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Nice tute and photo manips, Nils! Keep it up! Oh, and welcome to the forum!

You're good at doing video tutorials. I like it, although my French isn't very good yet

Thank you very much for your comment, Seerose! Glad you like them!

Beautiful newest additions, Fuzzy!

Yes, I've been taking a look at several. I've found the techniques I've been using work better for some photos than they do for others. Since all of this is mainly about converting a photo, I've found that most of the final result goes down to the quality of the photo I'm working on (too dark photos seem particularly harder to process). That's a bit of a problem because I can't always find a good quality photo, but at the same time it's entertaining because it means I need to experiment further. I suppose there are many techniques I can use which I haven't yet discovered or developed.

Pretty pinky!

Cute wallpaper!

Thanks everyone for all the input! @BoltBait: I'll post a tutorial on sketching Rollo asap. Thanks for the feedback! @Red: Persuading models has been a real pain for me, enough a reason why I prefer photos of people that don't know me for experimentation purposes (although I'm aware it's true that photo quality has a lot to do with this kind of processing). For example, I once did a sketch of an acquaintance's face, to which she had previously agreed, but she never said a word about the outcome. I assume she didn't like it or didn't care at all. Blah! A paper texture sounds like a nice idea for a background. I'll check out the texture tutorials to see if I find something suitable. I've used your Scribble plugin (unbetterable cross-hatching I believe!) for backgrounds in other works unpublished, with much pleasant results —pleasant to my eyes, that is. Thanks a lot for your encouragement and kind words! @Fuzzy: My thoughts about faces are similar. I like the overall results I've been getting, although faces always leave me wondering somehow. I've been experimenting with different methods, but human faces always give me a hard time. I'll go on experimenting anyway. Thanks for your suggestions!

The yellow gem looks like a dragon egg, or a dragon shield, or a dragon... something!

Indeed rounded things are a lot of fun to make!

Greetings to all participants. All works presented are valuable in a particular way, and I think Ishi's interpretation of his flag holds a special significance. Thank you, Drew, for hosting this and future contests (only very recently I noticed Pixey's departure).

Nicely done, lynxter! The animated version looks quite attractive, so keep up the good works!

Thank you very much for your comment Eli

Hello! I've spent a good amount of this year adapting/developing a number of techniques intended to turn a photo into a sketch, or into a painted portrait, or into something resembling a pencil/brush artwork. MJW and I have already discussed this topic some time ago in this thread, where I mentioned a method I used at the time (post #10) which is not the approach I'm using right now (I would say the techniques I'm presently using are somewhat simpler in general terms). I'm showing here only a few of the results I've come up with after a considerable time of experimentation, expecting to gather opinions as I'm not sure if they are good enough. On the one hand I feel they still need some work to make them look more professional, but on the other hand I feel attached to their rusticity or uncleanliness, to call it somehow. I hope a side-to-side showing of photo/sketch will be fitting for comparison purposes. Anyway, you'll tell me what you think. First two sketches with some subtle coloring preserved from the original photo (here's a larger version): Next two turned out rather cartoony, I think (click for a little larger version): The following couple of pieces resemble stipples to me, especially the second: And the final two: That's about all for now, although I do have more pieces to show along these lines. Feedback will be highly appreciated (I'd especially like to know if these works hold any artistic value)

Fabulous! (and congrats on the citizenship)

Very welcome! (and keeping silent as one benefits from a service is very bad manners. Totally bad ) The ever remarkable Clipwarp!

Red, I always say you are a super artist, not only due to your expertise but also because of your willingness to share your knowledge!

Nice result, Seerose! Glad for you!

Nice outcome, mackenzieh! And thank you, xod, for the tute! (I'll give it a go asap)

What an outcome!

Thanks to everyone involved in keeping the site clean!

I can agree with that statement, ReMake!

This is the gallery of unending colors!

Besides, you don't really need The Plugin Browser in order to actually use a plugin.

Commendable new additions, barbieq! A great artist you are!