Hey guys and gals.
I thought it would be fun to see how everyones skills are at the "dragan" technique. For those who don't know what this is examples can be found at http://andrzejdragan.com/ . I love this technique , I don't think I would use it in anything I do but its sure dramatic and fun to admire. Good luck ;o))
Christopher

Image to retouch--> http://www.edwardfrench.com/cranshaw%20WEB%20old%20man.JPG

Not sure I'd call that a "Dragan".
Although the technique calls for heightening the texture of the skin the idea is to get a portrait with a lot of "character".
In this image it seems that the intent was only to amplify all the defects - which ends up more "creepy" than "character".

The technique has already been discussed at length in these forums - please do a search for "Dragan".

Rô

Sorry the above link to the old man is the image to retouch....

im not going to lie. I gagged a little when i saw the original picture

I know thats why I thought it would be a perfect one to experiment with LOL

A little less freddy Krueger...

im not going to lie. I gagged a little when i saw the original picture

But the eyes are brilliant and alive! :happy:

Maureen

Your right!

"Fleeting time thou hast left me old."
Albright

Steve

looks great steve.

My effort.

http://edgework.tripod.com/samples/old_man.jpg

Love how you smoothed out some areas. Great job.

Well . . . I don't find the look of age scary or like to make it so. Myself, I think he has the looks of a man that has had a timely experience with life, so I made an attempt to portray him as so.

I agree with your sentiments and with your nice rendition.

I have a 91 year old father-in-law.

Steve

Well . . . I don't find the look of age scary or like to make it so. Myself, I think he has the looks of a man that has had a timely experience with life, so I made an attempt to portray him as so.

I thank you.

Steve

looks great steve.

Great job Lqqker. Love the skin texture.

Here's my try...

In the style of Andrzej Dragan - ??? (http://upload.pbase.com/image/66879086.jpg)


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Pam
http://www.pbase.com/pam_r
'art is working on something 'til you like it...then leaving it that way'

thisd what I came out with! some dodging and bruning! dark filter on picture masking out some areas around the face!

Here's my try...

In the style of Andrzej Dragan - ??? (http://upload.pbase.com/image/66879086.jpg)


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Pam
http://www.pbase.com/pam_r
'art is working on something 'til you like it...then leaving it that way'


Quite Stunning, the change of the colour of the wrap really enhances as well

My attempt

my try for dragan :)

Hi Handmade,
I think its nice but might be a little on the light side. For me there is too much contrast between him and the background. Nice though.

there u go.

Thanks but i think the background isn't really important for a try like this. :)

Hi Handmade,
I think its nice but might be a little on the light side. For me there is too much contrast between him and the background. Nice though.

on Dragan style

A lot of work went into this one :nod:

You can tell. Great work. Love the naturalness to it.

I think every retouch should be seamless

Well, this is what I came up with.

[img]http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r209/triggerfish_kajtku/barber3.jpg[img]

The more I looked at the challenge photo, the more it reminded me of Leonardo's Grotesque Heads. So... I had fun learning how to use the liquify tool. :-)

As for all the steps.. whew! I got lost a lonnnnnnnnnnng time ago. I started off with liquify, then colour correction, then overlays for more brights, cloning, erasing, whitening hairs, putting in stubble... umm... ended up with a black background unintentionally.

Sherry

Not in the Dragan style. I think he's remarkable looking, and not ugly at all. This is a basic correction.

Duffy

If he was an actual living elderly gentleman I would not have disrepectfully deformed his face in such a way. But since he's an actor I figured it was OK.

I thought he was a real man until I really got looking at his skull features, his 'make-up towel' and the environment. Awesome make-up artist.

Sherry

"I thought he was a real man until I really got looking at his skull features, his 'make-up towel' and the environment. Awesome make-up artist."

Actually, he was an elderly gentleman actor. His name was Patrick Cranshaw and you might have seen him on TV or in the movies. He passed away in Dec 2005:

Patrick Cranshaw photos (http://images.google.com/images?q=Patrick+Cranshaw&hl=en&lr=&sa=X&oi=images&ct=title)


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Pam
http://www.pbase.com/pam_r
'art is working on something 'til you like it...then leaving it that way'

Ack... I think I just stuck one of my hooves in my mouth... it's a Saggi thing. I figured he actually was an elderly man... but made up to look all strange with the viens and such.

Thanks for the info, Pam. I went and checked him out. He looks to be a very kind man. Hope he is somewhere laughing over my version of his character. :wink:

Sherry

I was searching for dragan effects when I found this pic...
I had to have a go.... I'm still not sure what the dragan effect really is, but I like this.

glikster: The dragan effect comes form the photographer andrzej dragan from poland! He has his on very own unique style. visit www.andrzejdragan.com

ENJOY!

Gerry

My try (http://dump.2nite.nl/janou/dragan2.jpg)

:aghast:

poor grandpa