Hope you enjoy working on this one. Lots of possibilities.

Mine was done in Photoshop using the Pattern Stamp Tool. Lots of HSB on the final stamped merged layer.

Now that is a real interesting image Swampy, and love the pst version will have to put my thinking head on this one

Palms

Thanks, Palms :-)

I thought I would give the AHB a whirl. I didn't go for detail as much as just laying down color. I used a sketch set to Color Burn. Did a stamp merge then selected lumonosity on the merged layer and placed the resulting selectioin above the merged layer and set the blend mode to Color Dodge. I like the way that setting pulled back on the highlight areas and really increased the contrasts of dark and light areas. This is especially noticable in the woman on the right's red clothing.

I have had fun working on this image lots of possibilities

That's another good one Swampy


Palms

Love the way you left the second one half painted, Palms.

Love the way you left the second one half painted, Palms.

It was a happy accident Swampy :grin:

Palms

Thanks for the masks Swampy.. I found it difficult to stop playing

Your PST is great and the AHB is outstanding.. Beautiful work!

Palms Luv the first one.. was wondering where the numbers went on the second.. wonderful interpretation!

Granny, very nice. What did you use to get that effect?

After some prep work including an adaptive equalization layer, the original layer, a black and white conversion layer, and a bunch of layer styles and combinations... I used this Tutorial (http://www.creativepro.com/article/photoshop-how-to-brushstroke-bonanza) that has been discussed here recently, followed by Buzz (spreading the black and Simplifier three) on a copied layer and masked out what I didn't want to show..

Could I repeat it?? Might come close.. but, Probably NOT.. but it was fun!!

That tutorial has been very popular. Thanks for the work flow.

Continuing on with my Guilloche stitching technique. Here (http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/3055/italianmasksbw0.jpg)'s the full rez version. :)

Edit:
The following link is the Guillouche without the bumpmapping, colorization and texture blending steps. :)

Link (http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/4156/italianmasksxx8.jpg)

Wow! Great photo Swampy!
Palms, Granny, Lyle, all of you did wonderful work.
But Swampy, I really LOVE your first one!:bigthmb:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikajomc/2421628363/sizes/o/

LK.... That is amazing. I would love to see you do this with a line art overlay (something like i've done below, but perhaps at a lower opacity)

Jordan, thank you. :-)

Swampy, you've just got to try to get a little more color in your postings....

Steve C.

LK.... That is amazing. I would love to see you do this with a line art overlay (something like i've done below, but perhaps at a lower opacity)

Jordan, thank you. :-)

Yes, I tried to add a stitched outline, but it just didn't look right to me. I need to do this to perfect the stitch rendering, so I will concentrate on that end in the future. Outlines to stitch is still quite hard to make it look realistic. :)

What a beautiful picture to play with!!!
Nice interpretation of the PST technique, Swampy.
I used the PST too but my own way. :)
Sylvia

Very nice, Steve. Again, your "dark" mood works well with this graphic. LOL on the "more color". It really is a birght photo, isn't it?

Sylvia, Lovely interpretation! The background is delightful!

Thank you, Swampy! Are you enjoying your week-end?? :)
Sylvia

Just got back, Sylvia! The weather was PERFECT!, and the beach was beautiful (Sarasota's beaches are fantastic). Thanks for asking!

Nice work from everyone.
Gertrudis+AHB