Amazing Photoshop Retouching
Stunning photo retouching by Michael Oswald
Full time, freelance movie poster designer, Michael Oswald has created very unique style. His artwork is a digital process that is best described as photo manipulation. He starts with a photograph, and digitally paints directly on top of the photo. It is a unique process which requires many hours of detailing.
Amazing Photo Retouching by Michael Oswald
Michael transforms the original female subjects into super stylish androids, robot pin-ups and sculptures.
Amazing Photo Retouching by Michael Oswald
Oswald is a true master of Photoshop and his work has been featured in many top art publications including Advanced Photoshop Magazine.
Amazing Photo Retouching by Michael Oswald
Workflow:
The first and most important step is coming up with a concept. I feel the best way to make interesting art is to have a good reason for making it. The next step is finding the right model and setting up a photo shoot. It is important to find the right model for an image and there have even been times when I have traveled to faraway places in order to find them.
Amazing Photo Retouching by Michael Oswald
During the photo shoot I try to pose the model as close to what I have in my head as possible. I keep the lighting setup very simple. This makes the transition from ordinary photos to unique artwork more interesting. I usually take around 400 shots at a photo shoot and end up keeping 3 or 4 of those shots.
Amazing Photo Retouching by Michael Oswald
In the computer I manipulate the image by first breaking it down (changing the color tones, moving body parts around, changing the backgrounds out etc…). Then, in so many words, I paint over the top of the image to make it look like a painting. This is done in a variety of ways (blurring, smudging, airbrushing etc…).
Amazing Photo Retouching by Michael Oswald
Technically speaking, I use a Canon 5D, usually with a 50mm 1.4 lens, a PC (quadcore with 6gigs of ram), CS2, and no, I don’t use a pen tablet. When hearing this, most professionals would just call me stubborn and set in my ways but I would say to you, find the components that work for you, not what someone else says you should. Let your output speak for itself.
Amazing Photo Retouching by Michael Oswald
Amazing Photo Retouching by Michael Oswald
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Awesome photo retouching.
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