Turning Portraits into Digital Sketches, Oils, Watercolors - - Creative Portraits: Niki - Page 3

DannyRaphael · #31 06-16-2004, 09:32 AM

If you didn't know, Phyllis was an active member here until she started her own photo-art forum at Innographx.

Thanks for sharing the links. Phyllis does some wonderful work and has a terrific site.

~Danny~

Joy_CA · #32 06-16-2004, 01:33 PM

This is my first try using the following tutorial....the hair was hard to do, it goes so many directions. Had it fake the brushes, as, it's not a PSP tut. Hopefully, I'll get better with practice.

Joy (PSP8)

Smudge Paint Tutorial

Xaran · #33 06-16-2004, 02:31 PM

If thats your first try I can only look forward to seeing what you produce when you've practiced a bit more.

Really stunning work.

Christine

Cheryl H · #34 06-16-2004, 10:17 PM

Wow--there's a lot of great stuff on this one. It's nice to see new (and old) blood here.

ahutton · #35 06-18-2004, 08:01 PM

Something a little weird?

This is done with PSP8 rough leather texture, custom #1 with the effect toned down a lot. Then the eyes are pasted back in and softened a lot.

AmyHutton

idyllwilder · #36 06-20-2004, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lglogan

It's been a long time since my last post. Hopefully I haven't lost my touch. Here is my try.

hi lynda,

i'm new to this forum and want to take my photography to the next level. i went to your homepage and love the styles you have, the oil emboss, watercolor flowers, and roses color sketch as well as this new picture. do you mind my asking, what program beside photoshop do you use?

thanks very much,

idyllwilder

lglogan · #37 06-22-2004, 07:44 PM

idyllwilder,

I mostly use Photoshop, but I like BuzzPro for watercolors. The oil emboss is Photo Brush 1.7. Unfortunately, the oil emboss filter is not in the newer versions. For my sketches I use Photoshop.

I hope I have answered all your questions. Fell free to email me if you would like any more information.

Saycheese,
Lynda

trolljenta · #38 06-24-2004, 03:35 PM

I get so many great ideas looking and all the great work posted.
My first post to this board.
I wanted to do this all in PSP and the only filter I used was Xero Illustrator.
I like it because it also lightens the image.
Using Dodge, Burn, Smudge and Soften of different layers, different transparency, then combining. I used the Sculpture effect for more dept, adjusted transparency, then back to the Dodge, Burn, Smudge and Soften.
Then copied the layer twice for two different texture, adjusting transparency again.
trolljenta

DannyRaphael · #39 06-26-2004, 09:10 PM

trolljenta:

A belated welcome. I'm glad you were inspired, but I can see we'll be inspired by your works in the future, too.

Look forward to seeing more of creations.

~Danny~

jaykita · #40 07-23-2004, 10:09 PM

Here's my contribution. The watercolor effect is what i aimed for. Used psp 6 coupled with photoshp 7.

DannyRaphael · #41 07-23-2004, 11:09 PM

A very effective watercolor look, indeed. Nicely done.

Neve · #42 08-01-2004, 09:25 AM

This can be done on a previously smudged image however I didn't have time to do any smudging with this. I'd kept a note of this for doing what I call "Glamour Posters" and tried applying it to this however it had a different outcome as my first image attempt was working on a blond and the effects were quite different. Anyway ... here are the steps for this one....

PSP8.01

Buzz Simplifier
Dupe Bottom Layer
2nd Layer - DC Special Filter/Outliner/Neon 1/17/100/70
Dupe 2nd layer
3rd Layer - Dodge 70% ?
BACK TO BOTTOM LAYER - dupe and apply
namesuppressed/Autochromatic/I use my own preset
Place this duped layer at the top of your layer stack - Mode/Saturation 70%

At this stage experiment with your layers to get different effects.
Merged all layers. (at this point I lightened the white of her eyes again)
Dupe this layer.

2nd Layer - Luminance Legacy - 5% - experiment.
Apply Aim/USM filter - experiment
Final Buzz.

Painted effect?

jaykita · #43 08-04-2004, 06:51 AM

Isnt she gorgeous!! I used the art history tool combined with the history tool a lot, also added a sketch layer and another layer created by reducing colors to just a few.

dslinger · #44 08-04-2004, 09:28 AM

Loved all the renditions here! I decided to try it...my favorite thing is taking a photo and making it art.

Here's what I did: I wanted to change this from warm to cool tones and make it more melancholy. So, I kept going into adjustments/replace color and changing the colors to my liking.

I then did some posterizing to bump up the intensity a bit.

Ugh, should have kept it open while I typed this...now I'm forgetting the filters! I remember adding the waves filter and an unsharp mask. I think I also did a dark brushstroke filter.

If anyone needs more details, I could do it again with another photo and try to retrace my steps. Sorry about the sloppy details :P

Donna

Janet Petty · #45 08-04-2004, 10:21 AM

Duped background copy and desaturated it. Created three threshold layers, one darkened, one at midtones/default, one lighter. This is better than posterization for what I wanted to do. Played with the blending modes and opacity until I got an image I liked. Created snapshot and did filter>median to even out the edges a bit. Created a snapshot and accidently hit equalize instead of what I was aiming at (oops). However, I liked what I saw and used the eraser at 50% opacity to put some definition back where I wanted it. Created snapshot again, smoothed out some rough areas with the smudge tool. Added a canvas texture; adjusted hue/sat and viola.