I chose an original retro picture from the 1950's without colour as I wanted some challenge. I tried to keep the feeling of an actual old photograph. Besides standard brushes I used several external sources for the textures.

I somewhat doubled the original image size to make working a bit easier as the resolution wasn't that good to start with.

Skin textures and small boy clothes from the child source

Fence and roof from the wood source.

Pavement from the dirt source.

Grass and trees from the grass and willows sources. (5 years and 3455 days ago)