It's still pretty chilly where I live near Seattle. This picture, courtesy of Google images, gave me hope for warmer days aheead. :)

Enjoy.

~Danny~

Makes me think of all the poor locals at beaches suffering through the spring breakers....

Anyway, here's mine. Simplified using Amphisoft Sorting Shaman (minimax), Underpainting, and Amphisoft Simplifier.

-Jeff

Makes me think of all the poor locals at beaches suffering through the spring breakers....

Anyway, here's mine. Simplified using Amphisoft Sorting Shaman (minimax), Underpainting, and Amphisoft Simplifier.

-JeffGlad to see you back with us of late, Jeff.

Have you developed any more custom Impressionist styles you'd want to upload here (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8328)? JCH van gogh & painter have been hits for a long time. :)

~Danny~

Personally, I don't like crowds, so here's a little hide-away bar on the bay.

Much prefer your view Swampy. Like you I hate crowds, the first picture is my idea of purgatory (hot and crowded, Urgh).

I used several SA MSG layers.

Yes i would like to be on a warm beach somewhere ( prefably quiet)
Yes I would like the body (and youth) to wear a bikini
Yes I would like the skin that tanned ( and not have to use factor 3,000
because the sun has popped out from behind a cloud )
Yes I would like a young hunk to be sat with me ( old ones are ten a penny)
and most definately i would like the money to afford all
BUT then i wouldnt be me sat here on my computer
Admiring all your gret works of art ! ! ! ! ! :wink: :happy:

Palms

Nice, Palms... You've manage to reduce the "clutter" factor. :-)

Ok I just downloaded the xero filters I found mentioned in a post regarding cartoon making (I think)!

So basically, I've gone mad. There is almost every available filter or plug in they have on this - I wanted to keep the people, but make them less obtrusive.

Its a really lazy effort, but I was seriously lacking inspiration. So I decided to see where I ended up, and this is it.

Good one Palms - I really like that style.

I stood back several feet from the screen and it was very effective at that distance too.

Hope you'll share the technique

Regards

Bob Mc

Vector simplication with some contrast enhancements and Impressionist to boot. Attached is a lower quality crop of the rendering. The complete higher quality rendering can be found here (http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/4522/rpmexicoonthebeach1wx.jpg). :)

Here is my go at it...

I am in Minnesota so the weather here is a cool 27 degrees above zero and freezing. :cold:

Thank you Swampy and Bob Mc, Good point/tip you made Bob, to stand away from your screen and look.
My work flow is as follows ( quite easy i think for the outcome)

open and duplicate
filter >artistic> cut out settings 4, 4, 2 set blendmode to luminosity
duplicate layer
Filter > artistic> dry brush settings 2 8 1 set blendmode to screen
Flatten image
Filter> brush strokes > crosshatch settings 11, 6 ,1
then adjust colour settings to taste.

Hope this helps , the last filter (not 100% sure of settings) can be swapped for any other just experiment ,

Palms

Reduced the colours to 24 and then created a charcoal and chalk filtered overlay, overlaid in luminosity mode