hey,

i'm following this forum a while now and learned a lot from you pro's!

I'm having difficulties with this tattooed lady (attached file). I want to make some retouches (I'm deeply inspired by http://www.davehillphoto.com/), but for some reason i cant start with this picture :sad: OK ok, some basic retouching, but all the dodge and burning, with this one i can not make something 'special', only some basic stuff....
When i D&B, the skin becomes red, and, i never can to get that 'crispy airbrushed' look.. :depressed

Anyone help please?

thanks!
York

for sure his work looks very nice and with a own style.
if someone could help would be cool.
here are my try with the lady :masked:

Hi, Heres my take on the picture. Dont know if its what you were looking for, but, well, I tried :)

TInamou

[img=http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/157/tattooladyedithj7.jpg] (http://imageshack.us)

Hi, Heres my take on the picture. Dont know if its what you were looking for, but, well, I tried :)

TInamou

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/157/tattooladyedithj7.jpg
Fixed that link for ya.

Thought I'd have a go at this one, but still very shy of the desired goal. Predominantly used a gradient map and an emboss layer.

I couldn't resist playing with this one too;)

The David Hill site just floored me what amazing work...!
So here's my efforts on this exotic lady
I discovered the histogram equalizer, what amazing effects you can get playing with it!

Oh and another playing with the histogram;)

Just one more ...

I think, it could be used "Photomatix Pro" to create an HDR image.

Dave Hill... fab. He uses a mixture of HDR, tonemapping and what looks to be a little of Lucis Arts plugins. I'll have a go tonight. It'll be my first image post that way.

Here's my attempt.

A bit of Dave Hill (Lucis Art) and some Amy Dresser thrown in too.

I've found nice tutorial that gives good results.
pwl tutorial (http://www.bechbox.dk/pwl/)

It's late, but here's a quick go at it.

WishfulPixl showed this tutorial in one of his threads...

http://www.reviewzine.com/photoshop-tips-adding-more-dimensions-to-your-photograph/

I tried! :wavey:

Tattoolady (http://dump.2nite.nl/janou/tattoolady_bewerkt.jpg)

Tried for that Dave Hill look. I think the original lighting has a lot to do with his end products. Anyhow, I think I made a good attempt at capturing the style.

Stosh

my try...som PWL and some enhancing on the eyes...wanted to get th epicture abit overboard and look a bit different and abit artificial...


Gerry

Hey Superkoax,

I put your chocolate in my peanut butter and came up w/this...

LF