My Father with his Daughter (Digital Woodcut)

My Father with his Daughter (WDCT), a photo by randubnick on Flickr.

This image began with a tiny print (2 x 3 inches, if that) of a snapshot taken long ago -- probably by my mom. I have always liked that photo of my father, just getting started at being my dad. You can already tell that he is going to be great at it! Today I scanned the little snapshot it into the computer, and did a little retouching in iPhoto. Then I opened the image in Painter and did some cropping, and tried out some posterizing and woodcut effects, adjusting the colors and the amount of black. After a lot of trial and error, I came up with a version that I liked: a "digital woodcut" in monochrome, with just a touch of pink overlay to warm it up.