Old Chap

Peter S · #1 11-28-2008, 02:27 PM

Found this at SXC and thought it may be suitable for here..
Well I really know it's suitable, so here it is.
I'll stop rambling now and let you get on with it if you want.

Enjoy
old-chap-rp.jpg orignal
old-chap.jpgmine

Link larger to SXC pic http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=874517

Peter

stopa · #2 11-28-2008, 03:35 PM

try to spend more time on this.
glowing head...

Peter S · #3 11-28-2008, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stopa

try to spend more time on this.
glowing head...

A short response eh
OK
Explain!

Peter

stopa · #4 11-28-2008, 03:53 PM

Please explain to me the source of light on his forehead.
(excuse my my rude English, I am a MTV-bastard (self-learned) )

dkcoats · #5 11-28-2008, 04:00 PM

Good find, Peter.
I've been playing with Akvis ArtWork.

0lBaldy · #6 11-28-2008, 05:15 PM

Thanks for the play Peter, Interesting Study.

amica999 · #7 11-28-2008, 05:17 PM

Nice find and wonderful interpretations. I am too old for MTV so please don't expect these short replies :-) I thought I might try a smudge...

stopa · #8 11-29-2008, 02:09 AM

Amica999 - your attemt is really nice! Especially because you neutralize ambient light. try using brush in color mode neutralize it even more. use eye dropper to sample warm color, than just paint over cool areas.

Peter S · #9 11-29-2008, 06:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stopa

Please explain to me the source of light on his forehead.
(excuse my my rude English, I am a MTV-bastard (self-learned) )

I think you answered your own question, it's ambient light that was in the picture already. I didn't mind the look of it so left it there.

Dk very sharp especially around the edges where you have masked the BG.

OB you been playing with Plastic wrap again???

Amica that's impressive.

Peter

amica999 · #10 11-29-2008, 08:09 AM

Thank you Stopa, as you may realize this is the photo based art section and I don't really aim at realism. I actually like the ambient lights as it adds an interesting touch to the pic. Nevertheless thank you for your tipps of toning them down, if I wanted to.

Peter, thank you very much. I actually like the idea to impress YOU this time, instead always the other way around :-)

Alcar · #11 11-29-2008, 09:52 AM

A paintinhg using the Impressionist Plugin.
Alaln

0lBaldy · #12 11-29-2008, 10:02 AM

Hmmm, Peter, it does sorta look like plastic wrap doesn't it! Gonna have to work on that and make some refinements...

Steve Conway · #13 11-29-2008, 10:27 AM

"Greybeard"

Steve C.

Gilbert · #14 11-29-2008, 01:04 PM

painted with assistance of soft cloner brush especially for beard, some great variety here .......keep digging them out Peter.

stopa · #15 11-29-2008, 01:36 PM

Because day without photoshop is a wasted day, and today I take care for my baby, I get bored to stiff as she sleep - my attempt.

I was inspired by Amica999.
Never been on this sub-forum refreshing change.

oltenius · #16 11-29-2008, 02:06 PM

My version.
Dan

amica999 · #17 11-29-2008, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stopa

I was inspired by Amica999.
Never been on this sub-forum refreshing change.

Glad to have passed some inspiration, Stopa. LOL now he looks like a mean chinese priest :-) Keep it on...

Janet Petty · #18 11-29-2008, 06:13 PM

Very, very nice Oltenius. Top notch post processing.

Janet

lkroll · #19 11-29-2008, 09:23 PM

Wow; cool stuff. Couldn't come up with anything unique, so I'm playing copycat too and did a firebrush oil; sort of a Jordan Dill type (Fred Miranda' site artist that paints with fire).

oltenius · #20 11-30-2008, 06:00 AM

Janet, Thanks for the kind words!
Dan

Steve Conway · #21 11-30-2008, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stopa

Because day without photoshop is a wasted day, and today I take care for my baby, I get bored to stiff as she sleep - my attempt.

I was inspired by Amica999.
Never been on this sub-forum refreshing change.

Excellent painting!

You should take care of your baby more often. Then we would have more of these nice images from you.

Steve C.

palms · #22 11-30-2008, 03:08 PM

Thought i would try something a little different

Palms

Peter S · #23 11-30-2008, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by palms1

Thought i would try something a little different

Palms

Very Good, now you've shown us. it's time to tell us. (pls)

Peter

lkroll · #24 11-30-2008, 07:03 PM

I like it Palms. Been playing with engravings too, but this one's extremely good. I like to here your secrets too.

Joeven · #25 12-01-2008, 01:15 AM

Half a fake smudge.

Joe

alexmeta · #26 12-01-2008, 05:49 AM

Mixed Smudge and AHB

palms · #27 12-01-2008, 07:06 AM

Thank you Peter and Lyle i would like to say it is hard to do but it is a easy one really

desturated the original

duplicated image, and set blendmode to overlay, then used high pass at around the 6.5 mark merged down

Repeated this tweeking the high pass a bit to get what i liked

used levels to lighten it a bit

added a texture layer (this one was grey as i thought it would suit better) set to multiply then used the eraser at about 15 to remove the texture from the face going over the highlights a couple of times

flattened and then a bit of dodge and burn on the eyes

hope that is of some use to you

and understandable

Palms

0lBaldy · #28 12-01-2008, 12:27 PM

Thanks for the explanation Palms.. I have been trying to get rid of the "Plastic Wrap" look and you may have helped in my quest..

Kraellin · #29 12-01-2008, 08:08 PM

a bit of work in psp.

Joeven · #30 12-02-2008, 11:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kraellin

a bit of work in psp.

I really like that. Is he God or maybe he's an astronaut in the Space Station? Maybe he's just a regular person concerned about our planet earth. What do the rest of you see? I like pics that make you think there's some kind of story behind them. Cool.

Joe