male portrait

[palms]

Found this image on stockvalult and thought it could turn up some interesting variations

along with the original i have included a smudge with no texture and one with

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[lkroll]

Inverse minimalism (just what I felt to dub this effort; lol).

[Joeven]

Nice one Palms.

Joe

[0lBaldy]

This turned out to be harder than I thought it would be.. threw everything at it... thanks loads Palms!

[Nasturtium]

palms1-can I ask how long those took? I'm scared to try smudging bcs I hear it takes a lot of time. I really like the textured one.
joe-is this from the smudge technique you described?
OlBaldy-Well it was certainly worth the effort, your results are nothing short of spectacular.

[Joeven]

Originally Posted by Nasturtium

palms1-can I ask how long those took? I'm scared to try smudging bcs I hear it takes a lot of time. I really like the textured one.
joe-is this from the smudge technique you described?
OlBaldy-Well it was certainly worth the effort, your results are nothing short of spectacular.

No it was done from a cartoon action and Snap Art. I spent a minute or two cleaning things up with the smudge tool but it wasn't done with that fake smudge technique.

Joe

[0lBaldy]

Originally Posted by Nasturtium

OlBaldy-Well it was certainly worth the effort, your results are nothing short of spectacular.

Thank you Nancy.

[palms]

Lyle i like the minimalism will have to see what it looks like inverted

Joe excellent version

Ol Baldy another excellent version ( altough there are a couple of white spots at the top of the head that draw my eye )

Nasturtium they can take different amounts of time depending on the amount of detail, ( and i usually spend more time masking and finishing ) but it ranges from one hour to quite a few but as i do them in stages i dont notice and the time does fly ! so pick up your smudge brush and have a go

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[oltenius]

Palms, Thanks! Nice pic.
I tried a smudge version.
Dan

[palms]

Originally Posted by oltenius

Palms, Thanks! Nice pic.
I tried a smudge version.
Dan

Very nice Dan

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[amica999]

I had a play too.
Palms, I like the one with texture a little better, both are great though, and a lovely BG you have added.
Lyle, interesting effect.
Joe, a little too much magenta on my screen otherwise very nice.
OB, whatever you threw, you found the right amount, like that one a lot
Dan, very nice, we went almost for the same crop :-)

[oltenius]

Palms & Amica, Thank you for appreciations!
Amica, very nice smudged interpretation.
Dan

[amica999]

Originally Posted by oltenius

Palms & Amica, Thank you for appreciations!
Amica, very nice smudged interpretation.
Dan

Thank you, Dan

[0lBaldy]

Originally Posted by palms1

Ol Baldy another excellent version ( altough there are a couple of white spots at the top of the head that draw my eye )
Palms

Thanks Palms (took care of the white spots..WOW, dunno how I missed those.. getting old I guess!)

Amica that background warms him up perfectly, Nice job.... ( and thanks for your comment! )

[palms]

Originally Posted by 0lBaldy

Thanks Palms (took care of the white spots..WOW, dunno how I missed those.. getting old I guess!)

that's it perfect now ! I dont think it is a age thing just a bit of photoart blindness i get it as well and i am only 21 ( well in my dreams)

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[palms]

Amica thank you and i like your smudge too and never thought of a tighter crop it works well

the background by the way is one in my blog that can be downloaded

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[dkcoats]

Good find, Palms - and some great smudging.

I did kinda funky one with DAPainter and CS4 and another with Painter Essentials and CS4.

[palms]

Dc two good one's there, I havent tried dap yet trying to resist the temptation

this one was messing around trying this then that ! ! ! !


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[amica999]

Thank you Palms and OB.

Palms, I really like that one, whatever you tried, it definitely worked :-)
only thing I think would look even better is applying a little shadow to add some depth to the face, maybe?

[Peter S]

Ah well! I may as well join in.
Nice ones all.
Peter

[Janet Petty]

Thought I'd join in as well. Great find Palms.

Janet

[Nasturtium]

Thanks for the encouragement Palms1. I just smudged my first dog, the eyes are a bit funny but I see what you mean about the time just flying...it's strangely engaging.

[palms]

Originally Posted by Nasturtium

Thanks for the encouragement Palms1. I just smudged my first dog, the eyes are a bit funny but I see what you mean about the time just flying...it's strangely engaging.

some people struggle with hair others eyes but just keep practising, more things click into place that way

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[Kraellin]

a little art rage palette knife.

[Morty]

Base using Essentials 4 - detailed watercolour using brush real oils smudge blender - then into Photoshop playing about with various levels, saturation and contrasts & film grain on the second one.

[sylvia1065]

Great portrait
Sylvia

[Kraellin]

very nice, morty

and i like that, sylvia

[Morty]

Nice work, Sylvia. And thanks to both you and Kraellin for your kind words on my efforts.

[graham5]

Palms1,
How did you change up the background??

[palms]

Originally Posted by graham5

Palms1,
How did you change up the background??

i dragged the new background onto the image and then masked using a soft brush ( the same can be done in psp but not sure of the way to tell you )

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