Need help with this pencil sketch look

ddolddolee82 · #1 01-29-2006, 08:06 AM

I have been trying to figure out this particular pencil sketch look that I found on a website for days. However, I am unable to get the exact effects.
(I tried all the pencil sketch effect I found from here)
So, I need some tips and help.
The image I found can be found here or in a thread below.
I attached original image in a zip file.
any tips would be helpful.
Thank you.

- DD

Cassidy · #2 01-29-2006, 08:08 AM

do you want b&w or colour?

Swampy · #3 01-29-2006, 08:20 AM

The "he image I found can be found here" link doesn't work for me.

ogee · #4 01-29-2006, 02:40 PM

Dosen't work for me either

Peter S · #5 01-29-2006, 03:26 PM

Maybe it a picture of the invisible man?????

lkroll · #6 01-29-2006, 03:55 PM

Since you did not give an example of exactly what you wanted, I took some liberties. Below are links to the pertinant info/filters needed.

eScrappers: http://www.escrappers.com/pencilsketch.htm

Impressionist: http://www.trimoon.com/html/downloads.html

ddolddolee82 · #7 01-29-2006, 05:29 PM

I don't know why the link doesn't work....
I attached the image to this thread.
I am trying to figure out the effects that can turn original image above to the one attached here.

DannyRaphael · #8 01-29-2006, 06:49 PM

There's a plugin called "LucisArt" that has a setting called "Exposure" that comes pretty close... (plus a layer of grain set to Overlay).

The problem is this filter is real inconsistent for this purpose. On some images is looks pretty good, others not so good...

www.LucisArt.com

Swampy · #9 01-30-2006, 07:23 AM

I found a very good PhotoShop action called Sheri's Sketch CS. I think I got it on the Adobe User Resources. It plays a lot more steps than this, I stopped the action at the first pause, but the result is pretty good.

I did extract the girl from the background first.

palms1 · #10 01-30-2006, 07:25 AM

Maybe i am barking up the wrong tree here but after looking around at all the different sketch methods i have ( as i am sure everone else has too) a thought suddenly occurd to me It has a look of a smudge painting but obviously in black and white and possibly as Danny mentioned a film grain, I have tried to find something to demonstrate this but not feeling up to par today ( cold virus going around again ) I was on the verge of giving up then i remembered this thread where i done a smudge painting and a black and white one !

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/sho...?t=8291&page=4

It would need some tweaking ( if any body wants to go ahead please do)
so what do you think ? am i barking up the wrong tree ?

Palms

DannyRaphael · #11 01-30-2006, 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swampy

I found a very good PhotoShop action called Sheri's Sketch CS. I think I got it on the Adobe User Resources. It plays a lot more steps than this, I stopped the action at the first pause, but the result is pretty good.

I did extract the girl from the background first.

I don't know about Adobe User Resources, but I can confirm Sheri's Sketch action can be downloaded from www.AtnCentral.com.

palms1 · #12 01-30-2006, 12:41 PM

Still not sure wether barking up the wrong tree or not,
1.Quickly and roughly smudged hair and face,
2. tried desaturating
3. tried using the channel mixer and a film grain
Not that close to the original but not that far away either i think (its getting the hair lighter )

will probably have a nother tweak around at some point

Palms

Nanls · #13 01-30-2006, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ddolddolee82

I have been trying to figure out this particular pencil sketch look that I found on a website for days. However, I am unable to get the exact effects.
- DD

That looks like a hand-drawn pencil sketch. I have yet to find a Photoshop technique that looks exactly like it. If you do run across anything, I would be interested. Alan has a nice hi-key pencil sketch technique that you can search for I think it is in the photo art forum.

~Nancy~

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Nanls · #14 01-30-2006, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Swampy

The "he image I found can be found here" link doesn't work for me.

I found the link to the original pencil sketch in the source code here it is:http://blogfiles4.naver.net/data14/2...zilael2001.jpg

~Nancy~
Photoshop. when you cut an paste it in your browser, and it doesn't find the page, just backspace out the http:// in the url... don't ask me why, but it works for me.

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DannyRaphael · #15 01-30-2006, 09:15 PM

I cropped and and superimposed the after and before images. IMO there's no way it could be anything but a manipulated photo. The hair detail matches up strand-for-strand just about everywhere, as does the dress pattern. In any event, it's an impressive result.

If you apply a Histogram (or Levels) to the final image, the tone distribution is interesting.

Now that I've fiddled with this some more, I think (now) there's a little over sharpening and smudging going on, too.