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[Godmother]

Original by Charlotte Kibbles
Retouch done by me


http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8...facegb7.th.jpg

[ruud92]

I really like your work! beautiful skin! only I would change the color of here eyes.. (i think it was done on purpose to give the 'golden' make up a extra 'it'' thing? am I right?) because its a bit distracting just make it more desaturated.. also how did you get that beautiful golden look?

also I think you meant this link: because the link you gave was only the little size icon.

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8990/thefacegb7.jpg

[Cassidy]

Thanks ruud for the larger link, I think I'd keep the irises darker

[Godmother]

Originally Posted by ruud92

I really like your work! beautiful skin! only I would change the color of here eyes.. (i think it was done on purpose to give the 'golden' make up a extra 'it'' thing? am I right?) because its a bit distracting just make it more desaturated.. also how did you get that beautiful golden look?

also I think you meant this link: because the link you gave was only the little size icon.

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8990/thefacegb7.jpg

Thanks for the link
Yes the light in the eyes is intensional, you're totally right.

the golden look is a sumatory of adjustment layers (selective color, hue/saturation and curves) masked merged and sharpened (with high pass). Also masked.

Thanks for watching

[ruud92]

your'e welcome.

thanks for the explanation of the golden look natalia!

[JMB]

Beautiful work! And beautiful skin tones!

Just a answer me a question.

Did you used some kind of degrunge tecnique (kinda that you used on your video) in her face?

[funkyboy4]

The eyes are amazing, i would love to know how they were done

[KR1156]

looks nice, nose looks lot betta. why did you choose to leave that 1 beauty mark?

*little red in the highlights. maybe hue/sat....reds hue: +2, -17 sat.

[kajak]

lovely work as usual GM btw happy birthday ; ) though a couple of days late.. hhhee.. i do agree with ppl who said the eyes feel overdone... but i was wondering how did u get the extra gloss on the lips? thanks again 4 sharing

[Godmother]

Originally Posted by kajak

lovely work as usual GM btw happy birthday ; ) though a couple of days late.. hhhee.. i do agree with ppl who said the eyes feel overdone... but i was wondering how did u get the extra gloss on the lips? thanks again 4 sharing

Thanks!!! You're the first online person to remember
The eyes ARE overdone.

Funny story: The make up artist really hated my version (I did it just to experiment, not for the client to see it but Charlotte did like it and showed it to them...big mess ).

The lips ... ok
Liquify to find right shape
D&B (With a set of layers) to make them full
Inverted high pass (My way) to give them smother and sharper look
D&B again to shade them properly
The highlights are drawn by hand (and NO I don't have a Wacom yet)

Originally Posted by KR1156

why did you choose to leave that 1 beauty mark?

I LOVE Beauty marks... so I always fight clients to keep them... Negotiations lead to compromise: "OK... leave that one"

Originally Posted by funkyboy4

i would love to know how they were done

I'm thinking of starting a blog (Tutorials, short videos, pictures, samples)... wait patiently because I REALLY don't have the time.

[kajak]

thnkx GM u r 1 of the most helpful n sweet retouchers here.. n i'm sure many of us noobier retouchers would b looking fwd 2 such a thing as Gm's Blog... if u need any help with anything i volunteer.

[Godmother]

Originally Posted by kajak

thnkx GM u r 1 of the most helpful n sweet retouchers here.. n i'm sure many of us noobier retouchers would b looking fwd 2 such a thing as Gm's Blog... if u need any help with anything i volunteer.

You're too nice

http://retouchersblog.wordpress.com/


I'll try to write as much as I can

[creeduk]

Love the makeup GM, great job as always.

Don't you hate it when experiments fall into the wrong hands..lol my other one is when somebody looks over my shoulder when I am half way through hacking an image and of course that that stage things can look messy so they look all shocked. I always say reserve your comments until I tell you I am done.

[funkyboy4]

Ohh i cant wait, i always look forward to your posts godmother and i think your work is amazing and inspiring, keep up the good work and i look forward to your blog