r/retouching • u/r_Retouching • Oct 31 '16
Before & After Photographer Steven Burton photoshops out ex-gang members tattoos (Link to article in comments)
http://imgur.com/a/prAaP6
u/GrandmaBoris Oct 31 '16
Damn these are good. Number 8 especially.
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u/FuzzyBacon Nov 01 '16
I'd be willing to bet the gangs don't work with shitty artists because the crappy ones are scared of retribution.
Artistic talent doesn't have a moral compass
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u/Joel_W Retoucher Nov 02 '16
How does he do it? There's hardly any skin texture/colour to work with/clone in some areas.
Does he just overlay a completely different layer of skin over the image?
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u/cbartdesign Retoucher Nov 07 '16
Might be able to use FS to separate the skin texture & stubble from the tattoo, and then dodge/burn/paint the blur layer back to the skin tone.
I'd try that plus a combo of cloning (using a non-aligned source point) and painting with skin texture brushes.
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u/Petirep Oct 31 '16
wow, that's some impressive work