Engraving portrait

harlekin1247 · Postby **harlekin1247** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 6:30 pm

Good morning people, i'm new here. I want know if there is a filter or a tecnique to engrave a portrait like tose on bills (for example: Washington on one dollar bill). Thank you in advance.

Maestral · Postby **Maestral** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:27 pm

I`d also like to add one question: How do you get to Carnegie hall ?

Postby **brynn** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 12:37 am

Perhaps if you could show us an example of what you mean? To me, "engrave a portrait" gives me an entirely different mental image than "Washingon on a one dollar bill".

Not that I'm looking at any paper money right now, and granted, there may be details I've just never noticed on money, but I don't have the impression that the portrait has an engraved effect. Unless you're talking about (what we refer to in the US as) the "new money". Over the last 10 or 15 years (maybe 20, I'm not sure) the US has employed more aggressive anti-counterfeitting measures for paper money, which to many of us actually does look counterfeit, lol. So I'm not nearly as familiar with the new money, as with the old. Maybe the new is supposed to look engraved?

harlekin1247 · Postby **harlekin1247** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 1:14 am

to print a banknote the image is engraved on a metal plate, a matrix. If you look ad this old italian bill you can see the effect i want on the portrait of Caravaggio.

Maestral · Postby **Maestral** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 1:48 am

Perhaps I was too much discreet ?

ragstian · Postby **ragstian** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 2:10 am

Hi.

What you are after is the guilloche pattern effects.

Have a look at the Zebratrace program.
Download and install the msi file if you want a standalone version.
As the Zebratrace program creates svg files, I guess there are no need for an inkscape extension?

(This will keep my Eggbot busy for a while!)

Good Luck
RGDS
Ragnar

Lazur · Postby **Lazur** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 2:31 am

Inkscape can also do similar to this effect.

Though manual drawing would lead to more appealing results, especially on the hair.
Hatching lpe, interpolate subpaths with pattern along path lpe, calligraphy tool with tweaking are some of the possibilities.

This may also give some inspiration on a similar effect.

ragstian · Postby **ragstian** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 4:10 am

Hi.

Lazur;
The Adobe Illustrator tutorial was a work of art!
Can't wait to give the technique a try!
Thanks for discovering the tutorial!

RGDS
Ragnar

v1nce · Postby **v1nce** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:40 am

Hi,

You know I'm a big fan of filter

So I give it a try

Quick and dirty results (only one pattern, no colour tweaking, just a fun attempt)

You may need to scroll down the image to see the psychedelic version

: psyche2.jpg (213.52 KiB) Viewed 10988 times

Espermaschine · Postby **Espermaschine** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 2:37 pm

Maestral wrote:http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/create-realistic-money-effect-photoshop

Great tutorial, but i found it hard to replicate !
Especially when you dont have PS Illustrator or know the exact size of the image, thats been used in the tut.

I guess it has to be quite big, if you want the lines to be very fine

This thread over at GC might also be interesting:
im talking about the technique ofnuts presents.
http://www.gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8713

harlekin1247 · Postby **harlekin1247** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:45 pm

Thank you all! Now i will try your suggestions!

Postby **brynn** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 12:01 am

It's not a feature I've used before, but I think Edit menu > Clones > Create Tiled Clones > Trace tab can create something like that. Although it's what I would call an advanced feature, and will take some study, along with trial and error. Manual: http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL ... Trace.html

And I think there's a tutorial somewhere. I'll search and post when I find it

Edit
Here it is: http://screencasters.heathenx.org/episode-068/ Actually it's about halftones, which is a little different than what you want to do. But you still might find it interesting/helpful.

Lazur · Postby **Lazur** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 4:01 pm

Maestral wrote:How do you get to Carnegie hall ?

Made this similarly, but using inkscape only.
Getting a neutral shade by parallel lines for the base is the hardest part.

Postby **brynn** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 4:24 pm

Very nice, Lazur!

PS - I did see your link, Maestral. I just wasn't convinced that was what the op was after. Turns out, you had it right all along

Maestral · Postby **Maestral** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 7:35 pm

@ Lazur
Compliments. That looks amazing.

p.s.
Link to Carnegie Hall was intentional and should be self explanatory to those familiar with the saying.
Others would use the map ,)

Lazur · Postby **Lazur** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 11:03 pm

Thank you!
Will try to finetune the technic a bit and share the details sometime.

Postby **brynn** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 3:44 am

Yes, share details please! Or even just general idea

v1nce · Postby **v1nce** » Wed Dec 24, 2014 8:55 pm

another attempt with filter

: hatch.jpg (158.42 KiB) Viewed 10596 times

Lazur · Postby **Lazur** » Thu Dec 25, 2014 9:04 am

New topic started explicitely on hatching effects here:
hatch, crosshatch, rendering challenge.

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