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[Palle 491]

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[Palle 491]

So lately I've been doing a lot of photo retouching because I'm going to a apply for a job that I found, which involves a lot of retouching of cosmetic products, jewelry, models and clothing for various companies. Now I need to improve my portfolio for my application.

 

 

Please take a look at these pictures and give me your opinions; Is it good? Anything that needs improving? Too much?

 

The first two pictures are before-after of the same image, one natural and one that has a bit dreamy, almost painted effect.

 

1: http://fav.me/d735zsg

 

2: http://fav.me/d7360qd

 

 

Here's another I made two days ago

 

http://fav.me/d72xgkd

[Commander_Undies 618]

Next time i'm on my computer, I'll look. Super happy for you, that you're applying for a job.

[deterioration 443]

The one thing that jumps out at me is beware of making images blurry, the subject look fake and creating different texture areas within an image. When you airbrush and/or use layers at different opacities over one another you start losing texture in the image. Different images have different textures going on in them depending on areas of exposure to light, if they’re color or B&W etc... A great way to combat this is by using selections and adding grain. (Filter/Texture/Grain) Again images are different some have large grain some small, you can fuck with the settings in PS. But by adding grain you can reintroduce texture back into an image by using a layer at like 2-15% depending on areas.

 

Take her cheek for example. If you have 20 layers for her cheek and you have it looking good but there is no texture select the 20 cheek layers copy and merge the 20 layers into 1 and add grain to that over top of the 20 original layers. Then mess with that layers opacity to dial it in. If you mess around with it what I’m suggesting will become clear. Adding low opacity grain to areas you’ve airbrushed will bring the image back close to original. I’m sure you’ve seen a porn image or 5,000 where the girl is so airbrushed that she looks like silly putty. Over all I think they’re good!

[Palle 491]

Next time i'm on my computer, I'll look. Super happy for you, that you're applying for a job.

 

Thanks Michael

[Palle 491]

 

The one thing that jumps out at me is beware of making images blurry, the subject look fake and creating different texture areas within an image. When you airbrush and/or use layers at different opacities over one another you start losing texture in the image. Different images have different textures going on in them depending on areas of exposure to light, if they’re color or B&W etc... A great way to combat this is by using selections and adding grain. (Filter/Texture/Grain) Again images are different some have large grain some small, you can fuck with the settings in PS. But by adding grain you can reintroduce texture back into an image by using a layer at like 2-15% depending on areas.

 

Take her cheek for example. If you have 20 layers for her cheek and you have it looking good but there is no texture select the 20 cheek layers copy and merge the 20 layers into 1 and add grain to that over top of the 20 original layers. Then mess with that layers opacity to dial it in. If you mess around with it what I’m suggesting will become clear. Adding low opacity grain to areas you’ve airbrushed will bring the image back close to original. I’m sure you’ve seen a porn image or 5,000 where the girl is so airbrushed that she looks like silly putty. Over all I think they’re good!

 

 

Thanks for the detailed answer. I completely understand what you mean, I really didn't think of using it when retouching photos. It kind of adds that photographic value right back instead of leaving it looking like a painting.

 

I gave it another go with the same picture, using another technique and adding microscopic uniform noise to the blurred out layers on top of the original image. The extra layers are all copied from the original by using the lasso tool, then blurred out with gaussian blur with 4/8 pixel radius and after that, I lowered the opacity of each layer to 45-70%. Then I added uniform noise to each individual layer, about 4 pixel radius on a picture that is 6400x4047 and 225PPI.

 

Here's the result

 

http://fav.me/d73af44

 

For reference this is the original picture

 

http://www.moviehole.net/img/Mary-Winstead.jpg

[Dattebayo 446]

My dA feed for you had like 5 pictures of some woman named Mary Elizabeth Winstead, I was like "wha..?". x)

 

Looks great, man!

What's the name of the company you're applying for?

[Palle 491]

My dA feed for you had like 5 pictures of some woman named Mary Elizabeth Winstead, I was like "wha..?". x)

 

Looks great, man!

What's the name of the company you're applying for?

 

lol I know right.

 

 

Thanks! This is the company and the stuff I will be working with

 

http://www.peas.pro/portfolio/

[Dattebayo 446]

lol I know right.

 

 

Thanks! This is the company and the stuff I will be working with

 

http://www.peas.pro/portfolio/

So you'll be photoshopping pictures and stuff?

'Tis a smart job oppurtunity: if there are models. there will be a need for people that'll touch up their pictures.

 

Hope it goes well!

 

edit: can't get over how many times better your picture is from the original. x)

[Palle 491]

So you'll be photoshopping pictures and stuff?

'Tis a smart job oppurtunity: if there are models. there will be a need for people that'll touch up their pictures.

 

Hope it goes well!

 

edit: can't get over how many times better your picture is from the original. x)

 

 

Yes, mostly retouching pictures of make-up products, clothes and jewelry for display in stores and such. Maybe later retouching models too, I don't know right now.

 

Thanks, I'm pretty satisfied with how the last one turned out

[Drifter 851]

 

Maybe later retouching models too

 

Careful they can lock you up for that

 

Glad to hear you are applying for a job.

[Palle 491]

Some other retouch works I did the last few days

 

 

[Dattebayo 446]

Stop freaking posting pictures of your Black Sabbath concert on dA, you're making me jealous! x)

[Palle 491]

Stop freaking posting pictures of your Black Sabbath concert on dA, you're making me jealous! x)

Lolz, I'm sorry!

[Drifter 851]

I'm not much for blondes so I noticed brunettes, who is the last one is that Kate Beckensail?

[Palle 491]

I'm not much for blondes so I noticed brunettes, who is the last one is that Kate Beckensail?

Evangeline Lilly : )

[Dattebayo 446]

Happeh burthdey, fuhgawzzz!

[Palle 491]

Happeh burthdey, fuhgawzzz!

 

Thanks my friend

[Dattebayo 446]

Thanks my friend

Have some birthday rep. x)

[Palle 491]

Random stuff I made from a photo of my cat.

[Dattebayo 446]

A simple feline?

Nay, traveller, be warned.

That Is the true face of evil.

[Palle 491]

My lastest work that I did tonight. Vectorized pencil drawing of Rustin Cohle from True Detective.

 

[Dattebayo 446]

Woah, I'm freakin' out.

Such stylized.

[Dattebayo 446]

My favorite thing by you...

 

 

You should really do more...I dunno..."vent" drawings like these.

I know it's from a nightmare you had, but it's so moody, so dark...I love it.

Would really like to see more of these.