A Work in Progress: The Dude in the 17th Century

This guide was made for entry:
The Dude in the 17th Century
In Contest:
paint a portrait

step 1 of 5

I wanted a simulated paint texture to apply over the finished image. I wanted to set it up as a seamless pattern so I could use it as a layer style and control the scale as necessary.
Here is the texture image see source 3

Creation of The Dude in the 17th Century: Step 1

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step 2 of 5

I scaled the image to a 600 pixels per inch resolution
and cropped out a 1024 by 1024 square to work with
Then used the Filter, Other, Offset set to +512 for both Horizontal and Vertical.

Creation of The Dude in the 17th Century: Step 2

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step 3 of 5

I then used the spot healing brush tool to cover up the middle vertical and horizontal areas
also healed a few random darker spots I didn't like. I put them on a separate layer here so you can see them.

Creation of The Dude in the 17th Century: Step 3

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step 4 of 5

Here's the resulting seamless pattern. I then chose Edit Define Pattern

Creation of The Dude in the 17th Century: Step 4

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step 5 of 5

Here is a close up to show the resulting texture, which was applied late in the process. I applied a multiply blend and reduced the scale to 55% and the opacity to 22%

Creation of The Dude in the 17th Century: Step 5

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Final result

Comments

still26 says:

So appreciate your SBS

(5 years and 611 days ago)

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