Pin-Up Effect

[curvesandmore1815]

I was just wondering how can you turn a regular picture into a pin-up styled picture. I want something that looks along the lines of the picture below.

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Or something that can look fifty-ish like this:

Or this:

What do I use to make these?

[Goonfella]

I was just wondering how can you turn a regular picture into a pin-up styled picture. I want something that looks along the lines of the picture below.

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Don`t we all!

[david.atwell]

The first image was removed, per [rule=12]rule 12[/rule].

Now, what specific aspect of the look are you going for? There are a lot of different elements to each of those images.

[curvesandmore1815]

The first image was removed, per [rule=12]rule 12[/rule].

Now, what specific aspect of the look are you going for? There are a lot of different elements to each of those images.

I want them to look real yet cartoon-ish. You know like a bright realistic comic book chick. I hope this is family friendly.

If not, here's another one:

I'm a huge fan of cartoon realism (if that's not a true phrase then oh well); bright colors and dark smokey eyes. Just cartoon versions of pix that can still look very realistic.

[david.atwell]

Well, it looks to me like you'll need to turn the saturation way, way up. Then I'd try some effects such as Surface Blur (search for it on http://searchpaint.net ) and maybe "Oil Painting" (which is included with Paint.NET, in the Effects>Artistic menu). Fiddle around with it and see if you can get a result you like. :-)

[Ego Eram Reputo]

I had a quick play with a technique you might find helpful. This was based on the "Orton" tutorial which you can find here: Orton Effect

Open your image = layer 1
(option 1:) Apply Effects>Artistic>pastel @ size 1 & roughness 130 (or not?)
Duplicate the layer = layer 2
Set layer 2 blend mode to screen
Duplicate layer 2 = layer 3
Set layer 3 blend mode to multiply, lower the opacity to 180 or so
Gaussian blur layer 3 @ 15
(option 2:) uncheck layer 2 visibility (might help the overall effect, might not)
Flatten image

Of course this won't work with all images equally, but might give you some ideas. Using the pastel step gives a more cartoon effect, while not using that step gives a more realistic image.

I played with using both pastel/no pastel (on different layers) and then blended the two using the top layers opacity - with interesting results that allow you to fine tune the realism/cartoon ratio.

Hope this helps.

[curvesandmore1815]

Thank you guys so much. I'm going to try it.