Meet my Dad

[scootermcq]

Dad wanted a portrait in his new Kilt...

Not much space to work with, so just did a simple 3 light setup around some of the antiques in the house. I was a little bored & decided to "antique" it more.

[TNH]

Cool...I like the 'antique' look you gave it! Nice job!

[sinque]

This is an interesting portrait. Your father is a distinguished looking man.
I am sure you are proud of this portrait.
Karolyn

[scootermcq]

Originally Posted by TNH

Cool...I like the 'antique' look you gave it! Nice job!

Originally Posted by sinque

This is an interesting portrait. Your father is a distinguished looking man.
I am sure you are proud of this portrait.
Karolyn

Thanks guys

[Barclay]

Hi scootermcq,
Awesome work and tricky that you use antique furniture to make it real.
Interesting in knowing the technique as I want to make some antique pictures of my grandma. Thanks in advance for any input.

[scootermcq]

Originally Posted by Barclay

Hi scootermcq,
Awesome work and tricky that you use antique furniture to make it real.
Interesting in knowing the technique as I want to make some antique pictures of my grandma. Thanks in advance for any input.

Thanks....

I was fiddling around, but let me try to remember what I did.

I created a duplicate layer and applied a sepia treatment. I lowered the opacity to bring some color back.
I created another layer a applied a light acid wash
I created another layer and applied texture, I think I used canvas and dialed it down
It now looked pretty good, but not old enough.
I googled wrinkled paper or aged paper and found an image.
I applied it as an overlay and reduced the opacity
I applied another layer of the image over the overlay and reduced the opacity until I liked the look.
Now it was looking pretty good, but still too sharp for an old image.
I applied a layer of gaussian blur and reduced it until the image was soft.
I then flattened it.

To the best of my memory, that's the work flow I followed.

[mosgood]

Originally Posted by scootermcq

Thanks....

I was fiddling around, but let me try to remember what I did.

I created a duplicate layer and applied a sepia treatment. I lowered the opacity to bring some color back.
I created another layer a applied a light acid wash
I created another layer and applied texture, I think I used canvas and dialed it down
It now looked pretty good, but not old enough.
I googled wrinkled paper or aged paper and found an image.
I applied it as an overlay and reduced the opacity
I applied another layer of the image over the overlay and reduced the opacity until I liked the look.
Now it was looking pretty good, but still too sharp for an old image.
I applied a layer of gaussian blur and reduced it until the image was soft.
I then flattened it.

To the best of my memory, that's the work flow I followed.

Wow, Scott, what a great portrait of your dad! Love both versions btw, although the original is ultra modern in color. Gotta say adding the antiques to the portrait is an awesome idea. Well done!

[scootermcq]

Thanks Marla

[topsaillvr]

Very nice, i'm looking for a darker mood, more wrinkles, like 200 yr old paper?

[scootermcq]

Originally Posted by topsaillvr

Very nice, i'm looking for a darker mood, more wrinkles, like 200 yr old paper?

Like this:
http://www.unsigneddesign.com/Staine...ed_paper_6.jpg