Replicate an effect

[marymc]

Hello everyone! Does anyone know what this effect might be/how I can replicate? I've been searching for a while but can't find what I'm looking for. I'm hoping to create a similar glossy/watery segmented light effect to portraits as the picture attached (the picture is of a drawing)

Any ideas how I can get a similar look?

Thanks so much xx

 

[IamSam]

Does anyone know what this effect might be/how I can replicate?

Hello and welcome. This looks like a pencil/charcoal drawing on paper. Is this what you are asking about?

I'm hoping to create a similar glossy/watery segmented light effect to portraits as the picture attached (the picture is of a drawing)

Sorry..........but I'm not following. I'm not seeing the glossy/watery effect in this drawing. I do see the lighter areas that seem to be this artists style (Kate Copeland), but I don't think I see what you may be talking about.

Sorry. Maybe you can explain a little better?

 

[IamSam]

You get a very similar effect using this TUTORIAL or this TUTORIAL



You can then use a layer mask and the Brush Tool to generate highlights...


Brushing in darker areas.


Not knowing what it is exactly that you want, it's hard to offer advice.

 

[Rich54]

It's difficult to answer your question because what you describe as "glossy" and "watery" is not what I'm seeing in the image you posted. To me, glossy means very reflective with lots of bright highlights. The opposite of glossy is matte, which has subdued luminosity. Here are two business cards showing glossy (right) vs. matte (left). Your image looks matte to me—the opposite of glossy. The brightest parts of your image measure only 193 on a scale of zero (pure black) to 255 (pure white). Not especially glossy.




Having said that, when you say "watery" it seems that you're thinking of watercolor paintings, which have distinct splotches of color like this river scene. Photoshop has several artistic filter effects such as watercolor, paint daubs, dry brush and cut-out, which give somewhat similar effects to your sample. Below is a Before & After view of a portrait using the Watercolor filter. I suggest you experiment with all the "artistic" filters in Photoshop to see if any of them give you the effect you want.

 

[JeffK]

I took a try using this tutorial:



Original image:



I think a lot of the effect may have to do with the original image....

- Jeff