How to get a radial/wavy/zig zag (or any patterned) halftone(circles) portrait like in the images below?

[Ruch195]

[c.pfaffenbichler]

[c.pfaffenbichler]

On a neutral image a neutral soft Pattern set to Blend Mode Hard Mix can be used to emulate a halftone screen.

To a certain extent it comes down to whether (and how and in which application) one can create the Pattern one wants.

Edit: Maybe also see

HALFTONE OR WHAT?

[Ruch195]

yes this is somewhat I have been looking for. Didn't know it was this simple. But can you break it down step by step how you did it? Thanks:)

[c.pfaffenbichler]

• In this case I used Illustrator to create two dotted circles.

• Then I used Object > Blend > Make and Object > Blend > Blend Options to create the circles in-between.

• I copy/pasted that into Photoshop as a Smart Object in a Group set to the Blend Mode Hard Mix that also contained a white Solid Colour Layer.

• As you can see the result is not good, because the dots are still sharp, with a Gaussian Blur on the Smart Object the effect changes considerably.

• And here a screenshot of what the pattern looks like when it is not interacting with the underlying image, the pattern should be pretty »soft«. But with a little experimentation you should figure out how Hard Mix works anyway.

[Ruch195]

thanks:) how did you get the wavy one with the displacement?

[c.pfaffenbichler]

I created a Pattern like this

then a Pattern Layer which I converted to a Smart Object and applied Displace with the Displacement Map seen to the left in the original screenshot.

As you may notice with your images the original may need a bit of blurring (as a Smart Filter preferably), too, and not just the Pattern.

[Ruch195]

Thanks a lot

[c.pfaffenbichler]

You’re welcome.

[Ruch195]

And is there any way by which I can get perfect circles or squares like smaller circles for lighter shades and bigger circles for darker shades in patterns?