bkyser wrote:
Poor little dude had just been circumcised, and was really cranky for the whole shoot.
This was supposed to be the beginning of the "froggy pose" where it is a composite of 2-3 photos to get the cute one with his hands under his chin.
Well, it was just too much bending, and he'd had enough, so I just figured this pose was "out"
Mom's hand was on the "camera left" side of his face, and behind his forearm, so I had to draw in the upper arm and part of his face.
I'll still need to do more fine tuning, but I think this one may be salvageable.
Other than the fact that I need to still reduce the opacity on the shadow layers, any other glaring issues? I'm having a heck of a time working out the shape of his upper arms with the creases and folds. I looked at my own "fat baby" arms to try to figure it out, but figured, his wouldn't be as hairy...lol.
As always, I'm open to any suggestions, this is a personal project for me, as I was going to delete the photo, but his little tough guy face, really made me want to save it somehow.
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I like the way his cap sort of matches the bucket. I think I would try to remove the textured sections on his face. To be honest, it makes me think of something out of a Charles Dickens story - but that's not a bad thing!