Hildreth needs looking at

[dortmund]

Hi

can anything be done with this please

trevor

[Emjaybee]

Can you post the original without the paint work please?

[kizmiaz]

Meldrew,

I would think this is the "original" in as much as this is the picture as it probably came out of the studio when it was originally produced without any extra work done recently. It looks to me like another example of a chromos or crayon portrait like this one (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,68650.0.html) posted by ajbaker back in June.

It's a rather scary looking picture, and I doubt if the studio could have been very good at its job if this was the sort of thing it produced.

Unfortunately I think poor Hildreth has been well and truly obliterated under the painting. I doubt if even she would be able to recognise herself, and the only thing that can probably be done with this picture is to use it as the basis of a sketch..

Here's a quick sketch over the top of her to show roughly what I mean, but the chances that this looks even remotely like her are pretty slim.

[Iria]

Hi Kiz

Can i ask you what software you are using as your work is wonderfull..??

regards

Iria

[kizmiaz]

Thankyou, Iria. You're much too generous.

This was done using Paintshop Pro 7 and my new favourite tool, the clone brush. I now use that to the almost total exclusion of every other tool, apart from the Freehand selection tool.

I always work on a 400% enlargement of any picture, and then at the end reduce back to 25% to get the original size. I just select a reasonable sized round clone brush, set opacity to about 50% and then just keep clicking away, backwards and forwards in small movements over the same tiny area which acts to blur all the spots, dots, smudges and marks into a softer, smoother area. Its a LOT of work for a little reward, but over a whole picture it looks quite presentable.

I've been using PSP for so long now that I have difficulty with any other software, but now I've got Photoshop CS, I think I'll try to move over to that. It seems to have much more functionality.

Glen

[Iria]

Hi Kiz

Many thanx for the Tips..I've still got a long way to go to produce your wonderfull Pics.. I have PSP 8 and still finding it difficult to use..

Regards

iria

[kmo]

Tried colouring it in.

[PrueM]

Hi all,
Glen is right, this would have been "touched up" in the studio before it was handed over to the sitter.  Not sure if she would have been particularly pleased with their efforts!!  It looks pretty heavy-handed to me, in fact I've never seen one quite so bad    and I get to see lots in my job - maybe it was a newbie who had a go!
It's made worse by the fact that the original photo has faded back somewhat, making the overpainting stand out even more.
As usual, Glen is doing a great job on his own so I think I'll leave him to it 

Cheers
Prue

[deadants]

The artist in Glen is shining out more than the restorer. I wish I had that talent. Keep going Glen, It's been a sheer pleasure to watch you rebuild these photo's from next to nothing.


deadants