Another young lady

[Peter S]

Another nice pic from SXC.
girl-rp.jpg
Original http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1100177
girl-smudged.jpggirl-sketched.jpg
A smudge and a sketch from me.
Enjoy.

Peter

[kilty560]

There is my version I used smudge few filters in PS then I took it in Painter and back in PS.

[chillin]

I used the simplify filter.

[lkroll]

Wow; wonderful interpretations so far. Cool find too Peter. Mine's not so exciting. lol

[palms]

Great photo Peter

hope you are proud of that smudge it is brilliant and so is the sketch

Kilty excellent version as well

chillin simplified looks great as well (I like that filter )

lyle it is different though ! ! !

Palms

[lkroll]

LOL; couldn't top any of the ones already done, so thought I would go wack (do that a lot; too much talent on this board).

[Kraellin]

delightful image, peter and some good renditions, as well

i had a go with a byRo filter forge filter, which i combined with a filter of my own and came up with these. and yes, the close up is just a tighter crop of the same treatment.

[Peter S]

Nice ones you lot.

Thanks Palms though I think the original has a lot to do with it, it's hard to improve on that.

Peter

[lkroll]

On ice; been doing more icy interpretations. Too lazy to extract to do a sculpture of ice, but plan on doing one when I get more motivated. In the meantime, hope this one works. It's a GIMP/CS2 collaboration (used Panos' Rain action; I believe someone created a Script-fu to do this, but this one works great so why change my routine).

[Joeven]

Nice pic.

Joe

[andyong]

great find of pic..here is my try with Filter>Sketch>Conte Crayon mixed with Topaz Labs Adjust.

[palms]

Due to all the great renditions already here I thought I would go down a different route

Palms

[Gilbert]

Love the 'grunge' palms(or should it be the Gringe)....this one of these pics that can't be improved upon...but we keep trying anyway

[lkroll]

OK; less eclectic this time.

[CertifiedCS3]

Awesome job everyone. Great find on the pic. I hope you don't mind double pics.

[lkroll]

Really like your Fractilus interpretations Cert. Anyway, I believe I created a better ice sculpture with bubbles. Created the bubbles seamless texture and used it with subtle blends of my other Ice textures for this result.

[CertifiedCS3]

Wow, that ice sculpture is nice. Matter of fact, inspiration for a new thread. Ice sculptures? I bet there would be some great collective thoughts that might help all of us hone our skills even more. Lyle, care to shine a bit more light on your technique for the rest of us? (seriously ...no pun intended)

[lkroll]

Glad you liked the result Cert. I loosely outlined my procedure here, but I continuely add other things as I develop the technique (such as using the bubbles pattern).

[palms]

Lyle, certified is right start a ice sculpture thread, then all the workflows and textures will be together (like i did with the ahb and smudge ones )

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease

Palms

[lkroll]

You know how I hate tuts Palms. I tend to retouch on the fly (don't tell anyone else; lol). The big trick is the select by brighteness step and filling it with the texture of choice, then do an Invert selection and fill with another texture (or background). I used multiple, burn and PWL techniques too and that's just too hard to outline. Also, the edge detect technique (use original for this of course) with a desat (lower the colors a bit) helps with the etching/engraving step (still have to erase a lot of the etches too). Nuiances that I've eluded too, but not actually stated specifically. One of these days, I'm going to try one of those video thingys and you have to sit for the 30 to 45 minute session and see all the extra trial and errors steps (thank God for history; lol) that I also have to add to the blend. This is a hobby for me. Other's are much better at the technical like byRo. I'm an experimentor/imposter w.r.t. retouching as a few of you already figured out. lol; don't think I could ever make a living at it and I have high respect for those that do.

Filter guy I am, so these are a little more of a deviation to me, even though I did use a couple of filters for these. I know that I'm being quite general, but the nuances are too much for me to describe especially since I do things at the seat of my pants so to speak. I'm still hoping to figure out a way to more automate (which I could then outline better), but I'm still trying to get a good technique down. By the way, I use a very similar technique for my MoP's; just a different texture and background (that's a big hint).

Forgot to add, to Sparkle or not. lol

[palms]

Originally Posted by lkroll

You know how I hate tuts Palms. I tend to retouch on the fly (don't tell anyone else; lol).

Yeah i know about the tut thingy (not that fond of doing them myself)
and like you i might follow a technique some way and then branch of in another and then not know where i went, guessing you know what i am on about there

but what i thought was a thread with some of your renditions and your textures all in one place and then it could be added to !
OR maybe even a blog page, one for each binge ( that has scared you hasnt it Lyle)

Palms

[lkroll]

That would give me the shivers. Palms.

lol

[dkcoats]

Peter - a nice find. Your sketch is a tough act to follow but I tried one anyway, sort of.

Lots of nice work all around.