Creative Portraits: Kids, Brother and Sister

[DannyRaphael]

A couple of pretty cute kids, don't you think? I feel a jaykita WC coming soon!

~Danny~

[jaykita]

Aye, Aye, sir!
One more coming up Sir!

[jaykita]

Here's an attempt at a "jaykita Oil"

[jaykita]

This oil painting deserves to be well framed and put up, dont you think?!
Frame done with psp6 - image - picture frame (one of the software's features)

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by jaykita

This oil painting deserves to be well framed and put up, dont you think?!
Frame done with psp6 - image - picture frame (one of the software's features)

It definitely warrants being framed... Nice to have built-in capabilities like that. PaintShop Pro is a very capable and feature rich program.

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I'm in the process of evaluating a just-released plugin called SKETCH MASTER from Redfield Plugins (www.RedfieldPlugins.com). Two of the layers in this one were rendered using it. I also used Virtual Painter Oil Painting and Photoshop's Crosshatch on this one.

At this point my opinion is this plugin definitely belongs in my arsenal of tools. It has options and controls that allow it to render sketch effects unlike any I've seen in any other plugin. It generates visually identifiable output much like Buzz or Virtual Painter do, but with very unique.

I'm going to hold off on the details for the time being. When I post the review, I'll include some discoveries, pointers and suggestions.

~Danny~

[jaykita]

My "high-key" effect.

[TwinbNJ]

Wonderful and very differnt renditions on this one.

Did a smudge with texture.

For a larger view see Pbase

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by TwinbNJ

Wonderful and very differnt renditions on this one.

Did a smudge with texture.

For a larger view see Larger View

Hi, Jill!

Nice to see you pop in. I see you haven't lost your touch. Nice work as usual.

~Danny~

[Neve]

Started off with original layer.
2nd Layer - filled with white
3rd Layer - Used original image as pattern
and Paint Brushes.
Paint Alchemy Sketch effect.

[DannyRaphael]

Working on my "sketchy look"...

1. Duplicated image and applied Mike Finn's Insta-sketch (beta) [free] action, available here: http://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/~mikefinn/action.html. Deleted the Watercolor layer, flattened and copy/pasted the sketch back into the original image.

2. Duplicated original background, desaturated and applied Photoshop's Colored Pencil filter. (This layer is below the Mike Finn layer.)

3. Changed blend mode of Finn layer to Darken.

4. Added a Lightness/Contrast adjustment layer and experimented with settings.

5. New layer followed by Alt + Layer > Merge Visible (preserves layers below in case you change your mind layer.

6. Added a new layer and filled with white. Added a Layer Mask to this layer.

7. Selected a Chalk brush from the Brushes palette, set the foreground color to black, turned on the Airbrush option, Opacity ~ 35%, Flow ~ 50% and started painting on the Layer Mask to selectively reveal the layer below. Varied the brush size, flow and opacity during the process for a little variety.

8. Added a top layer and a 3 px stroke frame.

[byRo]

Combined smudging with brush dynamics.
It's fun and gives a nice result (like a well-behaved art-history brush)

byRo

[Legacy~Art]

Jaykita i adore how you have done the pencil looking sketch...

I did try my hand at oil painting in photoshop...but err now i seen yours i am not going to show you mine

Back to the drawing board as they say...

[Peter S]

Well not a watercolour.
Denoised quite heavily, a slight colour shift with H&S simplifier from Amphisoft, smart blur and then diffuse filter to soften the edges.

Peter

[Swampy]

I got WILD!

I took a dupe layer into liquify filter and smudged there. Added cut out and dry brush filters and a little film grain and jiggle. Set to luminosity blend mode over the original. It kinda grew on me as I worked on it and it is way out of my normal "style". My aplogies to Mom and Dad! LOL

[lkroll]

Though I have CS2 and used Swampy's line-art technique in it, I decided it was time to translate the effect in GIMP. I pretty much used the exact steps, but instead of minimum, I used Dilate (a GIMP filter). Comes pretty close to mimicking the effect (but no slider, so not at much control). Also did some other things for the watercolor result.

[Swampy]

Wonderful, Ikroll! So glad you could translate my Line Art to Gimp! :-)

[Steve Conway]

Originally Posted by DannyRaphael

It definitely warrants being framed... Nice to have built-in capabilities like that. PaintShop Pro is a very capable and feature rich program.

- - - - - - -

I'm in the process of evaluating a just-released plugin called SKETCH MASTER from Redfield Plugins (www.RedfieldPlugins.com). Two of the layers in this one were rendered using it. I also used Virtual Painter Oil Painting and Photoshop's Crosshatch on this one.

At this point my opinion is this plugin definitely belongs in my arsenal of tools. It has options and controls that allow it to render sketch effects unlike any I've seen in any other plugin. It generates visually identifiable output much like Buzz or Virtual Painter do, but with very unique.

I'm going to hold off on the details for the time being. When I post the review, I'll include some discoveries, pointers and suggestions.

~Danny~

Check Akvis Sketch before deciding. I am very impressed with it.

Steve

[Steve Conway]

Danny this is a crop done with Akvis, default settings.

Steve

[Steve Conway]

Another rendition...no cropping.

Steve

[lkroll]

Originally Posted by Swampy

Wonderful, Ikroll! So glad you could translate my Line Art to Gimp! :-)

Thanks Swampy; just wish I had slider control like Minimum has in PS. I still try to use both CS2 and GIMP (master of none of course; lol).

[alexmeta]

Line Pic + Ink outline + Crosshatch