Creative Portraits: Green Dress

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by Patricia

Lovely image to work with! Several Impressionist settings, a touch of Virtual Painter, and a little texture.

Glad you had time to work on this one, Patricia.

If you recall any of the Impressionist settings, I'd sure like to know which ones you used.

[dbuckle]

This is a great image to work with. I used Studio Artist and PScs2.

[dbuckle]

I could not resist another try.

[Patricia]

Originally Posted by DannyRaphael

Glad you had time to work on this one, Patricia.

If you recall any of the Impressionist settings, I'd sure like to know which ones you used.

I think this is how I did it - not completely sure of the order of the Impressionist settings.

1. Using Cheryl H's technique, dupe the image, change to CMYK mode, and drag black channel to the original image. Load that channel as a selection.

2. Impressionist - Damp translucent watercolor, some funny thing call djrOil24 that I picked up along the way, , and faithful chalk. I faded each setting until I liked the look, before going on to the next one.

3. Invert selection. VP oils, tweaked and then faded. Deselect.

4. A little smudge here and there where the edges were too sharp. A little tweaking with Curves, and Secective Color.

5. Trimoon's canvas texture.

That's it. Thanks for your impressionist settings, I use them frequently.

[cazubi]

I love what is being done with this very nice image. I did an oil using Painter oil brushes, back to PSCS to add some of my custom textures,smudge on texture layer (in overlay mode) to make it look more natural. Also some hue/sat adjustments, and some color glazing.

Cathy

[ydelle]

Have read so much about the smudge here. I have used the smudge tool to hide some bad edges - what are the numbers to use it to smudge artwork?

[cazubi]

I use the smudge tool now more since I have been visiting this site. There are all kinds of art brushes in the smudge brush presets. I used the oil brushes to smudge the painting and the texture. I don't use very much pressure, but you can adjust it to get the effect that you want.

Cathy

[Alcar]

Had to do one more. Impressionist only. Alan

[Kraellin]

very picasso, alcar. i like it

Craig

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by Patricia

I think this is how I did it - not completely sure of the order of the Impressionist settings.

1. Using Cheryl H's technique, dupe the image, change to CMYK mode, and drag black channel to the original image. Load that channel as a selection.

2. Impressionist - Damp translucent watercolor, some funny thing call djrOil24 that I picked up along the way, , and faithful chalk. I faded each setting until I liked the look, before going on to the next one.

3. Invert selection. VP oils, tweaked and then faded. Deselect.

4. A little smudge here and there where the edges were too sharp. A little tweaking with Curves, and Secective Color.

5. Trimoon's canvas texture.

That's it. Thanks for your impressionist settings, I use them frequently.

Thanks, P, for the details. They rendered a wonderful result on this one.

Glad you find the Impressionist settings useful. It's a blast to come up with new ones.

~Danny~

[Steve Conway]

Still trying different things with this image.

Steve

[palms1]

Like it Steve, it reminds me of a style i tried to copy when i had psp 7,

http://www.campratty.com/3gallery/g-pages/g0pg/g01.html

I couldnt do it then and have no idea how you would go about it in ps

Palms

[cazubi]

I was trying for a watercolor look. I don't think I quite achieved it but I had fun trying. I used Painter, and then PSCS, and photoframe for a watercolor edge.

Cathy

[Steve Conway]

Me either Palms....but I thank you.

Here's the lady in a painted dress.

Steve

Originally Posted by palms1

Like it Steve, it reminds me of a style i tried to copy when i had psp 7,

http://www.campratty.com/3gallery/g-pages/g0pg/g01.html

I couldnt do it then and have no idea how you would go about it in ps

Palms

[cazubi]

A nice effect Steve. How did you do it?

Cathy