This one was a little tricky. Lots of reflections on her skin which made correction tough. The backdrop is mostly hand fabricated based on what was original in the photo.

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Too sexy Chessika Cartwright. This was the first design I started of Chessika, but the lighting really made it tough. The smoothing and other steps I go through were nothing unusual, but getting the color balance and curves right to get something closer to her natural (and gorgeous) skin tone took many hours, and many [...]]]>

Too sexy Chessika Cartwright.

This was the first design I started of Chessika, but the lighting really made it tough. The smoothing and other steps I go through were nothing unusual, but getting the color balance and curves right to get something closer to her natural (and gorgeous) skin tone took many hours, and many layers of filters.

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I think “Dayum!” says it all. This started out as part of a larger scan. Cut it down to just her face and chest, then filters to smooth and balance the skin tones, and also color correct some … the original had a lot of red and purple going on. Anyway, was going for that [...]]]>

I think “Dayum!” says it all. This started out as part of a larger scan. Cut it down to just her face and chest, then filters to smooth and balance the skin tones, and also color correct some … the original had a lot of red and purple going on. Anyway, was going for that magazine cover look.

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