my style... hue/saturation adjustment layer, selective color adjustment layer, dodging, burning, blend mode "difference", etc.
What do you think? Thanks!

looks good, but the skin looks a little fake , plastic-ish. It also looks a tad comic-bookish

Rocksteady,
Danno~

Hi,

Your style is OK, I know Dragan's style, but could you tell something more about Bla Bla

saby

JMHO, but no where close. Not dramatic enough, muddy, and flat looking.

I agree. Blech and it looks like you inflated his cheeks.

The before is better IMHO. What is it you are trying to do?

Before better, your dragan style skin is fake

Here is what I came up with for this Dragan-esque style. It came across a little darker than I wanted when I flattened image.

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before:
http://www.half-lime.com/cooper/photos/photoshop_effects/tutorials/1805865950463ff2acb1650/

and after:
http://www.half-lime.com/cooper/photos/our_life/2007/april/at_the_jersey_gardes/138747172463fee542aa21/

sasha, cool look......but if you're gonna do all that work, why not bang out the shades?

sasha, cool look......but if you're gonna do all that work, why not bang out the shades?


Thanks for reply,
I was mostly concerned about skin should look like a stone with marblish glare without using body oils/sprays or special studio lights.

I agree, it came out dark. I'll try to adjust black channel of CMYK copy to get nice shadow contrast and details and re-apply it to RGB version.

Hello folks
I am submiting my attempt and hope you will like that....

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before:
http://www.half-lime.com/cooper/photos/photoshop_effects/tutorials/1805865950463ff2acb1650/

and after:
http://www.half-lime.com/cooper/photos/our_life/2007/april/at_the_jersey_gardes/138747172463fee542aa21/


sash, i like it a lot! nice job

sash, i like it a lot! nice job

Thank you very much!

Check out my recent retouchings:
http://www.half-lime.com/cooper/photos/photoshop_effects/retouch/

password 12345 for protected originals in that album

Sasha