Turning Portraits into Digital Sketches, Oils, Watercolors - - Creative Portraits: Nathaniel - Page 2

palms1 · #16 10-25-2005, 07:19 AM

Craig i wish it was the same technique , but sadly no the "graphire " was not loaded.

Palms

hopefully we are not at cross purposes

DannyRaphael · #17 10-25-2005, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xaran

Here's my version - sorry but I too didn't like to see a lad in a pink shirt.

Christine

...and I meant to mention how much Nathaniel's mother likes this one, Christine. I like it a lot, too, so much so that you inspired me to take a crack at this one.

It was nice to see you pop in.

BTW: Thanks for the referral to the nice folks at Focal Press.

~Danny~

LQQKER · #18 10-25-2005, 10:32 AM

Good looking little fellow

Knocked out image
Created bg
lightened center of bg.
Changed shirt color (it needed to happen

)
Some smudging, although not apparent.
Simplified at different times.
Nik filters.
several blending modes.
Typical handwork

dbuckle · #19 10-25-2005, 11:05 AM

I used SA and PScs2 to do this.

Kraellin · #20 10-25-2005, 03:17 PM

lqqker,

i like that. i think that's the best in the lot so far. i'd take it over mine. good color, good texure, good background, good contrast...really nicely done!

dbuckle,
i like yours too. good blending of the shirt to match the face. nice soft look without distorting the base picture!

Craig

raniday · #21 10-25-2005, 06:38 PM

I would think this handsome young man's mom would be overjoyed at the beautiful paintings everyone has done. Really creative and varied.

Here's my attempt, using Painter IX.

Kraellin · #22 10-25-2005, 10:51 PM

i like these Painter renditions. one thing though, catherine. when you changed his shirt color you also changed his lip color.

Craig

Duv · #23 10-26-2005, 12:45 AM

Really nice work here! Tried something a little different for me.
Duped background/Screen/Add MT layer filled with white/Reveal All/Loosely painted in background.

Impressionist: Fingerpaint/Image/25,100,158

Flattened, duped and flipped horizontal. Reduced opacity to 30%.

Adjusted contrast in LAB.

Cheers

Dave

raniday · #24 10-26-2005, 08:56 AM

Yeah, I noticed that, Craig, but looking at the original, it didn't seem to be enough difference to re-do.

Kraellin · #25 10-26-2005, 03:28 PM

catherine,

i only caught it and mentioned it because i ran into the same thing when i tried to change the shirt.

Craig

Neve · #26 10-26-2005, 08:41 PM

W..O..W and

An excellent thread! Outstanding and very talented results from everyone.

Serissa · #27 10-27-2005, 01:05 AM

Im new here, and Im really enjoying playing with the smudge tool in PSP.
I used the smudge tool and some filters for light.

Neve · #28 10-27-2005, 01:25 AM

Hi Serissa and welcome.That's a rare result!

This is my first serious effort to try a sketch in Painter and glad I went through the exercise even though it took almost 4 hours. The first image is the result of using PowerRetouche B/W Studio Plugin and then cloning from that in Painter.

It's not so easy, is it, to maintain the correct shape/contours? In PSProX there was a lot of fine dodging and burning, also minimal amounts of Smudging with a chalk brush.

Legacy~Art · #29 10-27-2005, 05:43 AM

Serissa - Welcome to the forum, lovely bright picture, hope to see more of your work!

Neve that is nice! You need to do us a tutorial too! I will bribe you some melted chocolates!!!

Sorry Catherine i kind of agreed with Craig, he looks now like hes got lipstick on, maybe tone it down alittle, shame as your picture is gorgeous! Be different if it was a little girl i guess!!!

raniday · #30 10-27-2005, 08:23 AM

Hmmm, Craig and Legacy Art, I layered the painting over the original and erased down to the lips, expecting to find a color difference, but I flattened the layers, and the lips became the same shade once more. It's not a matter of my having colored them. Sometimes colors play tricks on our eyes.
Here's the erased version. I can't tell much difference.