Bearded gent

[Peter S]

Still playing with this style.
Found at SXC
Enjoy
Peter

[palms]

nice find Peter and your new technique is looking good

Palms

[lkroll]

Cool portrait for play Peter.

[alexmeta]

Playing with sketch

[Peter S]

Rather than start a new post I'll add this one, (found at Stockvault), here, as it's the same sort of style.

Peter

[lkroll]

Yet another cool one Peter.

[lkroll]

Wasn't hard to Guillouche my last effort, so I did.

[sylvia1065]

I love your second painting, Peter, it's great!!!
AHB + faint layer of Topaz Clean.
Sylvia

[Kraellin]

you do some really good freehand sketches, peter. i enjoy seeing them. good pic. good rendition

[Kraellin]

oh palms, that's good! the cropped image, the cocked angle, the incredible smudge... just great!

and despite how good palms' is, i had a go, too

[Kraellin]

alex, i like yours, too

[0lBaldy]

Peter, I love how your style is progressing.. they look great!

Palms, I think the expression is 'That's Tight!" meaning Excellent!

Lyle the B/Ws remind me of wood block carvings.. outstanding work! I think I prefer the colored toothless guy... looks pretty gnarly!

Alexmeta, Beautifully colored sketch!

Sylvia, WOW, I really like the second one.. it could be on display with the best of them!

Craig, I like the way the face seems to jump out from the background.. nice!

I did a Non-repeatable method with a forgotten work-flow... cause I can't remember what all I did!

[MiningArt]

Enjoying the many nice renditions, versions.
I isolated the photo by light-dark sections and used three different paint effects. The whites were smeared the most and it exemplified the grays I think.

[sylvia1065]

Thank you very much, OlBaldy
Sylvia

[geepee52]

Great image to play with and fantastic versions by all.Here's my version using Fractalius and some smudging.

Thanks
Grant

[0lBaldy]

I forgot this guy was in this thread... Duh! I must be gettin Old an it's Time fer bed..

[alexmeta]

0lBaldy, Craig, thank you.

Attempt to watercolor

[Steve Conway]

"Bearded Gent"

Steve C.

[aartist]

Nicely done!

[Kraellin]

thanks, OB

i like yours, as well. that's a different sort of texture. what is it?

very nice, grant!

and that 2nd one, OB, the toothless one, that's really good! i like that.

alex, very nicely done! havent seen that type of watercolor in a while.

nice, steve. very expressive.

[PeterI]

Very nice everyone, thought I would give it a try.

[0lBaldy]

Thank you for the comments Craig
That texture is a combo of Craquelure, Grain, canvas, and fake_skin with a bit of Redfield++ Bas relief thrown in with black removed and some extreme curves adjustments upon a few 50% gray softlight layers with different blend modes and opacity lowered..
(In other words, I just threw a lot of stuff at it till something stuck! then blended it to the picture)

[palms]

Thank you Craig and Ol baldy these characters are great fun for experimenting with
and there have been some great versions so far

Palms

[Steve Conway]

Originally Posted by aartist

Nicely done!

Many thanks. Love working with elderly faces like this. (And mine.) But I don't post mine.

Steve C.

[Steve Conway]

Originally Posted by Kraellin

nice, steve. very expressive.

Thanks Craig.........always good to get your comments.

Steve C.

[Joeven]

The second guy is a great pic.

Joe

[oltenius]

Excellent photos and interpretations!
Dan

[soel]

Originally Posted by alexmeta

Playing with sketch

hey looks cool! how plug in you use for this picture??
cheers soel

[Dron58]

My version of man. Topaz+AHB

[Peter S]

Oh my the benchmarks have been raised with this lot, they're all great.

Peter