Pageant Eyes

[Lifeprints]

*drum roll please.................
Here they are.

First one is SOOC, the rest are retouched.

CC always welcome!

[solitear]

Amy, they are beautiful...... certainly appropriate for a little girl..... natural but professionally done.

For the eyes I just:

Removed catch lights from pupils (painted black on blank layer w/small blur)

Increased saturation of irises (may have selected them and used colorize)

Color dodged a half moon into the irises using white brush 20% opacity (small Gaus. blur)

On a blank layer painted new catch lights using white brush in Overlay mode at 100% opacity (light blur)

I really upped the look since you mentioned a doll-like look.

Beth

[Lasa]

I'm probably missing the whole point of the pictures but i sure would like to see the child smile..

Lasa

[Lifeprints]

Originally Posted by Lasa

I'm probably missing the whole point of the pictures but i sure would like to see the child smile..

Lasa

I would have, too, but she wouldn't. As I stated before, she can be one tough cookie! I am lucky I got what I did out of her, LOL! She acts like a spoiled little princess. Urgh.

[Lasa]

I don't know if you noticed on my sample but I upped the corners of her mouth and it mellowed the sad look...Can it be done better yes but its just an idea.
The pictures are very good.
Lasa

[NancyJ]

Not quite a smile but a bit less of a pout.
Not the full pageant works, just a little eye and skin job.

[solitear]

Ok...... had to play again...... I left the little princess with her pout.... mainly 'cause I'm awful with that liquify thing.....

Beth

[CathyH]

NancyJ, that's nice.
Beth, I love the soft pinks and blue eyes.
Lifeprints, I hope you don't mind I practiced the pageant look, I should try to add some fake eyelashes.
Here is a link to a tutorial that was posted not long ago.
Eyelash Tutorial

[NancyJ]

CathyH, beautiful job with the smile - she almost looks happy.
Being english, I'm certainly no pageant expert but I think at her age and colouring she could probably get away without the full fake lash set.

[Lasa]

If the idea is that she looks older...kidding just needed to try it.
Liquify tool until I messed up..
Lasa

[NancyJ]

Had another crack at it - hadnt realised how awful my monitor is at work.
Second is a little more glam - both still too human for pageant tho

[dromatador]

hey,

that doll's thing... wow, sorry, but, creepy...

about the simpleviewer problems... if you check the creator's site (airtightinteractive dot com) you'll see this in the FAQ's --
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1: When I view my gallery I see the message 'SimpleViewer requires the Flash Player', even though I have Flash installed.

To determine the version of Flash you have installed, click this link. If you know you have Flash 7 or higher installed and you still see the message, you may be using an older version of SimpleViewer. Please download and use the latest version of SimpleViewer (v1.8).
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it's not Mozilla or IE necessarily... and unfortunatley it's not something we can do on our side... either you, or your webdesigner, has to update the simpleviewer plugin... it's a 17k app that gets loaded from your server... unlike flash player, which we install ourselves...

best -- d

[Cassidy]

Whilst I find this practice quite bizzare, it is however a challenge to try and stylise this way. After seeing Nancy's, Soltier's, Cathy's and Lasa's attempts, had to have a go

[grafx]

Originally Posted by Lifeprints

*drum roll please.................
Here they are.

First one is SOOC, the rest are retouched.

CC always welcome!

We all know I do "pageant-style" so I'm not even going there

I love the look you were able to accomplish. My only suggestion if going "pageant" would be to soften the skin just a tad and tone down her lips. She has naturally red lips, but they are a little overpowering. By doing this you will naturally bring out her eyes.

I see a natural trend begining in pageants and it really makes me happy. They are going for an in between pageant-glitz and natural. Still very doll-like, but not near as scarey.

laters,

Sarah

[Lifeprints]

Thank you for the comments. I didn't add anything to her lips, are you saying I should maybe paint over them a bit to lighten them? Or do you think I should try using the dodge? FWIW, now that you mention it, I agree.