humans should always do good deeds and always remember the God, but there are also those who sing other songs. After a long time, the dancers are possessed by spirits so that they are almost unaware of what they are doing, they perform very dynamic movements following the sound of the gamelan being played.
The aforementioned brief description of jathilan art has inspired me to combine the beauty of jathilan art in a touch of the beauty of watercolor digital paintings. I will show you a digital painting of a beautiful jathilan jaran kepang art with watercolor effect techniques using photoshop. I will explain briefly, how the stages and how I created the image above, i.e.:
- The image size I'm using is 1,380 px X 1,380 px, with an image resolution of 300 ppi
- Create the background with a watercolor effect using watercolor brush tools according to your imagination
- The painting is a combination of 2 different images, i.e. the model and bamboos. The original image of the model can be found here, and the original image of the bamboos can be found here
- For each image (the background, model, and the bamboos, use the filter - noise - greyCstoration), after that use the filter - artistic - watercolor
- Duplicate the background image that has been made, change the blend mode to overlay (opacity 61%);
- Place the image of the model on top of the background layer, use the layer mask technique to display the model's image without a background
- Place the image of the bamboos on the top of the model image
- Duplicate the model image that has been made, change the blend mode to overlay (opacity 71%);
- Use the watercolor effect brush tools for layer masks on the model.
- For the bamboos (left and right side), each uses the blend mode to normal mode (opacity 100%)
- Duplicate the bamboos (left and right side), change the blend mode of each side to linear burn (opacity 100%)
- For each image (background, the model, and the bamboos) that have been made above give a sharp effect by using filter-sharpen-smart sharpen (amount 190%, radius 4px, reduce noise 59%, remove lens blur)
- To create a painting effect on canvas using filter - filter gallery - texture- texturizer (canvas)
- Color effects using vibrance (with vibrance 0, and saturation -15)
- Lighting effects using brightness and contrast (with contrast -34, and brightness 17)
- As the final of the steps mentioned above, give the finishing touches according to your imagination and creativity.
What do you think about the beauty of the art of Jathilan dance when combined with the beauty of the watercolor effect of digital paintings that I have made? If you are interested in the beauty of the art of Jathilan dance, please visit Indonesia
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