The Art of Patience

Atlantis · March 06, 2009, 12:40:36 PM

For weeks now I have been patiently patching pixels and very slowly I'm discovering the photo behind the mold :

And yet there is so much mold left ... I need more time to do the job carefully & prevent me from cloning out important parts and an occasional easy restore to convince me I am capable of restoring at all :crazy:

Candice · March 06, 2009, 01:36:09 PM

Looking good so far. And working on the easier in between helps with the process. :)

lurch · March 06, 2009, 02:57:41 PM

Atlantis, you're making great progress. And nothing keeps one going on the bears like an occasional break for an easy one. Says she who took absolutely forever to finish up one particular hard one :halo:

Atlantis · March 29, 2009, 07:36:15 AM

Many times it feels like one step forward, two steps back. I thought I was well on my way with the girls head but now I think I should keep her features in the dark.
I feel like I'm recreating this photo literally pixel by pixel using patch, clone and colouring layer after layer, dotting away every bit of mold.
The photo being originally not the best qualitly with those deep shadows (best seen on the faces) makes it all more challenging.

Hannie · March 29, 2009, 07:49:47 AM

That looks great Atlantis!
I know it is an awful lot of work, this pixel by pixel method but the result sure pays off.

Thanks so much for your patience. :up2:

Hannie

Mhayes · March 29, 2009, 09:37:15 PM

Atlantis, this one really looks bad when you look at it up close! ;D I agree about keeping the girl's features in the dark. This is crazy, but when I look at the one you are restoring, it looks like a head sitting on their shoulders. Am I ready for the nut house? :D Great job on the mold!

Margie

Ausimax · March 30, 2009, 09:55:05 AM

The boy has his arm around the girls neck, makes it look strange.

Max

Atlantis · March 30, 2009, 10:02:31 AM

I got this far today. Now I need some fresh air and run some errants.

Had the same thoughts as Max about the boy's arm at first but could not find real evidence and looking closer it seemed more of him holding his arm low behind her back.

haleygd · March 30, 2009, 10:16:54 AM

by the angle of his elbow I think his hand is somewhere up/on her back, she is too tall for his hand to be showing on her shoulder....

Atlantis · March 30, 2009, 11:06:22 AM

I'm reaching the point where doing more will make things worse. I do see her hair looks like a halo now so I will darken that part. Any more pointers that may be within my humble powers? Some of the cloned areas had so much mold it looks to soft to my opion now. Maybe adding some noise will be sufficient?

Ausimax · March 30, 2009, 11:13:21 PM

Check the angle of his left shoulder, the only place his arm can be is around her shoulders/neck.

Max

Atlantis · March 31, 2009, 03:24:33 AM

That makes sense Max, thank you. I interpreted that part as a mirrored hairdo. I did wonder about the larger sleeve of his left arm between them. Now that I look at it differently I see it must be her arm in the shadows.
If Tess can hold on to what I thought to be done I will work on it some more today.