Girl close up

[Peter S]

Another one I found at SXC for you all.

http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1098710

For all you retouchers the original should be a good size.

Enjoy and Merry Christmas to all.


Peter

[lkroll]

Thought I would give her a Ray Bayer surreal look.

[beefy24]

This is my attempt...

[Steve Conway]

This is a great shot to work with.

Steve C.

[Steve Conway]

OK, just one more.

Steve C.

[dkcoats]

Nice find, Peter.
I used CS2 and GMX.

[0lBaldy]

Well, you did say "close up"...

I may have gotten a little tight.. I like DC's crop much better..

Steve your first post is the one for my walls!

Cropped, cleaned, carved, Impressionist

[palms]

Another super find Peter mind you it has got me thinking why are all the female ones pretty and the male ones old etc how about a hunk for us girls next ? ( i expect you may have a few volunteers from here )

First one i used the action made from joeven's fake smudge work flow

and the second from your sketch work flow except i mistakenly done it a bit wrong and liked it and now i cant work out how i done it wrong i know i used a brush on the wrong layer

Palms

[Joeven]

A quick fake smudge.

Joe

[Kraellin]

another lovely woman.

i mixed a little art rage with psp.

[alexmeta]

Just a little "Black humor".

[andyong]

nice pic you've found...

[DannyRaphael]

A stunning photo...

I'm still experimenting with the Richard Ramsey sketch method... I believe it's the best one I've ever come across.

[Steve Conway]

Originally Posted by 0lBaldy

Steve your first post is the one for my walls!

Those are great comments OB!

Wish I could have posted the 200mb size, it really shows off that style.

Thanks much.

Steve C.

[lkroll]

Still on the binge; hopefully something else will pull me away from this one. lol

[Kraellin]

danny, you're intriguing me with that sketch method. got a link or a tut you can point to?

and lyle, seeing your ice maiden, i may have to try the metal filters on this one

[lkroll]

Less talking; more doing Craig. Look forward to seeing your metallic maiden rendition.

[Kraellin]

i did some metal maids, lyle. i also did some glass ones, but i wanted to do this one first

[lkroll]

Very nice result Craig. That pretty much describes how I come up with things. lol

[Alcar]

Nice work and a good variety of interpretations on this image. Here's a sketch.
Alan

[Kraellin]

thanks, lyle and i like your ice maiden here best of all the iceworks you've done.

and alan, that's a different type of sketch. it's almost like a watercolor sketch.

[Kraellin]

ok, i promised metal and maybe some glass. i also threw in a 'fine oil', or at least, that's what it reminds me of.

[lkroll]

Definitely like that last one Craig. I can come close, but not quite there yet with a similar technique that I did the Ice Maiden with, but that one of yours is the bomb. Maybe sometime next year, when I see if I still have a job (only worked 25 hours this past whole month; computer business I think is going to fold soon), I might break down and purchase Filter Forge.

[Kraellin]

thanks, lyle and yeah, that is a pretty radical filter.

well, you could always go buy a mac and get filter forge for free (by signing up for the ff mac beta test)

and how could your computer biz fold? i mean, folks are trying to use vista, right? heck, that shld keep you in biz for years!

[lkroll]

Here the music yet? lol

[evestar6]

Originally Posted by Kraellin

danny, you're intriguing me with that sketch method. got a link or a tut you can point to?

and lyle, seeing your ice maiden, i may have to try the metal filters on this one

Anyone have the link to the sketch method yet?...I'm not seeing it here. I would like to check it out also Please and thank you!

[palms]

Originally Posted by evestar6

Anyone have the link to the sketch method yet?...I'm not seeing it here. I would like to check it out also Please and thank you!

I will jump in for Danny here is a link for you all

sketch

Palms

[evestar6]

thanks for the link...
Here is my version of the girl...didn't do anything drastic!!

[Kraellin]

thanks, palms. now i remember... richard ramsey. exquisite work!

[byRo]

Something different

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