[palms1]

I downloaded this photo from (free photo site)

http://www.geekphilosopher.com/MainPage/bkgAbout.htm

and i sort of fell in love with him and thought you might enjoy artifying him
included my ahb version

Palms

[pavel123]

Palms, very nice photo.
Like you painted duck as well.

Pavel

[alexmeta]

Palms, Pavel, nice paints.

Impressionist

[palms1]

Thank you Pavel and Alexmeta Pavel which software did you use ? and Alexmeta which impressionist setting did you use? both are great

on this one i used a version of Swampy's minimum sketch technique as explained here ( but swapped the minimum for graphic pen !) on top of the original and used the overlay blendmode

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/pho...arousel-2.html

Palms

[Swampy]

Palms, great photo pick.

Minimum Sketch technique
Duplicated result and set for multiply then merged all
Did a real heavy surface blur on the merged layer

AHB on a light blue textured layer using a low opacity spatter brush.

[palms1]

That is superb Swampy

Palms

[Swampy]

Thank you Palms. It was a great photo to start with.

[MargaretM]

And yet another painted duck. Painter oils and canvas. All very nice versions so far.
MargaretM

[alexmeta]

Originally Posted by palms1

Alexmeta which impressionist setting did you use?

Palms

I usually use this settings
I play with it, don't remember exactly (Film Grain x2, Impressionist-Texture Colored Sticks, Emboss, different fades)

Here is Smudge the water area, Impressionist, Emboss.

[pavel123]

Originally Posted by palms1

Thank you Pavel and Alexmeta Pavel which software did you use ? and Alexmeta which impressionist setting did you use? both are great

Palms

Photoshop, run image through Buzz simplifyer, used this layer as base for all subsequent manipilations.
1. Impressionist Old Master (shared by Sylvia)
2. Sketch layer ,Swampy's technique (Swampy, thank you)
3. Lightened layer, run watercolor, aniso, merged with a layer mask, used pastel brush for structure
3. Made a dublicate and saturated colors in Lab color mode

[dkcoats]

Yikes. A whole bunch of good stuff's been posted since I first looked at this thread. Tough acts to follow.

I did a couple of Artweaver variations, embellished a bit in CS2.

Alex, thanks for Impressionist set.

dc

[Swampy]

Thank you DC!! It should be a part of everyone's signature, don't you think?

[Peter S]

Well here's mine.
Just getting to love that cutout filter.

Peter

[chillin]

one more water colored

[lkroll]

...mosaic tiles. Used GIMP's Mosaic filter for this one (different settings depending on the selection used). Used Unplugged Shapes Spyral for the selections. Here's the full res version. Attached is a very low quality crop.