Ice Girl

billyboy

Ice Girl

Image started as a portrait of my daughter. Used Photoshop’s chrome filter and layer blend mode effects to get ice effect. Flames from a log fire in Portugal, icicles on head from a Kodak Instamatic shot taken 25 years ago. Detail can be better seen in click to view larger!

... and for anyone who’s interested, this is the original picture… Ice Girl all thawed out as a teenager!

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Ice Girl by billyboy
Ice Girl by billyboy
  • Cathie Tranent

    Cathie Tranentcommunity host

    I love this!!

    Absolutely incredible – straight in the faves!

  • Belinda Leopold

    Belinda Leopold

    !!!!!!!! Amazing Billy!!!

  • Paul Vanzella

    Paul Vanzellafounder

    Brilliant execution – such stunning work Billyboy. Very impressive!

  • billyboy

    billyboy

    Many thanks Cathie, Belinda and Paul!

  • Mel Brackstone

    Mel Brackstone

    What an amazing job you’ve done here billyboy! Fabulous work!

  • claire jones

    claire jones

    this is fanastic. has this been in a photo magazine, i am sure i have seen it before? great work anyway

  • Flamejob

    Flamejob

    Bill – this is really unusual and unusul is right up my alley. Chrystaline and sharp – i like the barely containe maleavolence of the flames under her jacket, it adds a real contrast.

    PS – Welcome to RB brother, I’m lovin’ your work. (Noticed your axe in your avatar, what you got there ?)

  • billyboy

    billyboy

    Thanks Mel, cjay & Flamejob… cjay, this was in issue 24 of Photoshop Creative mag. You’ve got a cool looking gallery which I’ll check out later…

    Flame, that’s a Lakland 4-string bass. They’re a small company in Chicago and their US built models are awesome. We bought a 5-string for the studio and I got the 4-string for myself… haven’t played my Precision since!

    Cheers, BB

  • funkyfacestudio

    funkyfacestudio

    This is really cool !!

  • micmac

    micmac

    this is far out ,great idea the FX are amazing

  • Nicole Goggins

    Nicole Goggins

    v. cool image…

  • Hiroko

    Hiroko

    I love it…

  • Bluetiger

    Bluetiger

    That is totally awesome..nice work!

  • billyboy

    billyboy

    Thanks funkyface, micmac, Bluetiger (wish I knew your names), Nicole and Hiroko. This is one of my favs so nice to get the encouragement!

  • Shanina Conway

    Shanina Conway

    Hi Billyboy, this is wonderful…can’t believe I missed it…great work;)

  • anthonytsteel

    anthonytsteel

    Superb Billy!!! not quite my cup of tea….But i take nothing away from you, This is a perfectually produced image…”Brilliant”!!!!!!!!!

  • billyboy

    billyboy

    Thanks Shanina and Anthony for the kind words!

  • Kimberly Palmer

    Kimberly Palmer

    WOW!! Now this is talent, and shows much patience. How cool is this!!!

  • cynthiab

    cynthiab

    very creative art work with your photographs

  • billyboy

    billyboy

    Many thanks Kimberly and Cynthia!

  • earthjammedia

    earthjammedia

    fanatastic composition, would have thought it was ice if I hadn’t read the description

  • Basia McAuley

    Basia McAuley

    Great and original work, love this one!

  • Annika Strömgren

    Annika Strömgren

    Wow, this is very cool! Great job!

  • BlueKnot

    BlueKnot

    Just fantastic, and I mean that in every sense of the word. ;)

  • Mark Ramstead

    Mark Ramstead

    How fun is this? :)

  • Paul Gana

    Paul Gana

    like totally cool dude…. alright it does look cool, both figuratively and literally

  • Jason Byrne (joB)

    Jason Byrne (joB)

    Excellent work!!

  • Rinkydink

    Rinkydink

    Fantastic work, so clever & absorbing

  • Jeff  Burns

    Jeff Burns

    WOW this is the coolest thing I have ever seen. O MAN!
    Your Rock Billy!

  • Heather Davies

    Heather Davies

    Amazing work Bill, Brilliant!!! :)

  • Cadence Gamache

    Cadence Gamache

    This is fierce. You are so creative! I want to come to Belgium and hang out with you so maybe some of your creativity and photoshop skills will rub off on me!

  • Linda Sannuti

    Linda Sannuti

    wow,,,,awesome work!

  • Claire McAdams

    Claire McAdams

    wow this is excellent! you are amazing with photoshop, i love the bubbles in her leg

  • Ann Garrett

    Ann Garrett

    Fabulous work, thought I’d seen this or something close in a magazine somewhere.

  • billyboy

    billyboy

    Thanks so much everyone for the comments and the encouragement.
    Ann, this was in issue 24 of Photoshop Creative magazine, where I did a tutorial on one of my other images, Bird Puss. Cool you remembered seeing it!

  • fzzyfaze

    fzzyfaze

    fantastic!!!

  • susi lawson

    susi lawson

    crazy and wonderful Billy!!!!!!!!!!! I thought I saw this somewhere!!

  • billyboy replied

    Many thanks for commenting on this one Susi…it’s always been one of my favs, and done during a period when I had lots more time to do cool stuff.
    Love your recent stuff by the way, your pf is always a fun place to visit!

  • Amanda Hammock

    Amanda Hammock

    Absolutely brilliant.

  •  chris blackwell

    chris blackwell

    billy this is awsome mate well done

  • clarkey

    clarkey

    I can’t believe I haven’t commented this already, Bill – it’s most definitely one my favourites; and it’s good to see the original from which you made this piece. Mel was just as stunning then as hse is now, and makes a wonderful model.

  • Andy Harris

    Andy Harris

    wow – had not seen this before – stunning treatment!

  • Mia1

    Mia1

    Awesome. So very cool Stunning.

  • Deri Dority

    Deri Dority

    I really can’t believe that I missed this. This really is brilliant.

  • Irish

    Irish

    YOU ROCK!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS!!!!!!

  • tett

    tett

    great photoshop work

  • coffeebean

    coffeebean

    WOW how amazing just amazing, in fact just brilliant….Wow love everything about this.

  • Angela Stewart

    Angela Stewart

    Wow, what a cool image this is…very clever!!!!

  • kcranmer

    kcranmer

    Whoa billy this is awesome, love the chrome like effect you did here…very sci fi looking!!! Your to good!

  • Antanas

    Antanas

    great work

  • gaylene

    gaylene

    Brilliant piece of art…love it. You are so clever.

  • Sophie Shapiro

    Sophie Shapiro

    An amazing visual effect, there is something very representational in this picture…Our times, Our thoughts, Our loses….are we really becoming shipwrecks of our own esteem? This should be on the cover of a teenage magazine…this is how many young girls behave in the classroom…I could go on and on…it’s true a picture can tell a thousand stories….thank you for giving us yours! I hope your daughter has recovered from her melt down! Many thanks…Sophie

  • Jase812

    Jase812

    Fantastic !

  • HydeSide

    HydeSide

    WOW! Amazing!

  • t1nyskert

    t1nyskert

    i’ve never seen this done to such a professional level…wow

  • Jan Piller

    Jan Piller

    Sooo well done!!

  • Micky McGuinness

    Micky McGuinness

    That’s amazing. Never seen anything that wall executed before.

  • Tatiana R

    Tatiana R

    Simple magic!

  • Alan Findlater

    Alan Findlater

    really good work well done

  • Globalphotos

    Globalphotos

    Wow BB, this is amazing , wonderful work :))

  • AtaAlishahi

    AtaAlishahi

    nicely done :)

  • Rhonda  Thomassen

    Rhonda Thomassen

    This is a really neat picture. Our new super hero “watergirl” LOL. there isn’t one already named that right? haha

  • JohnThunderbird

    JohnThunderbird

    you’re the consummate professional as always, if your bass playing is as good then you really are a musartist

  • Darren Post

    Darren Post

    Amazing talent… totally love the end result… Very inspiring!   :-)

  • Oddpixels

    Oddpixels

    This is so cool! Must try it one day.

  • Mia1

    Mia1

    This is awesome and very cool. Great work and love the treatment. What a beautiful daughter you have. :o)

  • denise romano

    denise romano

    wow, this is extra cool.

  • ADMarshall

    ADMarshall

    great effects BB! Well done.

  • Arie van der Wijst

    Arie van der W...

    Hot girl…cool picture! Great effects! Wonderful job of you….absolutely amazing.

  • Lila Alias

    Lila Alias

    Wow this is really well done!

  • Astrid Pardew

    Astrid Pardew

    Cool!!! Ice cool in fact! Well done…

  • sweetscent62

    sweetscent62

    WOW!! this is freakin awesome Bill… aren’t you clever! lovely pic of your daughter also : ) Wen x

  • stephaniek

    stephaniek

    Amazing!!! I wouldn’t know how to start!

  • silverdew

    silverdew

    This is really beautiful and amazing work! I really like what you’ve done here! Really creative and well executed!! :D I love it, down to the drips at her side! super!

    Faved!

  • Leah Highland

    Leah Highland

    I can’t believe I didnt spot this before. Excellent work here Billy. Wow.
    The drips coming from her jacket is a great extra touch. Very nice!

  • Helen Chierego

    Helen Chierego

    Incredible image! Fantastic!

  • Birgitta

    Birgitta

    Top notch work here, Billyboy. I like that you did this manually..
    Your own “secret recipe”..heh. Exceptional job with this, and I like the melted drops
    too. :)

  • Sharon Perrett

    Sharon Perrett

    Wow, fantastic I love this, stunning work, I love the icicles and especially the flames inside the jacket

  • Geoff  Coleman - Landscapes

    Geoff Coleman...

    This is so way beyond cool (no pun intended) it is ridiculous. What PS skills you have to make this work so brilliantly. So original and creative.

  • billyboy replied

    Geoff, thanks so much… a great compliment coming from someone as talented as you. And you`ve given me a good excuse to include a zoomed-in view so you can see more detail…!

  • zuladairam

    zuladairam

    very good

  • Geoff  Coleman - Landscapes

    Geoff Coleman...

    Yep – absolutely brilliant.

  • ziko

    ziko

    that is amazing.

  • SaRaHKnOwDoG

    SaRaHKnOwDoG

    Love iT ! And again, thanx for sharing how you create Yr stuff.
    Love the fiery inside ; )
    Great stuff.

  • BornToRoam

    BornToRoam

    Wow brilliant work, know a few ice queens myself ….

  • Janice  Sheen

    Janice Sheen

    great effect. well done

  • Maria Murphy

    Maria Murphy

    Awesome !!

  • linaji

    linaji

    It’s 2:30am.. an I am already melting… wow just dipping into your work late makes my head spin.. you should post.. BEWARE..SAVOR SLOWLY cause this is full of fire.. even in ice!

  • billyboy replied

    2:30 am is the best time to look at this cause that`s how late I stayed up countless days in a row playing with the effect till it clicked. I so love that you feel the passion… the extremes through which Melanie passed 20 times a day during her teenagership. Awesome. But indispensible training. Helped me deal with stuff like flying cats later in life…

  • Kelly  J

    Kelly J

    Wicked effect!! Great ideas to acheive it -Love your work!

  • billyboy replied

    Hey Kelly, cheers for the support and for diggin’ the wicked side!

  • LindaR

    LindaR

    wow ~ this is truly “iced” art!!! one of the best I’ve seen Billy ~ hope you are well! xxx

  • billyboy replied

    Linda! I thought, where HAVE you been? Then realized that somehow you got bumped off my watchlist. Not good. So I`ve corrected that, and will watch you like a hawk from now on.

    Thanks for the compliment, and yes, I`m very well!!
    xxx back atcha!

  • Wanda  Lechene

    Wanda Lechene

    very nice work

  • billyboy replied

    Wanda, on behalf of IceGirl and myself, thank you!

  • palegirl

    palegirl

    Scroll, Scroll..Well this has blown me out, I can’t say how impressed I am with this work !!
    Brilliant and of course cool !

  • billyboy replied

    OK, the scrolling thing is probably cause it’s been up for about a year and a half!

    But thanks for digging something which is so close to my heart, and for the fav!

    I had put you on my watchlist, but when I just checked out your portfolio I didn’t recognize anything… which is just as well cause I was so pleasantly surprised. Your work is gorgeous and you’ve got a wonderful eye for composition and vibe.

    Hugs to you!

  • Casey Herman

    Casey Herman

    haha, yeah, scroll scroll … Billy Boy, you made a comment on “A Star Is Bored” in my Advanced Photoshop (or was it Creative Photoshop) profile on another website, and then I noticed your link here! I just can’t believe the depth of work you do! You rock!! And as for your workplace (which should actually just be called a playplace or funplace … I wanna work there for about a year, haha! (Jez kidding, I have my own metal sculpture playshop. I mean, workshop.

    But your work seriously rocks! As for Brussels … I’m originally from the south of Holland, just to the north of you, but we’ve lived in Orstraylia for … oh, over 50 years at least now. I’m still amazed at your studio! Anywayz, I’ll browse more of your work after I do more of my own. Great work, mate!

  • billyboy replied

    So you`re on PS Creative? I`ll have to check it out as I don`t often go there anymore… the place can`t really compare to RB.

    At any rate, it`s cool to see you here and I`ll check out your pf as soon as I`ve got some time. That`s a nice compliment on my work… what town are you from in Holland? I was just up further north in Schagen not long ago… seems we`ve both been away from our birthplaces for about the same time!

    Thanks for stopping by mate, and I`ll be in touch!

  • Scott  d'Almeida

    Scott d'Almeida

    awesome work ,billy boy

  • StarKatz

    StarKatz

    I’d love to know the step by step instructions this is amazing! I’m totally in awe of your creativity!

  • billyboy replied

    StarKatz? That`s a cool name and an awesome comment.
    It`s been a long time since I did this, but if you really want the deatils, shoot me a BM and I`ll try to recollect… know any good hypnotists??
    xo

  • missmoneypenny

    missmoneypenny

    Amazing work !!

  • billyboy replied

    Thanks for that Miss Moneypenny…
    but there`s no WAY Chris is yer real name!
    xo

  • missmoneypenny

    missmoneypenny

    Lol – I’m afraid it is. I was Miss Christine Moneypenny before I married :O)

  • billyboy replied

    Wow. I am SO shaken, not stirred!

  • Shoaib .

    Shoaib .

    wow great effects !!!

  • billyboy replied

    Thanks mate, glad it floats yer boat!!

  • BAD-HARVEST

    BAD-HARVEST

    i still can’t do this….hehe

  • billyboy replied

    Yeah? And i can’t do that… so we’re even,; yeah?
    xox

  • redtree

    redtree 28 days ago

    Now this is awesome.

  • billyboy replied 27 days ago

    Thanks for diggin the ice… and for the fave!!

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