Creative Portraits: Desiree II

[palms]

Great interpretations by everyone
here's a illustration/smudge/high key just forgot to include the kitchen sink

Palms

[Janet Petty]

Nice one Palms. I like the effect.

Janet

[glikster]

I remember this one from long ago.... great renditions!

[lkroll]

OK; more appealing this time.

[Peter S]

Too nice a picture not to have another go at it.

Peter

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by Peter S

Too nice a picture not to have another go at it.

Peter

Very true. I'm glad you brought this one back to life!

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Plugins I used in this version:
* Akvis Sketch - for edge outlines
* Impressionist - for the hatching effect

See 2nd attachment to get an idea of the contribution of each plugin.

[Peter S]

Originally Posted by DannyRaphael

Very true. I'm glad you brought this one back to life!

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Plugins I used in this version:
* Akvis Sketch - for edge outlines
* Impressionist - for the hatching effect

Danny I don't know what to say, What is a great one there, I'll have to look into Akvis.

Peter

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by Peter S

Danny I don't know what to say, What is a great one there, I'll have to look into Akvis.

Peter

Hi Peter... thanks for your kind words.

Take a look at the image I just uploaded above to get a sense for the role Akvis played in the process. I use Akvis as an alternative to Find Edges or (inverted) Glowing Edges. For this purpose it works very well, but it's a pretty spendy toy.

I'm looking forward to (someday) seeing if a combination of CS3's Surface Blur + Find Edges (or Smart Blur > Edges only) filters yield results of this nature that are better than plain, ol' Find Edges. If not, Akvis is outstanding in this regard.

Impressionst has a lot of possibilities when it comes to sketchy-looking lines.

[Peter S]

Thanks for the reply Danny, sorry I didn't get back to you earlier. I've been busy smudging and this looked like a good one to try, though I think I have to put more attention into the hair maybe.

Peter

[palms]

Originally Posted by Peter S

Thanks for the reply Danny, sorry I didn't get back to you earlier. I've been busy smudging and this looked like a good one to try, though I think I have to put more attention into the hair maybe.

Peter

Nice one Peter

Palms

[dkcoats]

The good ones just keep coming back, don't they?

Painter pastels...

[GOLDCOIN]

Hi dkcoats... Nice pastel work...

Again still trying different brush for that traditional watercolor with digitals

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