[Neve]

I have another photo of Desiree at my website done similarly, she's a lovely subject.

[Neve]

PR Brightness on original image. – Dupe bottom layer.
L2 – Dodge – Negative – GB 8.00 (or to suit your image)
Multiply a layer if necessary.
Optional – Noise filter
Auto Contrast if necessary.
Impressionist/Danny’s Fav’s/Conte:Faithfull ** Modified
Paint Shop Pro/Artistic Brushstrokes/Watercolour – Modified
Reduce Opacity to 70% or to suit image.
Merge – duped again
-Mode - Soft Light for this image
Merged all. Cropped, canvas texture added.

[Neve]

I used the same steps as for "sepia sketch" adding...

Dupe Sepia Sketch Layer
L2 - Dodge/Neg/GB4 - Dupe Layer
L3 - Difference - Dupe Layer
L4 - Screen 42% to suit image - Dupe Layer
L5 - Burn 60% to suit image - Dupe Layer
L6 - Hue - 78% (this alters colours)
Merged all
Added Criss-Cross Texture which filled in the
light areas.

[sidis]

Neve--beautiful and subtle edit.

[jaykita]

Got this surprising result while fooling around ... first i created a wmf file (from corel draw/ trace), converted to outline, copied into Photoshop, and played around with blends.

[DannyRaphael]

jaykita:

Now that really out there (in a good way)! I like it when folks take chances to come up with something bold. Well done.


~Danny~

[SWEngineer]

Here's a couple using the sketch effects I worked up for my "101 Graduation". See the Campfire_Treat thread for how to. One difference -- I added some Reticulation filter to the BW version before Waterpaper et. al.

-Mark

[Xaran]

Watercolour from Digital Photo Effects Mag tutorial.

The basic principles are

image size 300ppi

Create a new coloured canvas layer.

Duplicate original background and move to top.
Increase Saturation (+38 in the tut on a fairly light image), mode = linear light, opacity 25.
Hide all layer mask and paint with white using Wet Media Brush - watercolour textured surface.

Duplicate this layer again, remove mask, blend mode = darken apply motion blur at 90 deg and distance 400+

Duplicate background and move to top
Median Filter value 5
hue = -4, saturation +17
blend mode = hard light
Hide all layer mask and paint white using same brush reduce brush size for facial features.

Another duplicate of background blurred and set to soft light.

These are the instructions as per the mag - they also added noise at 17 to the layers - I didn't like it with the noise added.

I also used dry brush filter instead of median as I felt it gave a better look.

It's quite surprising the difference the motion blur layer makes. I did find the file size getting a bit big and got 'not enough ram' when I tried to add a texture. (I have 2Gb).

Quite like the result though....

Christine

[glikster]

OK. Duped the BG.
Ran Danny's Chalk Sketch: Mono Color Jit.
Faded to 45%
Ran Danny's Charcoal: Color Scr on K.
Faded to 45%
Ran Danny's Paint: Linear Brush D.
Ran Danny's Natural Wild Cave.
Faded to 45%.
Duped BG again.
Find edges, Desaturate, Levels adj., Diffuse: Anis.
Set mode to Overlay and opacity to 15%.
Stamped visible, ran Custom twice and faded 2nd to 45%.

[jaykita]

Thanks Danny. Lovely renditions, all.
Tried colorizing a desaturated (and lightened) image with pattern stamp tool and a wee bit of hand paint.

[byRo]

Christine - I tried to follow but got lost, I also quite like the result

Neve - the sketch got me thinking.....

My little high-key action got stole along with my computer - but luckily I had posted a description on the threads - RetouchPRO to the rescue!!

Posted the action, and a palette view below.
- Cropped to focus on the eyes;
- Made a good greyscale;
- Run action;
- Paint (white, low opacity) only on the masks;
- Tweak levels to taste.

Rô

[Duv]

Art History Brush using Trimoon Watercolor brush. Oversharpened image, changed to Luminosity 75%. Added Vignette.

Cheers
Dave

[Neve]

What a joy to view such variety in creativeness...you're all awesome!

[jch71566]

Lots of great renditions!

For mine, bottom layer: Various impressionist settings (eyes recolored)
Top layer: Darken, poster edges 2x

-Jeff

[plewis6]

Christine - Like Ro, I tried to follow but got lost, I and too like your result. I'll have to PM you for a more detailed recipe for the slow to catch on.

Ro, I'll have to go look for your high key action, nice!

---
Me this time, I am still playing around with Photoshop-Filter-Artistic-Cutout.

Did not have the time to play on this one and was hoping it would all fall together in the first hour, but two hours later and still not happy. Should have used Virtual Painter to develop a more interesting and appealing color palette.

Basic steps,
* - Smart Blur
* - Cutout
* - Endless time poorly blending most of the skin cutouts back together (Neither gaussian or smudges are fast here. Gaussian blur either brings colors in from outside the selection OR if you put on new layer the edges become semi-transparent. I just want it to blend everything within a selection without looking for data outside of the selection. Any suggestions MUCH appreciated)
* Brought back some of the original image around eyes and nose
* Brough back most of the original image as a color layer
* Created a standard sketch effect using black and white, gaussian blur, inverse technique (now a macro on my Action bar)
* Used the sketch effect as a soft light layer
- I should have finished up with better color, better cutout blending and some selective dodging and burning on the eyebrows and such, but alas, time runs out for the artist...

There is a style brewing here. As a long time fan of Patrick Nagel, I have never been able to get a feel akin to Nagel in Photoshop (just some disturbing ultra-high key images, if you have tried you know what I mean. The photographic nature of the image just doesn't lend itself that way). But the reduced color spaces and clean lines of the new technique do not seem to suffer from this. Wish me luck as I try to perfect.