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Another portrait, starring Mistress Midnight :D
Torrid Midnight
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Join date: 13 May 2003
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05-04-2005 22:05
I did a portrait for Mistress and thought I would share :).
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Chip Midnight
ate my baby!
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05-04-2005 22:18
That's beautiful Torrid :)
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Caresse Marten
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05-04-2005 22:40
Extremely.
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Traxx Hathor
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05-05-2005 09:07
Had a look at this thread, since I'm posting in one beside it....

WOW!

Very impressive portrait work. I'm a PSP noob, and I can't imagine how you get results like this....
dragonfly Olsen
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Join date: 4 Jun 2004
Posts: 181
Gorgeous
05-05-2005 09:37
I love that. Gorgeous work. Maybe someday I can develop PSP skills..
Water Rogers
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05-05-2005 11:30
As always, superb work babe :)

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Aimee Weber
The one on the right
Join date: 30 Jan 2004
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05-05-2005 12:19
Aweee Mistress is perdy :D
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Camie Cooper
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05-05-2005 12:21
Wow, Torrid you did wonders, too bad Mistress dosnt look that good minus photo shop :(

I AM SO KIDDING, I already thought Mistress was the most beautiful avatar there is, and then I seee this, WOW just beautiful, GREAT job Tor! :D
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Torley Linden
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05-05-2005 12:23
There should be a gallery here of all of these wonderful pictures in Umber... maybe with those picture-changing screens, but not the ones that flip through the images harshly and so brusquely, as that would be inelegant. I've seen picturechangers that are very gradual and fade between portraits.
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Foxy Xevious
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05-05-2005 16:42
I LUV it Torrid. Great job!! Mistress you look beautiful
Caresse Marten
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05-05-2005 20:56
Hehe, I'm a PSP newb as well. I just find clothes I want made online and pass them to the pro's... lol Then again, I'm wanting to get a pick done up with PSP :P
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Launa Fauna
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05-05-2005 23:03
Mistress' boobies look great! I want boobies like that haha!
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Vicious Volos
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05-06-2005 00:34
beautiful, i would love to work with you on some portraits sometime....collaberate would be fun.
dragonfly Olsen
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Beautiful
05-06-2005 06:54
Im in awww such great work.
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05-06-2005 11:47
From: Torley Torgeson
There should be a gallery here of all of these wonderful pictures in Umber... maybe with those picture-changing screens, but not the ones that flip through the images harshly and so brusquely, as that would be inelegant. I've seen picturechangers that are very gradual and fade between portraits.


why dont you make a flash movie of the pics fading thru and then play the movie in Umber?

EDIT:... LOL forgot to say that the pic is great!!
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Ty Zvezda
Mistress Midnight
pfft!!
Join date: 13 May 2003
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05-06-2005 15:24
:O

yes :) tor did good, that's my desktop picture now :D
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Torrid Midnight
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05-07-2005 12:19
Adding another portrait we did yesterday, the many "faces of Mistress" or something lol.
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Aimee Weber
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05-07-2005 12:45
Incredible!
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Baccara Rhodes
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a few tips?
05-07-2005 19:33
Torrid,
Would you mind sharing a few of the amazing tips that you employed in Photoshop to create these? Not that I could ever recreate anything so stunning, but it's fun to dream....

Hugs, Baccara
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Torrid Midnight
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05-11-2005 05:46
Sorry I took so long replying! Well, I used a few tips Nephilaine gave a long time ago as my base (using Photoshop). I duplicate the layer, desaturate to around 75, and then go to Image->Adjustments->Levels and drag the slider to the right until you see the color start to deepen. After that I go to the blending mode on the layers tab (the drop down box) and choose which I prefer, sometimes soft light or overlay. Just play around and decide what you like. After I do that I go to Filter->Blur->Gaussian Blur and set it to 1.0. This is also another area where you decide exactly the look you want with more or less blur. So that is where I start with my pictures (thanks again to Nephilaine for tips).

After that it's basically playing around with lighting and shadows, maybe a little painting here and there. I *try* to shadow in areas where it looks most natural, unless I'm going for something dramatic or outside the norm. I may use a little paint (matching the skintone) to soften some areas. The fun thing about doing pictures is there's not really a set wrong or right and it's all about the direction you want to take. When it comes to filters I kind of go by the rule that less is more, you can go overboard and lose the subject of the picture all together.

Hope that helps and thanks for all the comments everyone! :) Hopefully we'll have some kind of gallery planned for the new Midnight City because all of us have dabbed in pictures here and there.
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Baccara Rhodes
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Thanks so much
05-11-2005 08:19
As always for being so gracious and generous with your time and knowledge... Hugs !
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Mistress Midnight
pfft!!
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05-11-2005 10:56
Tor :) you're amazing :D

I can't decide which I like better, they're both very very different and lovely <3
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Venice Craven
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05-14-2005 16:03
Beautiful images, I love them both. I had a go at doing something similar for a portrait my avatar and was very pleased with the results.

Here's my attempt (no way near as good but still working on it):



Thanks for sharing the tips!
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Kenzie Craven
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Join date: 10 Sep 2004
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05-14-2005 21:41
Alright Torrid... First off... Awesome picture. I've seen camie's too.. I tried your tips, well yours and Nephs. Thanks for the tip btw. Umm I'm not very good in Photoshop. Just learning actual. Hahah... But here's what I got so far. Needs some more work I think, but all in all it was really fun. Thanks ^^ :p

The First picture is the orginal.
Second picture is the one i edited. DUH! :D
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Camie Cooper
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05-14-2005 21:56
YAY here is a pic of me that Torrid did, I have never looked so good! Thank you Tor I love you! :D
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