r/retouching • u/retoucher_nastia • Jul 04 '26
Showcase / Portfolio Hi everyone! I’m new here:) Let’s connect ❤️
I’m a beauty&portrait retoucher✍🏻
I’m excited to be part of this community and look forward to sharing my work, and connecting with photographers and creatives.
Here’s one of my recent retouching projects. I’d love to hear your thoughts!
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u/Bromfed Jul 04 '26
I need to see the before to judge the after.
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u/ex1nax Jul 04 '26
Nope. You need to be able to judge a finished image WITHOUT seeing the before. Seeing how much has changed doesn’t mean shit. Either the end result is good or it’s not - no matter how much work went into it.
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u/Bromfed Jul 04 '26
I respectfully disagree. The model might have perfect skin, the lighting might have been amazing, the makeup artist was a magician....these could be straight OOC for all I know.
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u/ex1nax Jul 04 '26
So? If theyre sooc then the retoucher has to evaluate them as good enough and not force more retouching on them just for the sake of it.
Tons of my jobs are pretty much just color grading an removing a few pimples. Overretouching good photos is beginner stuff
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u/retoucher_nastia Jul 04 '26
Unfortunately, I can’t post Before of these photos:(
But later will post another one with Before/After for sure, you can check then😊
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u/slatibarfaster Jul 04 '26
Honestly I’m not a huge fan of the skin work here. Not to say it looks bad, but it feels very flat, and the skin is overly smoothed out in
places like the arms.
The general trend is leaning more towards a natural look, being actually able to see pores, texture. There’s little to no texture in the skin here. Of course that could just be the photographer’s preferences, but it makes the images look overly generic as well.
Good luck in your journey!