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Thanks Skoobey. This is actually less smooth than the original, maybe i can put the original up tomorrow. No blurring anything has been used. Only dodge and burn plus sharpening! any smoothing of the skin (if it has gotten smoother than the original must have come from dodge and burning. I did feel it was looking a little flat but facial structure has hardly changed IMO, though maybe i missed something and even so, if it's looking flat to others then it needs more depth in any case so i should work on this. The cheek to the left of the image does look a bit flat but it looks even flatter in the original. I will take your comments on board and try to apply them, then post updated version and also original (it's quite a big transformation for the original in terms of skin mostly) edit: Also i agree those eyes need fixing it's too much!
At first glance, it looks lots better now. The upper lip has a crisp line that may be just bad masking, but it looks like bad lipstick and not appropriate.
It's funny how things can elude you until someone points it out then it becomes clear. Thanks Shift. I think late night on this image (plus editing my events pictures) has made my mind a bit fuzzy.
The crisp line is from dodging and burning, then not going back to finish where i left off i think!
I forgot to Thank stormyboy too. I took your comments on board also, and they definitely helped me! Skin of original image came out too smooth and the amount of sharpening needed to make it look the least bit sharp enough, resulted in a slightly pixelated look. Lesson learned. Don't take pics of smooth skin - if your end result is intended to have sharp skin. Hehe!
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