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Challenge: Update Your Avatar II (Expert Editing)
Collection: 2014 - Challenges
Camera: Nikon D7000
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Location: Apopka, FL & Altamonte Springs, FL
Date: May 20, 2014
Aperture: f/63
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/200 sec.
Date Uploaded: May 20, 2014

 DSC_8005-1 2014 05 20

This has been my biggest editing project to date. My admiration for Gyaban is 10 fold...The work that I put into this was .... WOW!!! And all I did was a "simple facial portrait"

Oh, and there are mistakes if you really look...but I'm really hoping everyone has one blue colored lens for this challenge!!!

The body and hair is my friend Susan who I work with. She is our receptionist at Moriah Brandons'. She was soooo willing to help me out. We had to do 2 days of shooting to get it right...figured out that masking around hair isn't easy!!!



The chubby face that has been "shrunk down considerably" is mine (at least I've found a way to "shrink me"....lol. And the black shirt is mine from yet another shot.



I had to print out the tattoo mask and photograph that.



This was my first version before the tattoo's and sparkles, this was when I realized that I had to re-shoot Susan because of the hair and face blending issues...



And the final version...if I had more time I would have tweaked a few more areas or even re-shot one more time...lol (Don't tell Susan!!!)

The title for this is the joining of our names - Janine & Susan = J • A • S • A • N



[May. 21st, 2014 08:09:44 AM]

My Friend Debbie did my makeup for this, she does professional makeup. We had a blast doing this!!! Now, Rick (husband) on the other hand wanted to know what had crawled up on my face (eyelashes). I told him the eyebrows were tattooed on...wink



[May. 21st, 2014 08:36:37 AM]

Almost forgot here is the tutorial....it's LONG!!!

Statistics
Place: 23 out of 69
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Avg (commenters): 7.2000
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 05/28/2014 01:31:53 AM

Wonderfully dreamed about and realized .. so much detail in the face and I like the bland b/g - it makes the face pop .. nicely done!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/27/2014 01:25:02 PM
There's obviously a lot of work put into this - great ideas. She has very pretty green eyes and the textures are wonderful
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 05/27/2014 01:02:14 AM
Blue is flattering on you
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 05/26/2014 09:51:13 AM
Nice concept, but why oh why did you keep the icky green/grey painted wall behind you? Looks like a mug shot right now ... if you replaced the background with a sky or some other background (easy to do), it would've popped so much more.
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 05/26/2014 08:25:57 AM
Cool!
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 05/23/2014 10:38:14 PM
Oh a real Avatar avatar! Nicely done!!!
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 05/23/2014 01:20:57 PM
So surreal. Nice editing.
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 05/21/2014 04:09:34 PM
Neat!
IF the background wasn't a stucco wall, and was instead a forest scene, I would vote this much higher.
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 05/21/2014 02:36:17 PM
What a great idea.
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 05/21/2014 11:36:20 AM
not original and boring to look at. an interesting pose with a similar "avatar" look would have been nice.
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 05/21/2014 11:08:14 AM
now that will work as an avatar !
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 05/21/2014 08:29:26 AM
Creative!!! I lovvved that movie Avatar :-)) Nice job
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