Creative portraits: Long & Curly

[Peter S]

Another pic from the now dead Eldorado site.


Have fun

larger version of my attempt


http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/2...1240ss9.th.jpg


Peter

[Steve Conway]

The mysterious lady in black.

Steve C.

[Steve Conway]

Cropped version.

Steve C.

[palms]

gone for the moody look

Palms

[Peter S]

Steve I like the cropped one the best.
Palms I do believe you made her angry. (I like it though)

Peter

[pavel123]

Mostly done in Painter.

[Kraellin]

wow. you guys are good.

that's one of your best, peter.

steve, love the 2nd one. very painted.

palms, you got mood, girl

pavel, also painted nicely.

i went completely south. this one took a long time to find something that spoke to me more than just the gorgeous girl, which, you would think is enough, perhaps. but i wanted something else and couldnt find it... for a while. then it sort of came out of the dark and that's exactly what i ended up doing... something out of the dark.

[palms]

Thank you Peter and Craig,
Craig i see the moodiness is catching although yours is a mystical/astrological type mood and i think it is great

Palms

[Steve Conway]

Many thanks Craig & Peter.

Yeah I think I like the second one better too.

Steve C.

[LonK]

Awesome interpretations, gents. Gorgeous gal. She exudes attitude. I went with a sketchy/etchy rendition -- with attitude.

[Peter S]

Craig what can I say? err looks like one of those SciFi Book covers, keep going south.
Lonk you made her look like Rita Hayworth, Oh dear showing my age again.

Peter

[LonK]

Originally Posted by Peter S

Lonk you made her look like Rita Hayworth, Oh dear showing my age again.

I'll have to take your word for that, Peter. I kept thinking Brooke Shields as I was doing it.

[palms]

Originally Posted by LonK

I'll have to take your word for that, Peter. I kept thinking Brooke Shields as I was doing it.

I must admit i thought the same as Peter but now you say it Lonk you have it and super image as well

Palms

[Janet Petty]

In keeping with the moody feel, here is mine.

Janet

And looking at it after it is posted, I can see that the compression took a lot out of the detail. No those are not splotches. They are cracks and readily evident on the full res version. Go figure.

edit: Even after adding the closeup, it still lacks the original. At least one can see I tried.

[Kraellin]

thanks, palms, peter that was an exercise that just kept going and going until i hit on that dark bit. i was about 15 layers in before it showed up and it took almost another 15 to refine it. but i like it too and may do more along those lines.

yup, i can see rita hayworth and brooke shields there. and i like that old style portrait look. nicely done, lonk.

janet, the lament of RP'ers, 'only 100k'. *sigh*. you could post it in the gallery and get 200k. or maybe post it on image shack or one of those. i'd love to see the full sized version.

[sylvia1065]

Just fooling around with pattern stamp tool + smudging...
Sylvia

[lkroll]

Cool stuff folks and thanks for the challenge Peter. Thought a bold smudge would look cool, so that's what I did. Attached is an extremely low quality version. Click on the thumbnail to see the high quality version.

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2...med1wk7.th.jpg

[Peter S]

Like LK says really cool stuff coming here.
LK your one is just........ words fail. What will you do when you get your Wacom??

Peter

[slidefoot]

Graphic 1 - A soft touch of glamour...
Graphic 2 - Memories of Yesterday's love...

[lkroll]

Originally Posted by Peter S

Like LK says really cool stuff coming here.
LK your one is just........ words fail. What will you do when you get your Wacom??

Peter

Have some pity for me and my mouse Peter. lol

Hope to do better with a real smudging too. Like I said in another post, I need the practice.

PS: Now you all know why I like filters. lol

[Peter S]

Originally Posted by lkroll

Have some pity for me and my mouse Peter. lol

Hope to do better with a real smudging too. Like I said in another post, I need the practice.

PS: Now you all know why I like filters. lol

OK I think your joking.
Maybe I should have been clearer.
LK I LIKE THAT ONE.

Peter

[lkroll]

Thanks Peter, but I'm not really happy with it. Again, I still can't wait to use a real smudging tool. Who knows; might become an artist yet (but until then, a filter simulator). lol

[LQQKER]

Peter - An attractive lady, nice choice.

Nice renditions submitted.

[MargaretM]

Here's a watercolorish version done in Painter and Photoshop. Have enjoyed all the great versions posted here.
MargaretM

[alexmeta]

Wow, so many excellent interpretations.

AHB and GertrudisPro

[ahutton]

Had some time this afternoon finally. Here's my take on this beauty.

Amy

[Kraellin]

lovely, amy!

[palms]

experimenting time again

Palms

[Peter S]

If my Bionic eyes are working????
I think you've been using Ditherfree again.
Have you tried using DitherBox that ships with PS, Its on the CD somewhere I can't remember exactly where? The results won't be the same of course!!

Peter

[palms]

Originally Posted by Peter S

If my Bionic eyes are working????
I think you've been using Ditherfree again.
Have you tried using DitherBox that ships with Photoshop, Its on the CD somewhere I can't remember exactly where? The results won't be the same of course!!

Peter

Not used ditherfree on this one Peter, Its billed as a manual drawing in pencil style ! ! ! ! ! ! !

not tried ditherbox though willhave to investigate that

Palms