[Neve]

Photo by "speluzzi" from http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml

There are no usage restrictions for this photo.

[Legacy~Art]

Thank you for the beautiful picture...

[JustChecking]

el destructo is back another D- sketch of mine... painter watercolour+coloured pencil & impressionist watercolour...

[keepemcomin]

I wanted to do something a little different with this one

I used this tutorial to make a filmstrip affect.

[philbach]

Well I selected the horses and placed them on a separate layer. I ran Isabell's pastel action (B) on the horses. That action can be dowloaded on this site in the Resources/Photoshop Actions section. On a new layer I made a frame like selection and filled it with horse color. Then used the frame layer blending options to apply bevel and various contours to the rectangle

[Neve]

WOW.... Diversity abounds!

[CJ Swartz]

JC, -- I like the simple look on this one also!
Keepemcoming -- good one!
Philbach -- good extraction - nice pastel work!

I decided to clone out the roman nose and the straight profile also and make them a bit more like Arabians (Scottsdale Arabian show is this month!). Then hid my clone mistakes with the Cutout filter and changed the sky.

[jaykita]

Render clouds layer, Find edges layer, gradient map layer, art history brush, different blends.

[Legacy~Art]

I just wanted to thank you...For the link, as i checked out the site and joined it, and now i can download full size stock photos.

Free Stock Photo's (Thanks to Neve!)

[byRo]

Nice renditions all around.
Liked especially Phil's framed heads - would make a nice embroidery.

Still learning the Art History Brush - a couple of weeks ago I wouldn't even touch it, now I can't leave it alone. Maybe this weekend I'll go all the way and write up a tutorial!

Rô

[glikster]

I followed Steve Trimoon's directions from this thread
http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3785

I never even thought of approaching it that way, thank you!!

Oh, and I used Danny's Imp. settings for the base img. One BSOB detailed A and one Linear Brush D.

I haven't been posting much because I decided I want to work more on my drawing skills. I've been doing pencil drawings and experimenting with using photoshop (still with mouse, alas) as a drawing/painting medium.

Thought I owed some of you an explanation.

[JustChecking]

Originally Posted by glikster

I haven't been posting much because I decided I want to work more on my drawing skills. I've been doing pencil drawings and experimenting with using photoshop (still with mouse, alas) as a drawing/painting medium.

glad to hear you're not disappearing and fine effect you got there

CJ - that turned out just great; i love especially how that effect worked on the brighter one
Ro - just great
jaykita - love the soft, bright yet saturated colour
philbach - cool
keepemcomin - neat idea

[Janet Petty]

You've mastered it Ro. Great job.

Janet

[Janet Petty]

I have "horsey" friends and they thought I should remove all of the distracting background and concentrate on the two fine horses in the foreground. So that is what I did.

I applied everything except the texture before I began to paint, then merged visible, created a new layer above that with a mask applied and painted over the mask to reveal the horses underneath.

Believe it or not, the hardest part was trying not to have hard, crisp edges that made the horses look cutout (especially the part where the mane was). So ignore my feeble attempt in the mane area. I'll tweak the real picture in time, just not now.

After all was painted in, I then created a 50% gray layer with the texture and overlayed it, faded it to my liking and done.

Janet

[JustChecking]

wow, just great, Janet!