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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Cathie Tranent
I love this!!
Absolutely incredible – straight in the faves!
Belinda Leopold
!!!!!!!! Amazing Billy!!!
Paul Vanzella
Brilliant execution – such stunning work Billyboy. Very impressive!
billyboy
Many thanks Cathie, Belinda and Paul!
Mel Brackstone
What an amazing job you’ve done here billyboy! Fabulous work!
claire jones
this is fanastic. has this been in a photo magazine, i am sure i have seen it before? great work anyway
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
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
This is really cool !!
micmac
this is far out ,great idea the FX are amazing
Nicole Goggins
v. cool image…
Hiroko
I love it…
Bluetiger
That is totally awesome..nice work!
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
Hi Billyboy, this is wonderful…can’t believe I missed it…great work;)
anthonytsteel
Superb Billy!!! not quite my cup of tea….But i take nothing away from you, This is a perfectually produced image…”Brilliant”!!!!!!!!!
billyboy
Thanks Shanina and Anthony for the kind words!
Kimberly Palmer
WOW!! Now this is talent, and shows much patience. How cool is this!!!
cynthiab
very creative art work with your photographs
billyboy
Many thanks Kimberly and Cynthia!
earthjammedia
fanatastic composition, would have thought it was ice if I hadn’t read the description
Basia McAuley
Great and original work, love this one!
Annika Strömgren
Wow, this is very cool! Great job!
BlueKnot
Just fantastic, and I mean that in every sense of the word. ;)
Mark Ramstead
How fun is this? :)
Paul Gana
like totally cool dude…. alright it does look cool, both figuratively and literally
Jason Byrne (joB)
Excellent work!!
Rinkydink
Fantastic work, so clever & absorbing
Jeff Burns
WOW this is the coolest thing I have ever seen. O MAN!
Your Rock Billy!
Heather Davies
Amazing work Bill, Brilliant!!! :)
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
wow,,,,awesome work!
Claire McAdams
wow this is excellent! you are amazing with photoshop, i love the bubbles in her leg
Ann Garrett
Fabulous work, thought I’d seen this or something close in a magazine somewhere.
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
fantastic!!!
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
Absolutely brilliant.
chris blackwell
billy this is awsome mate well done
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
wow – had not seen this before – stunning treatment!
Mia1
Awesome. So very cool Stunning.
Deri Dority
I really can’t believe that I missed this. This really is brilliant.
Irish
YOU ROCK!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS!!!!!!
tett
great photoshop work
coffeebean
WOW how amazing just amazing, in fact just brilliant….Wow love everything about this.
Angela Stewart
Wow, what a cool image this is…very clever!!!!
kcranmer
Whoa billy this is awesome, love the chrome like effect you did here…very sci fi looking!!! Your to good!
Antanas
great work
gaylene
Brilliant piece of art…love it. You are so clever.
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
Fantastic !
HydeSide
WOW! Amazing!
t1nyskert
i’ve never seen this done to such a professional level…wow
Jan Piller
Sooo well done!!
Micky McGuinness
That’s amazing. Never seen anything that wall executed before.
Tatiana R
Simple magic!
Alan Findlater
really good work well done
Globalphotos
Wow BB, this is amazing , wonderful work :))
AtaAlishahi
nicely done :)
Rhonda Thomassen
This is a really neat picture. Our new super hero “watergirl” LOL. there isn’t one already named that right? haha
JohnThunderbird
you’re the consummate professional as always, if your bass playing is as good then you really are a musartist
Darren Post
Amazing talent… totally love the end result… Very inspiring! :-)
Oddpixels
This is so cool! Must try it one day.
Mia1
This is awesome and very cool. Great work and love the treatment. What a beautiful daughter you have. :o)
denise romano
wow, this is extra cool.
ADMarshall
great effects BB! Well done.
Arie van der W...
Hot girl…cool picture! Great effects! Wonderful job of you….absolutely amazing.
Lila Alias
Wow this is really well done!
Astrid Pardew
Cool!!! Ice cool in fact! Well done…
sweetscent62
WOW!! this is freakin awesome Bill… aren’t you clever! lovely pic of your daughter also : ) Wen x
stephaniek
Amazing!!! I wouldn’t know how to start!
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
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
Incredible image! Fantastic!
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
Wow, fantastic I love this, stunning work, I love the icicles and especially the flames inside the jacket
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
very good
Geoff Coleman...
Yep – absolutely brilliant.
ziko
that is amazing.
SaRaHKnOwDoG
Love iT ! And again, thanx for sharing how you create Yr stuff.
Love the fiery inside ; )
Great stuff.
BornToRoam
Wow brilliant work, know a few ice queens myself ….
Janice Sheen
great effect. well done
Maria Murphy
Awesome !!
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
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
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
very nice work
billyboy replied
Wanda, on behalf of IceGirl and myself, thank you!
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
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
awesome work ,billy boy
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
Amazing work !!
billyboy replied
Thanks for that Miss Moneypenny…
but there`s no WAY Chris is yer real name!
xo
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 .
wow great effects !!!
billyboy replied
Thanks mate, glad it floats yer boat!!
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 28 days ago
Now this is awesome.
billyboy replied 27 days ago
Thanks for diggin the ice… and for the fave!!