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 02/23/2016 05:20:42 PM · #1
I do not do many portraits but "the godfather" just sent me this tutorial and I thought I would share it with you guys.
It is an interesting technique.
//wegraphics.net/blog/tutorials/photoshop-quick-tip-create-a-dragan-style-portrait-effect-in-5-steps/
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 02/23/2016 05:24:33 PM · #2
Cool! Thanks.

Here's a clickable link: Dragan-Style
 02/23/2016 05:28:25 PM · #3
Thank you!
 02/23/2016 06:04:52 PM · #4
Where have I seen that hooded guy before...???
 02/23/2016 06:23:54 PM · #5
Cool to see how it's done, I love stuff like that. But just as with the before/after tut Samantha posted awhile back, showing how she made herself into poreless perfection...though it's neat to see what was done, honestly I would rather stick with my own style rather than just try to duplicate someone else's and pass of the ensuing work as mine!!!
 02/23/2016 09:47:55 PM · #6
I love trying the new techniques, because, from them, I find my style. My style has evolved from looking at many ways of doing things and then pulling the bits and pieces in as I want.

The nice thing is -- my style changes with the photos I do. I like having the wide variety of techniques at my fingertips.
 02/23/2016 10:56:46 PM · #7
Did not have time to read the Dragan Style article but just looked at this again:

and at its original:


and left a note on it open for discussions
 02/24/2016 05:54:20 AM · #8
There are many ways of achieving looks similar to this, from the Dragan Effect to what I did with my leaf blower portrait for the Eyes Closed challenge here last year...



My approach involved blending a B&W edit of the original with the color version. In the conversion process I used amplified textures using both structure and colored filters and then used a luminosity blend mode.

Skinning cats, and all a matter of taste.
 02/24/2016 02:22:03 PM · #9
Interesting editing technique indeed. I will have a look at it later. Thanks for sharing!
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