PHOTO ART: Mini-Challenge #022 - *OhThatGirl2001

[Kraellin]

hehe, thanks, peter.... i think gotta watch them trees

[Cimarron]

Hello everyone,
I'm new here and just want to thank you for the fantastic tutorials.

Another newbie, who loves to play with Psp and any program that piques my interest.
I've had a fun time playing with the beautiful pic of Lisa and turning her into a cyber girl colored pencil sketch.

[Kraellin]

oh cool, techo art! i like that

welcome to RP, cimarron.

[Cimarron]

Hi Craig, thanks for the welcome

These challenges are fun and a great way of getting the creative juices flowing.
I'm an artist using the traditional mediums so it's fantastic to discover all the possibilities using different programs - and a never-ending supply of canvas and paints is a bonus

[Kraellin]

well, i envy you your skill in traditional media. i can do a halfway decent stick figure and that's about it. but give me a digital camera and a digital program...

[kathmartin]

Thought I would give this ago...Hope I do this right...There are a lot of posts here..to many for me to comment on indervidually.. I didn't see any I didn't like..well done everyone and a lovely image to begin with

[Janet Petty]

Kath, a hearty and warm welcome to RTP. I'm sure all of us here will benefit from your fine, fine work.

Thank you for sharing.

Janet

[lkroll]

Wow Kath; you nailed the black hair. That's the problem that I've had with all the different blur/dodge sketch techniques that I've tried before; black hair; black anything. What's the secret?.

[lkroll]

OK; lost count after Amphisoft's Simplifier, and GREYCStoration (see link below). I can say, that a lot of manual smudging was added too.

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Info on GREYCStoration (plugin for The GIMP):
http://www.greyc.ensicaen.fr/~dtschump/greycstoration/

[DannyRaphael]

Welcome aboard, Kath. Yours is very nicely done. I really like this technique.

Keep them coming.

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Originally Posted by lkroll

OK; lost count after Amphisoft's Simplifier, and GREYCStoration. I can say, that a lot of manual smudging was added too.

Outstanding interpretation, Lyle. The smudge work is exceptional. Did you do that in Photoshop? If so, which brushes did you use?

Nice touch on that sparkle you added to the rock, too! (LOL)

~Danny~

[CJ Swartz]

Let's try a hairdo change...

[Kraellin]

kath, welcome to RP. i like your style.

lk, i like yours too. nicely done.

and cj, why'd you cut her hair? nice!

[lkroll]

Thanks for the comments all; to Danny's inquiry, after Simplifier and GREYC, I just used a resized version of GIMP's Galaxy brush (one of my favorite brushes for smoothing things out). Yes, I go back and forth between CS2 and GIMP; I'm just better at GIMP for now. My only beef with the GIMP is no dynamic sized brushes; had to resize the brush manually and save it in the two other sizes that I like to use. I really hope they address this issue with GIMP 2.4x.

[Steve Conway]

Originally Posted by VisualEyes

Here's a little something I threw together during lunch. This is my first contribution and I look forward to sharing more in the future.

Like Danny says, can't wait to see what you come up with when you don't "throw it together."

Nice combination of cartooning, drawing, colorizing, and sketching.

Steve C.

[Peter S]

Originally Posted by Steve Conway

Like Danny says, can't wait to see what you come up with when you don't "throw it together."

Nice combination of cartooning, drawing, colorizing, and sketching.

Steve C.

Steve I have to agree with you, that is an outstanding picture.
But did you realise it was posted in 2002, and this chap has not posted since April 2003. I really hope he is still about I would love to see more of his stuff.

Peter

[kathmartin]

Thank you All for the welcome and comments

[patriciakay]

Great works of art done by you all...really interesting interpretations....

Kath...so nice to see you here at RetouchPro...Welcome and i am sure you will enjoy this forum!!!

Also Welcome to Cimaron.....

Patricia...