Bald Eagle

[Andrew McLachlan]

Not sure if I pushed this one quite far enough, I tried too, but I added the "Weekly Theme" prefix to it anyway.

A captive Bald Eagle portrait with Topaz Adjust 4 "SketchPad Pencil" and the Fractalius, Rounded Preset, reduced to 60% and I masked backed in the Topaz SketchPad effect on the eye and then did a little tweaking of contrast and B&W tones with Nik's Viveza.

Look forward to comments.

[denise ippolito]

Andrew, I love it. I see a very light halo around the bird I might carefully remove if it were mine. I love the sketch result you achieved. I like the details in this! Wonderful image.

[Steve Adkins]

Unique look and I like it a lot, Andrew! Love the "eyebrows", detail, and the overall firm separation from the BG. Did notice a very tiny break in the beak line above the nostril and am not sure that adds or subtracts. What a wonderful stare!

[Richard Lovison]

Andrew,

I like the composition and use of effects. I agree with Denise about removing the subtle halo.

Richard

[Judy Howle]

Really nice processing on the eagle. It's one of the best sketch effects I've seen. Nice base image too!

[Ken Childs]

Great "sketch" work, Andrew!
Just for the fun of it, I'd like to see a version with an overly saturated original eye showing through.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Thanks for the comments folks. I'll touch-up the halo and the break in the beak.

Ken, I'll try to do one with your idea in a few days.

[Christopher Miller]

Awesome sketch effect, Andrew! I love it. The detail is excellent. Well done!

[Cheryl Slechta]

Andrew, the sketch effect is really nice. It's a great image