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.

[Karyn]

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.

glikster, you describe "and ran Impressionist: Ink: Spiderweb". I am using PS7, and there is so much I need to learn. How do I do this, or where do I find it? I really like your work, and I wanted to try it. I am still learning the power of Channels, and what they can do. Your assistance would be great.

Thanks,
Karyn

[glikster]

Well, the first question is do you have the Impressionist plugin for Photoshop?
I believe it works with PS7. PM Danny if you don't already have the plugin. If you do have (or once you get it and install it) I give the name of the setting I use when I leave it at the default setting. When I make customizations to the settings, I usually try to document them.

[JustChecking]

Originally Posted by glikster

I would give you a screenshot but my 30 day grace period here at work just ran out.

try http://www.irfanview.com/ - it's screen cap capabilities are quite good... only problems i ever had w/ it were capping from the DirectX surface (but most screen-cap softs have problem w/ it)...

[SWEngineer]

A great subject with great interpretations going on here. I started with my oil painting technique then ran amuk:

1st image: Decolored the Oil. Ran Chalk&Charcoal then Posterize
2nd Image: Decolored the Oil. Copied. Chalk&Charcoal on the Copy. Copied layer set to Difference, 82% Opacity. Merge Down. Levels adjusted. Kind of looks like chalk on a dark chalkboard or dark paper.
3rd Image: Ran Diffuse>Anisotropic on my Oil. Render>3d and pasted onto a shaker. Invented a vaguely sea color background.
4th Image: A Painter8 effort cloning off the original image then darkened with curves and texture added in Elements2.

-Mark

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by SWEngineer

A great subject with great interpretations going on here. I started with my oil painting technique then ran amuk:

1st image: Decolored the Oil. Ran Chalk&Charcoal then Posterize
2nd Image: Decolored the Oil. Copied. Chalk&Charcoal on the Copy. Copied layer set to Difference, 82% Opacity. Merge Down. Levels adjusted. Kind of looks like chalk on a dark chalkboard or dark paper.
3rd Image: Ran Diffuse>Anisotropic on my Oil. Render>3d and pasted onto a shaker. Invented a vaguely sea color background.
4th Image: A Painter8 effort cloning off the original image then darkened with curves and texture added in Elements2.

-Mark

#3 = very creative
#4 = very painterly

You were on a creative roll with these!

[Neve]

Mark - Love No. 4, super result!

Lqqker - excellent result.

[jaykita]

Brushwork in ps7, with a smartblur-findedges layer.

[Neve]

Superb Jaykita I couldn't get over the silvery glow to his hair. Well done.

[byRo]

Love this image - like I said before, seems that everything works well onthis one.
Here's a wood carving (does anyone have another method - I didn't find one).

Basically:
- Standard PS wood pattern;
- Applied Distort>Displace using a saved greyscale image;
- Added a High-pass filtered layer with Linear Light 11%

Rô

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by byRo

...Here's a wood carving (does anyone have another method - I didn't find one).

Rô:

Great vision on this. I hadn't even considered this type of effect. I'm not aware of another way to meld the texture with the contours. You pulled it off brilliantly.

[glikster]

Duped BG.
Ran PS: Distort: Glass - 7, 7, Frosted, 100%.
Duped BG.
Ran PS: Blur: Smart Blur: 100, 100, High, Edge Only.
Inverted.
Ran PS: Stylize: Diffuse: Anis.
Inverted.
Set layer blending to Pin Light.
Stamped Visible.
Made new layer filled with black.
Ran PS: Texture: Texturizer - Canvas, 100%, 8, Bottom Left.
Set layer blending to Luminosity and lowered Opacity to 27%.
Duped the Stamped layer and set the layer blending to Lighten.

voila!

[glikster]

Thanks for the tut.
I downloaded a trial of Painter 9 and had no idea how to use it.
Your tut. showed me the clone source thing.
This was fun!!
Now I really, really, really really want a tablet.

[Axleuk]

Glikster !! Glad you enjoyed it, if you do get a tablet, you will definately benefit from the added sensitivity that it brings.

Great Effort !! Well Done ! I will point out one thing though, always remember that stroke direction if very important, if you stroke in a way that is not natural to the flow of the subject, the eye will catch it, but you have done a worthy effort. I for one am looking forward to seeing more of your painter creations.

Mine was done using the following:

Painter IX
Photoshop

Flat Oil Cloner, this time doubling the size of the image and increasing the resolution to 300 and using a very small brush size to try to capture as much detail as possible. This guy has a lot of character and so i wanted to keep it.

The addition of the hat was something i added as i felt he had a 'Bogart' look about him.

Photoshop was used for the correction of colour, levels and curves and other minor adjustments.

[Neve]

Gklister, great effort and even better to have another newbie on board to learn about painter along with us hopefully! It is fun to try right away because you get the most amazing first result.

Very nice rendition Axle. I'm still trying to find time to make a start on your tut...!

[GOLDCOIN]

Glikster, VERY NICE for just starting...

Axeuk... have to ask, is this the first version of Painter you've worked in..??