Portrait of an Owl

[Indranil Sircar]

I love these Borrowing Owls... never short of character in various poses and looks! I loved this intense stern look. Used topaz simplify and then used a combination of find edges and feather with linear dodge and lower opacity to get this effect. Also used the soft edge brush with lower opacity to get some additional definition. Hope you like it... your c&c will be appreciated.

[denise ippolito]

Indranil, I love the expression and the composition. Nice job w/ the sketch effect. I could even see the eyes being in color for an alternate look. Well done.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Beautifully done, Indranil. It would be interesting to see the eyes in color also (maybe faintly colored?)

[Christopher Miller]

He's certainly giving the look, Indranil! :D Lovely sketch look. I agree with Denise and Cheryl that coloring the eyes might make a very nice alternate look.

[Cindy Cone]

HI Indranil, I love the expression and you did a great job with the sketching effects. I think I like it as is - without coloring the eye.

[Indranil Sircar]

Denise, Cheryl, Christopher, Cindy, thanks for all the feedback. Appreciate it a lot. As suggested, here is the alternate look...

[Mark Fuge]

Very nice image and application, Indranil.

Did you clone the left shoulder area? Looks chopped. Might just be the lighter feathers, but just wondering.

[Christopher Miller]

Looks very nice, Indranil. :)

[denise ippolito]

Very nice Indranil.

[Barbara Kile]

I like both posts! He doesn't look like he likes posing for the camera...... ;)
Lovely sketch.

[Kerry Perkins]

Oh my, what a great look you got!! Excellent technique to create the sketch look. I like both versions and think they can each stand alone. Very nice work!