Creative Portraits: Nathaniel

[cazubi]

Very, very nice work going on here. Here is mine. I used Painter oil brushes and cloners, and PS to finish.

Cathy

[Karyn]

I am still quite new to photoshop and thought I would give this picture a try. I wanted to make this cute little guy a little more dramatic, not so washed out.
Here is my attempt.

Karyn

[kiska]

"Here's the erased version. I can't tell much difference."...cat

I can't tell ANY difference.

[byRo]

In kiska's honour , I was going to try a "Dragan" - bit I backed off a bit 'cuz the kid is too cute.

So I'll call this a "SemiDragan".

Rô

[Alcar]

Karyn, an absolutely wonderful version. Did do anything special in your workflow?
Alan

[kiska]

Rô, SEMI works great on this kid. You took it just far enough. Looks right on!

[cazubi]

Very nice and rich Karyn. I wanted to try a sketch and used Trimoon's tutorial with some extra adjustments.

Cathy

[Legacy~Art]

LOL his mother is not going to be impressed we all gave him a new t shirt colour!!!

[Legacy~Art]

Catherine

I checked your pictures out on pbase awhile back and i really admired your work, i am sure Craig was just adding his views cos he too had come across the same thing, i did too when i gave the little boy a red t shirt, you did a very lovely job, no one was getting at you, i promise you that hun! you do marvelous work!!!

Responding to the email here.

Ella

[Janet Petty]

Nathaniel is too cute and too angelic looking to not work on his picture. Dad and Mom, you can be proud of him.

Janet

[Karyn]

Alan, thanks for the compliment.

I didn't do anything special.

Levels
New Layer - Multiply
Mask the face Feather the selection by a radius of 50
Inverse the selection and adjust the Levels to darken the selection
Merge Visible on New Layer
Gaussian Blur a radius of 1
Add a Mask to reveal the eyes, nose, mouth
Touch up on blotchy colours and blemishes
Made the teeth whiter

By the way, Alan, I was inspired by your fabulous sketch

Karyn

[raniday]

no one was getting at you

Hi Legacy Art. I never thought you were, but I am one of those linear minded people who likes resolution and realized when you posted again that you hadn't seen my response. It was surprising to me how the lip color seemed to change as soon as I erased through and flattened the layers. Always something new to learn in PS.

I'm very sorry to hear about your grandfather. Our prayers are with your family.

[Duv]

I tried some PopArTisT then backed off a whole bunch.

Cheers

Dave

[Kraellin]

nice dave. i like the cocked head touch too.

Craig

[Cassidy]

My attempt trying to capitalise on that angelic look

[Mitch]

Hi All,
Just a simple sketch to add to all your great efforts.

PSP

two sketch layers over
base layer reduced to about 30%
eyes lightened and highlights added.

Regards to all,
Mitch.

[dbuckle]

I used Nik and Sprat filters to do this one.

[Alcar]

Mitch, nicely done.
Alan

[raniday]

Alan, I must have missed this the first time around. Really great look. Thanks for sharing your technique.

[Mitch]

Thanks Alan.

Mitch.

[Kraellin]

dbuckle,

i like this style you've been showing lately. well done!

Craig

[Chance_1]

LegacyArt, great work. How did you make one overlay the other in yellow and red. Nice Effect.
Palms1. Nice. Looks kinda dragonish.
Xaran and Pan and Kraelin, nice and not bad.
Steve and Alcar, nice sketching effects.

This is my attempt with Impasto in Painter, with Surface Texture overlay, had a tough time, and did not turn out so nice with the texture overlay. Probably need a good tute on Impasto, which is kinda hard to do on first attempt.

[byRo]

John Derry has a fine series of Painter tutorials.
This one explains Impasto.

Good reading!

Rô

[palms]

Thanks and welcome Chance 1 like your work

Palms

[DannyRaphael]

Let me add my welcome, too, Chance... Glad you jumped in on this one.

re: Painter & Impasto
It has wonderful possibilities. So far, I struggle with it quite a bit myself, so hang in there and be patient.

[raniday]

I wasn't happy with my first version of Nathaniel. Here's another try, going for a watercolor & ink effect.
Link to a higher res version
http://www.pbase.com/image/52422808

[GOLDCOIN]

HI Cat... This one really really "Rocks"...
Interesting sketch work..wonder what you used for it.

[Kraellin]

cat,

i'm continuously impressed by your work. you, as they say, 'have the touch'

Craig

[raniday]

Thanks, Carole & Craig
I used Mike Finn's Sketcher action to get a quick outline, then erased and smudged most of it away. Everything else was done in Painter.

[lkroll]

Flaming Pear's pixeltrash and Impressionist Detailed Color pencil mainly.