PHOTO ART: Mini-challenge #64 – Jake and Joey - Page 2

pstewart · #31 12-20-2002, 11:22 PM

Once again, same technique I used on flowers, fish, and produce, using
outline with 2-layer b/w blur-dodge method, followed by equalize, anisotropic diffuse, and cutout set to vivid. (More detailed directions in the flower and produce minis.)

Phyllis

phili1 · #32 12-21-2002, 08:23 AM

BIg Al - Collin great job

Phyliss your last post I like the effect, what do you call it. I tried to give it a name but it stands by itself, different from all the rest.

I am always amazed at the different submissions, all great and different.

BigAl · #33 12-21-2002, 09:54 AM

Phili, isn't that what makes this particular forum so interesting? I always wonder (coz that's the way my mind works), how many other probably equally interesting effects get turfed out (hello chris h, CJ) because the submitter didn't like them.

pstewart · #34 12-21-2002, 06:32 PM

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Originally posted by phili1
Phyliss your last post I like the effect, what do you call it. I tried to give it a name but it stands by itself, different from all the rest.

Thanks. I don't have a name for it because I don't know what it is either...maybe "abstract" look? I like to try this technique (explained in step-by-step detail in the recent flowers and produce minis) on new pics just to see what happens, and it's usually a pretty good result, though some pics work better with it than others, which is not surprising.

Phyllis

arthill · #35 12-28-2002, 11:16 AM

Gee somehow I missed this whole series. Very nice stuff. Jake and Joey would love it.

herman · #36 04-19-2003, 04:26 AM

I used the sepia heavy drama filter in BWorks and removed the parts I didn't need.

palms · #37 03-02-2006, 03:23 PM

wanted to do so much more, but didnt pan out that way

but just loved the facial expressions

Palms

Kraellin · #38 03-02-2006, 10:43 PM

palms,

i just really do like your smudges! very lovely!

craig

palms · #39 03-03-2006, 06:26 AM

Thanks Craig need to practice more though on humans !!!!!!!!

Palms

lkroll · #40 03-03-2006, 01:22 PM

Not 100% happy with it, but I'm posting it anyway. I like the bedtop and shadow drop part better then the background. Hope you all like it anyway.

Steve Conway · #41 03-03-2006, 02:41 PM

I assume you are using Photoshop.

Those of us who don't, are curious.

Steve

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Originally Posted by Blacknight

Too many Phil's here for me to know when you're "talking" to me or the other Phil. I answer to BK, even on the street (have had this "name" for years) so if you want to avoid confusion I can be BK (it saves typing out the whole word Blacknight - no sense wasting keystrokes, huh!)

ANYWAY, here's what I have been able to reproduce from the image I posted here. Grab a cup of coffee and make yourself comfortable...

Copy the original and do a smart blur (this is basically SCHWARTZIE's method, in case you have it in an action already or something) 3, 25, low, normal.

Copy THAT layer and run MEDIAN (4 pixels). Blend mode to PIN LIGHT.

Copy THAT layer and run the WATERCOLOR filter, 9,1,1. Blend mode to LINEAR LIGHT.

Copy the original and put it up at the top of the layer stack. Blend mode to LUMINOSITY.

NOW I PLAYED with the hue/sat on the background copy (if you did it like I spelled it out, your layers should be defaulted to background copy,2,3,4.) darkening it and desaturating it. This works best with all the layers turned on and going back and adjusting them this way, or at least it did for me.

Did the same with copy 3, except didn't darken. Almost a grayscale, with just a hint of color.

Copy 4, if you look at it by itself, is an orangey-red, carpet green, with hue/sat. Again, this works better with all turned on and looking at the one I posted here for reference.

I then ran KPT Equalizer's bounded sharpen on all layers with the sharpness all the way up and RGB tolerance at 2. If you don't have that filter, get it! I imagine you could come close with unsharp mask, but KPT is superior in this regard.

Flatten and play with levels and hue/sat and curves (I always do that just to see if it can be made any better as a last step). I think I may have run sharpen on it again at this point.

Hope this gets you in the ballpark. If not, let me know and I can show you the individual layer pictures and how they each look after being adjusted.

Steve Conway · #42 03-03-2006, 03:40 PM

Cute cuddly cats.

Steve

elless · #43 04-20-2006, 12:50 AM

You can't really tell, but I actually used quite a few filters on this. Watercolor, cross hatch and halftone to name a few....

Then just colorized, added a wonky frame by hand and...

Not great really, but not awful.

DannyRaphael · #44 04-20-2006, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by elless

You can't really tell, but I actually used quite a few filters on this. Watercolor, cross hatch and halftone to name a few....

Then just colorized, added a wonky frame by hand and...

Not great really, but not awful.

Because of the requirement to squish down uploads to 100KB or less it's not easy to appreciate subtle effects like you achieved here. But for those who look closely, results like these can be appreciated.

Don't sell yourself short...

I'm glad you took a shot at this one and look forward to seeing more of your artwork. Welcome aboard.

~Danny~

Peter S · #45 03-11-2007, 07:19 PM

Well here goes. Another cat pic.

Palms WOW !!!!

Peter

ducasse · #46 03-11-2007, 08:27 PM

im apply some layers to grayscale and overlay, and brush for make highlights

GoMango · #47 12-06-2007, 01:04 PM

Cats....had many so when it comkes to color and life like....my before and afters....

GoMango

lkroll · #48 12-06-2007, 02:45 PM

Needless to say, I can not give you a step by step. Started out using GIMP's Seamless tiles, but then I had to do a lot of work to remove the ghosting (anybody have a better idea to remove the ghosting, I will be much abliged). Lots of iterations and half offsets (horizontal, vertical and both) and you get the result shown.

lkroll · #49 12-06-2007, 09:35 PM

Stole the bauble topper from this image. Well, it is getting close to Christmas.

allieok · #50 12-07-2007, 06:56 PM

*First, I defined the shadows under the white cat's head.
then defined eyes of both cats with saturation and contrast.
*clarified image to bring out texture in white cat's fur
* reduced the saturation and contrast on background, including the rug.
darkened and clarified the white cat more
*cropped to improve composition
*applied virtual painter - oil, layered over corrected original and erased some of eyes and faces to reduce the painting effect. Very little of the oil layer was left visible.
*I darkened the perimeters of the image
* Layered it with a blurred layer and a sharpened layer and blended them with Multiply mode to add drama.
*Tweaked many of the image elements with saturation, contrast, etc.

Jake-and-joeyAllieOK.jpg

MiningArt · #51 12-20-2009, 09:51 PM

Our cat ate all her friends. Nice to see Jack & Jake getting along. This version was done in PaintEngine.

lkroll · #52 09-18-2010, 08:31 PM

Thought I would continue on with my Escher exercise.

JansBee · #53 09-22-2010, 04:54 PM

I have been a Retouch Pro lurker for a while. Was doing a search one day and found it. So many good ideas and resources here.

Not an accomplished digital painter, but am workiing to develop better skills. It's such a fun area. Here's my first attempt. I gave Jake and Joe a smudge treatment, fixed up their foreground and background and overlayed a texture. It was fun.

If I made a mistake and nothing shows up please let me know. thx

Janet

Dak Paule · #54 09-22-2010, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by JansBee

I have been a Retouch Pro lurker for a while. Was doing a search one day and found it. So many good ideas and resources here.

Not an accomplished digital painter, but am workiing to develop better skills. It's such a fun area. Here's my first attempt. I gave Jake and Joe a smudge treatment, fixed up their foreground and background and overlayed a texture. It was fun.

If I made a mistake and nothing shows up please let me know. thx

Janet

Very nice first attempt! I like what you did with the forground and background and the smudge treatment.

Dak

Canna W · #55 12-08-2010, 04:12 AM

Took out a lot of the red (not on the lovely red cat...) Added eye highlights. Applied Topaz Simplify. Added some texture in photoshop.

Canna W · #56 12-08-2010, 04:15 AM

Am very impressed with your lyrical endless kitties Lyle!

lkroll · #57 12-08-2010, 06:15 PM

Appreciate the comments Canna. When I get into the mood, I do enjoy creating tessellations.

korvinsnerf · #58 12-16-2010, 10:24 PM

live trace,extruded added gradient background and done.

Kraellin · #59 12-25-2010, 08:55 PM

i like that first one on this page, lyle! very clever

lkroll · #60 12-25-2010, 08:59 PM

Thanks Craig. Hope Santa made you happy this year. I got enough to get the CS5 upgrade which I do plan on buying before the end of the year (may even do so tomorrow). Might even do an edit or too using it before going back to GIMP. lol