If Dating Sites Used Avatars

Which one of these hotties would you choose?  

I was challenged with the task of creating avatars for 12 different people for a t-shirt.  In the beginning they had wanted me to trace photographs of all 12 different people and the first thought in my head was, "Are you crazy!?" Then the second thought was that it would not translate well on a t-shirt. 

After some contemplation I suggested that they create their own Mii avatars and I would take some artistic liberties in converting them to a graphic representations.  For the ones that didn't submit a profile in time of the deadline, some extreme artistic liberties were employed.  I'll let you guess which ones they were :) lol.

Like You Really Need Another Reminder of How Awesome Photoshop Is

Once upon a time the lovely Miss Suzette posed for me as I did some test shots in the photo studio. I liked the way the spotlight graced her cheeks and brought out the ringlets in her hair. This is the final retouched image I like.  

Smoothed out her skin, lighten some shadows, added some sparkle to her eyes, softened her eyebrows and lashes a bit and even added a bit of a summer tan. 

Here is the original.

Images were used with her permission.

Makeup done by Miss Suzette herself.

Photographed by me.

Family Portraits

are awkward, no matter the species.

This was the mood board I created for a look I wanted to go for when B and I decide to do the photo shoot. She has very fair skin and straight straight dark hair. With my photoshop skills and her beautiful features I am confident that we will make beautiful babies *ahem* pictures.

What I Do At Work When Not Behind The Camera

Pretty self explanatory. Photo retouching is about paying attention to the small details even if there is a bigger picture.

WAK KA

wakka wakka wakka.

Jumping Ship

Oh snap! I forgotten that I had a blogger account. I opened one to stalk BonBon but I have been following through by other means. With the advent of social media it is difficult to commit to one type. Choices can promote the evolution of improvements but apparently it has done the opposite for LJ. I noticed LJ has this crap called "pop up advertisements" now. Not cool. I'm switching over I suppose. It will be a hard habit to break, I've been using LJ since I was 21. As commitment phobic I may be with my means of blogging, it doesn't mean that I can easily let go of the old.

Been doing this shiet since legal drinking age. Holy mother effing shishkabob.