Creative Portraits: Another Pensive Redhead

[Peter S]

Used Photoshop's Art History Brush (AHB) for the first time (many thanks Palms for the tips I understand a little better now)

I think it looks not to bad for a first attempt. You too can try, you dont have to limit yourself to AHB of course. Any style will do.

Also let me know how I could do this better.

Peter

[CJ Swartz]

Oooooh, Peter! I love it -- it's soft, dreamy, ethereal, lovely, old-world -- very fitting for such a beautiful woman. Good for you!!!

[Janet Petty]

Very nice treatment for a beautiful subject. I really like the dreamy feeling you created.

Janet

[Frank Lopes]

A stupid question: what is AHB?
Can you post more product details?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Peter S

Used AHB for the first time (many thanks Palms for the tips I understand a little better now)

I think it looks not to bad for a first attempt. You too can try, you dont have to limit yourself to AHB of course any style will do.
Also let me know how I could do this better.

Peter

[Peter S]

Sorry should have been clearer, AHB = "Art History Brush" in Photoshop.
I've only just started playing with it so am still learning what it can do.
It's confusing to say the least, but the results always seem to be good. (so far).

Peter

[DannyRaphael]

Your first attempt at using the AHB turned out a LOT better than when I first tried to use it.

Use the forum search tool to search titles for "Art History Brush" to find additional information/ideas on how to use what can be a frustrating tool.

Under most circumstances I find I get better results if I:
* Leave some of the 'canvas' unpainted
* Use AHB setting of Daub or Tight Short, Area = 10, Tolerance = 0
* Vary width of brush (3-8 px for detail; 20-30 px to rough in areas)
* Apply some Unsharp Mask to "rough up" the strokes a bit when finished
* Make a copy of the original Background, drag it to the top of the layer stack, add a "hide all" layer mask and restore a little detail that AHB totally hoses over.

Wonderful pic to work on.

~Danny~

p.s. I modified thread title for people who don't know what AHB means.

[alexmeta]

My attempt with Smudge Tool

[lkroll]

Not real pretty; just experimenting with gettng thick and wide brush strokes using mosaic tiles before applying noise and angled brushstroke filter.

[palms]

Originally Posted by Peter S

Used Photoshop's Art History Brush (AHB) for the first time (many thanks Palms for the tips I understand a little better now)

I think it looks not to bad for a first attempt. You too can try, you dont have to limit yourself to AHB of course. Any style will do.

Also let me know how I could do this better.

Peter

you done brilliant Peter now how about a few lessons

Palms

[palms]

Originally Posted by alexmeta

My attempt with Smudge Tool

Great one Alex, may i ask which brush you used please ?

Palms

[alexmeta]

Originally Posted by palms1

Great one Alex, may i ask which brush you used please ?

Palms

Thank you, Palms
It was series of Pastel Brushes from "Natural Brushes 2" set.

My attempt of AHB.

[palms]

And a attempt from me

Palms

[LQQKER]

Peter - I like your rendition. Nice job.

This is a combination of several plugins, PS filters and some hand painting. Plugins used are Nik Color effex, redfield sketch, Xero, AE and noise combined with several layers.

[zganie]

original is a bit dardanized and softened
copy is lightened and masked lighting filters
copy 2 is a version of a soft platinotype

hope you like them zganie

[KR1156]

i never really liked doing stuff like this in photoshop before, but you can get some cool looking pics for family and friends and stuff. this took a whopping 2 min to do, so maybe i'll start playing around with these effects a little more.

thanks.

[palms]

Originally Posted by KR1156

i never really liked doing stuff like this in photoshop before, but you can get some cool looking pics for family and friends and stuff. this took a whopping 2 min to do, so maybe i'll start playing around with these effects a little more.

thanks.

Nice Kr mind explaining how you spent that 2 minutes ?

Palms

[KR1156]

thanks Palms1....

i duped layer, read DannyRaphael's tips on how to use the art history brush, took a decent size brush and went over the image very quickly, think the settings were tight short, 100% opacity, area: 10pix, tolerance: 0%

i use a tablet so i brushed over the image quickly,.....then applied a canvas texture.

[palms]

Originally Posted by KR1156

thanks Palms1....

i duped layer, read DannyRaphael's tips on how to use the art history brush, took a decent size brush and went over the image very quickly, think the settings were tight short, 100% opacity, area: 10pix, tolerance: 0%

i use a tablet so i brushed over the image quickly,.....then applied a canvas texture.

Thanks for info KR, Personaly i love the diversity of the ahb

Palms

[KR1156]

AHB is something i know nothing about! but so far looks like it can create a real cool effect......or 1 big mess!

[palms]

Originally Posted by KR1156

AHB is something i know nothing about! but so far looks like it can create a real cool effect......or 1 big mess!

that's the fun of it

heres another post from me, i think i like doing these as they are so easy to keep in the size limits

Palms

[Ant]

slow day

dupe, canvas on a hardlight layer, ahb, selective color, photo filter, curve, selective lightening, a high pass...

[Ant]

palms yours is hot. not loving the purple edge but whatever.

[palms]

Thank you Ant you done well yourself nice stuff


Palms

[lkroll]

Making up for the last effort that I did. Used Vabirdy's Landscape Illustrator Script-fu to start things off. Also did my Glass (small lense) distortion technique selectively to give it a overall sketchy feel. I finally added some canvas texture which was created using GIMP's mosaic filter.

[Steve Conway]

Pensive lady.

Steve C.

[pavel123]

Peter, thank you for the photo.
Sketch, smudging, IMP in Photoshop.

Pavel

[pavel123]

Photoshop: IMP, watercolor, smudging.

P.S. Steve, Love what you've done.

[Janet Petty]

After processing animal pictures all afternoon, I can certainly say this beautiful lady is no dog. There are some absolutely amazing renditions here. I'm very impressed!!!

I guess I'm going to have to get out of the dog (errr...squirrel) house and work on her too.

Keep up the GREAT work all.

Janet

[Peter S]

OK So it looks like I'm going to have to learn about smudging now.
Give me a chance to find out about AHB will you.
Too many names to quote but all good stuff.

Peter

[imagae]

Originally Posted by DannyRaphael

Your first attempt at using the AHB turned out a LOT better than when I first tried to use it.

Use the forum search tool to search titles for "Art History Brush" to find additional information/ideas on how to use what can be a frustrating tool.

Under most circumstances I find I get better results if I:
* Leave some of the 'canvas' unpainted
* Use AHB setting of Daub or Tight Short, Area = 10, Tolerance = 0
* Vary width of brush (3-8 px for detail; 20-30 px to rough in areas)
* Apply some Unsharp Mask to "rough up" the strokes a bit when finished
* Make a copy of the original Background, drag it to the top of the layer stack, add a "hide all" layer mask and restore a little detail that AHB totally hoses over.

Wonderful pic to work on.

~Danny~

p.s. I modified thread title for people who don't know what AHB means.

I love what you did here...really suits her mood..