Creative interpretations: Portrait - Bara

[Neve]

WOW Northernshadow....beautiful to say the least...very inspirational! I'm waiting on Painter8 coming in the mail...nervously...LOL. Thanks for the details. Must give this a go.

Pam - I loved your HK result and agree with Danny....uncomplicated it is. Thank you.

Cheers

[Northernshadow]

Thanks Neve, You are going to just love Painter, I have had it for over 6 months and am just clueing into what can be accomplished with it. I'll start something and find myself just playing with all the different brushes. way too much fun!

Pam, I too just love your High Key Look! very, very cool, thanks for posting the instructions!

Sherry

[byRo]

Just having fun, smudging along....

byRo

[SWEngineer]

An inspiring photo, for sure. Playing with a B&W sketch effect here...

Layers (bottom to top):
A=BG
B = new layer. fill w/ white
C=copy BG, Highpass 9, GBlur 0.5, desaturate. LinearLight / 100%
D=copy BG, Highpass 1.2 (??), desaturate. ColorBurn / 100%
E=Levels Adj. 100 / 1 / 255
F=MergeVisible (B,C,D,E)
G=Copy F, Waterpaper 5/74/46
H=Copy F, PlasticWrap 10/4/12. LinearBurn / 53%
I = Copy F, GraphicPen 5/50. Normal / 31%
J= Copy F, Solarize, Invert. Screen / 41%
K=Copy F, Diffuse (normal). Darken / 100%
L=MergeVisible (G,H,I,J,K)
M=Clone (lighten mode) to cleanup obnoxious dark spots.

-Mark

[earthman]

Just dodging and burning

[JustChecking]

very nice ideas in this thread!



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duplicate layer (desaturate), simplify, blend-luminosity, enhanced edges a bit, pasted to new layer, impressionist->pencil sketch-detailed col. (80, 90, 106; background-image), a tiny bit of simplification, impressionist->paint-free daubs (27, 87, 102; background-image)
-both passes of impressionist had decreased colour jitter to (2, 3, 3)

[Axleuk]

The ReTouchPro poster campaign.....

Well have a good time with this one (lovely to look at) to say the least.

Had some help from the girlfriend with regards to the makeup.

Photoshop CS:

Smoothed out the skin using the smooth tool
Enhanced the eyes with some colour dodge
Eyebrows with some colour burn
Lips colour dodge
Added lip liner with colour burn
Changed the colour of the hair for enhanced highlights with colour dodge
Added some slight lighing effects
Cooled the overall image with AutoFX Tint Tone Color
Added the ReTouchPro logo for a little personalisation

Overall she has become my new best friend

[Legacy~Art]

Thank you Danny - Great Model!

1st one i added more Glamour giving her amazing eyes and lips!

2nd i added a mask giving a darker edge and then added porcelain for the face.

3rd I couldn't resist giving her an alter image!

4rd Added a septia finish.

5th Doesn't she look awesome as a bronze sculpture?

Thanks again for the fun of this site its a great place to be!

[Legacy~Art]

Very nice Axleuk! I think you should with help from your girlfriend become a professional make up artist...when i get married will you come do my make up?

[Con Looymans]

Hi Danny,

I thought I'd have a brief go at your chalenge.

Quickly what I've done is as follows:

I cut the figure out of the background using a mask created from the blue channel
I then created a new "Studio" background using several Render>Clouds Layers, I then "lit" this using the Lighting filter.
I then did a quick retouch and spoting of the skin.
I reduced the highlights on the lips and forehead a little with an airbrush set to the relevant color.
Then I cut out and enlarged the eyes a little and merged them into the image again.
I then Duplicated and Blurred the figure, applied a black Mask. Using a very low Opacity Airbrush I then painted in some diffusion onto the skin.
After this I created a Softlight Layer filled with 50% gray. Using a very weak 5% White I airbrushed in some more modeling into the cheekbones.
To draw more attention to the face I added a Hue/Saturation mask and appled -30 desaturation to the body
Finally I created another Hue/Saturation Layer to intensify the lips

Hope you like the result.

Regards

Con

[Janet Petty]

Wonderful, ethereal job on the makeup Axel.

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by Legacy~Art

Thanks for the fun of this site its a great place to be!

Glad you're having fun. Me, too.

The real value comes from the great people who share their artwork, creativity and methods as well as those who ask questions and make suggestions. I'm honored to be associated with the site and consider it a privilege to interact with many talented and kind folks like yourself.

~Danny~

[Axleuk]

Originally Posted by Legacy~Art

Very nice Axleuk! I think you should with help from your girlfriend become a professional make up artist...when i get married will you come do my make up?

My girlfriend already is a make-up artist, somehow i dont think she will let me go near any of her clients, damn shame that

Originally Posted by Janet

Wonderful, ethereal job on the makeup Axel.

Thanks Janet, this image was one of the most enjoyable to work on, i have quickly found that having a Wacom tablet greatly improves the amount of control and flexibility you have.

[sidis]

sharpened/saturated the irises and masked them out of the next manipulations

blended in:
bluish layer to normalize color
"coffee"-colored layer (mocha?)
gradient layer

selective blurring, dodging, and burning

added edge


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[Duv]

Thought I'd try an overexposed look.

Painter 8: Smeary Camel Cloner followed by Chalk Cloner. Imported to PS, ran Levels Adjustment. Opened Curves and raised the bottom point up halfway to remove almost all color. Used the Dodge tool to bring back just a bit of definition.
Also, ran the pic thru a Cartoon action.

Cheers
Dave