Creative Portraits: Bride with Flowers in her Hair

DannyRaphael · #1 01-02-2005, 07:08 PM

The happy bride.

Xaran · #2 01-02-2005, 10:38 PM

Xero Line Art, Painter IX and Helen Yancy Tutorials.

Christine

Axleuk · #3 01-03-2005, 12:36 AM

Xaran,
Your impression is simply wonderful to look at. I have been trying to acheive a similiar look with limited success.

You mention Helen Yancy tutorials, are these online based or are they the ones that Helen features on her DVD's ?

Xaran · #4 01-03-2005, 01:36 AM

The DVD Tutorials - worth the money in my opinion.

Christine

jaykita · #5 01-03-2005, 03:43 AM

Very Nice, Christine.
I did one layer of vp airbrush (lowered opacity), and one render-clouds layer, after retouching and manipulation of the image.

Axleuk · #6 01-03-2005, 03:55 AM

Jaykita, i love your take on the bride, but if i may be so bold as to mention one detail that has caught my attention, the red blotch in the hair above the flower, i find this a slight distraction and think that perhaps the image would benefit if you erased it. Just a little observation.

jaykita · #7 01-03-2005, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Axleuk

Jaykita, i love your take on the bride, but if i may be so bold as to mention one detail that has caught my attention, the red blotch in the hair above the flower, i find this a slight distraction and think that perhaps the image would benefit if you erased it. Just a little observation.

Hello Axleuk, if you look closer, you'll notice many such blotches, like the one on the ribbon to the right

But thats the style i normally go for. Perfectly imperfect, i'd like to think! However, i thank you for your advice, and decided to take it. Hence this next image.

Axleuk · #8 01-03-2005, 04:41 AM

Hi Jaykita, in my humble opinion, the second image looks nicer and cleaner, even with the other blotches i think the balance is just right now. Your style is great, and the whole feel of the image is very warming, it was just that red blotch that kept catching my eye that i found slightly distracting.

I would do a rendition myself, but the monitor i have here in work is aweful and i fear the image would look different to you guys ( and gals ) than it would to me.

Axleuk · #9 01-03-2005, 05:48 AM

Ok, at the risk of embaressing myself with my monitor issues, i still went ahead and had a go at this image.

This method involved duplicating the image several times, basic retouching skills, hue and saturation at each stage, running the impressionist plug-in a few times at varying levels, selective opacity erasing, and then merging layers together with the whitewashed frame.

I wanted to acheive a dreamy serene effect, but i think i ran away a little too much ( never know when to stop ), still, was fun and learnt something new along the way.

Janet Petty · #10 01-03-2005, 06:05 AM

Nice subject to work with. So far I'm liking the different versions.

Jaykita, yours is great as always. You really have a talent for this arty stuff.

Axle, yours is very nice too.

Xaran, I'm glad you have so much to work with. It gives a whole new dimension to the game. Great job.

Janet

Axleuk · #11 01-03-2005, 01:31 PM

Well this is just some basic retouching work with some warming colour for added effect.

DannyRaphael · #12 01-03-2005, 01:41 PM

Christine:

That's a dynamite interpretation. The background and hair are especially effective.

Where did Xero Line Art come into play? To add some detail?

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Axle:

Although kind of a dark mood, I thought your "Death of an Angel" was very artistic.

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I'm not sure if I like this or not, but I'm tired of looking at it...

There are too many layers to describe (I went on and on and on combining layers), but there are layers rendered by Photoshop's Dry Brush, Colored Pencil and Photocopy filters as well as one using the Virtual Painter Oil Painting plugin and Impressionist > Pencil Sketch > Detailed Mono style.

~Danny~

Janet Petty · #13 01-03-2005, 02:05 PM

Danny, you might not be sure if you like it but others do. I'm included in that number. I sort of want to describe it as paint by number with watercolors. Not bad work there.

Janet

Axleuk · #14 01-03-2005, 02:59 PM

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Axle:

Although kind of a dark mood, I thought your "Death of an Angel" was very artistic.

Sorry Danny, after viewing it a few times, i decided to delete the post.

I made the image very quickly and felt it was a bit too amaturish by even my own humble standards

Xaran · #15 01-03-2005, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by DannyRaphael

Christine:

That's a dynamite interpretation. The background and hair are especially effective.

Where did Xero Line Art come into play? To add some detail?

~Danny~

Danny

I used Xero Line Art in drawing mode with the top slider set all the way to the left to brighten the picture to start with.

Christine