Photo Art Mini-Challenges - - PHOTO ART: Mini-challenge #40 – English Gentleman - Page 3

ecurbh · #31 10-30-2002, 11:20 AM

Maybe he looks so grim because he's been captured...

Yeah, I know this flag did not exist in the revolutionary period. Whatever.

Bruce

Marlene DeGrood · #32 10-30-2002, 03:49 PM

I'm not a portrait type, don't like to shoot them so it's not something I'm used to working on. I am so impressed with everyone's work on this "gent". I could name you all, but that would be everyone who submitted to this challenge. I decided to give this a try to see.....well.....it is a challenge and I couldn't resist. I was trying to give an old, but not damaged look to this.

Marlene
www.thedigitalspectrum.com

DannyRaphael · #33 10-30-2002, 03:51 PM

Grim look might be from what he had for lunch that day... No Tums back then.

RE: Flag BG, timing and all that
No problem. You're merely operating in the spirit of guideline #4 (Have Fun).

Very cool edges.

VisualEyes · #34 10-30-2002, 05:51 PM

Another fun lunch hour playing with accented edges and blending layers.

pstewart · #35 10-31-2002, 01:31 AM

Truman, very crisp looking, and almost seems to have a 3D quality. Wonder if that comes from the contrast with the blurred background or something you did with a filter...hmmm...

By the way, it's great to see you back here making pictures again...I missed you.

Phyllis

Trine Sirnes · #36 10-31-2002, 05:12 AM

Going a bit the other way, an answer to the challenge and a restoration challenge as well

I used a photo I have from a boat trip on an old restored sailboat here where I live. I thought it suited the gentleman. I turned it to greyscale, then tritone, used a warm greyl. Then back to RGB and gave it the sepia color. Added some brush effects(clouds, paper damage, finterprints, decay) and that's about it, I think.

Marlene DeGrood · #37 10-31-2002, 08:10 AM

Trine....Outstanding! Great idea, very well executed!

Marlene
www.thedigitalspectrum.com

angue · #38 11-08-2002, 08:18 PM

Here's a companion to the ladies .
Same steps taken plus Glowing edges. Then history brush tool with brush dynamics on to bring back the color. Embosed effect by way of REnder>Lighting Effects.

Tony

pstewart · #39 12-23-2002, 02:07 AM

Abstract version, using same outline-equalize-aniso-cutout method as in minis 62, 63, and several others.

Phyllis

themanda · #40 02-06-2003, 02:00 PM

I wanted to see if I could duplicate my earlier oil look.

Sadly, I don't think it turned out as well on this one. Perhaps it's just the nature of the photo that I started out with.

pstewart · #41 02-07-2003, 02:28 PM

Amanda, it's certainly true that the same treatment will yield different results on different pictures. But I like the effect you did achieve here...so moody and dark and intense...especially love how the yellows/golds stand out.

Phyllis

retpmikl · #42 02-07-2003, 02:51 PM

Amanda,
I like it too. Very nice image.

ahutton · #43 01-24-2004, 07:26 PM

I aged the gent a couple decades by applying PSP8's Topography filter set at 100% detail. This also gave the photo some depth.

Then I added an all over texture and decided this was time for his end-of-career formal portrait and used Flaming Pear's melancholytron. Softened the whole thing.

AmyHutton

jaykita · #44 12-11-2004, 08:43 PM

One sketch layer with aniso, multiply blend, a filter-render-clouds layer, overlay blend, one "color from original" layer - which means i used an eyedropper to airbrush colors from original image onto a blank layer, overlay blend. This renders a more painted effect. Finally, merged all with the original bckgr layer and framed.

SWEngineer · #45 12-23-2004, 11:00 PM

Some great work in this thread. While I especially liked Trine's composite, themanda's oil interpretation inspired me to give my own oil mimic a try.

Using Elements2 with HPTs:
Created a new background for the subject. Then mostly followed the steps in my oil tutorial. Some key embellishments to try and get a darker, antique like result: A Hue/Sat adj. layer to darken & up saturation in reds and yellows. (Masked the subjects face.) Curve adj layer to darken. A layer filled with "dark yellow orange" from the default color swatches with Hard light, low opacity. A gradient fill layer in Multiply mode. Merge visible all this and ran SmartBlur. Masked to only affect the face and white part of the shirt. Finally a rough selection around the eyes, copy & paste from the BG layer. Hand painted a specular highlight in the eyes & lowered opacity to get a good blend.

I'm not completely satisfied with this, but it's probably my best oil-like portrait so far.

-Mark