That Lustful Look...

Thomas Dodd

That Lustful Look...

I’ve been working on some new (to me at least!)Photoshop retouch techniques
“Carving” is basically copying the photo – desaturating it and then using the burn and dodge tools to lighten or darken selected areas on the skin or background. Set this layer to Softlight and then apply it to the original photo (aka “base layer”) .with a lower opacity (I used about 60% on this one)

I also used another copied layer run through the High Pass filter and set that to multiply (this sharpens the image without using unsharp mask), and yet another was placed on top of that with some subtle arirbrushing on the skin..

Finally – I put a texture layer over the whole photo set to overlay and with about 45% opacity…

I think I’m going to start doing this all the time now!

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That Lustful Look... by Thomas Dodd
  • kcranmer

    kcranmer

    Thomas this is gorgeous work…you still continue to amaze me!

  • Thomas Dodd replied

    Thank you ma’am – I love your work too… and I’m glad to see you holding down the fort in the Graphic Editing Group!

  • TextureoftheSin

    TextureoftheSin

    Thank you so much for your description of the process!

    I love the effect you’ve achieved here :)

  • Thomas Dodd replied

    Thank you my Textural friend…
    ;D

  • jlynn

    jlynn

    Beautiful light, texture and tones,, the process was well worth it,, this is gorgeous!!!

  • Thomas Dodd replied

    Thank you kindly!

  • kcranmer

    kcranmer

    Ya I didn’t find out until yesterday that you and stewart left, LOL…Chantal and I will definately hold the fort.

    BTW…CONGRATS…YOUR ALREADY ON THE HOME PAGE, LOL!!! That was fast!

  • Thomas Dodd replied

    It’s in good hands with you two talented woman – that’s for sure… (Chantal very kindly picked up the helm in my Myths, Legends, and Fairytales group as well!)

    Damn – that WAS fast – are you sure it wasn’t you who did it?!
    ;P

  • lex7

    lex7

    This is gorgeous… excellent treatment, wonderful mood and feeling. I think the tones are my favorite.

  • Thomas Dodd replied

    Thank you so much… I tend to favor those muted earth tones a lot in my stuff…

  • kcranmer

    kcranmer

    LOL…maybe I manifested it, haha, congrats!

  • Geoff Coleman - Landscapes

    Geoff Coleman...

    This is very beautiful and the technique info was invaluable – thanks for going to the trouble of writing it out.

  • Thomas Dodd replied

    Thanks Geoff – and you’re welcome – I thought that some folks might find it useful!

  • Tracey Mac

    Tracey Mac

    Beautiful image and gorgeous treatment…..

  • Thomas Dodd replied

    Thank you Tracey!

  • susi lawson

    susi lawson

    Gorgeous job,. Looks like Joey lawrences technique , if you are not familar with him , check out his work!! Anyway, love the look you achieved..

  • Thomas Dodd replied

    Joey Lawrence – wasn’t he on “Gimme a Break”?
    hehehe
    Yeah – I heard of him -although Dave Hill and Bill Simone are the main two I’ve been paying attention to – of course an easy way to get this look is use the Lucis plug-in!

  • Cathleen Tarawhiti

    Cathleen Taraw...

    Great tips Thomas. This is cool.

  • Thomas Dodd replied

    Glad you dug it Cathleen – my pleasure!

  • Laurie McClave

    Laurie McClave

    MMMMM yummy this one my dear! love the description of the process as well…... xxoo L

  • Thomas Dodd replied

    Awwww – I looove when a woman sounds like she’s eating chocolate when looking at my work!

    Good to see you as always my dear..
    ;D

  • Ariane

    Ariane

    Lovely warmth and gorgeous tones.
    I just love the simple composition combined with the deep deep textures.
    I still havnt even begun to go digital but am getting into the whole texture thing alot more in my pantings – alot due to looking at your work I think – big thanks Thomas.

  • Thomas Dodd replied

    Thank you Ariane – so sweet of you to say that!
    Keep on painting – there are too many photographers anyway!
    (although there are probably just as many painters too!)

  • Laurie McClave

    Laurie McClave

    yes hmmmm not chocolate! got to watch this womans figure ya know! ;P

  • paintingbyscott

    paintingbyscott

    I admire the work of digital artists such as yourself that can create such impactful images like I see here. I use photoshop only as a tool to get me to my end result quicker; the final pencil, or watercolour painting.

  • Tracey Mac

    Tracey Mac

    Hey Thomas congrats on the home page…..go you!! Well deserved!

  • giovanni

    giovanni

    beautifully done…

  • Dayonda

    Dayonda

    Congratulations on having this excellent work on the Redbubble Home Page!
    16 Aug 2008 (US)
    WoW! This one’s a show-stopper!

  • J. D. Adsit

    J. D. Adsit

    gorgeous dark beauty

  • Troy W. Smith

    Troy W. Smith

    Congrats on the home page feature.

  • myoriginalsin

    myoriginalsin

    Wow fantastic work Thomas. Congrats on the homepage feature :)

  • Kirbo

    Kirbo

    Very nice!

  • missyg

    missyg

    Who Is the girl? She looks like Natalie Shau..She’s a model and a dark artist on deviantart.

  • Thomas Dodd replied

    I love Natalie Shau’s work but this is definitely not her… The model’s name is Halley Mallison and I use her in my work a lot…

    Thanks for the fave add…

  • JLDunn

    JLDunn

    Beautifully done! What a a compelling gaze…

  • Sensiworld

    Sensiworld

    Great work !

  • ElRobbo

    ElRobbo

    Whoa there!
    Come no closer, vixen!
    Masterful work!

  • Roz McQuillan

    Roz McQuillan

    Thanks for your generosity in sharing info! Lovely image!

  • jemimalovesbigted

    jemimalovesbigted

    looks great. thanks for sharing your tips and tricks…

  • Graeme Pettit Photography

    Graeme Pettit ...

    Works well Thomas – useful tips too

  • MuscularTeeth

    MuscularTeethVoted Most Helpful Bubbler

    superb

  • Jim Prince

    Jim Prince

    i love the look…you captured it well

  • Christine K

    Christine K

    Stunning!

  • Steve Chapple

    Steve Chapple

    Powerful emotive brooding finish here!

  • Anthony Hedger

    Anthony Hedger

    Hey Thomas congrats on getting this beautiful shot onto the feature page. The young woman here is stunning, sexy and of course very sensual. Your hard work on this shot makes it a winner in my book. Well done.

  • tulay cakir

    tulay cakir

    congrats

  • George Lenz

    George Lenz

    wow…. this is very cool techniques… I have to try it…. thx for sharing..:-)

  • pinkyjain

    pinkyjain

    Fantastastic, so lovely. Wonderful commentary on your technigues. Congrats also Thomas on Being Featured on the Home Page

  • DarkShadows

    DarkShadows

    Excellent as always!

  • JimFilmer

    JimFilmer

    great work Thomas… and thankyou for sharing your work process

  • Lensman2008

    Lensman2008

    Dark, moody and sensuous. Love it!!

  • Maria Murphy

    Maria Murphy

    nice !

  • awoni

    awoni

    This is one stunning photo!

  • Nora Kubach

    Nora Kubach

    beautiful

  • Scott Ruhs

    Scott Ruhs

    Great image! Thanks for sharing the PhotoShop technique you used. I sometimes do a similar thing, but without desaturating it. I’ll have to give this a try.

  • shawhouse

    shawhouse

    thanks for explaining the technique….

  • Charles McKean

    Charles McKean

    Fab

  • Jarko

    Jarko

    AWESOME – DEEP

  • NewAgeVisionz

    NewAgeVisionz

    Beautifully created…and I like the tip you gave in the description…

  • Glen Allen

    Glen Allen

    excellent work. I think my fav from your folio

  • jwinman

    jwinman

    wow!

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