PHOTO ART: Mini-challenge #99 – Carolina

[DannyRaphael]

Alex - A belated welcome from me, too.

This is a very nice interpretation. Hope to see more of your creations in the future!

~DannyR~

[herman]

Mysterious Carolina

I used BWorks from Mediachance to burn the image twice, added a vignette in Photopaint with a sampled color.

[lkroll]

I used Invert Colors instead. On a duplicate layer and ran Flaming Pear's Tachyon filter and inverted the result (I am using PS only this time). I then set this layer property to Screen. I flattened and then used Flaming Pear's Mr. Contrast for additional enhancement. Some selective cleaning and sharpening and Voila.

[jereme]

My rendition.

http://www.jereme.com/clients/challenge99.jpg

[Kraellin]

i like that, lk. thank you

craig

[TwoLaidBack]

It's been awhile since I've posted anything here but I had to give this one a shot just to see what would come of it.

I first applied a sketch effect and overlayed that over the color layer. Next I started to apply a brush stroke effect using PSP and last I added some noise.

Once I had that finished I made a simple frame and applied some USM.

Oh I almost forgot I also blacked her eye just because I thought it looked good on another image posted here earlier in the thread.

Hope ya'll enjoy!

TwoLaidBack

[Janet Petty]

Marvelous Two. The work is excellent. The black eye especially works with the attitude oozing from that expression.

Janet

[TwoLaidBack]

Hi Janet,

Yes she does seem to have attitude dosn't she?

Thanks for taking the time to view my work and the wonderful comment.

TwoLaidBack

[Steve Conway]

I don't think this young lady is into posing for photos!

Steve

[Steve Conway]

Another go.

Steve

[lkroll]

Originally Posted by Steve Conway

Another go.

Steve

Always a softy for soft glow effects; especially ones that keep the main subject in focus. Good job.

[Steve Conway]

I thank you sir.

This is a technique working up to photo to cartoon-ish effect. Not quite there yet, but trying. Some images look more cartoonish when using this technique. This one just came out with the soft glow you see.

BTW, I am really overworking your Van Gogh presets. Haven't posted but a couple. Trying to avoid overkill, but it really makes for some interesting effects on some of the images I have used it on. It really comes a lot closer than any VG's I have tried.

Steve

Originally Posted by lkroll

Always a softy for soft glow effects; especially ones that keep the main subject in focus. Good job.

[lkroll]

Just trying to emulate this guys stuff; did a better job on another photo, but that one wasn't mine, so I can not show you.

Dup
Invert top layer
Gaussean blur top layer (high amount)
Set top to Overlay
Copy base layer to top and set to Color
Duplicate Center layer to taste
Do some selective cleaning where needed (you'll see)
Flatten
Duplicate layer
Bumpmap filter (yes I used GIMP)
Set the top layer to Overlay and adjust opacity to taste
Sharpen eyes and hair
brighten eyes some more
Clean color artifacts in hair (didn't have to on the other sample, but had to here)
Invert the backgroung (wanted it black instead of white, but you don't have to do this step).

Done.


Here's a link to a better example (thanks Britt).

[Peter S]

I have absolutley no idea what I was trying to do with this one at all.
I would just like to say, that in the making of this no pixels were harmed at all, just a little shaken.

Peter

[palms]

My try on this with a little extra help from Byro ( well his action actually, wanted try it out )

Palms

[Gilbert]

The advantages of being a newcomer, being able to work with images the 'old timers' have forgotten about, particularly ones as good as this...
Below is my painted version......

[sylvia1065]

Excellent, Gilbert!
Here's my version...
Sylvia

[Kraellin]

used 'a watercolor painting' filter forge filter from northernshadow.

[Kraellin]

and a slightly different approach using another FF filter, 'portrait effects' by scary kitty

[Issy]

My version

[cazubi]

Wow Craig, you made her so scary. I used art history water color brushes in PS and added some paper texture to finish. I used some blending modes to adjust color.

Cathy

[Kraellin]

well, she's got such a great little scowl going on there, cathy. i just had to enhance it a bit that pose says to me, 'ok, you can force me to sit for this, but i dont have to like it!'. expressions are such a great form of communication

nice work on yours. you softened it up, but that scowl still shows through

[gusjoe]

I am new at this so I did three !!!

here is the first one

[gusjoe]

here is # 2

[gusjoe]

#3 first time i work with plastic i think it's cool lol

[GoMango]

Ok...I don't appreciate it when a photographer - also being one at a point in time in Europe...blows a face out losing depth and realism...and leaves RED shadows in the darkest values...

GoMango

P.S. If an attachment does not come through for this challenge...I need instructions please....

Can someone inform me why the attachments are not coming through?

[palms]

Gomango you will get there honest read this and see if you have any problems then, ( if you preview you will see if you have attached before you submit )

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/ima...ed-images.html

dont give up

Palms

[GoMango]

Can someone tell me how to get a thumbnail attachment added...even if I click attachment, browse, upload...the file does not seem to transfer

Help...

[GoMango]

Ok...as I stated before, blowing out faces detroys detail, shape and form by eliminatinf the subtle shades and shadows cast by ambient light sources. RED shadows gotta go....giving the face shape and color correctedness certainly is much more real to life and more involoved than adding just a artistic filter....and orange hair is not acceptable....

GoMango

[GoMango]

Two versions....clean abd simple and corrected for realism and the altered states....

GoMango