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Title: Young Brothers - Very Hard to Restor
Post by: seelcraft on September 13, 2019, 11:03:49 PM
Well, here we go on this doozy!
First, I 'dust & scratches' to eliminate the little yellow dots: there seemed to be more dots than spaces!
Then I smudged some of the bright area in the right side foliage to turn 'green scrambled eggs' into fronds: seems to sorta work—I'll try some more.
Then I mirrored the right boy's face and shaded it.
Gave the left boy a toupee from his brother and started to smudge his face mottle into skin.
There's a long road ahead...
(https://i.postimg.cc/Vdh4qK4d/Eis-Before.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Vdh4qK4d)

(https://i.postimg.cc/yJ4P5WMK/EisAfter.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/yJ4P5WMK)
Title: Re: Young Brothers - Very Hard to Restor
Post by: Hannie on September 14, 2019, 09:26:11 AM
Very brave you are seelcraft!
I wonder, the new hairdo, are those lighter areas on the sides highlights perhaps?  (original photo)
Title: Re: Young Brothers - Very Hard to Restor
Post by: Shadow on September 17, 2019, 09:59:02 AM
Good luck!
Title: Re: Young Brothers - Very Hard to Restor
Post by: seelcraft on October 06, 2019, 11:26:58 AM
Well, here's my reconstruction so far.
It's starting to look like a Monet!

(https://i.postimg.cc/VSwXpdW6/EisNext.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/VSwXpdW6)
Title: Re: Young Brothers - Very Hard to Restor
Post by: Shadow on October 07, 2019, 01:19:00 PM
You've come a long way and it's looking good.
Title: Re: Young Brothers - Very Hard to Restor
Post by: Candice on October 09, 2019, 01:12:30 PM
Lovely!  You've pulled a lot of detail from the photo.
Title: Re: Young Brothers - Very Hard to Restor
Post by: seelcraft on October 09, 2019, 05:12:44 PM
Okay, I think this is as far as this image should be reconstructed.

I don't want to create more detail on the left boy: if I did he might look more real, but his mother wouldn't recognize him!

(https://i.postimg.cc/VrvZ9ptZ/Eischelberger-Mfinal.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/VrvZ9ptZ)