 Apr 18 10 05:01 pm Link I can't understand what the background is. To me it seems like melting wallpaper, but can't make sense of the bottom. The yellow hot-spot on the nose should be repaired. Shadow transition on her lower right thigh should be smoothed; it almost looks like banding the way it is now. Uneven transitions/dark spots on the back of her hands should be lessened. The patch of saturated brown skin on her right forearm is drawing my eye. The shape of the highlight on her stomach below her right elbow is very unflattering and should be reworked. Personally I'd improve some of the low frequency detail on her thighs, but it's currently acceptable as is (except that banding part). Face not symmetrical. Our brain corrects asymmetry after a few minutes. Constantly flip your canvas horizontally to trick your eye into seeing the true symmetry... for a short while (under three minutes). Learn to flip flip flip flip all the time (create a hotkey for it). I'm sure you're aware of the strengths of your retouch. Apr 18 10 07:26 pm Link the cut on the background where it turns black is too harsh and noticable Apr 18 10 07:28 pm Link thnks for your input and being constructive as possible...low and high frequency...whats that..? the black part is the couch Apr 18 10 07:54 pm Link The pupils seem to look in outer directions... very distracting. Apr 18 10 09:12 pm Link Ap_ Photography wrote: High frequency is stuff that you'd see if you're really focusing on the detail in the face, like the pores, eyelashes - any fine detail. Low frequency on the other hand is the information you see when you blur your eyes slightly - the underlying colors and tones. Her thighs don't really have any fine detail to smooth, but the underlying tones could use some work. (unless the image you posted is full size, in which case there is high frequency detail to smooth - I just figured the size had been reduced) Apr 19 10 03:14 pm Link |
