Creative interpretations: Portrait - Stephanie sipping vino

[suchyy]

I prefer simple effects :>

[DannyRaphael]

suchyy:

Nothing wrong with simple. Nobody says this has to be complicated.

Welcome to the forum. Hope to see more of your works in the future.

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doosume:

Bold simplicity. Very creative.

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LQQKER:

Always glad to see your interpretations, L. Another unique interpretation. Nice to see variety.

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Amy:

Appreciate you posting something rendered with one of the new Virtual Painter 4 filters for others to see.

I like this filter on some images, but generally keep the settings more modest to minimize the distortion. Just a preference.

[Andrew B.]

This is a basic method I've used on quite a few pics. I don't remember the exact settings, but the idea is to simplify color and form, then increase contrast and edges. With this image, I ran Neat Image twice to get rid of all noise. Then I overcranked with Image Doctor Jpeg Repair. Then ran Focal Blade sharpener at very high levels. Then did touch up with blur and sharpen tools. Also some cloning.

[DannyRaphael]

Hey, Andrew... Long time, no see. Glad to see your post.

Very interesting interpretation with the zoom, super smoothe and crop. Well done, sir.

Is it just me, or is there no thumbnail for Andrew's attachment? Doug is doing some forum software tweaking, so no thumbnail may be due to his handiwork.

~Danny~

[Peter S]

Two attempts from me

Peter

[lkroll]

What a beautiful subject. Thought an illustrative like rendering was in order.

[pavel123]

Sketch in PS/sumi-e in Painter.

[CJ Swartz]

Is she flirting or serious? Great image to work -- I decided that first the guy would imagine the "dream" version, and then she would take action...

[alexmeta]

A little bit AHB

[Kraellin]

peter, i like that first one. good tones and interesting shadow work.

lk, i like that one too. nice detail work and good colors and shadows.

pavel, nice.

cj, on the first, it seems a bit washed out on my monitor, like one or two steps too much on the highlights and on the second, i like where you were headed with the color additions, but the lighting seems inconsistent and she's faded into the background too much.

alex, i like what you've been doing with the ahb, but on this one there is a distracting artifacting or something, like the canvas texture didnt quite make the save for web transition correctly. other than that, very nice.

[palms1]

Peter i too like the first one better but both good posts

Ikroll think you are onto a winner with this technique

Pavel great work again

C.J. i prefer the dark mysterious one

Alex Super ahb work again I agree with Craig the texture hasnt done any favours can you post again with out the texture ?

And here is two from me one using one of Danny's actions i found recently and a ahb version

Great work everyone

Palms

[alexmeta]

Craig, PalmsThank you.
The distracting artifacting you talking about hide the imperfection of this work.
It was napkin on the background

[pavel123]

Craig, Palms, thank you.
Palms, fantastic work. I find it difficult to choose between two images, love both. What was that action you mentioned?

Pavel

[dkcoats]

Interesting photo.

A Twisted Brush learning experience here, with tweaking in PS.

dc

[palms1]

Originally Posted by pavel123

Craig, Palms, thank you.
Palms, fantastic work. I find it difficult to choose between two images, love both. What was that action you mentioned?

Pavel

Phew after searching around for a bit i have found the thread ( why did i think it involved flowers !)

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/pho...html#post55910

post #23 and#24

I ran the action on a duplicate layer merged all except the background, changed the blendmode to luminosity and tweaked the colours etc

Palms