How can I get same BW skin effect like this retouch of my own picture ?

[Damien Symonds]

Have you tried this method on any other photos, @Eran?

[Eran]

16 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said:

Have you tried this method on any other photos, @Eran?

Not yet , I intend do.
Are there any characteristics to an image that I need to recognize to make this style work best or does it fits any BW image ?  

[Damien Symonds]

Gosh, that's such a good question.

I suspect it works best for higher-key photos (that is, where more than half of the photo is bright-ish).  I also think it wouldn't work so well for a blonde subject.

I think it might work really well for some scenery shots.

But I'm guessing, honestly.

[Eran]

On 12/23/2018 at 8:19 AM, Damien Symonds said:

Have you tried this method on any other photos, @Eran?

I tried it on one more image which is same style image but different light and model , the result was very bad.
I tried playing the the arrow in blending mode , couldn't bring the image to have similar  look.