dreamy portrait

[bert de wolff]

what do you think of this portrait in pencil of a dreamy girl

thanks
bert

[Legacy~Art]

Bert that is LOVELY!!!

[bert de wolff]

thank you !

bert

Originally Posted by Legacy~Art

Bert that is LOVELY!!!

[maureeno]

It's brilliant, Bert, now HOW did you do it??? I want to try this!

Maureen

[bert de wolff]

hi maureen, thank you!

this is how:

dupe background and make b/w
for high key dupe b/w layer and set new layer to screen blend
insert new layer and fill with white, make layer mask reveal all
on mask start to brush with black with opacity between 5-10% and 20% flow
use soft brush or soft pencil or charcoal brush
each brush stroke builds opacity
for high key effect favour eyes and mouth and hair shadows
to dim opacity use white brush, to erase use white brush at 100% opacity
when done, select all, copy merge and paste
use hue/saturation adjustment layer to colorize to sepia/redtone effect
if necessary dupe layer and use multiply blending for stronger tone
finish of with subtle sandstone or artpaper texturizer

and there you have it

success!
bert

Originally Posted by maureeno

It's brilliant, Bert, now HOW did you do it??? I want to try this!

Maureen

[Cassidy]

Thanks for sharing Bert, looks lovely, easy to execute

[patriciakay]

Originally Posted by bert de wolff

what do you think of this portrait in pencil of a dreamy girl

thanks
bert

Hi Bert,
Love the portrait of a dreamy girl, will try it out...being new to this forum..and the chat, when you say dupe what do you mean????
Kind regards Patricia Kay.

[bert de wolff]

hi patricia, not to worry, 'dupe' is 'duplicate layer'
bi
bert

Originally Posted by patriciakay

Hi Bert,
Love the portrait of a dreamy girl, will try it out...being new to this forum..and the chat, when you say dupe what do you mean????
Kind regards Patricia Kay.

[Kraellin]

bert,

great technique. thank you!

i gave this a try, but i altered a couple of things here. instead of the hue/sat layer, i did a Fast Fix plugin to add the reddish tone. i also added a contrast/brightness adj layer near the end to bring out the image more. i know the idea is to make it soft, but i just wanted to try it.

again, thanks!

and patriciakay, welcome to RP!

Craig

[patriciakay]

Originally Posted by Kraellin

bert,

great technique. thank you!

i gave this a try, but i altered a couple of things here. instead of the hue/sat layer, i did a Fast Fix plugin to add the reddish tone. i also added a contrast/brightness adj layer near the end to bring out the image more. i know the idea is to make it soft, but i just wanted to try it.

again, thanks!

and patriciakay, welcome to RP!

Craig

Love your effect too, thanks for the welcome!!
Kind regards Patricia

[fpellerin]

Nice work Bert....I can't wait to try that out tonight!!!

[Kraellin]

thanks, patricia

that technique has a lot of variations that could be done. i went heavier on the viewable area with the visible opacity, but could have easily gone otherwise. colors and textures could certainly be introduced, much the way bert suggested and with even a wider variety. i could also have been more selective in what i allowed to be seen as well. one could also use 'edges' for some more dramatic effects also. it's a great technique with a ton of potential.

Craig

[steve21]

Awesome effect Bert! I just had to try it out. Here's my go at it. Thanks for sharing!

[bert de wolff]

nice work steve!

as craig rightly mentioned you can go lots of ways with this technique and make it completely your own

happy sketching

bert

Originally Posted by steve21

Awesome effect Bert! I just had to try it out. Here's my go at it. Thanks for sharing!

[Kraellin]

very nice, steve21!

i think you may have started something here, bert

Craig

[maureeno]

Ok then, here's my go at it...it's a wee bit different for I left more colour to it, but I'm pleased it's a start!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...5/Boysedge.jpg

[Cassidy]

Love it Maureeno, lovely effect

[Kraellin]

very lovely, maureen

i had to have another go at this. only this time i modified the technique quite severely.

Craig

[maureeno]

Originally Posted by Kraellin

very lovely, maureen

i had to have another go at this. only this time i modified the technique quite severely.

Craig

It's brilliant, Craig, and you certainly did sort it out severely! But in very good form, I might add!

Maureen

[Kraellin]

thank you, maureen

it actually involved two blank raster layers rather than one and rather than fill the 2nd one, i used it as sort of a screening filter with white and black 'paint' only. and rather than use a layer mask on the first one, i used the eraser to lessen the opacity of the fill. there were also several blend modes and a duplicate of the desaturated image which then had a high pass run on it. i [i[really[/i] wish these paint programs kept a stored record of the workflow, one that you could save with the picture and print out separately!

Craig