Creative Portraits: Adam

[GOLDCOIN]

So many great versions, but really found SWEngineer outstanding..

Tried to get rid of the shadows in Photoshop, painted a new right eye ...then ran a Mike finn action..took the sketchy part into Painter 8, using Gold's Oily painted this young fellow... for the background a combination of Paulo's & Den's brush.. light texture. Back to photoshop for a frame & sig, used curves and some blending on layers.

The second is a close up... If our subject likes, have a huge version that would make a nice print. Pm me...

[ahutton]

My 32 yr old son is named Adam, so I had a fondness for this image. I also like Con Looymans' background, so I did something like it. Then I did impressionist Paint Free Daubs to give it a painterly effect, then ran the whole thing through VP Oil set on the very lowest settings in fine adjustment.

Really needs a couple hours more work, but I like it.

Amy Hutton

[Steve Conway]

Missed this one when it was first posted. So here's a shot at it before it goes away again.

Steve C.

[Cimarron]

Oh you guys are quick, I'm still trying to work out all the buttons and what program to use!
Love seeing your visions and learning from them.

Here's my take, an oil using psp and a program I downloaded to try called twistedbrush.

[pavel123]

Cimarron, great rendition.
Painter (conte, sumi), color correction in PS.

[lkroll]

Thanks to Danny's cool find from Redfield, I was able to create this. Used the Emboss filter to create the outlines which I ported to GIMP and set to Value with Original at the base. I then blended a vector simplication layer (created using the above) with the rendered image to create this result.

[retouchgirl]

I know this is entitled creative portraits so I have to learn how to step out of the box more. But regardless, here you go.

[zganie]

I copied to a new document did a rule of thirds
applied levels tone adjustment
retouched skin

zganie

[fitz9016]

Here's my try using an action I wrote followed by some selective smudging after running the action. The action is loosely based on Steve LeQuier's Artistic Endeavors tutorial.



http://www.pbase.com/fitz9016/image/74438818

Dave

[MargaretM]

Nice work everyone - all different but all great! Here's a sketch version sketched in Photoshop and then cloned and texturized in Painter - MargaretM

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by fitz9016

Here's my try using an action I wrote followed by some selective smudging after running the action. The action is loosely based on Steve LeQuier's Artistic Endeavors tutorial.



http://www.pbase.com/fitz9016/image/74438818

Dave

Hi Dave...

Welcome to RP. I like your implementation and customization of Trimoon's tutorial.

I was surfing your pBase gallery. You do some nice work. Hope to see more of your creativity in the future.

~Danny~

[fitz9016]

Danny, thanks for your comments. I have taken a break from photo-art lately due to other commitments, but hope to get back into it again.

Dave

[slidefoot]

Artistic portrait...