A Work in Progress: Amandine - The Parisian Doll



This guide was made for entry:
Amandine - The Parisian Doll
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This is the main source image. Transcript of permission to use outside dA:

This is a great picture. I'd love to use it for a Photoshop contest I'm participating in. Of course, I'll post the result on dA. In addition I would have to post it on pxleyes.com. Would that be okay with you? I will give you the proper credits there as well. Thanks in advance for your reply.

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~almudena-stock (1 day ago)
You have my permission. Good luck with the contest! :)

Creation of Amandine - The Parisian Doll: Step 1

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I separated the model from the background using the pen tool and some channel based layer masking.

Creation of Amandine - The Parisian Doll: Step 2

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I smoothed the skin using surface blur. Also I removed the facial features (only to put them back later) using cloning and healing.

Creation of Amandine - The Parisian Doll: Step 3

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With the Puppet Warp tool, I changed the proportions and pose of the model's body to mimic that of a doll.

Creation of Amandine - The Parisian Doll: Step 4

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I added articulated joints, shading and dimension by dodging and burning on a 50% gray layer set to overlay.

Creation of Amandine - The Parisian Doll: Step 5

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Added warped and scaled facial featured back to the face. In addition I painted very exaggerated eyelashes etc.

Creation of Amandine - The Parisian Doll: Step 6

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Added specular highlights on the plastic 'skin' using a custom brush.

Creation of Amandine - The Parisian Doll: Step 7

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Changed the hair color to a fiery red. Adjusted the hair line and painted in additional hair using custom brushes.

Creation of Amandine - The Parisian Doll: Step 8

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Created the front of the packaging design from scratch in AI. (I could have done this in PS, but in AI it's much quicker and resolution independent, I hope that's okay.)

Creation of Amandine - The Parisian Doll: Step 9

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Enlarged the canvas to be able to fit the packaging around Amandine.

Creation of Amandine - The Parisian Doll: Step 10

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Added a red curtain (Moulin Rouge style) as a backdrop inside the box. Also, I fine tuned the overall color of the 'doll'.

Creation of Amandine - The Parisian Doll: Step 11

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Added my packaging design and applied a color halftone effect to it to simulate offset printed artwork. In addition I added a slight perspective distortion to the box. Finally I added a subtle yet significant reflection to simulate the plastic window in the box.

Creation of Amandine - The Parisian Doll: Step 12

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Added drop shadows, reflection and radiosity to the scene, to place the box in the environment.

Creation of Amandine - The Parisian Doll: Step 13

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Added final overall color adjustments and some grain to tie it all together and give it a somewhat vintage look.

Creation of Amandine - The Parisian Doll: Step 14

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Permission to use the source of the model (outside dA).

Creation of Amandine - The Parisian Doll: Step 15

Final result

Creation of Amandine - The Parisian Doll: Final Result

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avatar kushpatel
kushpatel says:

your SBS is wow
thanks for sharing

(5 years and 3004 days ago)