Creative Portraits: A face with character

[Kraellin]

thanks steve. since i have neither buzz or gertrudis, i guess i'll have to fake it

it's a good technique.

craig

[slidefoot]

Artistic Portrait...

[Swampy]

I'm gonna jump in (better late than never). Peter gave me some tips on the AHB, and I just had to give it another try and had this image sitting on my desktop waiting to be "played" with. Play I did. Have no idea how I arrived here, but I discovered the PS default AHB Tool Presets (Thanks, Peter) and just started playing. His suggestion to lower the opacity on the default brushes and build up paint really gave me something to play with.

[Peter S]

Originally Posted by Swampy

I'm gonna jump in (better late than never). Peter gave me some tips on the AHB, and I just had to give it another try and had this image sitting on my desktop waiting to be "played" with. Play I did. Have no idea how I arrived here, but I discovered the PS default AHB Tool Presets (Thanks, Peter) and just started playing. His suggestion to lower the opacity on the default brushes and build up paint really gave me something to play with.

Yo gettin there Gal.
Now try a different brush and alter the area and maybe tolerance (don't panic you'll find out where they are)

Peter

[Janet Petty]

Welcome to the AHB Swampy. Very nice for a first try. My first try can be found on one of the art challenges in the Challenge part of RTP. It isn't anywhere near as well done. Trust me.

I remember the first time I actually got the AHB to work. It squiggled without control; and I panicked. I've since learned to let it do it's thing and work into smaller sized brushes for details. Good luck but remember to have fun.

And on another note, Swampy, what is the texture of the background? I really, really like it.

And Slidefoot. You really did a wonderful job on his craggy face without making it look like a fashion model retouch. I like the job you did a lot.

Janet