Model Cutout

[GrittyShaker]

Well, I say model. She's actually just my mate that's willing to pose for me.

The original plan was to try a sort of 40s or 50s pin-up shoot. It was fraught with problems. A mixture of broken down cars, extreme wind and cold, and dead flash batteries. It was originally shot in front of a pretty pink beach hut on Mersea Island, but I thought I'd see how It looked on a Caribbean beach. I'm quite pleased with it.

The skin smoothing was mostly at the request of the model. I realise it's quite OTT, but I think it kind of works in this context anyway. Processed in CS5, and a sort of cross-processed look added with Color Efex Pro.

 

[michael23]

I like that a lot. The skin smoothing works really well with the scene for me.

 

[GrittyShaker]

Thanks. She was happy with it too. I wouldn't have been allowed to upload it otherwise.

 

[..MD..]

Its a nice image .


You can spot its a cut and paste a mile away but still its a nice image..!!!
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MD

 

[GrittyShaker]

Its a nice image .


You can spot its a cut and paste a mile away but still its a nice image..!!!
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MD

I had no intention of making it look anywhere near to realistic, so that's a win, in my book.

 

[punkeye]

Have to agree its a nice pic shame you had to stick it on the b/g
The shin smoothing works for me

 

[MWHCVT]

I really like it yeah you can tell it's a cut and paste but the the hell it was a little bit of fun I did my cousins wedding for them by way of a arm twist and wedding present and did one of them cutting the wedding cake on the moon

Matt
MWHCVT

 

[GrittyShaker]

Cheers.

As I said, it was in no way meant to look realistic. How could I justify skin smoothing to that extent if it was? I wouldn't have posted it in this section either, if realism was what I was aiming for.

 

[Rob_W]

Its a good pic but its always the hair thats the pig with these things


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[GrittyShaker]

Yeah, it was a bit of a pig to cut out. I tried to feather it best I could, but this was all I managed.

 

[Rob_W]

Try creating a new layer and using the smudge tool very small
to create strands of hair. Or alternatively load some hair brushes,
there are loads on deviantart

 

[tonyphoto]

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Very nice image, i wondered what it would look like i little less obviously pasted so i had a quick mess!

 

[GrittyShaker]

Try creating a new layer and using the smudge tool very small
to create strands of hair. Or alternatively load some hair brushes,
there are loads on deviantart

Good advice, thanks. Not sure I bothered saving the PSD file, so I'll give that a go next time. I actually got a photo of the same girl dressed as an air stewardess at a New Year fancy dress party, so I might try and put her on an aeroplane.

Thanks Tony, good effort, but there's something not quite right about it. I think the edges might be a little bit too blurred.

 

[Dinsdale]

Nice colourful image. I think it works really well tbh.

 

[SamuelSlade007]

scott... i really like this image... i think the clothing seems to warrant the cut and paste feel to it.. that retro feel... wouldn't change it .. well done