Sep 07 Contest

[T Paul]

September 07 Contest- Retouching Contest
The art director wants a character design prototype for an untitled movie that is still in the planning stages. But they need to show the finished photo to potential investors, so it must look as photographic as possible. Once approved, it will be used by the makeup and effects department to replicate in real life. The character is an ice princess.

Download Image: Click here to download the Portrait image

Thanks to Calvin Hollywood for the photo!

Prize: Donated from Logitech:

Prize: NuLOOQ navigator.
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THE RULES:

1. Contest will run from 1 September to 22 September 2007. Deadline for entries is 5pm EDT.

2. I will not answer questions concerning the rules. Interpretation of the rules is as important as execution.

3. Tasks:

*Retouch the provided photo to look like an ice princess
*Intensify the blue eyes
*Make the skin paler
*Change the lips to blue
*Make the hair look crystallized
*Leave photo full-face; do not add a body
*Final image must still look like a photograph
*DO NOT add any text
*Final image must be exactly 500 pixels wide and 750 pixels high.

4. When you submit your entry put your username in the filename (ie: tpaul.jpg). This is so users can save the images to a local directory and remember who did what--important when it comes time to vote.

5. Post your entries to this thread. Links will not be accepted. Please restrict your comments, questions or discussion to the September 07 Contest Discussion thread. Inappropriately placed posts will be deleted.

6. Only one entry per person. You can change your entry up to the deadline.

7. Voting will run from 23 September to 29 September 2007. Only those with entries may vote.

8. Voting:
* Submit the 5 best entries (by artist name) in order, starting with your favorite.
* You cannot vote for your own image.
* Once you have voted, you cannot change your votes.


Finally, please remember that this is a friendly contest and suppose to be a learning experience. Tips and suggestions to help others are highly encouraged. Also please don’t limit your comments to just the top 5 when you vote. Most members are eager for feedback about their images, so remember to help each other out.

[LonK]

Okay, I'll jump in here first this month. Perhaps my effort will give y'all some ideas.

[Swampy]

Okay, Lonnie... I'll join in with ya even though portraite retouching is NOT my bag. LOL

[byRo]

One "Ice Princess" coming up.
Maybe I went too far, but I was having too much fun to stop.

Rô

[oltenius]

My try for the ice princess.
Dan

[Peter S]

And its one from me now as well.

[Alison]

And I'll have a go as well.

[Cassidy]

Given this is a prototype character and funds from investors are required, I reckon this character has to be a strong character, and a lead character, good or bad, to attract interest in investment.

[Lorraine]

I tried for a translucent "icy" look. It was tough trying to match those blue lips with the rest of the stuff.

Lorraine

[Rock151]

My try....again....

[ratz]

Here is my entry, hope you like it. This is my first entry to the contests
ice-princess-ratz.jpg (95.8 KB)

[splata]

Here's mine thanks for looking

[emilylt87]

Exactly 6 hours later.... This was my favorite contest so far!! Thanks for viewing!

[Retouch525]

Ice Princess

[didiben]

Here my first work for a contest in this great community!!!
Cheers from Italy,

didiben

[grannysdc]

Might be way overdone.. but it is my version of an "Ice Princess"

[lcramer53]

Here's my ice princess.

[palms]

A bit out of my league but a attempt by me

Palms

[Cupcake]

Here is my try of the Ice Princess.

[Photomaster]

Meet Princess Fruitsmoothia, daughter of Queen Icemachina and heir to the throne of Snowconia.

[solitear]

Brrrrrrrrrr........... (Not to be voted on..... I don't have the money for attorney's fees to prove she has blue eyes )


Ice Texture by Silvie T-Stock at DeviantART.

[dennisu]

This is my first retouch contest. I tried to give her an icy look, but still kept her natural.

Dennis Uittenbroek
http://www.uittenbroek.nl

[CathyH]

Hi - here is mine, this was very fun.

[OnFocus]

Heres my try for this month Wanted to go a bit more LOTR rather than disney. Made her face more symetrical by copying the left hand side and flipping it over onto the right, but then looked too unnatural, so reshaped the nose and mouth using liquify tool, adjusted eyes slightly, to give a slight difference to the two sides but not as much as in the original photo. Then blended in. Used neat image to clean up skin (finding it leaves skin textures nicely) Added Necklace, recoloured to suit.
She actually has a subtle snowflake pattern to the blue in her eyes, but you cant tell in the 500 by 750 pixels image.


sTEVE

[Arnold]

Here is also my attempt.
Arnold.jpg

[anderson]

hi everybody
this is my first post to the site. and feed back greatly appreciated.

[grafx]

Its been a LONG time.

I cannot really remember what the exact procedures were (I was playing during work for 10 minute increments all week), but if you need to know something I should be able to figure it out by my layers

[smats]

Here's my attempt

[NancyJ]

Not as elaborate as some (give the makeup artist a break ) but I think it meets all the guidelines

[Racc Iria]

Well, here's my chilling attempt. I really tried to make it feel as though the photographer could have just walked up to her and snapped her photo as if this is how she really was at the time.

I look forward to any critiques in the discussion thread.

--Racc