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Neve left the link for this wonderful site today, i have downloaded about 100 pics today, one picture i downloaded i wanted to share with you, and maybe we can all try and paint it, its just so adorable not to share!

Lets have some fun...

But i had to post this before i did, i shall be adding the results to my portfolio, i am just wondering how many pictures a person is to have in a portfolio.

Anyhow good night everyone, if its evening there good evening, and if its morning, well good morning have a nice day!

I just noticed i have squished the ear...well there ya go nothing is ever perfect...

:bigthmb: Glad to see your still cookin' LA. Those eyes say it all...!

Your picture is dreamy, that is lovely!!! Well done hun!

I'm still experimenting with the Wow Watercolor method. It seems to work better on "scenery" than "people."

This is a very cute picture nonetheless.

Danny that is awesome, and yes its an awesome picture, what a cutie!

LegacyArt -- lovely choice of image, and nice touch on both versions.
Neve -- you're right -- those eyes say it all, and your emphasis really enhances them.
Danny -- your watercolor technique is good, but with this baby, it seems to emphasize the "startled look" in his eyes and mouth. :)

I started with a sharpened/diffused layer with layer masking to reduce a good deal of the effect, leaving it on the blanket, and around the edges of his face. Then I ran Graphic Pen (chose black and his pinkish skin color), added a Layer Mask, and ran a gradient on the mask to show a transition from the drawing effect to the previous image. Used a layer mask to reduce the pencil effect on his face.

Beautiful...Just Beautiful!

Well I ran a sketch action on the photo and came up with this.

Wonderful results people. I'm a sucker for babies and this one is no exception. Thumbs up to all of you. :bigthmb: :bigthmb:

Here is my contribution. If it turns out too yellow on your monitors, please let me know. I added quite a bit of yellow to the final and my monitor is calibrated to the printer so what I get is often different that what ya'll get. Thanks

Janet

... If it turns out too yellow on your monitors, please let me know. Janet

Since you asked ... :glasses:
Janet, the baby's skin shows pinkish/magenta for the most part, but there is a section on the left side (facing) that shows 100% yellow when I look at it in Photoshop. (varies but 18/76/100/9 [CMYK] is typical from what the eyedropper picks up). The shaded area on his chin and on the right side are also high in yellow, but not 100%, and don't LOOK yellow. The brightly lit areas of his face (his "mask", I believe is the term, is mostly majenta according to the numbers. It's an attractive look to my eye, and I would expect a bit of yellow reflection from the yellowish blanket to show up on his face next to the blanky. (quite honestly, if you hadn't brought it up, I'd never have noticed -- I had to bring the image up in PShop to "see" the yellow.) :wavey:

Ran Neat Image on this one first. Then One Step Photo Fix in PSP9 followed by Edge Preserving Smooth and Brushstrokes. Smudged the sharp edges left by brushstrokes, added a texture layer, and framed in PS7.

Catia

Nice Catia. I'm glad you ran Neat Image. It is something I should have done when I realized how much grain the face had in it to begin with. Nice job!

Thanks CJ for the comments. I was trying for a yellowish/magenta glow to warm the picture up a bit but couldn't tell if I'd accomplished it without feedback from another eye (not just numbers).

Janet

Nice versions all. I'm curious what Janet did to get the "imported from painter" base layer in hers. Please share.

Mine is basically a repeat of my 2nd "Paula in BW" version. But I left out the cutout layer, added a hint of color, and added a texture layer.

-Mark

Hi Legacy Art,

I created several Selections and placed them on seperate Layers. Using Layer styles I then created a drop shadow for each and used a 1 pixel stroke to help seperate them from the background.

I created another empty Layer and placed a number of question marks on it.

Regards

Con Looymans

Another Helen Yancy style one from me.

Christine

What a beauty Christine. I'm saving my pennies for her CD. :bigthmb:

Hey nice work Con...

Christina that is GORGEOUS very soft and subtle...pretty!

Another Helen Yancy style one from me

Who is Helen Yancy? And how much are her cds, i am saving up for the other cds of trimoons.

Who is Helen Yancy? And how much are her cds, i am saving up for the other cds of trimoons.
http://www.helenyancystudio.com/



wonderful results everyone! :bigthmb:

What a cutie!
Still trying to get on terms with the Art History Brush (tutorial half-written)
Rô

Wonderful work Ro. Fun and slightly addictive isn't it?

Janet

Wow.
My net server was down for just 3 days, and what a wealth of creativity i see here already! Its good to be back!
This is a pencil sketch with a brush made by me. One color-range layer for the towel (which would have otherwise taken forever to do!) Added a sandstone texture.

I was wondering where you were, glad to see you too. This is terrific Jaykita, very effective. :bigthmb: Everyone will be chasing you for that brush,

jaykita -- Wonderful rendition!! :bigthmb:

Luminous!

Well I ran a sketch action on the photo and came up with this.

I like this rendition the best, it really brings out the tenderness and innocence of the image.

This picture was so good to work with. However, I changed my approach so many times that I lost my trail..

JackK

Thanks Neve, C.J. Neve, touched that someone noticed i was gone!! Thats so sweet of you. :kisses:
Worked on this darling image with the pattern stamp tool. Also some g'blur, hardlight blend.

Art History Brush
Larger Image (http://www.trimoon.com/babyboyTM.jpg)

Steve, simply GREAT! It would take me ages to put down that kind of detail with the a-h-brush! Your work is indeed marvellous. :bigthmb:

it's based off of the photo....
I've been playing with digital painting in PS. Unfortunately I'm stuck using a mouse and only working during my free time at work.

...during my free time at work.

"Free time at work": Isn't that an oxymoron? :)

Regardless, this is very impressive -- especially using a mouse. Well done.

Buzz-Sepia-FP India ink

AmyHutton

I normally don't mess with any of the Artistic Filters. But, since that is what is called for here I complied. :rolleyes: :)

First, I blurred the image to reduce some of the noise on the original.
Overlayed a blue tint to the entire image.
Used the dry brush effect (for the first time, mind you).
Played with Render->Lighting Effects to bring a bit of emotion into the image.

Enjoyed playing with things I don't normally.

T

here are my two attempts :pleased:

Wooohoooooooooooo super work...Lovely renditions everyone!!!

Nice to see you Steve not seen you in ages!

this is my attempt
selected the eyes
used my favorite dualtone action
then pasted the eyes back on

Palms1

I like your rendition. The softness of the tone is soothing!

Tyler

here are my two attempts :pleased:
Hi Toodaloo!
Nice picture!
Carrie

Did this a while ago when first learning and saw the post here so decided to add my version too. I know, I could do better with the eye by the blanket. Sorry!

Carrie, a wonderful effort, the colours are perfect. There's no "time" limit imposed here so enjoy. We all like to see old threads re-emerge also.

Carriewoeck, yours is lovely!
Mine was done in painter8 using grainy brushes and blenders.

Thanks Jaykita,
Your version is very nice too. It is amazing all the different styles people come up with. Looks I will have to try this agin in painter now that I know how to use it better.

Mine was done in painter8 using grainy brushes and blenders.You're sure getting a knack for adding colors to highlights and shadows. Jeremy would be pleased! :)

Hi Toodaloo!
Nice picture!
Carrie

I see, your sharing talent here, that is great to see

I have been absent for a spell, but I think I got the painting bug again

lol

hope to see more of your Painted masterpieces

Just wanted to share my creation. This was done using the art history brush and lots of blending layers.

I think this is my most favourite picture i have ever done on this forum, this is a lovely subject to paint!!!

Nice to see this thread again...

Elle

You people amaze me. Such great renditions throughout the entire thread! You have covered a lot of bases, but I thought that since this was a little boy, why not give him a blue blanket?

Thats cute!!! Lovely blue too.

Sketch and smudge. Used vector simplication techniques for the smudge. :)

JlC ... beautiful... love the art history brushes. Love playing with this image... thank you for posting it! :bigthmb:

I started with Lucis art and a number of different layers, but thought the effect was too harsh for the little one, so took it into painter and softened the image with artist chalk and caught all the edges, eyes, eyelashes, nose etc. with pencil....back to ps for final touches. Also took the image more to a sepia tone.
~Nancy~

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This application has been giving me fits but it does produce interesting results

dee dee,

love the blue :)

nancy,

very nice!

craig

dee dee,

love the blue :)

nancy,

very nice!

craig
thank you craig, for nice comment. :ditsy: This has been one of my favorite projects, there are so many ways to go with it and you can spend a lot of time with details.
~Nancy~

Here's another. Painter for glass distortion, then Photoshop for some cloning and masking.
MargaretM

An attempt from me to do a sketch type thing.

Peter

Decided to make the photo high-key and surrounded it with pixel breakdown.

Created a new photo in greyscale and made it a small image . converted to bitmap and then enlarged it again to same size as original. Pasted the bitmap in as a greyscale into an alpha channel. Used it as a selection mask and added the black fill.

Most of you know I'm a little whacked. I mostly use photos for fodder for very weird pix. I wouldn't call what I do abstracts, as they aren't representative of the original photo. I don't know what I'd call the style, if indeed it is a style at all.

But here is what I have done with this photo. I call it "Beach Play." Feel free to dislike it.

Amy

Used Photoshops Paint Daubs at very low settings + Impressionist Chalk:Faithful.

Recently downloaded Inkscape vector graphic editor and played around.

Stars,swirls and the partial circle from Inkscape ....bubbles from Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9 picture tube and applied enamel art effect then opened in Photoshop Elements 2 to add gradient,Virtual Photographer, Find Edges then Texture filters.

Could have done it all in Paint Shop Pro most likely but I had fun switching between programs. Now that I have a good idea of what Elements can do I need to explore Paint Shop more it seems to have much greater width and depth than Elements.

Inkscape looks like it will be great fun.

Diffuse Glow is a favorite...underpainting...conte crayon....cute. :o:

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