I haven't posted one for a while. But I found this on my hard drive.
Also there has been a lot of flowers about and what with hay fever and so on, its about time for a change. (nothing personal Palms).

The first is a resized original (to get under the 100k limit).
The second is mine go at it.

No restricitions on the styles you use, of course, anything will do.

The fullsize original can be found here if you wish to use it.

[img=http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/2929/xqefw6zg435at0.th.jpg] (http://img74.imageshack.us/my.php?image=xqefw6zg435at0.jpg)


A higher res version of my attempt can be found here if you would like to view it.

[img=http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/871/weatheredfacehis5.th.jpg] (http://img74.imageshack.us/my.php?image=weatheredfacehis5.jpg)


Have fun

Peter

Playing with GIMP Mosaic filter set to Grain Extract for some more stitch fun (a happy accident that I recently found). I b/w step involved Mehdi's fine threshold filter and Amphisoft Xylograph filter (for the wavy blacks). Here (http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9177/xqefw6zg435at0jc0.jpg)'s the complete high quality version (little over 900K). Attached is a very low quality crop. :)

Quite the picture you found there, and what an expression.
I used KentC's "cezanne" preset in impressionist and used the dry brush filter in photoshop for the details.

Simply a marvelous shot... Thx for getting this one going, Peter.

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Fox54 -- I like your Impressionist interpretation. Nicely done. :)

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Convert to BW...

Craggy faces like this are a lot of fun to work with.

Anyone familiar with Ivan Albright's paintings will certainly appreciate the look.

Steve C.

I too went with the b/w look.

nice little 5 min break from my current nightmare!

-black layer @ multiply, like 40% opac.

masked out the areas to bring back highlights, then custom sharpen.

whatever.

--------Actually, i need to work on my lighting a bit, in post......anybody have any tips or advice on that??

nice little 5 min break from my current nightmare!

-black layer @ multiply, like 40% opac.

masked out the areas to bring back highlights, then custom sharpen.

whatever.

--------Actually, i need to work on my lighting a bit, in post......anybody have any tips or advice on that??

I just loaded a luminosity mask with hi-lights selected and used the default Lighting effects with the light going in the right direction.

that makes sense, chris.....thanks.

Kind of like this. Used your file

very cool, will try that on some beauty shots that called for strong highlights, opening up. thanks chris.

i think i have more trouble with the shots that are very flat and closely cropped to the face.

the ones that really dont give any info on light direction and stuff. then when you go to open it up and play with highlights and shadows, and add contour, thats where things can get tricky.

sometimes i think too much on images, and that throws me off a bit.

i know how light and shadow work with one another, maybe the hard part is knowing where to apply it and when you're gping overboard.

Great shot!
Dan

here's another with the highlights a bit more realistic, just using masks.

All nice ones you guys.
I was so impressed with the B&W ones I thought I'd have a try myself, but slightly different.

Peter

that's pretty cool peter, straight photoshop, or plugin?

that's pretty cool peter, straight photoshop, or plugin?


Thanks
The only plugin used (this time) was Unplugged "Lomo" (a very old plugin but works okay), for the Vingnette effect, everything else was Photoshop.

Peter

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Fox54 -- I like your Impressionist interpretation. Nicely done. :)

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Thanks Danny, this was a real easy picture to work with, there are so many options that would work well.:)

Good choice Peter - thanks. And nice work, everybody.

Did this is CS2 and Painter.

Nice image choice Peter. Some really nice renditions posted.

A very interesting face to work with. The other renditions are very nice.
I used a watercolor tutorial by Sylvia1065 and added some accents of my own.

Cathy

OK; a little more serious this time. :)

Another good find Peter, but it does seem to be missing some flowers :wink: or maybe a frog :eek:

Palms

Outstanding painterly, Palms.

Lqqker nice witth the face, the backgrounds good but I don't think it fits this guy.
Cathy - wonderful stuff there, I would have like to be looking over you shoulder when you did that.

Another good find Peter, but it does seem to be missing some flowers :wink: or maybe a frog :eek:

Palms

Very nice there Palms. (again)

Peter

But keep it quite about the frogs Steve might be listening.

A great face for a drawing.

Peter - Being old and poor doesn't exempt one from a sunset. What I see is character thats slightly weathered and a face full of memories, some which may have included the place I put him.

Outstanding painterly, Palms.

Thank you Lonnie and Peter, This technique is something i stumbled upon a while ago and need to work some more details out, then i will post about it but unfortunately i do think it will only be a Photoshop thing !

Palms

Another good find Peter, but it does seem to be missing some flowers :wink: or maybe a frog :eek:

Palms

Yeah...I noticed right away there were no flowers....or frogs.

Steve C. :depressed

I thought I would try a different look with Painter using the Sargent cloner. I really like all of the renditions so far.

Cathy

wow.... so much character in that face.

I played with AHB and kind of like the effect.

Peter - Being old and poor doesn't exempt one from a sunset. What I see is character thats slightly weathered and a face full of memories, some which may have included the place I put him.

Very nicely put LQQKER..........and I most wholeheartedly agree.

Steve C.