pencil sketch

[felly1000]

Converted a photo to sketch...... would love to see some variations..

[palms]

Originally Posted by felly1000

Converted a photo to pencil colour......

Very nice, care to share your workflow ?

Palms

[felly1000]

Sorry, of course.....

Used PS CS3.... most importantly a Wacom and a great tut by Tim Shelbourne:

http://www.graphic-design.com/Photos...tch/index.html

I didn't desaturate in part 5 because I wanted to keep the colour.

[Steve Conway]

Ah, babies and animals, hard to beat the original image of these subjects.

Steve C.

[Peter S]

Nice ones Steve (one) and Steve (two)

I couldn't resist a try myself.

Peter

[Peter S]

Had to Smudge as well.

Peter

[felly1000]

Great! Megan keeps saying me me me!

Thank you

[lkroll]

NL Filter (high sharpen), Grain Extract, merged down and ran GREYCstoration on that layer. Set the result to Overlay a few times to get most of the effect. I then blended in some pencil sketches created using Impressionist filter (from the result) and also so Xero Artworks filter set to lighten for some cleaning.

[Swampy]

Fun project!

I used the blue channel as a starting point. Did an Artistic>Color Pencil filter. Charcoal texture.

[Estrella]

My first attempt!
Used Sketch program

[Estrella]

and second:

[palms]

Originally Posted by felly1000

Sorry, of course.....

Used PS CS3.... most importantly a Wacom and a great tut by Tim Shelbourne:

http://www.graphic-design.com/Photos...tch/index.html

I didn't desaturate in part 5 because I wanted to keep the colour.

Thank you for the link I must have a read through, i think keeping the colour was a good call looks good

and i couldnt resist a play either

great seeing all the different versions well done all

Palms

[oltenius]

My try.
Dan

[Steve Conway]

Originally Posted by Peter S

Nice ones Steve (one) and Steve (two)

I couldn't resist a try myself.

Peter

Steve (Two) here. Thanks Peter. Not so bad yourself.

Steve C.

[sharynideas]

Thanks for the darling baby picture. She's adorable.
My sketch started with a high key levels adjustment. Then a PSP script, Sheri's sketch. Then I put some color back in lips and eyes and used Impressionist for some pencil effect. Last I put on the stroke borders.
Shari

[Gilbert]

Quite a few friends here have got the 'sketch' technique off very well.....
Thanks to megan for modelling for me in my attempt at a portrait....?....
Gilbert

[0lBaldy]

What a cutie!
I couldn't stop myself..

[DannyRaphael]

Combined the output of the Akvis Sketch and Impressionist plugins.

[Geoff Chalcraft]

Some very nice work there - I must get myself a tablet but I'd like to try one out first.

[Swampy]

Hi, Geoff! Welcome to RetouchPro! Explore and Enjoy!

Some people take to a tablet like a duck to water. For others it takes some getting used to. Maybe you can find someone to loan you a tablet for a couple weeks, especially someone who has recently upgraded because most folks who have a tablet would be loath to give it up for any length of time. :-)

I've only known one person who ever gave up on their Wacom. But if you search around this community you'll find several threads dealing with "should I get a tablet".

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by Geoff Chalcraft

Some very nice work there - I must get myself a tablet but I'd like to try one out first.

Welcome Geoff...

I just noticed that Corel is selling Painter X for $50 (usually $399) if one also buys a Wacom tablet. If you don't yet have Painter and plan on getting a tablet, this is a great price.

[Geoff Chalcraft]

Oh thanks! I saw some great Corel Painter Essentials work last week and was considering that as well... I'll check Corel online as a starting point.

[felly1000]

Thank you very much for everyones contribution. There are so many variations....

I hope you enjoyed the photo.

Here is a link to the original photo (3.2 MB):

http://files.me.com/tamara.dyer/shkplr

And my PS file (15.9 MB):

http://files.me.com/tamara.dyer/utc804

Thank you