Portrait before - after. Criticisim appreciated.

[Carson]

Before


After





That's my girlfriend ;). lol I wish...

[Paul]

Nicely done mate, just one issue for me, a little to orange in the skin, and some of the hair is clumpy in colour.
Nice work though mate.

[MotoChief]

Very nice. Nothing to complain about.

[Carson]

lol thanks Motochief, and Paul, thanks for the criticism, I personally like the orange color. Makes it seem like a warm environment, and also gives her a make-up color. I didn't edit the inside of the hair either lol. I traced the outside with a clone stamp tool, and the healing brush tool to remove excess hair. I also did that too the inside.

[Paul]

Your image is your work mate, but you have asked for critique, and my observation of your image shows some recolour to excess in my opinion.

[Carson]

Paul, I appreciate the critique, but I didn't edit the hair. I can see what your talking about, but that is also in the original image. Maybe the model had highlights or something?

[sprucemagoo1]

I don't like the white cloud that you have set to overlay around her face. I think it ruins the bottom of the hair, though this is just my opinion, and probably don't speak for the masses. The face is nice enough though.

[Furio]

I don't like the white cloud that you have set to overlay around her face.

Me neither. The first thing that bothered me about the original is the background, I would burn it to black (burn tool) and add a small levels or curves correction. That's it. I wouldn't add anything else, the rest is perfect the way it is in my opinion.

[Carson]

Yeah, thanks guys. I shouldn't have put the white cloud like stuff, but it was just something to make the image look more finished. I like Furio's idea with the black burn to the outside.

[agentmoeller]

I agree with Paul - a bit too much orange in the skin. But otherwise, I think it looks great.


Agent