Ok you have to tell us how you did this. Looks like Jody has some KILLER photoshop skills. Kudos to you...now..
The glossy look to her skin (nice because you didn't smear away detail) gives it a great studio look. I asume you pulled on a tone curve in photoshop...but would you mind helping us and explain your method a bit.
The glossy skin looks like she's sweating under those nuclear holocaust clouds.
The skin tone looks like she got a spray-on tan... Or radiation burn, given that sky.
Her lips look like she's been sucking on a cherry lollipop while waiting for the bomb to drop.
She looks like she's wearing color contacts.
And lastly, that eye shadow is REALLY bad. The color is gross, and no one draws eyeshadow on. It's brushed on. Therefore it would not have clearly defined edges like that.
Neil's example looks WAAAAAY better and realistic, and he probably spent half the time on it.
transoptic1 wrote:
I gotta tell you, I think it looks really bad.
Nevermind the ridiculous apocalyptic background.
The glossy skin looks like she's sweating under those nuclear holocaust clouds.
The skin tone looks like she got a spray-on tan... Or radiation burn, given that sky.
Her lips look like she's been sucking on a cherry lollipop while waiting for the bomb to drop.
She looks like she's wearing color contacts.
And lastly, that eye shadow is REALLY bad. The color is gross, and no one draws eyeshadow on. It's brushed on. Therefore it would not have clearly defined edges like that.
Neil's example looks WAAAAAY better and realistic, and he probably spent half the time on it.
Jealousy rears its ugly head. Seriously, dude. Did someone crap in your cornflakes this morning?
Here is a photo from your website with clearly defined edges on her eye shadow. I noticed it also had some pretty bad shine, well, really blown out whites on the left side of her face.
Jody Melanson wrote:
Editing this took me 10 mins,
Here is a photo from your website with clearly defined edges on her eye shadow. I noticed it also had some pretty bad shine, well, really blown out whites on the left side of her face.
Actually, the eyeshadow is feathered because, well, she brushed it on. You can't tell quite as readily since it's not as close-up of a shot. But you can still tell. See? It fades out toward her eyebrows.
And try calibrating your monitor. Or check a histogram. Nothing is blown out. It's called high key. Say it with me now: hhhhiiiiiggghh keeeey. Here, this website might help you.
And I don't see how jealousy plays into it, since well, none of her makeup is digital. So to offer that as an example of my technical prowess on digital makeup is rather foolish.
Jody Melanson wrote:
Editing this took me 10 mins,
Jealousy rears its ugly head. Seriously, dude. Did someone crap in your cornflakes this morning?
Here is a photo from your website with clearly defined edges on her eye shadow. I noticed it also had some pretty bad shine, well, really blown out whites on the left side of her face.
The high-key shot is a great example of editing a 'fashion look' correctly, by starting with the proper foundation (actual MUA work) and not just making them look bruised later in Photoshop. Not to say the OP's job did that, but their is no need to bash Justin's high key shot, it's excellent, and really isn't justified.
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Looks good Jody. Your gonna have to show me how you paste that photo in there.