Creative interpretations: Cat Closeup

[DannyRaphael]

Say hello (or perhaps, "Meow") to Tom.

Big kitty!

[catia]

As soon as I saw this, I thought, oh wow, night creature.

Catia

PS done in PSP8 by running the Night Vision script.

[SMETZ99]

I just saw this when I looked at it, must be the pretzels.

[catia]

Hey, that's cute. Rudolf the red nosed cat.

Catia

[Xaran]

Photo-Brush Pen and Colour.

Overlaid with b/w line art copy in PS, with a vertical gradient layer mask

Coloured eyes.

Christine

[Cheryl H]

Smetz--that is too cute. Great idea!

Christine--great eyes. Good job fixing the pupils.

C--the green makes it look like a cranky kitty. I don't think I'd be telling that one to get out of my chair.

I started with something I picked up at dpreview.

duplicate the background and smudge paint.
duplicate the smudge painted layer and run Buzz sketch 1 with remove set to around 100 set the blending mode to color burn then merged all to a new layer.
duplicated this layer and ran Lucis sculpture. Reduced opacity to 65% and set the blending mode to pin light.

[Xaran]

That's really effective Cheryl.

Christine

[Cheryl H]

Thanks Christine. I've only tried the smudge/buzz a few times, but I do like the look it gives.

[catia]

Christine, I like that version. The eyes are neat.

Thanks for the comment Cheryl. That is a great smudge version. I like the direction you used in the strokes, especially the nose moving to the eyes in the same direction as the slant of the eyes.

Catia

[DannyRaphael]

CH:

The SmudgeBuzz look is very unique. Very "painted" looking. Another to add to your "winners" list.

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Two more DreamSuite effects (Mosaic and Crease). Decided to mask the whiskers, eyes and nose.

Can you tell I'm having fun with these plugins?

~Danny~

[Cheryl H]

Thanks Danny--I got that from dpreview where someone had used it on a floral shot (it's great on flowers). Did you get new filters for xmas? The mosaic gave a nice finish on the cat's fur.

I got DS1 and DS2 almost two years ago. Just getting around to playing around with them. Danny)

[Peter S]

Lucis, diffuse aniso, Flaming pear zephyr.
Love the way the eyes came out with this very quick one.

Peter

[Steve Conway]

Like most cats, great photo subjects....but I like the bored look this one assumed.

Steve C.

[palms]

I think this photo is brilliant, i have seen that facial expression so many times, we call it the "dont even think of it face " In fact when i showed my hubby the photo he thought it was our cat ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Palms

ps I have included a b&w version mainly because i think it has changed from being a domestic cat to a wild cat look

[Swampy]

Cheryl... Excellent smudge!

Palms, great stuff.

I'm allergic to cats, but appreciate their renown mistique. They DO have an attitude.

Used the liquify tool to reshape the eyes and push the fur around. Added some Craquelure. History brush with some hue and spatter jitters. Went back in and lightly definde some of the facial structure lines.

[palms]

Now that is cool Swampy, move away from your screen and you get a better view.

Palms

[Swampy]

Heehheee, Palms. My cat rendering scares me. LOL

[barbara]

here my version ( with a bit of abstract ?)

I used Gimp on Linux

[Kraellin]

nice resurrection, peter and nice rendition.

and good job, all. i like all of those.

and dee dee, that one is rather ominous

[lkroll]

Yes I know; you all are getting tired of it. lol

[palms]

Originally Posted by lkroll

Yes I know; you all are getting tired of it. lol

Not me Ikroll i am quite fascinated by them,

Palms

[Janet Petty]

Not me either Lyle. Patterns like these can be looked at a long time so one can see all the details.

Janet

[Peter S]

Not getting tired of them either LK.
Can you spot the rabbits in there?????
No joke I can see the impression of rabbits , honest, now don't you come near me with that funny coat that fastens at the back

Peter

[lkroll]

I think I see butterflies too Peter; now I know I have to see the Psych Dr. LOL

Thanks all for the comments.

[Peter S]

At least I'm not alone thank you.

Peter

[palms]

sorry guy's but i am not admitting to seeing anything ! ! ! ! not the cat's butterflies or rabbits or are they hare's ?

Palms

[CJ Swartz]

You guys have been busy on this one! Swampy -- you took him from scary cat to sinister beast! Peter -- now that you've had your eyes fixed -- do you still see rabbits (think carefully before answering...) It's okay, I see them too... (what's the name of your doctor?)

Found one of the old Kaleidoscope actions ...then after I ran it, I let him look at it.