Creative challenge 001: Pamela in BW

[jaykita]

Such a variety of great results!
Here's a pencil sketch with corel photopaint.

[Janet Petty]

This has become quite a popular thread. I can certainly see why. I love the variations and differences we all have. The work is stunning.

I wasn't happy with my first one. It didn't quite turn out like I had planned. This one is much more my style. It was done with a variety of layers, all of them with one setting or another of the Filter>Stylize>Trace Contour. Each layer was inverted and the lines were either minimized or maximized according to whimsy.

Janet

[kiska]

COOL Janet! How have I missed 'trace contour'?????

[glikster]

hard to explain.

[CJ Swartz]

Playing with the layer mask of a smart blur-edges over a copy again, and ran the Torn Edges filter over what I had already painted in the layer mask, and voila! Decided to desaturate it and like it.

Looked at Jaykita's great work and tried to paint in her cheekbones shadowing -- mine just looked like she smudged her face with soot !

Lots of creativity going on -- great to look at all the different variations!

[byRo]

Thanks, Janet, I'd forgotten about contours.

I had made a little action for tracing contours. It was fun to do, but then I couldn't find anything useful to do with it.
So maybe this is the right place.

Rô

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by vidanse

...Voila. What fun. Vicki

Hi Vicki...

Glad you had fun.

This is a terrific first pic (and writeup) in the Photo-art forum. Congratulations. I hope we'll be seeing more of your work in the future.

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CJ, Ro, Glikster, Janet, jaykita... You guys *ROCK*!

~Danny~

[jaykita]

Help! Somebody stop me!!
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Janet was my inspiration on this one. Thanks, Janet.

[nkollias]

my first attempt...

[Janet Petty]

And a great first attempt it is too. Welcome to the forum Nkollias.

Ohhh, Jaykita and Byro, I like your interpretations ever so much.

Janet

[kiska]

Well, Uncle Danny, this has been a feeding frenzy.
I guess all us lost souls crave direction and discipline.

kiska

[byRo]

I'm still hungry!

Art history, aniso'd outline, watercolour, lighting effects, kitchen sink.....
Rô

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by kiska

Well, Uncle Danny, this has been a feeding frenzy. I guess all us lost souls crave direction and discipline.

Credit goes to the very inventive member who suggested this twist via the "lurker" thread.

It just goes to show I should ask for ideas more often.

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To create this little 4-up interpretation I got to messing with some Photoshop filters (identified in the pic) that I don't usually tinker with. Each corner was futher modified by cloning or using the Healing Brush to touchup blobs or blank areas.

Thanks for the inspiration, gang!

[Neve]

Painter 8.1

Filled an empty layer over original image with Black as if for cloning. Clicked on transparency button and used "white" chalk. (Unticked "Use Clone Color")..

Great results Danny, Love the stamp best though!

This doesn't do her justice at all!!!

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by Neve

This doesn't do her justice at all!!!

...but look at the inventive technique you tried and shared with the rest of us.

That in and of itself is worth its weight in gold.

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This one...basically three layers, each from duplicates of the original BG:
* Top: Photoshop Dry Brush (twice). Added a hide all layer mask and airbrushed with white to restore some facial detail (eyes & mouth, mostly)
* Middle: Impresssionist > Charcoal > Default. Added a hide all layer mask and airbrushed with white to tone down some of the edginess of the layer below.
* Bottom: Impressionist > #djroils24 custom setting.

Added a Channel Mixer adjustment layer to the top of the layer stack, checked the Monochrome option and fiddled with the sliders.

~Danny~