Retouched and awaiting opinions.

VysionousVysionous Registered Users Posts: 109 Major grins
edited July 5, 2008 in People
A picture of a friend of mine taken long ago, but I recently decided to toughen him up a bit in Ps on an interval of five hours. Now I need the opinions of the good crowd over here. :thumb

P.S: These are low resolution screenshots. Thus, the pixelation.

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In the dawn, an angel was dancing. Surrounded by an aura of light.
But in the shadows, Vysionous was watching, and with patience awaiting the night.

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  • 1pocket1pocket Registered Users Posts: 299 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2008
    Boy, you really worked hard; everywhere I look I see subtle differences. Reminds me of the Sunday paper "Find the six differences" in the comix pages, lol...
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2008
    Man. If a gym workout regime could do in a month what you did in five hours, everybody'd be at the gym. The stomach looks a bit faux, but then I couldn't have done it. Awesome work.
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  • AgnieszkaAgnieszka Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,263 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2008
    Wow, he got the full beauty package, huh?? thumb.gif You must be a really good friend ... uhm, do you want to work on some photos of me?? Haha ... rolleyes1.gif
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  • AgnieszkaAgnieszka Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,263 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2008
    so ... I do have one question though ... what is the thingy on the very bottom in the middle? rolleyes1.gif
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  • VysionousVysionous Registered Users Posts: 109 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2008
    Icebear wrote:
    Man. If a gym workout regime could do in a month what you did in five hours, everybody'd be at the gym. The stomach looks a bit faux, but then I couldn't have done it. Awesome work.

    Thanks man. I totally agree about the stomach part. Thats the part I had to draw from scratch and I suck at drawing. I'm just hoping when people don't see the original the abs wouldn't strike them so much as fake.
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    But in the shadows, Vysionous was watching, and with patience awaiting the night.

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  • VysionousVysionous Registered Users Posts: 109 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2008
    Agnieszka wrote:
    so ... I do have one question though ... what is the thingy on the very bottom in the middle? rolleyes1.gif

    Apparently when I was taking the screenshot I forgot that I didn't drag till the end so here it is:
    Picture1-4.jpg

    I'm glad you pointed that out though, or else people would've though I was into gay porn :nah
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    But in the shadows, Vysionous was watching, and with patience awaiting the night.

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  • VysionousVysionous Registered Users Posts: 109 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2008
    Agnieszka wrote:
    Wow, he got the full beauty package, huh?? thumb.gif You must be a really good friend ... uhm, do you want to work on some photos of me?? Haha ... rolleyes1.gif

    Yes, I am willing to work on a picture of you if you want :)
    In the dawn, an angel was dancing. Surrounded by an aura of light.
    But in the shadows, Vysionous was watching, and with patience awaiting the night.

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2008
    Agnieszka wrote:
    so ... I do have one question though ... what is the thingy on the very bottom in the middle? rolleyes1.gif
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  • LlywellynLlywellyn Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,186 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2008
    Wow! This was fascinating to just stare at (not for that reason) to compare the subtle differences between the original and the PS work. I agree that the stomach in the "after" shot looks a bit off, but I don't know that I would have noticed it without the straight comparison next to it. Really nice job. thumb.gif

    I think my only other nit is the background is too saturated for my personal taste, but I know I'm not supposed to be looking at that anyway. lol3.gif
  • evorywareevoryware Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2008
    I think the touchup is great. I particularly like the last version posted the most, I love the colors and skin tone in it. I also think the cut of the stomach is a bit off and while you are at it you may want to fix his top hairline. mwink.gif
    I'm tired just from looking at the differences. Hard work right there! thumb.gif
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  • AgnieszkaAgnieszka Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,263 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2008
    Vysionous wrote:
    Apparently when I was taking the screenshot I forgot that I didn't drag till the end so here it is:


    I'm glad you pointed that out though, or else people would've though I was into gay porn :nah

    Awesome photo!!! clap.gif

    (haha, and sorry for my comment - couldn't resist)
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  • VysionousVysionous Registered Users Posts: 109 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2008
    Llywellyn wrote:
    I think my only other nit is the background is too saturated for my personal taste, but I know I'm not supposed to be looking at that anyway. lol3.gif

    You're right about the saturation, I'm not a saturation abuser either, but I've done many tests on that one and it seems that its a wh*re in total need of maximum saturation. nod.gif
    In the dawn, an angel was dancing. Surrounded by an aura of light.
    But in the shadows, Vysionous was watching, and with patience awaiting the night.

    http://vysionous.deviantart.com
  • VysionousVysionous Registered Users Posts: 109 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2008
    evoryware wrote:
    I also think the cut of the stomach is a bit off and while you are at it you may want to fix his top hairline. mwink.gif
    thumb.gif

    hey good tip over there ;)
    In the dawn, an angel was dancing. Surrounded by an aura of light.
    But in the shadows, Vysionous was watching, and with patience awaiting the night.

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