Creative Portraits: Lady with a Rose

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by Reason

1. Changed photo to black and white
2. adjusted contrast
3. colorized girl
4. added background colors
5. to background, used VP's oil painting filter
6. merged layers, and softened edges around girl
7. used Vp's oil painting filter
8. used a blend emboss filter
9. used a lighting filter
10. used a glass filter
11. added black border
12. adjusted the colors

Reason:

Welcome back. Don't stay away so long next time. This is lovely!

~Danny~

[Reason]

Thanks Danny. Been looking for pictures to do.

[M_Hnatiuk]

Essentially, I just colorized using a 3 adjustment (blue, red & gold) layer process and played around with different textures. Sorry, I can't remember which ones I kept. Initially, I preferred the higher contrast but then the addition of a color balance adjustment layer provided, what I thought, was a nice alternative, a gift from the photoshop gnomes.

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by M_Hnatiuk

Essentially, I just colorized using a 3 adjustment (blue, red & gold) layer process and played around with different textures. Sorry, I can't remember which ones I kept. Initially, I preferred the higher contrast but then the addition of a color balance adjustment layer provided, what I thought, was a nice alternative, a gift from the photoshop gnomes.

Very nice effect you achieved here. Glad to see your first post in the forum. Welcome aboard.

Regarding your methodology... (I've not a clue how you did this.) Did you do something like create three individual layers set to blend mode=color, fill them red, blue and gold, then selectively apply the coloration via layer masks? Or what?

Then the 2nd version came about via a Color Balance adjustment layer? (Gotta love those PS gnomes).

~Danny~

[M_Hnatiuk]

Thanks, Danny. I've seen this tutorial http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp?sid=161015 from worth1000.com mentioned in another thread somewhere, but you are quite right about the 3 colored layers. I'm glad you could read between the lines. Being a purist at heart, this is my method of choice.

I generally use a variation of this tutorial using adjustment layers. I created 3 layers, blue, red and gold, filled the red & gold with 50% gray and changed opacity to 90% and blending mode to color on all 3 layers. I then use black on the mask to block color and white to keep it and use a variety of brushes and opacities depending on the picture. It seems to work best on good quality photographs and doesn't work at all on some.

Just boosted midtone green to +39 on the color adjustment layer .

[Janet Petty]

Absolutely Wonderful technique...dreamy, romantic, and rich. I like this style very much.

[Elleth]

I loved working on this image!
I did this with hue/sat layers combined with individual layers set to blend mode color, which I then painted on using a soft brush. To finish it up I created a soft vignette with a pattern overlay.

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by Elleth

I loved working on this image!
I did this with hue/sat layers combined with individual layers set to blend mode color, which I then painted on using a soft brush. To finish it up I created a soft vignette with a pattern overlay.

Lovely interpretation. Just the right touch.

[corona2632]

Hello!
I have use Photoshop CS and PAinter 9 to this image.

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by corona2632

Hello!
I have use Photoshop CS and PAinter 9 to this image.

Alexander... Your work is AMAZING.

Which of Painters brushes do you use? (Painter 9 "Artist's Oils"?)

...and your English is much, MUCH better than my Russian! It is an honor that you have joined us.

[corona2632]

Originally Posted by DannyRaphael

Alexander... Your work is AMAZING.

Which of Painters brushes do you use? (Painter 9 "Artist's Oils"?)

...and your English is much, MUCH better than my Russian! It is an honor that you have joined us.

Thank you very much for your good words!
I use Artist's Oils (Painter 9) on "Lady with a Rose" also.
But I can use also other Painter's brushes. Oil brushes, Blender...

[Neve]

I was so sure I'd posted here

Alexander, marvellous painting. The textures are great, I love the way the canvas reveals itself here and there.

[Steve Conway]

Doesn't get much better than this!.

I'm nuts about good pastels anyway.

Absolutely great.

Steve

Originally Posted by Janet Petty

OK, so it isn't so artsy. But what is art but subjective.

I thoroughly enjoyed colorizing his pretty young 1920s girl. And that's all I did. Colorize her. I used one layer for each color then used hue and saturation and blending modes to tweak each of them. When I was finished I flattened it and again used hue/sat to bring up the punch. I wanted a slightly overblown/overdone effect in the colorizing, one that would tell the viewer that this old photo had been hand colored in the 1920's. I hope that this posts (with small file formats it is difficult to tell sometimes how it will turn out) the way I intended.

Carefree giggle,
Janet

[jaykita]

So many wonderful paintings of this beautiful model. I couldnt resist one more! Ps7 with many different hue-saturation blends.

[lkroll]

Sketch that I half-heartedly colorized a bit.