Surreal Retouching

Surreal Portrait Retouching Establishing a revered and unmistakeable style is a paramount measure of success for any artist. Canadian photographer and retoucher, Kelly Robitaille has accomplished this feat with her celebrated Whimsical Waif Portraits. On the surface Kelly’s work is dark, surreal, and full of emotion, but it’s more than big eyes and dark imagery that have provided Kelly such artistic success. In this tutorial Kelly Robitaille unveils her entire creative workflow for taking surreal and whimsical portraits from concept to realization. Beginning with a concept, Kelly stresses the importance of giving her subjects backstory to create a narrative and enhance character-driven emotion within her images. She then dives into the technical side of her work demonstrating a number of Photoshop tools in interesting and unconventional ways specific to her style, yet easily translated into nearly any style or genre. Using common Photoshop practices like dodge and burn, frequency separation, compositing, blend modes, the liquify tool, and puppet warp, Kelly’s workflow provides a fresh look at retouching as an artful practice more than a trite and repetitive process. Kelly teaches how to manipulate human form with purpose, invoke emotion with characters, and use textures to create depth and atmosphere within images. Finally Kelly challenges you with a homework assignment, providing a RAW image and character story to create an image of your own. SAVE 25% OFF WITH CODE: JULY25 General Overview 21 Video Sections  Instant Digital Download English Closed Captions Included On Every Video  HD 1080p Quality Universal MP4 for PC, MAC, & Airplay Includes Retouching Assignment 3 RAW Files Included 25 Free Texture Overlays Included ($99 Value) 3 Custom Actions Included 1 Photoshop Brush Included 2 Full Retouching Workflows Included Learn To Create A Vision Learn Kelly's Entire Waif Workflow Learn To Deal With Negative Feedback Learn Facial Enlargements Learn Creative Liquify Techniques  Learn Background Cleanup Learn Kelly's Skin Cleanup Methods Learn Frequency Separation Learn How To Dodge & Burn Learn Color Grading Learn The Puppet Warp Tool Learn To Apply Texture Overlays Learn To Make Painterly Portraits Learn To Enhance Emotion Learn New Surreal Portrait Retouching Financing Available For US Residents --> Preview Each Photo Shoot Included with Purchase Before and After About the Instructor Comments --> Meet Your Instructor Teaser How To Finance Trailer We have teamed together with some of the world’s best instructors to create the most comprehensive photography tutorials available on the Internet today. We shoot everything on-location in a documentary style to give you the sense of being on-set with our instructors and their teams. Our goal is for you to learn through example by watching the instructor’s entire workflow and listening to the thought process that goes into creating professional images. It's our mission to cut out the frustration and guesswork from your workflow by offering you a solid foundation that concentrates on the WHY and not just HOW things are done. Nothing is scripted, nothing is rehearsed, but everything is planned. When you start one of our tutorials you are going on an immersive learning experience that is exclusive to RGG EDU. Explore The Tutorial Intro Getting Started Bluebird Entire PS Workflow  Blackbird Entire PS Workflow Assignment RAW Image Assignment Video Preview: Creating A Teardrop Intro Getting Started Section Overview 01 - Getting Started 02 - Perspective On Portraits Free Video: Creating A Teardrop Bluebird Retouch  In Studio Essentials Section Overview 01 - Retouching Plan 02 - Facial Enlargements 03 - Liquify 04 - Background Cleanup 05 - Skin Cleanup 06 - Frequency Separation 07 - Dodge and Burn 08 - Color Grade 09 - Puppet Warp 10 - Final Textures Video Preview: Creating A Teardrop Blackbird Full Retouch  Section Overview 01 -Facial Enlargements 02 - Liquify 03 - Background Cleanup 04 - Skin Retouching 05 - Color Toning 06 - Enhancing Emotion 07 - Final Textures Free Video: Creating A Teardrop Homework Now It's Your Turn Section Overview 01 - Homework Assignment 02 - Negative Feedback Before and After Use the sliders below to view before and after photo created within this tutorial on your computer or mobile device. This is a composite image, so multiple files are used to create one final image.     About the Instructor Kelly RobitaillePortrait & Beauty Retoucher Kelly Robitaille is a Canadian based retoucher residing in Ontario. She is widely known for her Whimsical Waif series and big eyed portrait retouching style that gives her subjects a fairytale like look. Her non-traiditonal approach to retouching and photography have given her a unique style and look that is instantly recognizable as her own.