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Ava Silver wrote: I can always help with finding an irl picture if you want, though I understand why you'd rather go digital. 

I appreciate the offer, but I think I will try find/make a digital one. (It's also a good way to motivate myself to practise my skills at digital since I have always been lazy about it and never quite worked past the frustration I have towards it.) Thanks though!

Could someone edit this picture for me? I want her to have reddish hair-just a little bit more red than the girl in the photo, and striking blue eyes. This would be for third year.

Mia Alexander wrote: 18 Jun 2018, 18:12 Could someone edit this picture for me? I want her to have reddish hair-just a little bit more red than the girl in the photo, and striking blue eyes. This would be for third year.

Reducio

how's this?
don't hesitate to ask for any changes, I'm free pretty much all day today ♥

Fiona Collins wrote: 18 Jun 2018, 19:08]
how's this?
don't hesitate to ask for any changes, I'm free pretty much all day today ♥

Reducio

It's amazing! Thanks!

The blue eyes edit is pretty impressive, do you mind sharing some tutorial? Is that done only via messing with colorization tools in Photoshop/GIMP?

Angela Silverberry wrote: 19 Jun 2018, 10:05 The blue eyes edit is pretty impressive, do you mind sharing some tutorial? Is that done only via messing with colorization tools in Photoshop/GIMP?

Thank you Angela, also you're welcome Mia ♥
I've thought about making a tuturial . . . I've been so busy lately lol, I'll see if I have time tomorrow to start one, it sounds like fun.

I use Gimp 2, since it's free
(I'll try to briefly describe what I do)
from the base image, I'll select the area I want to color change - copy and paste it on to a new layer.
Then depending on what color I'm i'm changing it from, I might need to change that new layer to black and white.
(with changing brown to blue, I had to do the black and white step because otherwise the color overlays came out as either green or purple)
Then I duplicate the new layer and put a solid color on(ie. the blue) and change the layer property to either Overlay/color/hue (lots of trial and error, to see what works best)
from there I just play around with duplicating more layers, adding darker shades on top, lighter on bottom to add depth and make it more realistic.

For hair, it's very similar, just need to use the smudge tool and/or eraser on low opacity to smooth out the edges.

Fiona Collins wrote: 19 Jun 2018, 19:24

Hey Fiona! You did such a good job editing the previous one...could you help me again?

Hello, this is my current profile picture. It fits my character’s physical description perfectly, besides the fact that I would like him to have blue/grey eyes, but Howie is a happy go lucky kid and I would love a pic that represents that. Not sure if anyone can help, but I thought no harm in asking. Any help is greatly appreciated, even if it’s something completely different that looks similar. 

Howard White wrote:

Hello, this is my current profile picture. It fits my character’s physical description perfectly, besides the fact that I would like him to have blue/grey eyes, but Howie is a happy go lucky kid and I would love a pic that represents that. Not sure if anyone can help, but I thought no harm in asking. Any help is greatly appreciated, even if it’s something completely different that looks similar. 

Are you hoping for digital art or photographs? Or are you open to either?

I am open to either one. Thank you for your reply!