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Old 06-23-2007, 04:34 PM
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Creative portraits: Just 4 Palms - More curly hair

Well Palms I know you like doing hair.
So this is for you.
Though anyone else is also welcome of course.

Low res posed here.

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Original size here

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I have not done anything with this myself yet. Will post someting maybe later.
Hope you all enjoy.
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Old 06-23-2007, 06:06 PM
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Re: Just 4 Palms

Here's a quickie from me.

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And a better res one here:-
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Old 06-23-2007, 06:36 PM
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Golden Girl.

Cool capture for play Peter. Simple flow here. Used Toadies Metalwork set to Overlay (duplicate layer of course) for the bulk of the aniso. I then followed it up with Xero's Supersmooth filter. Here's the full hirez version. Attached is a lower quality reduced size version.
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Old 06-24-2007, 03:58 AM
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Re: Just 4 Palms

Now that is some hair, looking forward to having a go later

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Old 06-24-2007, 06:49 AM
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Re: Just 4 Palms

Peter, thank you for another great photo. Love you sketch.

Blenders in Painter, IMP in Photoshop.

Palms, I don't think I share your passion for hair. Not after manually going through all those curls.

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Old 06-24-2007, 09:13 AM
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Re: Just 4 Palms

here is mine

increased contrast
optiverve filter
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Old 06-24-2007, 10:21 AM
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Re: Just 4 Palms

Nice work all. I couldn't resist spending some time with her too.
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Old 06-24-2007, 01:40 PM
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Re: Just 4 Palms

Great works everyone
Pavel the hair isnt to bad and helps pass away our awful weather
Couldnt make my mind up about a colour version or a black & white I did try a threshold as i think it would look good but lost patience with it a bit

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Old 06-24-2007, 03:27 PM
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Re: Just 4 Palms

Fun picture to work with. Painted in Corel Painter using the Thick Wet Oils brush. Finished in PSCS2 with highlights and shadows and color adjustment and sharpening.
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Old 06-25-2007, 09:45 AM
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Re: Just 4 Palms

Now that's a real "do."

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Old 06-26-2007, 02:51 PM
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Re: Just 4 Palms

lkroll - that has to be one of your best to date
Pavel - nice work hope the curls didn't cause too much strain on the brush hand
keiser - Looks good, but a little on the small size to see properly
Lonk - can I look over your shoulder next time you do one of these
Palms - Very nice, I prefer the colour one, more detail, I'm a detail freak at times.
Photomaster - as ever excellent, maybe I could watch you at work as well
Steve - what can I say to that, its real smooth man, like it.

You see the curls wern't that bad after all!

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Old 06-26-2007, 05:35 PM
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Thanks for the comment Peter; glad you liked it.
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Old 06-27-2007, 08:03 AM
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Re: Just 4 Palms

sorry it was too small to see it.

here is a larger version
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Old 06-27-2007, 09:56 AM
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Re: Just 4 Palms

Thanks Peter. Interesting photo to work with.

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Old 06-28-2007, 04:21 PM
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Re: Just 4 Palms

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sorry it was too small to see it.

here is a larger version
Now thats better. I need all the help I can get with my eyes nowadays.

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Old 07-05-2007, 09:06 PM
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Re: Just 4 Palms

wow. lonk, that is absolutely amazing. love photomaster's and steve's too. lots of others done well also, but just had to comment on those three.
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Old 07-05-2007, 09:14 PM
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Thanks, Craig. Very kind of you.
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Old 04-07-2008, 03:16 PM
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Re: Creative portraits: Just 4 Palms - More curly

I sort of goaded Palms into doing a smudge of this one, and a good job of it was done. So I had to try in myself (better late than never).
Its a little rough, but I think I'm getting there a little.
Thanks Palms, I know now what you went through with this one.

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Old 04-08-2008, 02:28 AM
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Re: Creative portraits: Just 4 Palms - More curly

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I sort of goaded Palms into doing a smudge of this one, and a good job of it was done. So I had to try in myself (better late than never).
Its a little rough, but I think I'm getting there a little.
Thanks Palms, I know now what you went through with this one.

Peter
Nice one Peter, great work on the face and hair, looking back on mine i dont think it was a smudge, as such but c springers illustrated look ( which involves some smudging ) might have to have another go soon )

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Old 04-08-2008, 10:00 AM
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Re: Creative portraits: Just 4 Palms - More curly

I always liked this one...

I started with Mike Warren's Illustration Action, then applied some Impressionist plugin effects and ePaperpress.com actions for the borders.
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Old 04-10-2008, 10:10 AM
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Re: Creative portraits: Just 4 Palms - More curly

Danny- you are definitely the Action King! Love it!
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Old 04-10-2008, 11:03 AM
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Re: Creative portraits: Just 4 Palms - More curly

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I always liked this one...

I started with Mike Warren's Illustration Action, then applied some Impressionist plugin effects and ePaperpress.com actions for the borders.
Very nice Danny, I haven't visited ePaperpress for a while will have to have a look again

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Re: Creative portraits: Just 4 Palms - More curly

Had a try too, but not soo happy. May have another go sometimes later...Nice one to practice hair :-)
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Old 04-12-2008, 08:38 PM
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Re: Creative portraits: Just 4 Palms - More curly

Palms, I like the color, the rich colors are so pretty.

I did a watercolor,
3 layers in Photoshop with different presets form a Filter Forge filter I'm working on, just masked out what I didn't want.
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Old 04-13-2008, 03:58 AM
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Re: Creative portraits: Just 4 Palms - More curly

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Palms, I like the color, the rich colors are so pretty.

I did a watercolor,
3 layers in Photoshop with different presets form a Filter Forge filter I'm working on, just masked out what I didn't want.
Nice work Sherry the crop is excellent

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Old 04-14-2008, 07:47 PM
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Re: Creative portraits: Just 4 Palms - More curly

Thanks Palms
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Old 04-15-2008, 10:23 PM
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Re: Creative portraits: Just 4 Palms - More curly

Here's my take on it.
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Old 04-15-2008, 10:36 PM
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Re: Creative portraits: Just 4 Palms - More curly

nice, sherry, and good to see you back

i did two here.
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Old 04-16-2008, 04:59 AM
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Re: Creative portraits: Just 4 Palms - More curly

Craig- really like your first one, with just that touch of color
bross- great job, welcome to retouchpro!
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well, good, jordan; glad you enjoy it
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