I thought this was such a great pose I had to post it for others to have a go at it.
I'm still messing with Art History here, I hope I'm not boring people.
Tried to give it an unfinished look.

Peter

Peter you have done it again another great photo for us I get the impression you are getting to like the ahb?
I have posted a ahb but using a different brush ( Photoshop Square brush) have you tried experimenting with different ones yet ?


Palms

Added another version

Peter you have done it again another great photo for us I get the impression you are getting to like the ahb?
I have posted a ahb but using a different brush ( Photoshop Square brush) have you tried experimenting with different ones yet ?


Palms

Like both of them.

Answers to questions - yes and yes. i downloaded the brush set from creative pro, it was a link Danny posted, but still getting to grips on just how to use really.
Had great trouble getting the AHB to work, I kept pointing the history at the wrong place (didn't realise to use merged history DUH).
But I'm getting there slowly.

Peter



BTW can someone correct my spelling mistake in the title of this thread - it won't let me. and its annoying :nod:

Didn't correct the title spelling, because I thought "Gerat" might be a great photographer I had not heard of. :dizzy:

Steve C.

Nice picture..
lasa

Didn't correct the title spelling, because I thought "Gerat" might be a great photographer I had not heard of. :dizzy:

Steve C.



ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!


nice pic though

Peter

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: Welcome to my world Peter. Tis nice to know there are others in my realm. :nod: :nod:

Janet

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!


nice pic though

Peter

Hey...I looked up "synonym" in my digital Thesaurus and it exploded! Well....not exactly, but it did say "not in Thesaurus." :eek:

And thanks for the comment on my version of your nice photo.

Steve C.

Okay Peter - we all know you were just testing our speling.
Great pic - here is a Photoshop/Painter version. Buzzed first in Photoshop then used acrylics in Painter.
MargaretM

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: Welcome to my world :nod: :nod:

Janet


That reminds me of a song. :rambo:

Gerat pic Magret.
You know the spoilchock nevar pocked it op either.
It doesn't even recognise Potoshop.

Patter

I did a soft glow then put a cyan,magenta,yellow layer and played with the colors a bit
zganie

nice picture. thanks, peter.

ran this through my filter forge, 'luminance masking' filter.

Tried to get a more drastic look (that's my excuse). :devious:

Smudged and smudged and smudged...
Sylvia

This time, the renderings not what I'm wanting feedback on; the rendering was primarily created using Vabirdy's (Mark's) Landscape Painter Script-fu for those who are curious. What I would like is feedback on the canvas texture. I created it using GIMP's Mosaic filter. I believe the dimples comes close to match that of artistic canvas, expecially shows up with the watecolor rendering, but that's just my opinion. You really see it the best when viewing the complete rendering (http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/4494/greatposede8.jpg). Attached is an attempt at a Venusean crop. :)

This time, the renderings not what I'm wanting feedback on; the rendering was primarily created using Vabirdy's (Mark's) Landscape Painter Script-fu for those who are curious. What I would like is feedback on the canvas texture. I created it using GIMP's Mosaic filter. I believe the dimples comes close to match that of artistic canvas, expecially shows up with the watecolor rendering, but that's just my opinion. You really see it the best when viewing the complete rendering (http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/4494/greatposede8.jpg). Attached is an attempt at a Venusean crop. :)

The Texture looks good to me ( not a texture person) especialy on the shadows etc

Palms

Hi Peter....You found another lovely photo...Thanks...
Like what you have done with the AHB...a real painted look!!!

Palms...Brilliant job...they are both extremely good!!!
Steve...Like your illustrated look...good one!
Lasa....Nice imaginative crop...
Margaret...Yours is a lovely and soft version...well done with Painter!
Zganie...Like the soft glow treatment...nice color..
Craig...I love the look of luminance...a very nice pic!!
Pavel...Drastic worked well...looks hand painted!
Sylvia...Great smudging ...I do like the look it gives...
Lyle...I do like your texture on this one...in fact the whole painting is brill.

I have done mine in Painter with the oil brushes...framed with an action in Photoshop...

Patricia... :classic:

Here's my version 2 - all Photoshop. Used charcoal and pastel in the Art History brushes; applied Photoshop native rough pastels filter and faded; levels and curves etc.
Lyle - I like your texture. I think that maybe canvas is a little more regular - maybe more horizontal and vertical, but your texture certainly looks fabric based - nice.
Patricia Kay - nice going in Painter.
MargaretM

Very nice Margaret...I like this look...
Thank you for your comment on mine...

Patricia... :square:

Wow. All nice works.
Desaturated AHB

Thanks CJ you came to the rescue of all good spellers (Bad).

Peter

Oh wow, Alex, this is excellent!!!
Do you remember what AHB brush you used?
Sylvia

Alex, fantastic rendition.

thanks, patricia :)

Sylvia, Pavel Thank you!!!


Do you remember what AHB brush you used?


Of course I remember, it was the Hard Mechanical 1 Pixel Brush!

It's a beautiful photo Peter, thank you!

Sylvia, Pavel Thank you!!!



Of course I remember, it was the Hard Mechanical 1 Pixel Brush!

It's a beautiful photo Peter, thank you!


Thats a lovely rendition Alex and hats of to you i have used a 1 pixel brush and they are slow going but worth it, was yours a Photoshop one or part of another set ?

Palms

Alex, gerat er sorry, GREAT work.
I've tried Chalk and Charcoal a few times and never got too far - THAT is what I was trying to do.

My effort: painted in Painter and Photoshop'ed in Photoshop.

Rô

Palms, Rô Thank you.

Palms that is the default PSCS brush sets.

Rô, that IS fantastic work you did. Splendid brushes.
By the way, thank you for your very interesting and useful tutorial about Gaussian Blur and the High-Pass Filter (http://retouchpro.com/tutorials/?m=show&id=147). I read it with great pleasure.

I love seeing your ideas and learning new tricks - thank you all:)

This is my take on this beautiful lady using twisted brush - be gentle I'm an enthusiastic newbie with a penchant for pressing buttons;)

I love seeing your ideas and learning new tricks - thank you all:)

This is my take on this beautiful lady using twisted brush - be gentle I'm an enthusiastic newbie with a penchant for pressing buttons;)


Welcome Cimarron nicely done, Stick around you will learn loads and you will fit in well as most of us have a penchant for button pressing and fiddling with slide controls :nod: :nod:

Palms

Great image to work with and very nice work everyone.

Here are my two tries at this one (I probably could have done a dozen different variations - this was a great image).

First Image:

Smudged, duped, Screen blended @35%, Flattened, selectively dodged and sharpened.

Second Image:

Ran it through my Chalk Sketch action, cropped, minor smudging to soften hard lines, lightly textured.

Dave

I love Button pushing and there are so many!
I just discovered if you use the despeckle button after fixing skin tones and blotches it smooths the skin out beautifully - ok you probably all know this but I feel like Captain Cook;)

... I feel like Captain Cook;)

You have many more exciting discoveries awaiting you, Captain!! :) :wavey:

I think most of us are still happily surprised by some combination of filters or layer blends or adjustments we haven't tried before -- or have forgotten. That's part of the fun.

Beautiful lady to work with and a lot of great work posted. I thought I'd give this one a try.

Dennis

This is such a great portrait to start with I don't think it needs much work IMHO, but here is my take. Just ran it through a cross processing action that I have created, duped the backgroung layer and ran this through the Diffuse Glow filter and set the blend mode to lighten and opacity to about 40%.

Phil

The attachement didn't seem to attach in my last post so here it is.....hopefully!!

Fitz i agree great image to work on, and i like both of your post's more so the chalk one

Cimarron C.J. is right loads to find out about and remind us about cause i for one do tend to forget, i do right notes down but usualy so that i need a decoder to read them

C.J. they are different in a nice way

DWThomp another nice one to add to the growing collection

Phil you can edit your posts here so if like me you forget to add your photo you can go back and add it, or check your spelling :wink: I like the way you have enchanced the colours within the photo

Palms

Hats off to all of you. There are some exceptional interpretations on this one.

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On this one I used...
* Impressionist
* Snap Art
* Redfield++ (bas relief)
... plus some smudging, sharpening and cloning.

Hats off to all of you. There are some exceptional interpretations on this one....

I quite agree, Danny! One of those exceptional interpretations is yours -- your painting practice/experience has really paid off.