Creative interpretations: Sax Man

[DannyRaphael]

Classic pic of a man with soul.

Create away!

~Danny~

[zulabarr]

Experimenting with Pixia's watercolor filter and Redfield's Plasteroid filter.

[catia]

In PSP8, adjusted brightness, contrast, and saturation. Ran Edge Preserving Smooth followed by Brushstrokes filter. Added texture.

Catia

[DannyRaphael]

Here's another using various effects from Impressionist, Jasc Virtual Painter (Collage filter), Photoshop's Find Edges.

I got a question about extracting the "black lines" from a Virtual Painter Collage (or Drawing) filter application. Here's how:
* Duplicate the target image
* Apply the VP filter on the Background (see 1st attachment)
* Press D-key to set default colors (foreground=black)
* Select > Color Range
- Choose "Sampled Colors" from the dropdown menu
- Set the Fuzziness value to 0
- Click OK to create the selection
* Layer > New > Layer via copy. This generates a layer of only the black sections of the image, typically the arty lines generated by VP.
* At this point I usually apply Stylize > Diffuse > Anisotropic to soften the edges a bit. If you have PS6, apply a little Gaussian Blur, followed by a little Unsharp Mask to get ~ the same effect. See the 2nd attachment for the result. (Note: This appears to be black on white background, but in reality it's black on transparent layer.)

Copy/paste this layer back into the original and position it above your "arty layers," in my case the ones generated by Impressionist.

Speaking of Impressionist the 3rd attachment is the Impressionist-Crayon: Distressed Fresco Rubbing 2 effect. I also used Charcoal: Default and Crayon: Short Choppy Strokes as well. These three layers were blended using layer masks to give the background some textured character.

The last attachment represents the end of the line with all layer in place.

~Danny~

[DannyRaphael]

Mike Finn just posted a new (and free) action, "Sketcher" available here:
http://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/~mikefinn/action.html

(bottom right).

This took about 15 seconds to create. Not bad output for an action, I'd say.

~Danny~

[jch71566]

good picture!

* buZZ
* Amphisoft Convolution Shaman (Sharpen dark edges)
* Edge-Preserving Smooth
* DC Outliner 4
* Edge-Preserving Smooth
* Xero Seasons

-Jeff

[ahutton]

I decided to play with PSP8's impressionist filter. First I blurred out the background, then buzzed it, then made a copy of that and applied the impressionist filter, set softer than usual. Merged them together on Average.

AmyHutton

[catia]

Color sketch done with Xero Lineart on dupe of BG. Duped the result and set blend to multiply. Promoted BG to layer and moved to top of stack. Set blend to multiply and adjusted opacity to 40%. Flattened and added texture.

Sorry for the small size. It was the only way I could get decent quality at 100K on this one.

Catia

Decided to do another, this time with Mile Finn's Sketcher (see Danny's post above). Ran Sketcher on image. Duped the result and set blend to multiply. Copied the original and pasted to Sketcher result. Set blend mode to multiply and opacity to 70%. Increased contrast a tad and reduced brightness. Flattened and added texture.

[Duv]

Catia. I really like your second image. Here's one created with Impressionist plugin. The values; Custom Color white/Brush 25%/Coverage 100%/Pressure 42 left a very pale rendering. Used a strong levels adjustment moving shadows to a 165 value.

Cheers
Duv

[Duv]

Here's another snow effect with Impressionist: Color White/Brush 35%/Coverage 97/Pressure 100

Cheers
Duv

[catia]

Thanks for the comment Duv.

I like the one with the snow. Sort of reminds me of New York.

Catia

[Legacy~Art]

Some gorgeous peices of art here, i love sax music and this is a perfect picture, oh i am also going through the archives trying to find some scripts for painter8.

[CJ Swartz]

Had tried this one before, but hadn't been happy with my version. I think I like this one better. Two sketch layers plus Diffuse glow on a colored layer to set a low-light mood, etc. Lighting effect on blue channel added some texture to his jacket.

[Neve]

Well done CJ, great result!

[raniday]

All wonderful renditions, everyone. I was trying for a neon look and a bit of atmosphere.
http://www.pbase.com/catbounds/image/39731615

[Duv]

Man, this cat can play the blues!

Cheers
Dave

[Legacy~Art]

Go cat! (er i mean DAVE) Go!

[byRo]

Like CJ: Lighting Effects with texture on the blue channel really makes a "painting' stand out.

First 10 min Toolkit then... well the palette tells the story.

Lotsafun - How did I live without Art History?

Rô

[Legacy~Art]

byRo 10m Toolkit

I like to thank you Ro for adding this to the forum, i have downloaded it and will give it a shot tomorrow.

Awesome picture too!

[Neve]

What a rare display of creativity! I've wanted to try something already in sepia colours in Painter so settled for using this photo.

Cloned using:-

Cloners/Bristle Brush Cloner - Coat
Cloners/Chalk Cloner - Hat
Cloners/Wet Oils Cloner 10 - Skin
Blenders/Grainy Wash - Skin and Jacket
Cloners/Soft Cloner - all of the jacket and empty spaces
Goache? - Saxophone
Cloners/Soft Cloner - slightly on and around saxophone

[kiska]

Went crazy with filters. Cutout, poster edges, texture, stamp.

[cardmnal]

Very cool photo.

This is a quickie charcoal and chalk action I recorded and then tweaked some.



AP

[jaykita]

I was just fooling around.... Basically painter - cloning, chalk, and some airbrushing.

[Neve]

Why couldn't I do that.....

Beautiful Judy!

[CJ Swartz]

Originally Posted by jaykita

I was just fooling around.... Basically painter - cloning, chalk, and some airbrushing.

You forgot to mention your special "eye for color" -- your use of color is exciting, bold, and enhances your work; this one is another wonderful result.

[jaykita]

Thank you Neve, C.J., for your kind comments. I am touched.

[malia01us]

This is a cool picture!

I really like the wild-colored renditions by jaykita and kiska, but when you see my version, you'll know why...I'm a color fanatic!

3 layers (from bottom up)
1st: cutout filter (then faded a bit)
2nd: dup of 1st layer then find edges filtered, set to soft light
3rd: dup of 1st layer then inversed & set to difference mode

had to mask layer 3 a bit when his shadow turned pink...a bit bright, even for my tastes!

Anyway, it was fun--thanks for sharing the pic!

[TylerRB]

Malia

Cool style to your sax man pic. Nice work!

T

[malia01us]

Hey thanks, Tyler!

[tjacobs]

I used the gimpressionist plugin with several layers. The bottom layer with larger paint strokes and less detail. The upper layer with smaller paint strokes and more detail. The upper layer is mode is set to multiply and the opacity reduced.