Creative Portraits: Man in the Shadows

[ahutton]

from morguefile.com an image by Iván Melenchón

see, Danny, you aren't looking hard enough!

Amy Hutton

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by ahutton

from morguefile.com an image by Iván Melenchón

see, Danny, you aren't looking hard enough!

Amy Hutton

This reminds me of shopping with my wife: She makes selections of (whatever) that I would never have dreamed of picking out for her. Viva la difference! Glad you found one you liked. Feel free to pick-and-post again in the future. I trust your judgment and taste.

This one's for you, Amy! After cropping and some touchup, I used the same method on this one that I used here.

~Danny~

[jaykita]

This blond man should get together with the "relaxed" blonde lady for some action, dont u think??
Impr.plug-in -- charcoal color scr on k (but dont know what that means) modified, increased saturation, and overall sharpening.

[CJ Swartz]

Jaykita: "This blond man should get together with the "relaxed" blonde lady for some action, dont u think??"

He's at her door as we speak...

[ahutton]

I've discovered that no matter how crappy a color image turns out, if you sepia tone it with PSP8 you have something cool. I buzzed the heck out of the background, did a layer with VP watercolor, added back his ear, which somehow got eliminated, added the sepia tone and then played with the contrast and saturation. I didn't crop it, as I like the way the background turned out.

AmyHutton

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by jaykita

"This blond man should get together with the "relaxed" blonde lady for some action, dont u think??"

jaykita:
Since this is a G-rated site, by action you meant in the Photoshop action, sense right?

CJ:
Nice job on the peeping interpretation. I got a good chuckle out of that one.

Amy:
You're right about how sepia toning can save a not so great color pic. I like your further enhancements.

~Danny~

[Janet Petty]

Jaykita, I like your rendition. He looks 10 years younger.

ahutton, I really like the one you did in sepia. He (to me at least) looks like a sci-fi action hero in it.

Ms. Swartz, you have a great sense of humor as well as a good photoshop eye. How creative and fun.

Danny, I love yours. I'm going to try that tutorial to see if I can get the thick paint strokes too. Maybe on the still life I saw somewhere.......

Janet

[Janet Petty]

This picture was perfect for the posterize/gradient map technique Danny introduced us to a short time ago. So I tried it. I only spent about 20 minutes on it total, so forgive me if it isn't perfect; but I believe it shows what is possible with both posterization and using the threshold technique.

If I knew how to link to that thread I would. Maybe someone will. My thanks ahead of time.

At any rate, enjoy and have fun. I agree this bleached blond needs to meet our relaxed blond. She might just teach him how to dress. Giggle.

Janet

[toodaloo toody]

found this thread in the bottom of the pile
thought it needed to be out in the daylight, lol

[Neve]

Great result TT, any chance you can tell us all how you went about it please?

[byRo]

Still testing my Art-history pencils (will post soon)....

Skin-tone clouds with added noise and texture;
4 Art-History Pencil Layers, grouped as Hard Light;
Overlaid(*) high-pass for edges and details.

Rô
* Overlain? Overlayed? Overladen?

[jaykita]

Roland when you DO finally master the art-history brush, you'll make history in the art world! Wow, i sure like what youve done to this image, though wouldnt mind seeing some more pencil like strokes in it.
T-Toody, let me guess. Did you use Photoartmaster for your work? Or buzz maybe???

[Neve]

That's effective Byro, I like subtle brushstrokes.

[byRo]

Originally Posted by jaykita

....though wouldnt mind seeing some more pencil like strokes in it.

The original was twice the size and did have a lot of strokes, but I had to crunch it down to fit into 100k.(This one may be better)
I was going to save the original but my super machine (Windows 98, 400MHz, 64M - ) decided it was time for the hourly reset - and I lost it!

C'est la vie.

Here are the brushes - actually they are tool presets for the Art History Brush (put them in the "Preset/Tools" folder)

Have fun.

Rô

[lkroll]

http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/4...manorig2wb.png

[palms]

Not what was expected, no impressionist, no Gimp etc etc but hey what fun

Palms

[Kraellin]

does anyone else think the original looks a bit like Sting with a touch of Patrick Stewart thrown in?

craig

[dkcoats]

It's too cold to be going around without a shirt.
dc

[dkcoats]

Let's try that again but with the image this time.
dc

[lkroll]

Was going to put him in a Trek suit, but decided otherwise. LOL

Originally Posted by Kraellin

does anyone else think the original looks a bit like Sting with a touch of Patrick Stewart thrown in?

craig

[lkroll]

...Fractal Trace. On other forums, I sometimes do one of these things for some chuckles. As a side note, I wish IE would support full PNG spec. This one should have had a transparent background. I noticed, after posting, some leftovers, but decided what the hey.

Originally Posted by palms1

Not what was expected, no impressionist, no Gimp etc etc but hey what fun

Palms

[dbuckle]

Done in PScs2

[Peter S]

Another thread worthy of resurrection I think.
Lots of smoothing and D&B with this one.

Peter