Another pic from the now dead Eldorado site.


Have fun

larger version of my attempt


http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/2014/bkdeyojt1240ss9.th.jpg (http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bkdeyojt1240ss9.jpg)


Peter

The mysterious lady in black.

Steve C.

Cropped version.

Steve C.

gone for the moody look

Palms

Steve I like the cropped one the best.
Palms I do believe you made her angry. (I like it though)

Peter

Mostly done in Painter.

wow. you guys are good.

that's one of your best, peter.

steve, love the 2nd one. very painted.

palms, you got mood, girl :)

pavel, also painted nicely.

i went completely south. this one took a long time to find something that spoke to me more than just the gorgeous girl, which, you would think is enough, perhaps. but i wanted something else and couldnt find it... for a while. then it sort of came out of the dark and that's exactly what i ended up doing... something out of the dark.

Thank you Peter and Craig,
Craig i see the moodiness is catching although yours is a mystical/astrological type mood and i think it is great

Palms

Many thanks Craig & Peter.

Yeah I think I like the second one better too.

Steve C.

Awesome interpretations, gents. Gorgeous gal. She exudes attitude. I went with a sketchy/etchy rendition -- with attitude.

Craig what can I say? err looks like one of those SciFi Book covers, keep going south.
Lonk you made her look like Rita Hayworth, Oh dear showing my age again.

Peter

Lonk you made her look like Rita Hayworth, Oh dear showing my age again.
I'll have to take your word for that, Peter. I kept thinking Brooke Shields as I was doing it.

I'll have to take your word for that, Peter. I kept thinking Brooke Shields as I was doing it.


I must admit i thought the same as Peter but now you say it Lonk you have it and super image as well

Palms

In keeping with the moody feel, here is mine.

Janet

And looking at it after it is posted, I can see that the compression took a lot out of the detail. No those are not splotches. They are cracks and readily evident on the full res version. Go figure. :dizzy: :dizzy:

edit: Even after adding the closeup, it still lacks the original. At least one can see I tried. :)

thanks, palms, peter :) that was an exercise that just kept going and going until i hit on that dark bit. i was about 15 layers in before it showed up and it took almost another 15 to refine it. but i like it too and may do more along those lines.

yup, i can see rita hayworth and brooke shields there. and i like that old style portrait look. nicely done, lonk.

janet, the lament of RetouchPRO'ers, 'only 100k'. *sigh*. you could post it in the gallery and get 200k. or maybe post it on image shack or one of those. i'd love to see the full sized version.

Just fooling around with pattern stamp tool + smudging...
Sylvia

Cool stuff folks and thanks for the challenge Peter. Thought a bold smudge would look cool, so that's what I did. Attached is an extremely low quality version. Click on the thumbnail to see the high quality version. :)

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2225/framed1wk7.th.jpg (http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2225/framed1wk7.jpg)

Like LK says really cool stuff coming here.
LK your one is just........ words fail. What will you do when you get your Wacom??

Peter

Graphic 1 - A soft touch of glamour...
Graphic 2 - Memories of Yesterday's love...

Like LK says really cool stuff coming here.
LK your one is just........ words fail. What will you do when you get your Wacom??

Peter

Have some pity for me and my mouse Peter. lol

Hope to do better with a real smudging too. Like I said in another post, I need the practice. :)

Photoshop: Now you all know why I like filters. lol

Have some pity for me and my mouse Peter. lol

Hope to do better with a real smudging too. Like I said in another post, I need the practice. :)

Photoshop: Now you all know why I like filters. lol


OK I think your joking.
Maybe I should have been clearer.
LK I LIKE THAT ONE.

Peter

Thanks Peter, but I'm not really happy with it. Again, I still can't wait to use a real smudging tool. Who knows; might become an artist yet (but until then, a filter simulator). lol

:)

Peter - An attractive lady, nice choice.

Nice renditions submitted.

Here's a watercolorish version done in Painter and Photoshop. Have enjoyed all the great versions posted here.
MargaretM

Wow, so many excellent interpretations.

AHB and GertrudisPro

Had some time this afternoon finally. Here's my take on this beauty.

Amy

lovely, amy!

experimenting time again :surprise:

Palms

If my Bionic eyes are working????
I think you've been using Ditherfree again.
Have you tried using DitherBox that ships with Photoshop, Its on the CD somewhere I can't remember exactly where? The results won't be the same of course!!

Peter

If my Bionic eyes are working????
I think you've been using Ditherfree again.
Have you tried using DitherBox that ships with Photoshop, Its on the CD somewhere I can't remember exactly where? The results won't be the same of course!!

Peter

Not used ditherfree on this one Peter, Its billed as a manual drawing in pencil style ! ! ! ! ! ! ! :spchless:

not tried ditherbox though willhave to investigate that

Palms

portrait practise

portrait practise

Ha dont think you need to practise Gilbert, but glad you do

Palms

Hi All,
I found this pic some time ago, and this is my version I made then. I can't remember all my steps other than I put a new background layer in.

This is such a striking image - which probably explains why each version on this thread is so good.

Two blurred layers (one color and one b&w), a b&w layer with chalk & charcoal filter, one b&w layer using find edges filter, and creative use of blending modes. I was experimenting to see what I could come up with.

Experimenting time yet again, although it was good going through all the brilliant work that has been done already on this one

those where the days when Peter used to find some superb photo's for us to play around with, unless he comes up with a new one i suppose i will have to go keep going through the old ones ( mind you there are some brilliant ones there )

GET the HINT Peter ?

Palms

So this is my attempt. made her the modern mona lisa. Love yours gilbert.

Really liked palms' B/W version :bigthmb: (though, I think that without the arm it would have been a little better).

I went a bit dramatic.
Basically: crop, smudge and blend.

Rô

Really liked palms' B/W version :bigthmb: (though, I think that without the arm it would have been a little better).

I went a bit dramatic.
Basically: crop, smudge and blend.

Rô

Thank you Ro you are right about the arm, if you are interested this is the tutorial i was using, i quite like it and i think has a few possiblities :)

http://pshero.com/archives/high-contrast-black-white-ad/

love your dramatic touch, very nice

great mona lisa sidhebeauty

And is see someone got the hint ! ! :bigthmb:
Palms

Yes hint taken and acted on, I like my skin in one piece.
Thanks for reviving this on Palms.

Peter