hi I was surfing the web for changing skin color in photoshop and i came across your entry for this contest. I have seen other tutorials online but this is the most drastic change I have seen (in a good way!) could you give some details on your workflow to achieve this? it would really help with a project i am working on.

this seems kinda flat to me

It's tilting somewhat hard to the right, I'd suggest leveling it a bit...

Author, did you upload the wrong photo? It appears to be some sort of "snap" taken by accident...I would hope someone of your obvious talent didn't enter this on purpose?!?

nice idea, but it could have been sharper.

IMO, off theme

Very sweet photo!

Hershey's!!!!
I am not a big fan of Hershey's but you made this shot looks soooo good! Well done author! Really clever!

nice find

I believe it would be considered profitable use since this contest pays "1st place: $5
2nd place: $3
3rd place: $2" to the winners

KatanazStock, assuming that you're the same person as the one from DA, you'd know that on the front page of your profile you allow people to use the stock outside DA. I cant say anything about the 1st point, but the 2nd one shouldnt be an issue here.
Author, good luck!

EDIT: KS, feel free to define "commerical and/or profitable use", s'il vous plaît

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with only her skin darkened, she could be Indian. IF in fact the author wanted her to look black/african-american, the nose would probably have to be widened a touch and the lips larger. The way it is though, she looks Indian/Persian or something like that. She is beautiful and the shading is wonderful.

I love what you did author, a little dark thought but it looks beautiful and well done! Best of luck!

Author, if you are "not trying to make her black," then what ARE you attempting in this contest? The theme is "ethnicity," not just "heavy tan color."

Ethnicity goes beyond making the skin dark and the white of the eyes too bright...

The contest description clearly states:
"A beautiful way of exploring different facial features."

What features are you exploring with this entry???

the problem with conversion is that certain facial features are unique for certain ethnicity.. change the skin-tone technique is great... but if you can up that by changing the features to look like a black lady... it would be fantastic

anyways.. this is a great chop

nice work

nice work, i would try to do the background same as original too..there is still time..gl

nice author...

very nice author
you got realistic and beautiful result

The whites of the eyes are too bright. The rest looks good.
(Pearls could be restored to the originals too...).

The new her looks very South Asian. [Needs to be viewed in hi-res to evaluate properly, IMO.] Her face seems darker than her body, however—and her left-shoulder highlight seems a tad too strong. Also, I don't get why her pearls and shadow also changed along the way (and what is that rain-drop-shaped blotch in the upper left corner?). I wish the SBS explained what was done at each step

Good job, I like what you did with the lips

I think she is just a touch too dark

Very nice ... I like it ....
Good Luck Author

Oh

I'm not sure I understand the significance of this leaf for soldiers

Nice perspective

Bright a little the pupil to create a more attractive point, well done.

great anger in eyes.....

congrats

Congrats!!

Beautiful covers author...well done

nice piece of work...gl

LOL, thanks for clearing that up.

Since it contains explicit lyrics I presume the album is not a collection of liturgical songs.

great logo!!

very nice

Proof that sometimes the simpler photos can be really striking. Nice composition and DOF author.

nice

kind of looks like where my house is. Might have stepped up on the dike to get more of the water

Interesting. To me it seems too abstract for its intended purpose, however. Squares implying a sea turtle could be cool for a nightclub called the Sea Turtle, but I think engaging the public to be concerned about real sea turtles should use a more-recognizable image. BTW, the text reads as "The Sea Exhibit Turtle" which confuses me. A different font for each word suggests frivolity when your goal is very serious.

Nice design, author. You need to start that company for real, I recently saw a video that showed people collecting the turtle eggs in huge sacks.

clever design GOOD LUCK!!!

The edges of the horse are a bit too sharp for the image, especially with the filter effect. There is also a bit of a dark outline where you removed the background. You might want to blur them slightly by using an eraser with a soft edge.

filter foam?

great shot

Seaweed?

cool shot...gl

pumice stone?