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When I do it, it looks like I only drew a line. I don't understand what I'm doing, incorrectly.

Awesome! I think I understand. I'll be playing around with this. It's much appreciated. Paint.NET is awesome! I just hate that I've only been using it to resize images, for all this time. It's capable of doing so much. It's like I've been using a gladiator's sword as a letter opener. Thanks, Eli!

Please describe how you did that.

I'm having a very difficult time with making those dissection lines. Not quitting.

OMG. This plugin is like magic. Awesome job!

You all are all pros.

Just did it, and with some additional touching up! Great tutorial! Thanks! As you can see, I still need practice. I destroyed at least her arm and thumb, by mistake. Do you guys/gals use a stylus for this, or just a mouse? My control with the mouse, in regards to GFX, is lackluster, at best. Original Image: Edited Image:

Open the image Duplicate the layer. Top layer: Press F4. Change the Blend Mode to Multiply (enhances colors) Change the Opacity to 150 (reduces severity of enhanced colors). Merge top layer down (= one layer) Duplicate the single layer Top layer: Effects > Photo > Sharpen+ Amount:40, Radius:100 Top Layer: Effects > Blurs > Gaussian Blur @ 1. Top Layer: Press F4 Change Blend Mode to Darken. Change Opacity to 218. Merge top layer down (= one layer) Duplicate the layer. Top layer: Press F4. Change Blend Mode to Screen. Change Opacity to 100. Merge top layer down (= one layer) Duplicate the layer. Top layer: Effects > Color > Metalize Angle of Start:335, Type:0, Uncheck Grayscale, RGB Top layer: Press F4. Change Blend Mode to Screen. Change Opacity to 100. Merge top layer down (= one layer) Layer: Effects > Blurs > Gaussian Blur @ 1. Duplicate the layer. Top Layer: Effects > Blurs > Smoothe. Top Layer: Effects > Blurs > Smoothe. Top layer: Press F4. Change Opacity to 75. Merge top layer down (= one layer) I've added a few more steps and very satisfied with the results! Here it is:

I started with that, but made a few modifications to better suit my liking. Thanks for the pointer to such a good recommendation. It's officially my first attempt at doing something semi-advanced, with PDN! I'm excited! So here's what that post says: Open the image Duplicate the layer. Top layer: Press F4. Change the Blend Mode to Multiply (enhances colors) Change the Opacity to around 135 (reduces severity of enhanced colors). Merge top layer down (= one layer) Duplicate the single layer Top layer: Effects > Artistic > Oil Painting BS:2, C:78 Top Layer: Effects > Blurs > Gaussian Blur @ 3. Press F4 Change Blend Mode to Darken. Change Opacity to around 216. Merge top layer down (= one layer) And here's what I did, to get the effect I like: Open the image Duplicate the layer. Top layer: Press F4. Change the Blend Mode to Multiply (enhances colors) Change the Opacity to 150 (reduces severity of enhanced colors). Merge top layer down (= one layer) Duplicate the single layer Top layer: Effects > Photo > Sharpen+ Amount:40, Radius:100 Top Layer: Effects > Blurs > Gaussian Blur @ 1. Top Layer: Press F4 Change Blend Mode to Darken. Change Opacity to 218. Merge top layer down (= one layer) Duplicate the layer. Top layer: Press F4. Change Blend Mode to Screen. Change Opacity to 100. Merge top layer down (= one layer) So far, that gives me the following: Original Image: Then... New Image: This is still a work in progress. I'm just seeing what all I can do before adding the dissection lines.

Metalize looks awesome! Thanks

I found another. hxxps://www.behance.net/gallery/Cyborg-Girl/277686 I really like how people create the lines on the body, to give it that "cyborg look". I'm not sure about how they're doing it, but I'm determined to find out.

I found a photoshop tutorial that details what I was thinking about. I'm going to see if I can come close to doing this with Paint.NET Here is a more in-depth description of what I'm hoping to achieve: hxxp://icanbecreative.com/article/female-cyborg-photoshop-tutorial/ Hopefully such things are possible.

Sorry for the double-post, but I just wanted to acknowledge my favorites, from you: http://s366.photobucket.com/user/TEA_BONZ/media/Skull Album/skull-7-b_zps020de56e.png.html http://s366.photobucket.com/user/TEA_BONZ/media/paint dot net edits/330-c_zpsd7oppnsa.png.html http://s366.photobucket.com/user/TEA_BONZ/media/Space/472-b_zpst1hwvhhl.png.html I would seriously frame them and hang them on my walls, if they were oiled.

I'm speechless. I hate that I'm only just now reading this, nearly 7 years later. However, I'm so glad to be here, right now. I've always been interested in GFX, but I've allowed myself to feel that things were simply too complex. I understand logic. Programming. GFX design has always seemed so foreign, yet so freakin' cool! Most coders I know, suck with GFX, but I want to free myself from my self-proclaimed, "coder's curse". You've inspired me. This forum's inspired me. Time to get to work.

I've been using Paint.NET for a couple years now, but have never really gotten super creative with it. Lately, I've been browsing the tutorials section, but there are only 3 pages worth of content. I found it to be informative, but was unable to find what I am most interested in. Is there any way we can use Paint.NET to take a picture of say, a beautiful woman or handsome man, and transform them into a cyborg-like creation, using only Paint.NET? I'm very curious about this, but wouldn't know where to begin. I'll play around with it a bit to see if I can figure it out, and if/when I do, I'll be more than happy to create a tutorial that may help someone else out. Thanks in advance.