Dragan style, Bla Bla style... MY STYLE!

[porschefan]

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

[EternalTomorrow]

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

Rocksteady,
Danno~

[saby]

Hi,

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

saby

[Swampy]

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

[Ant]

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

[happusa]

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

[superfrasky]

Before better, your dragan style skin is fake

[keiser]

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.

[sashacooper]

join the crowd

before:
http://www.half-lime.com/cooper/phot...463ff2acb1650/

and after:
http://www.half-lime.com/cooper/phot...463fee542aa21/

[KR1156]

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

[sashacooper]

Originally Posted by KR1156

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.

[Dmax]

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

[marcop]

Originally Posted by sashacooper

join the crowd

before:
http://www.half-lime.com/cooper/phot...463ff2acb1650/

and after:
http://www.half-lime.com/cooper/phot...463fee542aa21/

sash, i like it a lot! nice job

[sashacooper]

Originally Posted by marcop

sash, i like it a lot! nice job

Thank you very much!

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

password 12345 for protected originals in that album

Sasha