2 Hour Face Skin Portrait Retouch

[PhotoExtremist]

here is a before and after retouch i did of my face lol

I adjusted the levels, dodged out the background completely, used the clone stamp tool A LOT, the color mixer tool to blend in some skin tones, fixed my saggy chin, enhanced eyes, darkned my shirt, added a radial gradient to the background Liquified my head to make it more right, copied+pasted+mirrored some body parts to make them symmetrical, and also used the liquify tool to make some body parts more level lol WHEW

what do you guys think?

[dalcubierre]

I think you did a great job, you enhance the pic but retain an original look.

Congrats...

[monkeygirl123]

I am by no means an expert and have a lot to learn in post processing, but I absolutely love it! The only things I'd spend a bit more time on are the redness under your nose and your eyebrows. (Being male, I'll let you off the eyebrow thing, but if you google 'how to pluck eyebrows' you'll get a good idea! Lol.)

Thanks for sharing... I wish I was this good.

[Eileen D]

I'm quite impressed, PhotoExtremist! You achieved a much more polished looking image and yet retained a natural look, not an easy accomplishment when you have done that much work to it. As for the eyebrows, well, they follow the upward direction of the eyes so they add to the overall impact! Thanks for the explanations!

[krauzianimage]

I agree with the other posts - excellent job - really sharp. Nice detail on your eye color as well.

[lemonjenny]

Fantastic job!! I'm so used to seeing over-processed "skin correcting" which basically ends up looking plastic... yours doesn't at all! Very natural looking. Without the before picture, many people wouldn't know how much it's been retouched.

[pekelo]

Much better looking guy on the right...terrific job

[sk66]

Looking at the full sized images on your flickr, I must say it's quite impressive...
The chin fix particularly as it looks 100% natural.
I have to say though...if it were going to take 2hrs to "fix" I'd have to find a better looking model.

[scootermcq]

Originally Posted by sk66

.if it were going to take 2hrs to "fix" I'd have to find a better looking model.

Ohhhhh..... SNAP!!

Very professional job on the touch up... as sk66 pointed out, the chin is very impressive!

[evader]

wow...the fix on the chin is amazing