A Work in Progress: Goddess



This guide was made for entry:
Goddess
In Contest:
beauty pageant


step 1 of 8

This is the original photo. Rachel wanted to have a fun, "exotic" picture for her portfolio, but with all the fabric draping and leaf-crown manipulation, it left a lot of stray hairs. It also had a heavy "magenta" cast that didn't match well with the greens.

Creation of Goddess: Step 1

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Added a yellower tinge using color balance on a duplicate layer.

Creation of Goddess: Step 2

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Strays be gone! Smooth the skin.

Creation of Goddess: Step 3

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Add depth highlights to those beautiful blue eyes.

Creation of Goddess: Step 4

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Change the eye color to "match" the scene.

Creation of Goddess: Step 5

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Painting special "glow" on the skin with Hue / Saturation mask

Creation of Goddess: Step 6

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Add more dramatic contrast to background with layers of dark and light.

Creation of Goddess: Step 7

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Final step, after merging layers was to use Liquify to close the mouth more, widen the eyes, and slim the cheek line.

Creation of Goddess: Step 8

Final result

Creation of Goddess: Final Result

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Comments

avatar elficho
elficho says:

Well, the first think I noticed on this photo are her eyes. As you pointed out, she has beautiful blue eyes. But why changing their color then in the next step? They don't have to blend in the scene, they should be left more distinguished from it.

(5 years and 3801 days ago)