Used Photoshop's Art History Brush (AHB) for the first time (many thanks Palms for the tips I understand a little better now)

I think it looks not to bad for a first attempt. You too can try, you dont have to limit yourself to AHB of course. Any style will do.

Also let me know how I could do this better.

Peter

Oooooh, Peter! I love it -- it's soft, dreamy, ethereal, lovely, old-world -- very fitting for such a beautiful woman. Good for you!!!

Very nice treatment for a beautiful subject. I really like the dreamy feeling you created.

Janet

A stupid question: what is AHB?
Can you post more product details?

Thanks!

Used AHB for the first time (many thanks Palms for the tips I understand a little better now)

I think it looks not to bad for a first attempt. You too can try, you dont have to limit yourself to AHB of course any style will do.
Also let me know how I could do this better.

Peter

Sorry should have been clearer, AHB = "Art History Brush" in Photoshop.
I've only just started playing with it so am still learning what it can do.
It's confusing to say the least, but the results always seem to be good. (so far).

Peter

Your first attempt at using the AHB turned out a LOT better than when I first tried to use it.

Use the forum search tool to search titles for "Art History Brush" to find additional information/ideas on how to use what can be a frustrating tool.

Under most circumstances I find I get better results if I:
* Leave some of the 'canvas' unpainted
* Use AHB setting of Daub or Tight Short, Area = 10, Tolerance = 0
* Vary width of brush (3-8 px for detail; 20-30 px to rough in areas)
* Apply some Unsharp Mask to "rough up" the strokes a bit when finished
* Make a copy of the original Background, drag it to the top of the layer stack, add a "hide all" layer mask and restore a little detail that AHB totally hoses over.

Wonderful pic to work on.

~Danny~

p.s. I modified thread title for people who don't know what AHB means.

My attempt with Smudge Tool

Not real pretty; just experimenting with gettng thick and wide brush strokes using mosaic tiles before applying noise and angled brushstroke filter. :)

Used Photoshop's Art History Brush (AHB) for the first time (many thanks Palms for the tips I understand a little better now)

I think it looks not to bad for a first attempt. You too can try, you dont have to limit yourself to AHB of course. Any style will do.

Also let me know how I could do this better.

Peter


:bigthmb: :nod: :bow:

you done brilliant Peter now how about a few lessons

Palms

My attempt with Smudge Tool

Great one Alex, may i ask which brush you used please ?

Palms

Great one Alex, may i ask which brush you used please ?

Palms

Thank you, Palms
It was series of Pastel Brushes from "Natural Brushes 2" set.

My attempt of AHB.

And a attempt from me

Palms

Peter - I like your rendition. Nice job.

This is a combination of several plugins, Photoshop filters and some hand painting. Plugins used are Nik Color effex, redfield sketch, Xero, AE and noise combined with several layers.

original is a bit dardanized and softened
copy is lightened and masked lighting filters
copy 2 is a version of a soft platinotype

hope you like them zganie

i never really liked doing stuff like this in photoshop before, but you can get some cool looking pics for family and friends and stuff. this took a whopping 2 min to do, so maybe i'll start playing around with these effects a little more.

thanks.

i never really liked doing stuff like this in photoshop before, but you can get some cool looking pics for family and friends and stuff. this took a whopping 2 min to do, so maybe i'll start playing around with these effects a little more.

thanks.

Nice Kr mind explaining how you spent that 2 minutes ? :wink:

Palms

thanks Palms1....

i duped layer, read DannyRaphael's tips on how to use the art history brush, took a decent size brush and went over the image very quickly, think the settings were tight short, 100% opacity, area: 10pix, tolerance: 0%

i use a tablet so i brushed over the image quickly,.....then applied a canvas texture.

thanks Palms1....

i duped layer, read DannyRaphael's tips on how to use the art history brush, took a decent size brush and went over the image very quickly, think the settings were tight short, 100% opacity, area: 10pix, tolerance: 0%

i use a tablet so i brushed over the image quickly,.....then applied a canvas texture.

Thanks for info KR, Personaly i love the diversity of the ahb

Palms

AHB is something i know nothing about! but so far looks like it can create a real cool effect......or 1 big mess!

AHB is something i know nothing about! but so far looks like it can create a real cool effect......or 1 big mess!


that's the fun of it

heres another post from me, i think i like doing these as they are so easy to keep in the size limits :lol: :lol: :lol:

Palms

slow day

dupe, canvas on a hardlight layer, ahb, selective color, photo filter, curve, selective lightening, a high pass...

palms yours is hot. not loving the purple edge but whatever.

Thank you Ant you done well yourself nice stuff


Palms

Making up for the last effort that I did. Used Vabirdy's Landscape Illustrator Script-fu to start things off. Also did my Glass (small lense) distortion technique selectively to give it a overall sketchy feel. I finally added some canvas texture which was created using GIMP's mosaic filter. :)

Pensive lady.

Steve C.

Peter, thank you for the photo.
Sketch, smudging, IMP in Photoshop.

Pavel

Photoshop: IMP, watercolor, smudging.

P.S. Steve, Love what you've done.

After processing animal pictures all afternoon, I can certainly say this beautiful lady is no dog. :) There are some absolutely amazing renditions here. I'm very impressed!!!

I guess I'm going to have to get out of the dog (errr...squirrel) house and work on her too.

Keep up the GREAT work all.

Janet

OK So it looks like I'm going to have to learn about smudging now.
Give me a chance to find out about AHB will you.
Too many names to quote but all good stuff.

Peter

Your first attempt at using the AHB turned out a LOT better than when I first tried to use it.

Use the forum search tool to search titles for "Art History Brush" to find additional information/ideas on how to use what can be a frustrating tool.

Under most circumstances I find I get better results if I:
* Leave some of the 'canvas' unpainted
* Use AHB setting of Daub or Tight Short, Area = 10, Tolerance = 0
* Vary width of brush (3-8 px for detail; 20-30 px to rough in areas)
* Apply some Unsharp Mask to "rough up" the strokes a bit when finished
* Make a copy of the original Background, drag it to the top of the layer stack, add a "hide all" layer mask and restore a little detail that AHB totally hoses over.

Wonderful pic to work on.

~Danny~

p.s. I modified thread title for people who don't know what AHB means.

I love what you did here...really suits her mood..

I was asked for details on how the sketch was made.

The steps were as follows (one thing I do not remember is some sharpening I did along the way)
1. Made a B&W sketch by desaturate /duplicate/inverse/color dodge/G Blur routine, merged into one layer (A)
2. Made a B&W sketch by desaturate /duplicate/inverse/ color dodge/minimum routine, merged into one layer (B)
3. Set layer B to multiply, used layer mask to cover dark areas
4. Combined A and B into a separate layer C
5. On an empty layer smudged hair (using the first brush from Natural 1 set, then I used a few other brushes (don’t remember which) to additionally smuggle the hair, some lines on the face and dress)
6. Combined lower layers on a separate layer, run a impressionist blurry pencil sketch (don’t remember the settings), 30% opacity
7. Combined lower layers, used “hide all” layer mask, painted white on the mask using a brush I’ve made some time ago, basically many small dots.
8. Duplicated the layer and sharpened it, set at 70% opacity
9. used a paper texture, set to multiply

In addition there were some color correction (white layer) and a few tone correction layers there I basically painted a different color over some places.

Pavel

Photoshop: IMP, watercolor, smudging.

P.S. Steve, Love what you've done.


Appreciate your taking the time to send the nice comment.

Thanks much.

Steve C.

Another look at this pensive lady.

Steve C.

Hard to resist working with this beautiful gal.

Lon, I really like the different feel I get when I look at your cropped image -- your processing also changed her expression somewhat (to my eye) and she looks more "modern" and more self assured. Really like it. It certainly is a beautiful image and a beautiful woman!!

i dont know if it's that you're all getting better, or if the subject matter is just inspiring, or if it's just the subject matter itself, or what, but i do know that there isnt one in here i felt even indifferent about, let alone not like. and some REALLY stand out above not just the ones in this thread, but over other threads as well.

i would also caution everyone to expand the images completely or you'll be deceived on the actual look of some of these.

but really, this is probably the best collection of work in one thread i've seen on RetouchPRO. there arent any here i wouldnt be proud to hang on my wall! these are very professional. so, well done, all!

i dont know if it's that you're all getting better, or if the subject matter is just inspiring, or if it's just the subject matter itself, or what, but i do know that there isnt one in here i felt even indifferent about, let alone not like. and some REALLY stand out above not just the ones in this thread, but over other threads as well.

i would also caution everyone to expand the images completely or you'll be deceived on the actual look of some of these.

but really, this is probably the best collection of work in one thread i've seen on RetouchPRO. there arent any here i wouldnt be proud to hang on my wall! these are very professional. so, well done, all!


Thanks for all that Craig. Besides my own stuff I think you are totally correct. But could you EXPAND on what exactly you mean by "expand the images" I'm sure you don't mean just increase the canvas size??? possibly add more different styes??

Peter

i dont know if it's that you're all getting better, or if the subject matter is just inspiring, or if it's just the subject matter itself, or what, but i do know that there isnt one in here i felt even indifferent about, let alone not like. and some REALLY stand out above not just the ones in this thread, but over other threads as well.

i would also caution everyone to expand the images completely or you'll be deceived on the actual look of some of these.

but really, this is probably the best collection of work in one thread i've seen on RetouchPRO. there arent any here i wouldnt be proud to hang on my wall! these are very professional. so, well done, all!


Totaly agree with you Craig this is a superb thread with lots of inspiration

Peter, Craig might mean to click on the thumbnails to expand the images so that you get a bigger size for viewing ( but there again i could be wrong :lol: :lol: )

Palms

Totaly agree with you Craig this is a superb thread with lots of inspiration

Peter, Craig might mean to click on the thumbnails to expand the images so that you get a bigger size for viewing ( but there again i could be wrong :lol: :lol: )

Palms
You know I think your right when they open in a new window the whole picture is in view, so you need to click on it to see the pic at full resolution.

Well cleared up Palms

Peter

yup, click on the thumbnail to get the new picture, but then move your mouse over the image and you'll get that little square with the arrows inside to expand the compressed image further.

if you dont do this on some of the pictures, you'll get textures that look more like odd patterns rather than the textures they really are.

yup, click on the thumbnail to get the new picture, but then move your mouse over the image and you'll get that little square with the arrows inside to expand the compressed image further.

if you dont do this on some of the pictures, you'll get textures that look more like odd patterns rather than the textures they really are.

On I.E. 7.0 the little square has been replaced with a circle with a plus sign inside. Click on it and the image enlarges and leaves a minus sign in the circle. Click again and the size decreases.

Steve C.

Hello Peter...Beautiful photo...fun to paint...

Have just looked through the thread and totally agree with Craig...the quality of work posted by you all is great...only sorry i dont have time to comment on each individually....own fault...too slow to jump in!!!!

A huge well done to you all!!!!

I am still practicing in Painter...trying for the more painterly look...used the oil brushes and framed in photoshop with an action...

Patricia... :tired:

Hello Peter...Beautiful photo...fun to paint...

Have just looked through the thread and totally agree with Craig...the quality of work posted by you all is great...only sorry i dont have time to comment on each individually....own fault...too slow to jump in!!!!

A huge well done to you all!!!!

I am still practicing in Painter...trying for the more painterly look...used the oil brushes and framed in photoshop with an action...

Patricia... :tired:

Nice one Patricia...welcome back.

Steve C.

Thanks Steve...

Always around but its good to be joining in again!!!

Patricia... :normal:

I guess its a black and white day. Raining here in Florida but I'd rather have that than the storms zooming in up East(where my husband is on business).
This is a quick version in Photoshop using the stamp filter with some lines masked out and some drawn in; textured in Painter.
Great versions by all!!
MargaretM

I guess its a black and white day. Raining here in Florida but I'd rather have that than the storms zooming in up East(where my husband is on business).
This is a quick version in Photoshop using the stamp filter with some lines masked out and some drawn in; textured in Painter.
Great versions by all!!
MargaretM

That's a neat effect. Looks like a real rubber stamp on cloth. Nice.

Steve C.

I guess its a black and white day. Raining here in Florida but I'd rather have that than the storms zooming in up East(where my husband is on business).
This is a quick version in Photoshop using the stamp filter with some lines masked out and some drawn in; textured in Painter.
Great versions by all!!
MargaretM


Margaret
Nice version.
Have you tried this style with the torn edges filter. If you over noise reduce then use torn edges you get a similar result but a little smoother.

Peter

Here's another try with the AHB. I too have become fascinated with this remarkable tool.
Alan

Here's another try with the AHB. I too have become fascinated with this remarkable tool.
Alan


Hi Alan, haven't noticed you about lately very nice pic there, glad you tried it, keep it up.

Peter

Thanks for the tip Peter - I'll try it.
Nice rendition Alan - those Art History brushes do add a whole other dimension to Photoshop - like we need MORE to play with!
MargaretM

welcome back, patricia :) nice to see those frames again.

alan, excellent painted look.

Here's another try with the AHB. I too have become fascinated with this remarkable tool.
Alan


lovely version Alcar which brush did you use ? ( always interested in that )


Palms

Palms, I believe it was ahb splatter 15a.
Alan

Palms, I believe it was ahb splatter 15a.
Alan

Thanks Alcar
funny how many versions look different but all used the same brush ! ! ! !
( dont think that is a bad thing though )

Palms

I did a B&W of her. Now, why would anyone start with an image of a pretty girl with red hair and turn it into a B&W? Then answer is simply - I haven't a clue.

Dave

Oops. Seems like I'm late for the AHB party, so here's three AHB renditions to make up for lost time.

1) A thin brush that will (or should) follow the outlines of the original;
2) A pencil in 4 layers with 4 different directions;
3) Chalks.

All done in 4 layers with varying brush thickness, with soft-light blending to increase the colours and generous helpings of USM.

Rô

Ro,

very nice work. i like the middle one the best.

It has truly been an inspiration to see all of the marvelous work done by ya'll on this thread. I finally decided to take a turn using a tutorial by the very talented artist we all know as Trimoon.

Thank you Steve for yet another superb tutorial.

Janet

very nice, janet. you came close to blurring a tad too much, but pulled it off :)

Very much like the craquelure effect on this one Janet. :bigthmb:

oh man... I forgot how amazing the AHB can be....

First one was with two layers of AHB, bottom for the background.... just crazy brush and loose curls, one above using a few weird brushes on dab. added a slight contour layer above it.

Second was justa bunch of Impressionist passes... playing around.

I enjoyed viewing all of the great creations. I create this one with Microsoft Image Composer and techniques that I developed over the years..

I enjoyed viewing all of the great creations. I create this one with Microsoft Image Composer and techniques that I developed over the years..Welcome to the PA forum, slidefoot. Very nice result you achieved here.

Image Composer is one of my favorite apps -- not because I use it, but because my favorite plugin, Impressionist, was packaged with it :)

Keep the great artwork coming. Your style is a breath of fresh air.

~Danny~