Creative Portraits: The Fisherman

[DannyRaphael]

Salty looking guy with a lot of character. Photo by R. Fair.

[glikster]

First I duped the BG.
Then I ran PS: Sketch: Halftone Pattern - 2, 35, Dot.
Faded that to Color Burn.
Loaded Red Channel as selection and ran Impressionist: Ink: Spiderweb Crosshatch.
Faded to Luminosity.
Loaded Green Channel, ran same filter.
Faded to Luminosity.
Loaded Blue Channel... ran same filter.
Faded to Darken.
Loaded Red Channel, ran Impressionist: Colored Line Pen.
Faded to Darken and lowered Opacity.
Loaded Green Channel, ran same filter.
Faded to Darken and lowered Opacity.
Loaded Blue Channel, ran same filter.
Faded to Darken and lowered Opacity.
Ran PS: Noise: Median - 2. Twice.
Added Sandstone Texture via PS: Texture: Texturizer.

That's all folks.

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by glikster

First I duped the BG.
Then I ran PS: Sketch: Halftone Pattern - 2, 35, Dot.
Faded that to Color Burn.
Loaded Red Channel as selection and ran Impressionist: Ink: Spiderweb Crosshatch.
Faded to Luminosity.
Loaded Green Channel, ran same filter.
Faded to Luminosity.
Loaded Blue Channel... ran same filter.
Faded to Darken.
Loaded Red Channel, ran Impressionist: Colored Line Pen.
Faded to Darken and lowered Opacity.
Loaded Green Channel, ran same filter.
Faded to Darken and lowered Opacity.
Loaded Blue Channel, ran same filter.
Faded to Darken and lowered Opacity.
Ran PS: Noise: Median - 2. Twice.
Added Sandstone Texture via PS: Texture: Texturizer.

That's all folks.

You know, you twist channels and apply effects in ways that are SO DIFFERENT than I've ever seen before, glikster. Your refreshing approach has to be opening more eyes than just mine.

Well done.

[glikster]

Thank you for the high praise! Meanwhile, your posts are constantly forming new plateaus for me to try and reach.
I played with making an action based on the channel selections, but I personally don't like using actions, and that stops me from making them. I always need that freedom to stop in the middle of a series of effects and say, "Hold on.... what if I tried...." and then I worry that others might want to do something different.
But then again, it would cut down on documentation time.

[JustChecking]

though i took a different way (and far from your innovative approach), your idea lead me straight there

i converted pic to L*a*b, selected luminosity channel, applied twice Imp->Pencil Sketch->Detailed Mono (decreased contrast to 60, colour jitter to 0, 5, 5), then converted back to RGB and applied Imp->Conte->Contrasty Rough (again, decreased contrast to 60, and brush size to 25%)... i think that the pencil sketch phase was a good "guide" for the conte's brush placement...

[DannyRaphael]

This one is based on the Redfield Sketch Master plugin (Ink Sketch setting - layer then desaturated). I added some film grain and painted white here and there on another layer.

Click HERE for more info on this plugin.

~Danny~

[Legacy~Art]

I thought wow this guy would be interesting and then all i could do was turn it into a pencil drawing, i really need to get some time and do some tutorials soon...

[JustChecking]

Originally Posted by glikster

That's a fantastic image! I hope you don't mind if I try that out...

thanks ... but i'm afraid it's a "one type of image" technique... i already tried it on 3 or 4 other images, and the results didn't turn out that well...

oh, anyways, of course i don't mind if you try that out...

[Neve]

Inspiring posts, thank you!

PSP8.01
Auto Contrast Enhancement to Lighten
Copied and pasted image and Split RGB
Added Red Channel to original image as
a new layer.
On the RC layer - Virtual Painter/Collage
Mode/Lum (L) - 50%
Merged both layers and duped twice.
Middle Layer - Virtual Painter/Pastel-Mode Normal - 50%
Top Layer - PSP Slight Watercolour - Normal - 50% Mode
Merged all and added canvas texture.

[byRo]

a lunch-time pencil sketch quickie....

byRo

[byRo]

Hey, Danny, think I'm going to save this as my "test" image - seems like everything works on this one!!
- Combined three cutout layers with different settings and a aniso'd outline;
- Combined a high-pass image with a contour sketch.

Luch time's over - gotta work now.

byRo

[JustChecking]

Originally Posted by byRo

- Combined three cutout layers with different settings and a aniso'd outline;
- Combined a high-pass image with a contour sketch.

those look mighty good, byRo!

Neve - very lovely result

[LQQKER]

Added some canvas to the top and right side.
Sho
Painted in hair and missing ear.
Changed the bg and added some texture.
Simplified image.
Added some additional color to face.
desaturated eye whites.
Simplified again.
Sandstone texture for frame.
Color adj
Contrast adj.
Hue & sat adj.

[Duv]

Wanted to increase the wear and tear of life on the seas. And perhaps put a little more pain and knowledge in the eyes.

Channel Mixer
A bit of Dodge/Burn
Hightlights/Shadows (CS) to lighten
Antique Stipple Engravingv.2 atn

Cheers

Dave

[jaykita]

Everyone's done a great job. I like LQQKER's the most, always liked his work.
Here's mine.