Please ignore the retoucher behind the curtain

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From officialgaiman:

Before and After magazine covers

Scroll the mouse over to see the skin lose its unreally rosy glow, the cheekbones reshape, the butt tuck in, and the foot move to its original ackward angle!

It's amazing what people look like with their real waistlines. I'd like to make this required viewing for every junior high student and see what it does to anorexia statistics.

Comments

[irgth.livejournal.com]

There does seem to be a growing trend toward less extreme retouching, or at least I hope so. In photography forums, I've noticed a lot of people getting flack for retouching an image to the point where it no longer represents the person in the original photo. Personally, I try to get rid of temporary blemishes, soften the skin slightly, brighten up eyes and teeth, and that is usually about it.