touch up a photo, please help

[r_dg]

Originally Posted by mileeeeeeenaaaa

even though i think you are a bludger...
i took a crack at this photo
because i thought it would be fun

i tried the amy dresser technique on her arm
and i liquified it a bit
changed some colours around
bit of dodging and burning
overall sharpen
added a highlight to the hair

and some other things
took me about half an hour

anyone want to critique?











edit: i left the hairs in at the sides because without them the photo looked "overly photoshopped" i think it looks better with them there.

i think over-all it looks good, the only thing that freaks me out is that her left eye is covered with hair, thats why in the picture i retouched i've got rid of that!

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/att...4&d=1229558522

[mileeeeeeenaaaa]

yeah that was bugging me too, but i really couldnt be bothered to recreate the eye or even clone it from the other one lol
what did you do to make the skin so soft?
it looks really good
i ended up using the median filter

[r_dg]

Originally Posted by mileeeeeeenaaaa

yeah that was bugging me too, but i really couldnt be bothered to recreate the eye or even clone it from the other one lol
what did you do to make the skin so soft?
it looks really good
i ended up using the median filter

for the skin i used d&b and when i couldnt do more for her, i used surface blur with low opacity like 30%...

[mileeeeeeenaaaa]

awesome, im using photoshop 7 so i dont have surface blur (N) hoping to get cs3 soon (dont like cs4)

[r_dg]

Originally Posted by mileeeeeeenaaaa

awesome, im using photoshop 7 so i dont have surface blur (N) hoping to get cs3 soon (dont like cs4)

if u dont have surface blur, try using noise-median filter with a bit of gaussian blur and low opacity