from morguefile.com an image by Iván Melenchón

see, Danny, you aren't looking hard enough!

Amy Hutton

from morguefile.com an image by Iván Melenchón

see, Danny, you aren't looking hard enough!

Amy Hutton

This reminds me of shopping with my wife: She makes selections of (whatever) that I would never have dreamed of picking out for her. Viva la difference! Glad you found one you liked. Feel free to pick-and-post again in the future. I trust your judgment and taste. :bow:

This one's for you, Amy! After cropping and some touchup, I used the same method on this one that I used here (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=75040#poststop).

~Danny~

This blond man should get together with the "relaxed" blonde lady for some action, dont u think??
Impr.plug-in -- charcoal color scr on k (but dont know what that means) modified, increased saturation, and overall sharpening.

Jaykita: "This blond man should get together with the "relaxed" blonde lady for some action, dont u think??"

He's at her door as we speak...

I've discovered that no matter how crappy a color image turns out, if you sepia tone it with PSP8 you have something cool. I buzzed the heck out of the background, did a layer with VP watercolor, added back his ear, which somehow got eliminated, added the sepia tone and then played with the contrast and saturation. I didn't crop it, as I like the way the background turned out.

AmyHutton

"This blond man should get together with the "relaxed" blonde lady for some action, dont u think??"



jaykita:
Since this is a G-rated site, by action you meant in the Photoshop action, sense right? :rolleyes: :eek:

CJ:
Nice job on the peeping interpretation. I got a good chuckle out of that one.

Amy:
You're right about how sepia toning can save a not so great color pic. I like your further enhancements.

~Danny~

Jaykita, I like your rendition. He looks 10 years younger.

ahutton, I really like the one you did in sepia. He (to me at least) looks like a sci-fi action hero in it.

Ms. Swartz, you have a great sense of humor as well as a good photoshop eye. How creative and fun.

Danny, I love yours. I'm going to try that tutorial to see if I can get the thick paint strokes too. Maybe on the still life I saw somewhere.......

Janet

This picture was perfect for the posterize/gradient map technique Danny introduced us to a short time ago. So I tried it. I only spent about 20 minutes on it total, so forgive me if it isn't perfect; but I believe it shows what is possible with both posterization and using the threshold technique.

If I knew how to link to that thread I would. Maybe someone will. My thanks ahead of time. :)

At any rate, enjoy and have fun. I agree this bleached blond needs to meet our relaxed blond. She might just teach him how to dress. Giggle.

Janet

found this thread in the bottom of the pile
thought it needed to be out in the daylight, lol

Great result TT, any chance you can tell us all how you went about it please? :nod:

Still testing my Art-history pencils (will post soon)....

Skin-tone clouds with added noise and texture;
4 Art-History Pencil Layers, grouped as Hard Light;
Overlaid(*) high-pass for edges and details.

Rô
* Overlain? Overlayed? Overladen?

Roland when you DO finally master the art-history brush, you'll make history in the art world! Wow, i sure like what youve done to this image, though wouldnt mind seeing some more pencil like strokes in it.
T-Toody, let me guess. Did you use Photoartmaster for your work? Or buzz maybe???

That's effective Byro, I like subtle brushstrokes. :thumbsup:

....though wouldnt mind seeing some more pencil like strokes in it.
The original was twice the size and did have a lot of strokes, but I had to crunch it down to fit into 100k.(This one may be better) (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?p=88128#post88128)
I was going to save the original but my super machine (Windows 98, 400MHz, 64M - :o: ) decided it was time for the hourly reset - and I lost it!

:rwb: C'est la vie. :rwb:

Here are the brushes ;) - actually they are tool presets for the Art History Brush (put them in the "Preset/Tools" folder)

Have fun.

Rô

http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/4005/blondmanorig2wb.png

Not what was expected, no impressionist, no Gimp etc etc but hey what fun

Palms

does anyone else think the original looks a bit like Sting with a touch of Patrick Stewart thrown in?

craig

It's too cold to be going around without a shirt.
dc

Let's try that again but with the image this time.
dc

Was going to put him in a Trek suit, but decided otherwise. LOL

does anyone else think the original looks a bit like Sting with a touch of Patrick Stewart thrown in?

craig

...Fractal Trace. On other forums, I sometimes do one of these things for some chuckles. As a side note, I wish IE would support full PNG spec. This one should have had a transparent background. I noticed, after posting, some leftovers, but decided what the hey. :)


Not what was expected, no impressionist, no Gimp etc etc but hey what fun

Palms

Done in PScs2

Another thread worthy of resurrection I think.
Lots of smoothing and D&B with this one.

Peter