June 6, 2006 | Category: Inspiration, Media, Web | 3 Comments »
I saw this tut
This will be our first tutorial on the subject of re-touching a photograph in photoshop. We will be working on a photo of a model and using a few techniques to smooth and even out the skin.
http://tutorialblog.org/photo-retouching-skin/
I thought oh kewl, as its a subject I’m quite fond of. I had a look at the methods in the tutorial and it felt a little odd as I’ve been taught a different way. So I decided to have a very quick go with the source image and compare my final result with the one done by the author.
Original image
Image after carrying out the tutorial by the tut author
Heres my quick attempt
The speed I carried out in, I probably haven’t got the color correct. I think she looks more like a cover model now though : )
I know the tut wasn’t for creating cover models.
April 3, 2006 | Category: Book, Inspiration | No Comments »
I’ve been thinking to myself that I really must finish off reading all these books I have. Especially since, I’ve forced myself not to buy any more books. Until I’ve read the ones I have.
So the first up was a half finished book ‘A stranger in the mirror’ by Sidney Sheldon. How I got reading Sidney Sheldon books I’ll cover in a different post. Another book of his I’ve read is called ‘Bloodline’. Which was gripping and kept me reading all the way. Until the end when I felt disappointment in the way it finished. Which is probably why I only got half way through this book.
I guess you can read about what the book is about from the various on-line reviews. Briefly its about an aspiring actress who struggles with her career and also about a comedian who makes it to the top and can have anything he wants.
I won’t go too much into detail about the ending, but upon finishing the book I was a little disappointed and just put the book to the side.
The strangest thing happened to me the following morning around dinner time whilst I was thinking about the ending. A sense of despair overcame me. Which had to be the oddest feeling ever. Its not like me to be moved after so much time had passed. It was like a sadness at someones loss. Who had worked all their life to be or to get everything they wanted and then to loose it in a few moments.
I guess the ending was better than I had first thought, albeit very dark and sad.
