I hate the reason I’m making this memorial project, but I got to learn a new “banknote engraving” technique, and I’m pleased with how it turned out.
Original image, and what I ended up with after about 5 hrs.
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Great work! Very honoring.
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Wow great result.
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The final result is impressive. The time invested in file prep paid off.
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That is amazing. I love the technique you have used there. But sorry to hear that it is for a memorial.
Very honoring.
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THAT IS excellent!!
Jonathan
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So cool! How do you convert the image? I tried to find it myself, and now Google thinks I want to make my own bank notes, so the FBI should be showing up at my door any minute. 
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“In Jon we Trust” I like the sound of that!
There are lots of filters that will do this….
https://www.google.com/search?q=emgraving+filter
Then there are online services that do similar things…
Etc
It also reminds me of squigglecam. Previously:
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THAT is wonderful! Great idea for technique…one that I wouldn’t have thought of.
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What a beautiful memorial.
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Yeah, the Photofunia site did a better job than most and I was impressed with it, but it couldn’t give me the exact effect I was looking for with lines going in different directions. And of course, there are lots of Adobe brushes and scripts that would have made it a whole lot easier, but none for Corel that I could find. But at least now that I worked through it and wrapped my brain around how to achieve it, things should go quicker the next time.
This was the technique I adapted a bit for Corel, and it was by far the most comprehensive and usable tutorial I found. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a Corel blending mode that mimics Adobe’s “hard mix” merge/blend mode and that made it tougher than it should have been. I had to use what looked like the closest merge mode in Corel (which was the “color dodge” mode), and it worked, but I don’t think it works on the same principle as “hard mix” which reacts differently depending on the fill opacity. I wish I could find the exact equivalent though because the guy at Texturelabs has some amazing tutorials and he uses it a lot.
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He was far too young. 
Your engraving is amazing!!! Certainly a spectacular photo to begin with. So much wow here!
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