ronmatt

here's an original photo of a lovely lady, the type taken maybe by a friend, at the beach. I used it for a background for a perfume ad.

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/9762/orig1cl.jpg

http://img307.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ticcopy0ai.jpg

couldn't show the ad, it's a copyright thing.

huma

Interesting. Almost like lace. Pretty lady.

I've seen the effect before but I can't place it. Wave Filter? Offfset? \:/

ronmatt

No. I made the lace by making a rectangle, say 2"x4"? black, then making a,bout a no.2 -3 grey hor. stripes, about 1/4"x4" and stepping them down so that you have alternating 1/4" black and grey stripes.
Merge them ( this is in greyscale) rasterize. N O W, filter>sharpen,? THEN, sharpen more, THEN more and more etc. You'll notice patterns beginning to form. at anytime you can add vertical stripes. or circles or whatever. Now convert to rgb and have at it with layer styles etc. You'll get some great patterns and after a while you'll get a feel for how to control them. That'll be $1.32 please.

jaclyn

Very cool technique, ronmatt. I've never used the sharpen filters for this type of thing. Back to the sandbox. Thanks, I'll post it, if I come up with anything interesting.

Silky

Sweet technique, ronmatt! Sry I haven't taken the time to really take a look at your reacent works, but I have to say WOW! Beautiful! Very exquisite - I like your style alot! :}

Welles

That sharpening technique is one I believe is completely original. Thanks for letting us in on the ground floor, ronmatt. 8))

Here's one test image...