Fractalius Portrait

[Joe Senzatimore]

I don't usually post here , but just started playing with "Fractalius" and think it has alot of potential. Need to do many more images with it , but figured if I'm going to get good solid advise on this plug in(and I need it) this is the best place to go.
Original image was a color image converted to B&W with Silver Effects and manipulated with fractalius. Looking forward to all comments and suggestions. I know this is mostly nature related stuff , but havn't worked with any nature images as of yet. Will post a nature image next time.

[Arthur Morris]

I love the image and the treatment. Tell us about the guy in the picture. The sketched look is fantastic. What preset did you start with?

[denise ippolito]

Joe, Excellent image! I love the black hat and it is a perfect touch. Nice sketch look and fract work! Looking forward to your next post.

[Paul Lagasi]

I like the B & W effect, just enough frac effect to make him have that weathered look, nice work

[Kaushik Balakumar]

Amazing ! Very nice effect. Neatly composed portrait. Liked everything about the image.

[Joe Senzatimore]

I love the image and the treatment. Tell us about the guy in the picture. The sketched look is fantastic. What preset did you start with?

Thanks artie,
The original was a portrait taken at a workshop on portrait lighting and the cowboy was one of the models. Almost all the people at the workshop wanted so shoot the female models so I had this one pretty much all to myself. Great fun and he was a great model. He had a few different costumes , but this was , in my opinion, the best one. Not sure about the presets , but will go back and check.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Joe. I am thinking that I would be photographing the lady cowgirls!

[Joe Senzatimore]

FOR SHAME

[Richard Lovison]

Joe,

I like the B&W presentation along with the composition and pose. The Factalius effect you chose seems to work fine with the rustic nature and age of the model. Well done.

Richard

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Joe, love this sketched fract. It really looks great as a B&W too. It has a very old feel to it. I wonder what it would look like with one of Christopher's aging treatments.

[Christopher Miller]

I wonder what it would look like with one of Christopher's aging treatments.

That was exactly my thought too, so I gave it a quick play. Hope you don't mind, Joe. I applied just two texture overlays, but obviously you could take it much further if you wanted. I used "Trashed" and "Roughed Up" both from Shadowhouse Creations.

I love the details of his shirt and the texture in the BG. Either way, it's a wonderful portrait!

[Brendan Dozier]

Like the pen & ink sketched effect Joe. Nice job, and Christophers aged effect works well too.