PHOTO ART: Mini-challenge #144 – Jose

[DannyRaphael]

Guidelines? Give 'em a rest!

Since I'm going on vacation and won't be back for a week, let's give providing the detailed steps a vacation, too. As a reward for so many fine writeups so far the how-to detail will be optional for this mini-challenge.

Still, limit your submissions to no more than two (2).

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PHOTO ART: Mini-challenge #144 – Jose

Here’s another “mini-challenge” to play with in the Photo-based Art category until the next major challenge is posted here.

The base image can be downloaded by clicking the link below the legal verbiage.

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Looks like a great opportunity to try out your best sketch or oil-painting techniques.

Danny

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LEGAL VERBIAGE
J. Pacheo retains the U.S. and international copyright © not only for the original image, but also for any photo-art versions of it. Unauthorized distribution or use of this image without permission are prohibited.

[Pam]

Here's my sketch attempt. Can't wait to see some of those great smudger's work on this one...it's going to be great! My smudging looks more like a 4 year olds fingerpainting, so I won't even attempt it

Wouldn't you know it. I just got through reading the newest rules and regs (post with detailed instructions), and Danny lets us off this time! Oh well...here's the detailed instructions...

1 - Converted the original to a black and white image with the channel mixer and curves. The end result looked like this:
http://www.pbase.com/image/19192586
2 - Then did a standard sketch (dupe, invert, color dodge mode, g blur) to just bring out the lines slightly. I then opened a new layer and did a "stamp visible" (ctrl+shift+alt+E). I'll call this layer "lines".
3 - Duped the original, b+w version and ran smart blur on it to simplify it, then ran the standard sketch method on this layer also. Painted back a bit more tones with the brush on this layer.
4 - Placed the "lines" layer on top of this smart blur/sketch and set the blending mode to "multiply".
5 - Used a channel mixer layer (0 red, 40 green, 60 blue) to get a b+w sketch version.
6 - Used a color balance layer to give it a bit of color.
7 - Used a curves layer to give it a bit more contrast and depth to the midtones.
8 - Added a bit of film grain to give depth to the shadows.
9 - Duped this layer, ran gaussian blur on it, then set the blend mode to "soft light" and lowered the opacity just a bit.
10 - Another curves layer to lighten the shadows and deepen the midtones slightly.

Have a great vacation, Danny!

Pam

[Pam]

Oops, I guess I lost the image when I edited

[vijayan]

Danny thank you for posting ths good portrait to work.

Pam, It is a very good attempt in sketch..You oly Know how was its original output..no problem....
thank you Pam..

here is my JOSE, .. this is also a sketch..Charcol..

[DannyRaphael]

Another swipe at the painterly-look. I kinda like these "relaxed" rules!

[Cheryl H]

This man has great character in his face. This was fun to work with.

My thanks to whoever I borrowed the start from and my apologies for not giving you credit. This comes from a layers palette shot that I printed and can't find anymore. I forgot to staple the directions to the palette shot when I printed it, so who knows what it was really supposed to look like. I put the original back on top to give just a hint of color when I finished.

Update 7/20/03 I found the directions that went with the palette shot I used. I wasn't even close. The process I actually used can be found in the Try-It section under Soft Sketch http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/sho...&threadid=6505

[vijayan]

Danny, yours is a very supper work, and that effects never changes his charecter also.

Chery,yours is also have touch flow of creativity...

thank you danny and Chery..

This is again filters -
Filter>Texture>Patchwork = JosUP

thank you

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vijayan

[ahutton]

I applied my simplifier, poster7 from Paint Engine, then applied PSP8's colored edges, using black.

Then I cut the dude out and pasted him on a black background, softened and applied an asphault texture, as it seemed to fit the face.

AmyHutton

[Jeff L]

I worked on this one last week and never took it out of the "work" file. Well...for better or worse...here it is....

[Justme]

Hi new here . Paint Shop Pro user. But not a pro by any means. But like to see what I can come up with.
This one I used Buzz stack/ink/adj opacity
HSL adj
B/C adj
G Blurr .
Merge dulp
Black pencil
Enchange edge / opacity adj
Merge
Dulp / texture
Hope my upload works.

[Justme]

Liked this photo so played again but did not take notes.
Think i should have made the eyes stand out more.

[jch71566]

Two Steps:
1) Fotomatic Pseudo-IR (available from www.cybia.co.uk)
2) buZZ simplifier 3

-Jeff

[jaykita]

Corel painter8 (lighting effect and blend brush)and ps7 plugin vp watercolor.

[jaykita]

One more by me.
Added a threshold layer, overlay blend, opac47, also a render-clouds layer, overlay, and one ps drybrush, before merging and applying virtual p, oil, and buzz stack oil (without color edges and simplifier1). Added color to backgr.

[Neve]

What an interesting thread once again....! Really enjoyable.


Duped background layer.
L2 - Soft Focus
PSP Brushstrokes/Water Colour - Mode Normal - 78%
Duped L2
L3 - Overlay Mode 60%
Merged all and placed into
larger image with white bg.
Erased to get rid of hard edges.
Merged.

[jaykita]

Here i've made use of my "jaykita" impr settings which i've posted (as a ##jaykita.zip file) in the "portrait bara" thread.
However, here i've used the "filter noise - median" setting at 5, and not 1. All other steps are same as described in the other thread.
(Sometimes one could reduce brush size, and then apply noise-median setting at 1 or 2. The idea is to reduce amount of white spaces.)

[jaykita]

Here's my sketch effect. The one on the right is after applying filter-sponge 1,1,5. Also selective color-white -decrease black.

[keepemcomin]

1 Duplicated image

2 Opened new layer

3 Colored over the entire canvas in white with the Light Oil Flat Tip

4 Used a soft brush erasor to erase parts of the white layer over Jose's face

5 Repeated 3rd step with a sepia-ish color instead of white

6 Repeated 4th step

7 Merged layers

8 Copy/Pasted entire picture into a new window that was 100px bigger all the way around

9 Used the lasso to select "torn" edges all the way around the picture

10 Selected the white border around my picture with the lasso

11 Select -> Modify -> Border -> 50px

12 Deselected white (there is probably an easier way to do the past few steps, huh?)

13 Created new layer

14 Used a sepia-toned soft brush around the selected edges

15 Deselected area

16 Used smudge tool (splatter brush) around the edges

17 Repeated steps 10-12 but made the border 20px

18 Used a darker sepia tone and a soft brush to fill in selected area

19 Deselected area

20 Cut out white border area

21 Added a soft drop shadow

Voila

[vijayan]

Hi, very nice.. very antique look also.... Good tips..

vijayan

[Neve]

I love things that have an antiqued look...well done KeepEM.

[JustChecking]

awesome results everyone!
impossible to pick anything like "favourite", all are just great




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i guess i'm in some b&w mood today "keep it as simple as possible, but not simplier"
[oops, that "anosi" in 2nd layer from top means "aniso" ]

[Quickmagic]

ok here goes

took a few lines out of his face with the clone tool
then made his beard a bit neater clone tool
then gave it a sepia layer and this is what i have.

ps..ill get there eventualy

[DannyRaphael]

im new go easy lol

We go easy on everybody, not just rookies.

i'll get there eventualy

You're doing just fine.

As long as you're having fun and/or learning, those are the things that count the most.

~Danny~

[jaykita]

Gosh, this is my 5th or is it 6th posting. I must be crazy.
Did this purely in painter. Used the acrylic soft wet brush in clone mode.

A warm welcome to Quickmagic. Like Danny says, have fun! I know i do!

[T Paul]

1. Sharpen Image
2. New Layer, Brush set to Multiply – use black and a soft brush set 5-15% to darken details; switch to white and brighten areas
3. New Layer, Brush set to Normal – use dark brown to fill in background
4. Merge Layers
5. Equalize
6. Duplicate layer; Stylize>Diffuse>Anisotropic, adjust opacity as you see fit
7. Merge Layers
8. Buzz Simplifier
9. Selective Color Adjustment layer to tweak colors

[Neve]

Great Painter result Jaykita!!! Must try that brush next time...!

Wonderful result TP!

[T Paul]

Thanks Neve!

[T Paul]

Great job by all! I really like Jaykita’s last entry. The loose strokes really give the painting a lot of energy. Excellent work!

[T Paul]

One last play...

Used the my previous entry
1. Duplicated Image
2. Ran Fotomatic Techni-X filter (created a pure black & white image…no gray tones)
3. Inverted Image, Changed mode to Saturation

[GrafixD]

Photoshop 7

Dup.Lay
Mask
Remove subject
Leave jagged edges
Snapshot
Filter-Pixelate-Facet
Filter-Noise-Median-1.0
Watermark
Merge