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Old 08-10-2007, 08:02 AM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

I tried to play with the light a bit...
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Old 08-10-2007, 09:56 PM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

photomaster, thank you, btw, for posting the image. lovely picture, lovely woman.

and i also very much like your original rendition. you have a combination there, of sharpness and softness which i find very appealing.

and, thanks for the link. i tried it out. it seems to only work on photoshop and not psp. it crashed psp when i ran it from there. seems like a good piece of software. simple interface, very intuitive and did a nice job on the image i tried with it.
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Old 09-28-2007, 03:53 PM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

I've wanted time to play with this ever since it was posted. Finally found a few free minutes. Thanks for sharing Photomaster. It is a great photo.

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Old 09-29-2007, 03:22 AM
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Magenta hair.

Still experimenting with various simplication techniques. Cat (other forum) started a theme thread concerning Gradients which I see lot's of potential for certain abstract renderings. Used a multi-color gradient to start things off and did some other things too.
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Old 09-29-2007, 11:40 AM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

Lovely lady and photo.

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Old 09-29-2007, 12:11 PM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

Decided to do one more slightly different version showing more detail and shadowing.

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Old 09-29-2007, 01:29 PM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

Lovely shot! Here is mine. :-)

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Old 09-29-2007, 01:46 PM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

One more just for fun!
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Old 09-30-2007, 09:33 AM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

It's been ages since I've played with Impressionist, forgot how much fun it it is!
this is 4 layers starting with a large chalky brush then progressivly shrinking the brush and masking out unwanted detail.
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Old 09-30-2007, 11:17 AM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

Nancy, your first rendition is exceptional. The lips look fantastic!
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Old 09-30-2007, 01:22 PM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

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Nancy, your first rendition is exceptional. The lips look fantastic!
Thanks Photomaster - and for the very nice image!

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Old 10-02-2007, 12:50 AM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

sherri, where have you been? we've missed you over at filter forge!
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Old 10-03-2007, 06:31 PM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

Hey Craig!! I've missed you and everyone at filterforge too!
Too much to do and not enough time!!!
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Old 10-03-2007, 10:25 PM
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excuses, excuses well, it's good to see you here
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

Gave myself ten New York minutes and came up with this..maybe I can put a little more time into it later! Beautiful portait to begin with; in a way, I hated to alter it.

Buzz simplifier and pure colour on the first layer, with a coloured edge outline merged on top..paint strokes in Gertrudis Pro because I am pressed for time..then another edge layer on top of that...
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Old 10-05-2007, 09:42 AM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

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Gave myself ten New York minutes and came up with this..maybe I can put a little more time into it later! Beautiful portait to begin with; in a way, I hated to alter it.

Buzz simplifier and pure colour on the first layer, with a coloured edge outline merged on top..paint strokes in Gertrudis Pro because I am pressed for time..then another edge layer on top of that...
Does ten New York minutes = 5 minutes to the rest of the world? (LOL)

Glad you got over the hump with Buzz. I see why it's among your favorite plugins.
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Old 01-21-2009, 10:20 AM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

Still practising (I needed to find different colour hair to try out )
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Old 01-26-2009, 11:29 PM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

very nice, palms

i decided to knit something.
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Old 01-27-2009, 03:42 AM
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very nice, palms

i decided to knit something.
I like that Craig have you got the pattern ?

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Old 01-27-2009, 07:35 AM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

Looks like I got some competition now. lol

Cool sweater looking texture Craig.
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Old 01-28-2009, 04:15 PM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

I'm throwing up a few PBAs for fun. Not my usual pursuit, but I love looking at what all of you have been able to create from the photos.
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Old 01-28-2009, 06:32 PM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

Mannequin.
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Old 01-30-2009, 06:44 AM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

take a look at this picture and make comments
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

Greetings everyone,

This is my first post on this site. But I saw this photo and had to give it a go. It's just such a great shot. I used Photoshop with no plugins, and just gave her a basic glamour makeover and tried to create sort of an ethereal glow about her.

: )

P.S. How do I upload a photo bigger than 100k?
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Great idea. Pretty cool.
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Old 02-02-2009, 08:51 PM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

hehe, palms. sure, go buy filter forge and i'll send it to you

thanks, lyle, but no competition since we're selling from the same store

frate, what are PBA's?
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Old 02-02-2009, 09:22 PM
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

Thanks Frate; wish I could give you an exact formula, but I kept on throughing things at it til I got what I wanted. lol

Still couldn't get the eyes right though.
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

frate, what are PBA's?[/QUOTE]

I guess that this is Photo Based Art?
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

mcole,

the only way to upload a file larger than 100k is to become a patron. you then get 200k per image. (or, you cheat like me and become a moderator ).
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Re: Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

Hi Craig,

Thanks for the info. I appreciate that. But that seems like an awful lot for an extra 100k. Especially being a moderator! (lol-lol)
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