Some serious PP w/a candid shot. Before + after

I was just bored and playing around last night and somehow came up with this..I guess slight inspired by the famous picture we're all thinking of that I can't put my finger on lol. Thoughts? (wasnt sure the correct forum to put this in....lol my best guess)

Here's the after

I like it! Kinda has a cool/weird feel to it.

Looks cool! Reminds me of an Obama poster.

Thank you both. My 1st time getting overly artistic with photoshop

like it. would love to know what you used in the processing.

jhuckelberry wrote in post #9979658
like it. would love to know what you used in the processing.

Figured this would probably be easiest.

I started out w/the cropped image and expanded the canvas a bit on the background layer. I added a threshold layer mask and played around with it, and ended up having to add a brightness/contrast layer mask underneath it to selectively brighten certain details up the threshold mask just couldn't get. I then added a vector background (hard mix) and a grunge background (linear burn).....although hindsight I don't believe my vector layer made any changes with the combined blend modes. I added a trippy gradient background and erased some of the original image with lowered opacity and different brush shapes. I did alot of experimenting with kinds of layers and blend modes before I got what I wanted.

The texture and processing reminds me of that street art that is pasted onto brick walls. I haven't seen much of it in my home town but on my trip to NYC it was everywhere.

I like it, I think it would look great on canvas or even a 12x18