Very nice ... I like it ....
Good Luck Author

I think she is just a touch too dark

thanks kellie! i lightened her up a bit

& thank you bitmap for the fav!

Good job, I like what you did with the lips

The new her looks very South Asian. [Needs to be viewed in hi-res to evaluate properly, IMO.] Her face seems darker than her body, however—and her left-shoulder highlight seems a tad too strong. Also, I don't get why her pearls and shadow also changed along the way (and what is that rain-drop-shaped blotch in the upper left corner?). I wish the SBS explained what was done at each step

The whites of the eyes are too bright. The rest looks good.
(Pearls could be restored to the originals too...).

very nice author
you got realistic and beautiful result

nice author...

nice work, i would try to do the background same as original too..there is still time..gl

nice work

the problem with conversion is that certain facial features are unique for certain ethnicity.. change the skin-tone technique is great... but if you can up that by changing the features to look like a black lady... it would be fantastic

anyways.. this is a great chop

aheman, i was not trying to make her black. im not going to change the face by modifying it..it will look too fake. thanks for your suggestion though.

Author, if you are "not trying to make her black," then what ARE you attempting in this contest? The theme is "ethnicity," not just "heavy tan color."

Ethnicity goes beyond making the skin dark and the white of the eyes too bright...

The contest description clearly states:
"A beautiful way of exploring different facial features."

What features are you exploring with this entry???

I love what you did author, a little dark thought but it looks beautiful and well done! Best of luck!

with only her skin darkened, she could be Indian. IF in fact the author wanted her to look black/african-american, the nose would probably have to be widened a touch and the lips larger. The way it is though, she looks Indian/Persian or something like that. She is beautiful and the shading is wonderful.

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KatanazStock, assuming that you're the same person as the one from DA, you'd know that on the front page of your profile you allow people to use the stock outside DA. I cant say anything about the 1st point, but the 2nd one shouldnt be an issue here.
Author, good luck!

EDIT: KS, feel free to define "commerical and/or profitable use", s'il vous plaît

I believe it would be considered profitable use since this contest pays "1st place: $5
2nd place: $3
3rd place: $2" to the winners

Is this your photo? Please post the uncut version in SBS.

Sorry I did this a while ago so I won't have a detailed SBS

she looks just like the doll.. creepy but great!!

Good, that was the goal

Whites are a bit blown out in the final version, but at least the tattoo is gone!

I wanted the whites to be blown out, it was an artistic choice

Author, just my opinion. It's still a nice image.
(Especially without the tattoo!).

No offense taken I certainly appreciate your opinion and feed back!!

Very nice final image here, author.

This is beautiful! Exquisite color match to the earrings.
There is the tinist diagonal dark shadow on the side of the nose, and another that is shaped like a small half circle at the inside corner of the eye. I'd lighten those ever so slightly...

thanks, I see what you are saying about the nose, I'll certainly fix that, but I'm not sure what part of the eye you are talking about...the inside corner?

Yes, just above the inside corner and the eyelid crease. It's barely noticeable, but I have hyper color sensitivity, so I see it really well...

really good work, well done

why thank you!

nice work gl author..!!

Why thank you kind sir!!!

looks very very beautiful author
great work

thank you!!! I was going for very beautiful, so mission accomplished

Wow, fantastic retouch work! She 'cleans up' right nice, you made her look like a geisha, very pretty. (suggest she get some Pro-Activ! lol)

Congrats

Congrats again Robert lovely work

congrats...

Well deserved win. Gorgeous image.
~M

Congrats!

Very elegant!

Thanks! that was my intention!

IMO white should be on the outer edge of the hair, not so much in the middle. Good pic, though.

nice work gl author..!!

THANK YOU!

congrats...