Creative interpretations: Portrait - Andee McDowell

[jaykita]

Originally Posted by DannyRaphael

That turned out pretty good, Dave. I like how you left a little of the "canvas" unpainted. I'm still struggling with the method.

~Danny~

Originally Posted by DannyRaphael

Hey, I like that combination of effects. Very arty! ~Danny~

Thanks, Danny.
Re leaving a bit of the canvas unpainted, what i do is use a blank layer above the image and fill with white, then using a layer mask, paint with broad strokes with any wide-spaced bristle brush like "rough dry brush" from the wet media series. Hope this helps.

[byRo]

While testing some new actions , came up with this.....

Seemed worth a post.

Rô

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by byRo

While testing some new actions , came up with this.....

Seemed worth a post.

Rô

I like the effect a lot on this one. Finally found your action handiwork. Many thanks for crafting and sharing them plus the updated link below.

~Danny~

[byRo]

Originally Posted by DannyRaphael

If you would, please post a line of text from the thread so I can use it as a search argument.

The post has the title "A Couple of Actions" and is #33, with the actions in the .zip attachment.
This should get you there directly.

Rô

[jaykita]

Tried out a "high-key" technique, thanks to Lisa's tutorial found here
Hope i did well.

[Axleuk]

This was done entirely in Photoshop CS with the use of layer blending modes and a little creativity.

Cant really explain how this was done as it involved many steps and not too much attention was paid, but briefly it goes as follows:

- Original
- Painted her face black and then applied a layer blend to bring out the - highlights to give the appearanve of a real pained face.
- Painted the remaining background black
- Erased the black from the eye sockets
- Overlayed a skull and resized to match proportions of the face
- Erased what i didnt need from the skull and set a layer blending mode to bring out the highlights and lose the lowlights

There was also extensive use of layer blend modes, but i cannot quite remember in which order they were applied, i do appologise.

[DannyRaphael]

While subject-wise much this one is too "on the dark side" for my personal tastes, I greatly admire your creativity and technical skills.

Is the gash hand-made or did you splice it in from a different image.

[Axleuk]

Thanks for the comments danny,

The gash is handmade. It was created by using one of Photoshops inbuild textures, EDIT / FILL / PATTERN, the first texture is Bubbles, i used this texture with a dark red overlay.

The blood was created by creating a new layer, drawing a few lines with a deep red colour and then applying the Plastic Wrap filter to it, this gives it a nice red blood looking shine.

[Fluffbutt]

How about a semi-goth Andie? (I've always had a thing for goth chicks..)

[Legacy~Art]

Beautiful work here...Everyone you got some lovely renditions!