Creative Portraits: Red Headed Beauty

[Photomaster]

See what you can do with the picture of this young lady.

For my version I used Photoshop:
Curves;
Buzz Pro;
Smudged with Linda's Brush and Sarsa's Hair Brushes using lighten, darken and normal modes;
Lots of Dodging and Burning with 1 to 4 pixel brushes;
Trimoon's Cotten Canvas applied selectively with layer mask;
Curves again;
Nik Sharpener Pro.

Have fun using your creativity.

[palms1]

Interesting photo, one i would like to come back to when time allows. i also have smudged ( obvious )

Palms

[Photomaster]

Palms, very nice, Love the green background.

Here's another version.

[palms1]

Thak you PM thought i would use a green for background as it complements red heads

Palms

[Ziaphra]

Gorgeous photo...

[Photomaster]

Ziaphra, yours is a stunning interpretation. With the face lighting you created it really becomes the dominate element since the red hair no longer competes for the eyes attention.

[Ziaphra]

Aww thanx hun. So easy to work on such a beautiful photo!

[Peter S]

I thought I would join in the fun with this one.

Peter

[Photomaster]

Peter, I like it! Nice job - it has a simple elegance.

[Gilbert]

i thought I'd try something with a lighter touch.......

[rab3rd]

Here is my go at it. I have been doing impresionist stuff for a while now and almost forgot how to do a smudge painting. Anyway, hope you like it....


Redhead.jpg

[rab3rd]

I like that Gilbert. Nicely done. Care to share you workflow on that?

[palms1]

Great lighting Ziaphra
peter glad you joined in the fun did you add the texture seperately ?
Gilbert nice light touch
rab you havent lost your touch


Palms

[saby]

really nice Peter!


saby

[rab3rd]

Thanks Palms