Creative interpretations: Football player

[DannyRaphael]

For your creative enjoyment...

Image source: Google images

"Hut 1, hut 2..."

[kiska]

Two or three layers of Studio Artist paint.

[lkroll]

Ran the image into Autotrace (AUTOTRACE -corner-threshold 75 -despeckle-level 16 -despeckle-tightness 1 -output-format ai -output-file c:\temp\d.ai -report-progress %1) and ported the resulting illustrator file into PS. I then did some additional simplifying using Impressionist Conte Faithful and Paint Engine @Wetter2 presets. I then ported the whole thing in GIMP and rand DCSpecial's 1969 filter set to Saturation (adjusted Opacity down a little) and flattened done. I know I could have done the whole thing in PS, but I like GIMPs precise control of Jpeg quality for the file saving process.

[Janet Petty]

lkroll, that is a different look for you. I'm glad you are branching out some. I like. I like.

Kiska, awesome as always. You have more talent in your little War Eagle fingers than I'll ever have. Good thing I can learn from you.

Janet

[lkroll]

Originally Posted by Janet Petty

lkroll, that is a different look for you. I'm glad you are branching out some. I like. I like.

Kiska, awesome as always. You have more talent in your little War Eagle fingers than I'll ever have. Good thing I can learn from you.

Janet

Believe it or not, I started out with Vector simplification before I discovered all those wonderful filters (Paint Engine, Impressionist to name a few). I figured I would try to mix this into the equation and am quite happy with the result. Still a lot of interaction; you know that I try to get the computer to do all the work; still failing though.

I didn't know that Kiska was a War Eagle. I graduated Auburn (EE) in 1992. War Eagle to all.

[Cassidy]

Quite Numerous steps here unfortunately I seem to have closed the psd without saving, so cannot follow through with description

[byRo]

Seemed to have Deep Paint written all over it.
Done with the (modified) water-colour brush and embossing.
Added sharpening effects in PS.

Rô

[dkcoats]

Rotated the canvas to give it more, um, oomph or something.
Couple layers of Impressionist. Don't remember what settings I wound up with.

dc

[kiska]

Awright Ikroll!!!! WAR EAGLE!!!!!!! Janet is one of those ArKANSAS porkers, but a nice 'un.

Thanks Janet!

[dbuckle]

A Studio Artist attempt

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by dkcoats

Couple layers of Impressionist. Don't remember what settings I wound up with. dc

That's unforunate. This is one of the better Impressionist rendered effects that I've seen in quite a while.

If you could attempt to recreate the effect and note/post the details, I'm sure I won't be the only one who is appreciative.

The rotation and edge treatment work well, too.

~Danny~

[Swampy]

Happy New Year to All

I just LOVE football! Thanks for the great photo, Danny!

PhotoShop CS

Masked out the player (Quick Mask Mode), rotated slightly and repositioned to center him better. Duplicated the masked layer and moved the lower copy to the left and applied some motion blur. Duplicated the blur layer and moved slightly left again and set blend mode to Multiply.

Added a background layer under the above three layers and cloned back some background and did a gausian blur on the clone.

[dkcoats]

Originally Posted by DannyRaphael

That's unforunate. This is one of the better Impressionist rendered effects that I've seen in quite a while.

If you could attempt to recreate the effect and note/post the details, I'm sure I won't be the only one who is appreciative.

The rotation and edge treatment work well, too.

~Danny~

Danny, thanks for the compliment. I mean, gosh. That's high praise coming from you.
I've done my best to recreate what I did.

The bottom layer was Impressionist>Paint>Angled strokes
I used a rounder, sketchier brush rather than the zig-zag thing the default version uses and probably twiddled a couple other things too but alas those changes are lost to the ages. The first attachment shows what the result looked like.

Above that I used a preset I'd saved from an earlier effort. I've attached that preset along with the result. I set the opacity of the top layer to 42%.

I had to clone out some undesirable scallopy-looking parts of the underlying layer, mostly on his right arm at the edge of the jersey sleeve.

The edge treatment was dictated by the rotation of the canvas--it was either that or recreate a whole lot of the background (which wouldn't have been all that hard) plus some of the guy's hand (which would).

Glad you liked it.

david

[Steve Conway]

Nice pic, but orange and blue on the uniform would have made it perfect. 8-)

Steve

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by dkcoats

Danny, thanks for the compliment. I mean, gosh. That's high praise coming from you.
I've done my best to recreate what I did.

The bottom layer was Impressionist>Paint>Angled strokes
I used a rounder, sketchier brush rather than the zig-zag thing the default version uses and probably twiddled a couple other things too but alas those changes are lost to the ages. The first attachment shows what the result looked like.

Above that I used a preset I'd saved from an earlier effort. I've attached that preset along with the result. I set the opacity of the top layer to 42%.

I had to clone out some undesirable scallopy-looking parts of the underlying layer, mostly on his right arm at the edge of the jersey sleeve.

The edge treatment was dictated by the rotation of the canvas--it was either that or recreate a whole lot of the background (which wouldn't have been all that hard) plus some of the guy's hand (which would).

Glad you liked it.

david

Thanks a lot for the reconstruction, info and preset, David. That helps a lot.

You done good.

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Steve: That's a pretty far departure from Buzz, which you've been favoring lately. The "oil painting look" really stands out. I wouldn't mind reading about your details, too.

[DannyRaphael]

There are many Photoshop filters that I never use because (to me) they just ruin an image. Artistic > Fresco was one of them. The results were always too dark.

Then it hit me: After applying Fresco, why not follow up with Edit > Fade and choose a blend modes that would keep the arty look, but subdue some of the darkening?

So I experimented by trying Edit > Fade (Screen, Lighten and Overlay -- depending on ) after Fresco... Guess what? I saw possibilities and started playing around further. Then I tried applying Angled Strokes to a Fresco-ed layer, which gave it the look of pencil hatching.

Anyway it would take a month to describe how I did my version of our football guy, so I wrote an action to recreate the basic, but unfinished, effect if anyone feels like experimenting.

Results will vary from image to image, but with the flexibility afforded by multiple layers and layer masks, there are a lot of possibilities.

~Danny~

[Steve Conway]

Thanks Danny.

I painted the image using various art media tools, duped the layer over the painted one and added virtual painter played with the blends and when I came up with one I liked, "normal" I think, I reduced the opacity to 55 percent.

Steve

Originally Posted by DannyRaphael

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Steve: That's a pretty far departure from Buzz, which you've been favoring lately. The "oil painting look" really stands out. I wouldn't mind reading about your details, too.

[Kraellin]

danny,

nice crosshatch sketch (i think that's what to call it). reminds me of an artist i knew years ago who did pencils.

interesting how an often neglected tool can suddenly take on life, isnt it

craig

[Swampy]

Steve... you wanted a Gator player?

Here ya go...

Used Danny's sketched version, added a layer below and set the sketch for Blend mode of screen. I also set the Blending OPTIONS on the sketch layer for 0/18 and 93/235 for the layer below.

Painted orange and blue on the layer below.

GO NOLES!

[Steve Conway]

I love it! Nice job. And from a Seminole fan too. I'm impressed.

Now why didn't I think of that? And the "F" on the helmet came in handy too. 8-)

Steve

Originally Posted by Swampy

Steve... you wanted a Gator player?

Here ya go...

Used Danny's sketched version, added a layer below and set the sketch for Blend mode of screen. I also set the Blending OPTIONS on the sketch layer for 0/18 and 93/235 for the layer below.

Painted orange and blue on the layer below.

GO NOLES!

[Swampy]

Steve

I'm brain dead after the Orange Bowl last night! WHAT A GAME!! It will be an ESPN instant "Classic" fer sure!

[Steve Conway]

I am sure you are not the only one a bit exhausted after that one. And last night's Rose Bowl has got to go down as one of the best match-ups ever!

Steve

Originally Posted by Swampy

Steve

I'm brain dead after the Orange Bowl last night! WHAT A GAME!! It will be an ESPN instant "Classic" fer sure!

[Janet Petty]

"Janet is one of those ArKANSAS porkers, but a nice 'un."

HaHa. Actually I'm an Aggie...But not from Texas either. Gotcha.

Janet

[kiska]

Well.......well........you live in Ark so, ERGO, you're a PORKER.

[Janet Petty]

Kiska, how'd ya know my kitchen is filled with pigs?

Janet

[Swampy]

FOOTBALL! GO NOLES!

I downloaded the iTunes Orange Bowl highlights and did a screen capture of Lorenzo Booker on his run to the end zone. Added text and borders and the OB logo.

I just HAD to get an FSU Seminole in this thread. LOL

[Patricia]

Hi, been off for quite a while, got overwhelmed with the holidays and health issues . . . I didn't even open Photoshop for almost a month!

This one didn't go quite where I intended ( that never happens to anyone else, right? ), I started out wanting to do a sketch. But this sort of happened; it started with painting with a pattern brush (ala Wow), and ended with some smudging, layers and blending, and the kitchen sink.

I like the technique, but don't really feel that it suits this image. But I wanted to post it anyway to get some feedback.

TIA,

[Kraellin]

dee dee,

you junkie, you! who'da ever figured

craig

[Photomaster]

Originally Posted by Patricia

I like the technique, but don't really feel that it suits this image. But I wanted to post it anyway to get some feedback.

TIA,

I agree that your technique is very good. You are right about the look not suiting the image. Football players don't want to be portrayed in pastel tones. I took the liberty of bumping the levels in PS to enrich the colors. Any young man would be proud to display this image.

[Chance_1]

Nice renditions by all.
I am trying to show this player running at blinding speed ! Rough Watercolor.

Chance