Sep 05 Contest Votes

[fembot]

I was looking for a combination of great likeness and a great oil painting effect, which was more difficult than I thought:

1 Loverly - This is a great likeness, the colours are really good. I think the jacket looks a bit weird in places, but overall this is the best package of likeness and painting effects. Lovely job!

2 Doug Colwell - Again, a good restoration, and someone who agrees with me that the spectacles don't have any arms (I couldn't find any evidence, anyway). I'm not a great fan of this "canvas" effect, and it looks more like a pastel or drawing, but this is a good picture nonetheless. Great likeness!

3 Cazubi - I don't really think this is a great likeness, he looks a bit feminine somehow, but I love the details, and that palet knife effect is absolutely wonderful. In terms of an oil painting effect this is the best, please share your method!

4 K Schultz - Going for likeness again, he looks properly miserable, good work! The eyes are too bright in my opinion and he looks very cut out of the background, but facially I like this one (and again no arms on the spectacles, bravo!)

5 Bob Down - I really like the colours in this one. It's more of a free interpretation in terms of likeness, but as a painting on its own it works well.

Great work everyone, this was a hard one!

[PhotoB]

My votes:

1- Bob Down - the background is a bit "hot" but can't beat your restoration! WOW!
2- Shalford
3- freddieanne
4- Cameraken
5- byRo

[Cameraken]

Well done everyone. I think everyone who attempted this deserves a prize.
I picked out the top eight fairly easily But found it very difficult to miss out 3 of them


1) Cabuzi
2) Freddieanne
3) Kschulz
4) Doug Colwell
5) Shalford

[raniday]

I just never got going in a direction that worked for me on this one, obviously; I applaud everyone who did. Very tough voting. I could probably wait till morning and come up with a different list.

1 Doug Coldwell, well executed detail
2 Cazubi, I really liked the colors
3 Shalford, believable restoration
4 Kiska, interesting abstracted portrait
5 Bob Down, good texture & line

[MargaretM]

Here's my vote.
1. Bob Down - great job overall with good detail lines, yet the original face.
2.Freddieanne - a close second. Very nice.
3.Lorraine - very nice. just had a little problem with the hairline.
4.DougColwell - as always a great job. I felt the texture was a little too much overwhelming the detail.
5. Loverly-nice. I found the frame is a little distracting.
Honorable mention to Cabuzi- great job and would have gone for a 1 here but thought that the face had changed shape and become too plump; Cameraken - great glasses and eyes.

[newtonwayne]

1. Doug Colwell
2. Loverly
3. Fembot
4. Kschulz
5. Freddieanne

[pjulich]

Here is my vote.
1. Lorraine
2 Doug Colwell
3. Loverly
4. KShultz
5. Fembot

[T Paul]

Kudos to all those that entered this month’s contest, and double kudos for all that voted. We almost had everyone vote this time! This contest was an extreme challenge and I agree with the comments that if you attempted this one, you were a winner.

We also had some great discussion especially about the man’s glasses. It brings up an important point when restoring a photo. It’s easy to make quick assumptions on items you are used to seeing, but you really need to research the time period of the piece to understand what should be there, what colors were typically used, style of clothes, and so on. Sometimes the customer may be able to fill in a lot of the history, but many times they may not.

Well without further ado….

This month’s contest winner is Doug Colwell! Congrats on your grand entry. Enjoy your well earned prize! Please take the time to share your steps with us.

THE PRIZE Steve Caplin's "How to Cheat in Photoshop", updated for Photoshop CS2, donated by Focal Press.

The top 10: revised as I had reversed two names
Doug Colwell
Loverly
Freddieanne
Cazubi
Bob Down
Shalford
Fembot
KSchulz
Lorraine
byRo

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