Natural

[Godmother]

What do you think of this:

http://www.nataliataffarel.com/Sofia.html

Be honest, look close.

C&C welcome.

PS: I like the freckles and the gaps in the teeth

[myke]

that looks good to me

[0lBaldy]

Nice retouch, just enough and not over the top... Nice natural lashes and tooth..

The only thing I see after a quick, cursory inspection is...Her lips are sewn together in the corner by a hair...

[ruud92]

I like it too, very nice and natural. Also what 0lBaldy said about her lips, you should fix that because it looks weird and impossible haha

[ValugaT]

The "new" Hair is great, wow, the rest is very natural and just perfect. If I would have to criticize I probably would retouch the lips a bit more + the mark/imprint or spot on the eye lashes, looks like she wears a glases or so.

[DJSoulglo]

Looks really good.

When you brightened underneath her eyes you might've lost a bit too much color.
You moved her eyebrow down, when I think to get a more balanced look you should've moved her eye up.
Hair looks great, her chin is slightly crooked, but that's not your fault :P
You lost some freckles underneath her eyes.

[girlsfather]

Hi Godmother,

first of all: I really like your work!

I think the new hair is fantastic!

But as you wanted some input (other than the obvious: that you really made the photo look classes better ;-)) here are some suggestions I would think about - I marked them in the screenshot....

What do you think?

Thanks for asking...
Michael

[Markzebra]

I like it. Its 95% of the way there. You've had some good comments also! To repeat some - You just need to very slightly colorize where you have dodged under her eyes. Left eyebrow, (her right) not sure its quite the right shape.

I think it might not be a good idea to make her features completely symetrical? Don't know, slight unevenness, goes with the feel of it - you could try it out and decide. End of her chin, yes maybe that could be sorted. I think her face area needs VERY slight depth curve, I mean quarter tone 76,75 - just to make it sit better, and careful sharpening overall. Personally I would try maybe a very subtle, hardly visible extra flush on her cheeks.

Hair is very well handled indeed. Taking away the blue reflection has been done very nicely. The last poster has said "too sharp" for the added hair under her chin, it just needs a few strays painted in or lifted, to keep it in line with the rest.

[Irene Law]

hi, godmother, yr work is very natural and nice. i like especially her hair. ^^

[Cyberek]

Hmm... i dont know why, but it looks little blurred for me (also oryginal) andlack of contrast, but its only personal feeling.
Some little mistakes that I see:
hairs on left side oflips - You have removed them from lips, but they continue under lips, and those was not remowed
left eye (from watcher point of view) - little change of shape, and new one looks less natural than oryginal

beside that - nice work with hairs, lips and eyes.

[Godmother]

Originally Posted by 0lBaldy

The only thing I see after a quick, cursory inspection is...Her lips are sewn together in the corner by a hair

true... need to fix that - and the too symmetrical lip joins (that was a note to self )

Originally Posted by Cyberek

Hmm... i dont know why, but it looks little blurred for me (also oryginal) andlack of contrast, but its only personal feeling.

It is andI like the soft, angel feel to it - she is only 16! What a model!

Originally Posted by Cyberek

left eye (from watcher point of view) - little change of shape, and new one looks less natural than oryginal.

I think the original looked a bit crooked

Originally Posted by Markzebra

You just need to very slightly colorize where you have dodged under her eyes.

True... it's a bit gray - I don't know if I dislike that tho...

Originally Posted by Markzebra

I think it might not be a good idea to make her features completely symetrical? Don't know, slight uneveness goes with the feel of it - you could try it and decide. End of her chin, yes maybe that could be sorted

I think I also like the features not being completelly symetrical in THIS particular image... she is like leaning to kiss u and I don't want to lose that

The chin... maybe a bit, but just a bit

Originally Posted by girlsfather

I marked them in the screenshot....

I like the wide nose - I agree with the eyelashes totally... I'm going to re draw them.


Thanks EVERYONE for the input, means a lot

xx

[Cupcake]

Good work for sure,
I would remove the dark lines on the neck.

[toan thai]

what do you think of taking out extra creases on the eyelids? personally, i think her eyebrows are far apart. it's ok to criss cross eyelashes when you paint them. i'd like to see eyeliners lighten and soften to match the feel of the rest of the photo. i think there is too much emphasis on the area between the nose and upper lip--i like the original part better.

i like the color over all. i like new hair but need some lens blur in some areas