Portrait effect (any ideas?)

[mr_rastaman]

Hi,

I have been creating a website for a friends club night...but im struggling with the residents page. I have an image of each resident, but wanting it to tie in with the current colour scheme. So i have opted for greys and a futuristic look (well...sort of).

I have came up with this (See attached...if you click on it you will see more detail)

Any ideas?

It currently looks like this:
http://www.parkers-stuff.co.uk/residents.html

I was going to put the pics above each of there names

Cheers :beam:



http://www.parkers-stuff.co.uk/rectify/media/test.jpg

[mlk]

They're not excellent pics (full frontal flash) so there's only so much you can do...

Would silhouettes only work ?

[CanisMajor]

"any ideas?"


You came to the right place!

If nothing else you will find a lot ideas here in these forums.

Can you post an original untouched photo?

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[mr_rastaman]

Cheers for replying guys!


Would silhouettes only work ?
Hey Mlk, no...any effect/idea would do really. Just got a few musts:
Must be greyscale/monotone? (what do you think? Think it would tie in better with the website)
Also, must fit the grey box above resdient name (See below for an example)

(Right click, save as)
http://www.parkers-stuff.co.uk/My_Media/nicky_grey.jpg

OR...should i re-do my residents page so the image is larger? as it is qutie small??





You came to the right place!

If nothing else you will find a lot ideas here in these forums.

Can you post an original untouched photo?


Yeah, got some good answers last time i was stuck here...a dude pointed me on the right direction for a free flash gallery...but was having problems with multiple albums...it is now on the back burner for now.

Anyhoo, here is a link for the untouched original image:

(Right click, save as)
http://www.parkers-stuff.co.uk/My_Media/114.jpg

[mr_rastaman]

Been working on this for a while now...but still cant seem to get anything good enough.

I was trying to follow this tutorial:

Pattern/silhouette tutorial using a layer mask
http://community.livejournal.com/icon_tutorial/4994818.html#cutid1

Which is ideal...but when i get to Step 9 - its filling the wrong part (not the outlines, but the face etc)

Here is a link to the psd file if anybody can lend a hand!
www.parkers-stuff.co.uk/My_Media/test.psd (http://www.parkers-stuff.co.uk/My_Media/test.psd)
Thanks in advance :ne:

[salvador marley]

I used your face man to do an illustration in vector and then transfered it to photoshop for touch up - what do you think?

i might be able to help

[salvador marley]

how it would look on the site:

[mr_rastaman]

Been off on a break from work...didnt really have access to a computer...so didnt see the reply till now.



I used your face man to do an illustration in vector and then transfered it to photoshop for touch up - what do you think?


Was trying to make a vector out of the image myself...but didnt go too well. Have came up with this one (See attached)

Like the vector...not too sure about the red hair tho :beer:

[salvador marley]

oh i don't know - the red hair suits you :)

I thought a splash of red in each of the people would reflect well with the red on the website - doesn't have to be the hair though - could be the t shirt or cap etc...just a thought on my part.

The image you did yourself is fine, perhaps using 2 or 3 shades of grey would be nice - have the face one shade of grey, the hair a darker shade, and possibly a red for the t shirt?

[mr_rastaman]

oh i don't know - the red hair suits you :)
Hahahaha...I aint ginger...its strawberry blonde :liar:

Yeah, I get what your saying...definitely ties in with my colour scheme. I have sort of scrapped the small boxes - they weren’t much use. Couldn’t really do much with them. I have now done the following:

http://www.parkers-stuff.co.uk/residents2.html

What you think? Might change the faces from black to dark grey and use the same layer style used in the main logo with the paint splashes?