Creative Portraits: Emily

[DannyRaphael]

Emily is the sister of a team mate on my son's baseball team. She's a cutie.

Have fun!

~Danny~

[Steve Conway]

Little girl on windy day!

Steve

[Steve Conway]

Now for a little softer rendition...

Steve

[lkroll]

I'm working on an new smudge technique that I would like to do this one on too; have to wait til this evening though.

[oltenius]

Beautiful little girl! Hope that my attempt to be a measure of her purity.
Regards

[palms]

Great photo done with the ahb and a find edge layer. Two versions a colour one and a black and white because i liked it ! !

Palms

[Kraellin]

oltenius,

that's an interesting look. what did you use?

craig

[oltenius]

Kraellin, thanks very much!
Just a sketch, than I recolored it and the next step was Deep Paint.
Regards

[Kraellin]

ah, ok. thank you, oltenius.

by the way, where's that name come from?

craig

[oltenius]

I dont understand very well, sorry! My name? Or another...
My name (nick) is a combination between Latin origin and a region of my country.
Dan

[Kraellin]

i meant the name 'oltenius'. where does it come from? what are the origins of the name itself?

craig

[lkroll]

Sorry for the low quality attached. Here's the high quality version. I outlined my technique here; yes it's a smudge, but it's still 90% filter/layer property work (I know, but it's next to impossible to simulate a smudge 100%, but I'm trying).

Also added a lighter version too; please let me know which one you would like best.

[earthman]

This was a fun image to work on. I dusted off my Corel Painter and used a quick clone of the image. Her face was cloned with a low opacity oil brush and blended. Her hair was cloned using a chalk brush and blended and then I used the distorto brush to get this effect.

[oltenius]

craig, I'v answered above your last message!

Ikroll, I don't know!! Both are great

Dan

[Northernshadow]

Danny she is a sweetie, you caught a lovely expression!

Steve I love your softer version, just gives a lighter mood!
Oltenius beautiful effect! especially like the way the shading on her face came out!
Palms both are lovely looks, can't decide which I like better!
lkroll, I like the lighter one, the colors just seem clearer/more pure
earthman, you have added such a lovely mysterious look to her

I was looking to do more a pencilcrayony look but ended up with something different
I vignetted the background layer, made a sketch and pasted over the background as another layer set to multipy and ran impressionist with slighly different setting on each.

[lkroll]

earthman: I wish you posted a larger version because I really like this.

Sherry: thanks for the comments. Yours do have a texture that can almost be felt.

oltenius: You actually inspired me to do mine. You did a good job at your Aniso (been experimenting with various techniques on other forums for a few days now). I've recently learned about this term/concept (been doing it inadvertently for a long time, but now I have a name for it).

[oltenius]

Ikroll, I'm glad to see what you wrote. I'm not an expert, but 1-2 attempts of my work seems to be a success! Thanks for your appreciation...

[palms]

Earthman great look keep looking and looking don't know what style you would call it ( but then again i dont with any)
Northern shadow again great style adds a whimsical feel to it

Palms

[Janet Petty]

Somehow not much turns out like I see in my mind's eye. Nevertheless, I liked the result of my experimentation with Impressionist and smudge combined. There are a few areas I could have worked on harder, I agree.

Thanks Danny for the cutie. She has the features that cameras seem to enhance even more.

Janet

[Kraellin]

here's another of my filter forge filters:

craig

[Kraellin]

i like both of those, steve

i like both of yours too, palms. very nice.

lkroll, nice. i like the definition

earthman, very cool

sherry, always like that effect.

janet, nice

craig

[Kraellin]

another:

craig

[palms]

Originally Posted by Janet Petty

Somehow not much turns out like I see in my mind's eye. Nevertheless, I liked the result of my experimentation with Impressionist and smudge combined. There are a few areas I could have worked on harder, I agree.

Thanks Danny for the cutie. She has the features that cameras seem to enhance even more.

Janet

Know what you mean Janet it can be annoying but you really have no problems that is great
Craig again nice filter work prefer the second one i think i hate it when there are choices it brings out my indecivness ( and the fact that i cant spell )

Palms

[Steve Conway]

I thank you...very cute little lady and the hair in the wind adds a nice touch.

Steve

Originally Posted by Kraellin

i like both of those, steve


craig

[Kraellin]

palms,

thank you

the second one isnt actually a filter forge work. i guess i sort of implied that with how i posted it, but it's not. it's just a simple duplicated layer, gausian blur and then a darken blend. very simple, but nice effect.

craig

[pavel123]

My rendering. Painter with additinal touches in PS. Pavel