Makeover

stuart38 · 27 Jan 2007 at 18:59

After seeing something related in here the other day and watching a couple of tutorials on you tube I had a play in CS2 and came up with this...

I tried another couple of different techniques for high key and black and white effects but didn't manage anything worth keeping so stuck with a colour version

Comments and critique appreciated

A.N.Other · 27 Jan 2007 at 19:12

Do you have a 'before' shot so we can compare them?

stuart38 · 28 Jan 2007 at 01:06

sorry,forgot to link the original

stuart38 · 28 Jan 2007 at 22:54

Any tips from the photoshop experts out there? Or comments on the pic?

syke · 28 Jan 2007 at 22:56

Looks good, apart from the forehead region.

You slightly overdone it, and gives a bit too much of an airbrush effect.

And you perhaps should have done something with the lips, perhaps cleaned them up or made them bigger or something.

Other than that, good job!

Jotun · 28 Jan 2007 at 23:50

Pretty good, although the bubbles in the top right are too bright IMO.

stuart38 · 29 Jan 2007 at 21:13

I didn't notice how badly I had overdone the forehead until you mentioned it, I guess it goes to show how you dont see things when you work on an image for too long. I saved the psd so have gone back and retried the softening of the skin using the eraser on the layer (pic should be updated).

I think I need to look at some new tutorials on transorm for maniplulating the lips, though I have already made them punchier from the original.

The white background is a mixture of bubbles and a cushion so I blurred and clipped it to lose as much detail as possible.