Creative interpretations: Portrait - Mika in a Towel

[DannyRaphael]

Another adorable kid pic. Don't you love those eyes?

~Danny~

[Cheryl H]

This is a great photo! Her eyes really grab you.

This was done using custom presets in impressionist. I made several different layers and blended them together. Topped that with a sketch layer at low opacity.

I had to try 2. The second is mostly virtual painter's new air brush.

[Duv]

Rather than do too much with filters, I decided to slightly alter the image to increase the look of awe. Lightened hand, introduced more yellow to the face. Sharpened 1.2/200/0. Selective color: Blues, yellow and black to extreme left. Selected background and ran Eye Candy Corona. Raised the eyebrows slightly along with a slight upturn in the corner of the mouth with Liquify.

Cheers
Duv

[DannyRaphael]

I took a page out of Cheryl's book and took the Impressionist route.

Layer stack:
* Copy of Background + Impressionist: Natural - Gauze (for a little texture; blended w/layer mask)
* New layer: Used to clone out a few blobs and repaint hand that I thought looked a little funny colorwise
* Copy of Background + Ocean Ripple (to mess up her bangs a bit; blended w/layer mask)
* Copy of Background + Angled Strokes (to restore some eye, nose and mouth detail; blended w/layer mask)
* Copy of Background + Find Edges + Desaturate [blend=darken] (for some edge detail; blended w/layer mask)
* Copy of Background + Impressionist: Charcoal - Default
* (off) Background

~Danny~

[ahutton]

Although this filter would be more appropriate with an adult subject, not a child, I tried this with VP4's new Embroidery filter set one subtle, intense, subtle, subtle, normal. Really kinda cool abstracty effect. Notice the stitches on the towel area.

AmyHutton

[dandelion]

Originally Posted by ahutton

Although this filter would be more appropriate with an adult subject, not a child, I tried this with VP4's new Embroidery filter set one subtle, intense, subtle, subtle, normal. Really kinda cool abstracty effect. Notice the stitches on the towel area.

AmyHutton

am new here, but wanted to tell you really liked the effect on her!

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by dandelion

am new here, but wanted to tell you really liked the effect on her!

dandelion:

Welcome to RetouchPRO and the Photo-art oasis. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts; comments are always appreciated.

Don't be shy about jumping into the pool with your own interpretations. That's the best way to learn and grow. We're here to help and for support.

~Danny~