Model scuplture

very nice.

I would suggest editing in 16 bit. There are some noticeable gradient artifacing on her arm and shoulder (mayhaps that was intentional?). But the cartoon-ish feel with the desat is awesome.

Way too many pics are treated with that kind of desat look. But with this pic, it does not feel like the same old seperate desaturation. This one really works well.

And her hair looks fantastic. Seems like you are using the same set of filters or acions I have been experimenting with. The composition with the offset color region really makes it work.

A really good photo, a great blend.
 
Cheers for that. Im only 16 and an A-level student. But you are right, i should have edited it in 16bit.

The funny thing was. it was a picture idea that just popped up in my head. No real planning, just came in. I guess its just one of those change moments.

Cheers,
Nathaniel
 
"Im only 16 and an A-level student" Oh geeze! I remember those days. My work was no where near as good as this back then!!! :crybaby:
Nathaniel McInnes said:
Cheers for that. Im only 16 and an A-level student. But you are right, i should have edited it in 16bit.

The funny thing was. it was a picture idea that just popped up in my head. No real planning, just came in. I guess its just one of those change moments.

Cheers,
Nathaniel
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Nathaniel McInnes said:
Cheers for that. Im only 16 and an A-level student. But you are right, i should have edited it in 16bit.

The funny thing was. it was a picture idea that just popped up in my head. No real planning, just came in. I guess its just one of those change moments.

Cheers,
Nathaniel
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For 16, you are doing well. And for that I must hate you. :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

The composition of a photo is always the most important. As someone else here once said, "crap in, crap out". All the manipulation in Photoshop in the world can't recover something that is at best a bad photo. Trust me there. I've been known to dabble a little in Photoshop, so I may know a bit on that.

You have a great eye, and very often, shots that "popped up in my head" are some of the best.

I'de still like to know what you did to make it look semi cell shaded.

Great stuff, and keep on taking pics and sharing them with us.



M.
 
hers a run down of what i did.

Used Studio lighting.
Took the image.
Loaded it up in Photoshop CS1
Applied a smart blur filter. Put everything to max.
That gave it, its soft ness.
i then used the brush tool and changed the option from Normal to Colour.
I then changed the color to black. Went over her body, except the breast and that was it.

But yer, ive always been interested in photography/video, infact im launching a competetive site to istockphoto soon. Almost complete. PM me for details. (http://mediastock4u.com) thats just the design site. PM me for the actually coded working site.

But i seem to be having girls in my year, and the year above throwing them selfs at me which i love :beer: . Infact i have just come home from a photoshoot now, but i will process the images tomorrow.
 
Nathaniel McInnes said:
i then used the brush tool and changed the option from Normal to Colour.
I then changed the color to black. Went over her body, except the breast and that was it.
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Save yourself a hell of a lot of extra work, and use an Hue and Saturation Adjustment Layer. When you create one, it will automatically come with a Layer Mask. Lower the Saturation to 0. Invert the Hue and Saturation layer mask by clicking on it, and then pressing Shft+Ctrl+i. Everything will now be back in color (since you inverted the layer mask, making all the mask black, which means nothing of the mask is used) and then with your brush tool, pick white and begin painting the desaturation back in.

I suggest this method because it does two things: Uses an Adjustment Layer which you can constantly adjust without applying a filter directly to the layer, as well as the ability to use layer masks to control how much of the Adjustment Layer is seen.

If you aren't using Adjustment Layers and Layer Masks, you need to start. You will have a hell of a lot more control, and it is also a non destructive process, since you are not applying filters directly to the layer, which you can't undo. Plus, you can set your Adjustment Layers to different blending modes, something you can not do with a filter directly on a layer. That gives you a hell of a lot more flexibility.

Read this .pdf from the Photoshop section:

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=61615

It will give you all the info in this kind of thing you want. It also explains Adjustment layers, Layer Masks, Healing brush, and more.

Some nice guy named Matt put that together. :thumbsup:

Read it. You will be thankful you do.




M.
 
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