Sometime back, I shared this pencil sketch of Marilyn Monroe.
But, having seen the spectacular effects PIXLR gives to our photos, I decided to give a unique effect to my black and white sketch. I came across one that completely changed the look of my sketch and gave it a poster kind of look to it. You know, the kind of photographs we come across in glossy magazines?
Although it takes away the hard work that I put into making it, the effect does add to the aura of the beauteous Marilyn Monroe, the Diva of the golden era.
Here’s my sketch:
And, here’s the filtered one, from PIXLR.
What do you think? Which picture looks better? Do give me a frank opinion!
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Do you like sharing your original photographs, or do you edit them, filter them and then share them, like I do, sometimes? Oh, yes, I confess, I filter some pictures before I share. I guess, I have fallen prey to its magic! 🙂
I like the filtered one. I remember that drawing. Seems so long ago we did our Sketchy Saturdays and Sundays. They were fun.
The sepia colour gives it an old retro feeling that suits a picture of Marilyn. I must admit I love touching up and using filters on my photos. The photos always look much better, I find, and I’m like a kid with a new box of crayons. It’s fun to use those editors. I have Photoshop Elements and play around with it to get fun effects. Mostly I use a simpler photo editor when I’m touching up photos but it does the trick. You can always improve a photo by a bit of cropping here, sharpening there, lightening or darking and a filter to give it a warm glow…etc.
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I loved your sketch more! And yes,I use filters too, but not always. Changes on a picture to picture basis.
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Thank you, Reema!
Yes, filters don’t work out always..sometimes originals look better! 🙂
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I loved both the versions 😀 You are such a talented artist. You have captured her beauty so well. I love your sketch more. 😀
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Thank you so much, Raj!
I tried my best, but couldn’t do 100% justice to Marilyn’s beauty!
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You are too good in drawing.
Liked both but second is much vibrant.
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Thank you!
Yes, the second picture looks vibrant thanks to the filters! 🙂
Thank you for visiting, Jyotirmoy!
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Pixlr is my go to app for editing pictures. Previously I used to post my photos in their original form and then the Filter bug caught upon me, whether its Instagram or Pixlr.
I like both the pictures of your sketches. Both have an unique tonality. (a person who can hardly draw anything talking about tonality sounds funny to me ;D 😀 )
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And, despite being an artist, hearing the word ‘tonality’ for the very first time will sound funny to you! 😀
All I know, is the filter bug is here to stay! 🙂
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I edit pictures a bit but not always. Depends on what aspect I want to accentuate. I remember seeing your sketch and in this one, I prefer the original more. The Pixlr one is great but hasn’t got that natural feeling. 🙂
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Ooh! Thank you so much, Parul! At times, I feel the original one is better, at times, I side with the filtered one! 😛
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Its nice isn’t it? I use Photoshop or Affinity Photo though///
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That must be nice, too! 🙂
Thank you for dropping by!
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