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

pstewart · #31 12-20-2002, 10:22 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, 07:23 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, 08:54 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, 05:32 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, 10:16 AM

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

herman · #36 04-19-2003, 03:26 AM

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

palms1 · #37 03-02-2006, 02:23 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, 09:43 PM

palms,

i just really do like your smudges! very lovely!

craig

palms1 · #39 03-03-2006, 05:26 AM

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

Palms

lkroll · #40 03-03-2006, 12:22 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, 01:41 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, 02:40 PM

Cute cuddly cats.

Steve

elless · #43 04-19-2006, 11:50 PM

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, 09:59 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, 06:19 PM

Well here goes. Another cat pic.

Palms WOW !!!!

Peter