Need help with this white skin effect.

[lilysharon]

I used channel mixer with monochrome selected.
Raised the curves to lighten it some more.
Ran it through neat image and added colors to her eyes, lips, hair and eyelids.
I also added portraiture glamour on a low opacity and brought back some texture with the original, high passed and blend set to soft light.

[transoptic]

crazyfly looks like you forgot to mask out the eyes

[crazyfly1]

The program has it's own mask but I pushe it to the limit to get a uniform effect on the skin. That picture took like 3 minutes.

[Sistere]

Originally Posted by edgework

No lighting or make-up available. I did this after I first saw Duryagin's stuff. Not much like his, but perhaps a step in the right direction.

http://edgework.tripod.com/samples/whiteface.jpg

Ohhh, now I like this. Edgework, could you please give us a accurate rundown of what you did here? I really like the way that looks.

Damien

[qubic]

I gave it a try. Check it out. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...8244303&size=o

[crazyfly1]

Nice Qubic,
I like the hair too. I can't tell, your model is lying down, right?

[lilysharon]

Looks a bit more goth-like than the examples you showed...maybe because of the dark hair next to the extra white skin. Id love to see the original.

[qubic]

Crazyfly...she is not lying down.
lily...yes, iti is not like the examples I`ve given but the idea is the same. I whitened the face as much as I could with makeup to make post processing easier...still got to improve though.
Here is the original. http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2373/origrq4.jpg

[lilysharon]

Thanks for showing the before.
The makeup is quite opaque.
Perhaps applied lighter would let more natural skin show through and allow for more photoshop play.

[qubic]

Here is another photo I did using less opaque makeup.In Ps I used portraiture, curves and soft light blend. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...0592296&size=o

[transoptic]

better, though she seems to keep getting makeup in her hair
Also, the skin has a good balance of white and color, but I think you could paint a little more color into the face.



Care to post an original?

[qubic]

Both photos are from the same session and it`s the same makeup in her hair. I don`t know why it didn`t bother me that it was there..perhaps because it created sort of a highlight. Here is the original http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7438/imabh3.jpg

[transoptic]

It seems the same principles are applied here:
http://www.dexterquinto.com/portfoli...lyn/index.html

[duyquocvo]

Is this where you are looking for? i did a quick 10 minutes try on a photo i grabed on this forum :P

[prizo]

Originally Posted by crazyfly1

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/pho...tml#post173042

And I did Prizo over here. He needs to be whiter though I think.

LOL.... just so ya know: thats not me. I'm the photog, not the model.

[superkoax]

Originally Posted by qubic

I found more suggesting examples here. This artist is using the technique in most of his photography. Check it out maybe some ideas will come from watching...and to mention that this is photoshop no doubt. http://douart.ru/

this guy is insane...his fantasy is beyond me...but would not consider his picture the same as the originial post here! his technique is about smearing out color smoothening texture and maybe blur!