Roberto Blake | Graphic Illustration | Paper Gangsta Girl

Paper Gangsta Girl
Like my other image Poker Face, Paper Gangsta Girl is an image inspired by a Lady Gaga song. For this image I wanted to combine certain effect in a subtle way.

I’ve seen this particular stock image used by digital artist in the past in a way that made me feel the effects took away from the image rather than complimenting what was already good about it. I tried to bring that feeling of movement and energy to the piece in a more minimalist way, while embracing a “hip hop” theme.

Roberto Blake | Photoshop Tutorial | Change Eye Color

This will be our starting point.

Roberto Blake | Photoshop Tutorial | Change Eye Color | Quick Mask Mode

Select Edit in Quick Mask Mode. And We will begin painting the eyes to make our selection.

Roberto Blake | Photoshop Tutorial | Change Eye Color | Make Selection

Once the eyes have been painted to your satisfaction choose Select from the main menu, the choose Inverse.

Roberto Blake | Photoshop Tutorial | Change Eye Color | Inverse Selection

From the layers menu once you have Inversed your selection, create a new Adjustment Layer.
Select Color Balance, and begin altering the eye color of the subject.

Roberto Blake | Photoshop Tutorial | Change Eye Color | Color Balance

In the end your subject should have a new eye color that looks fairly natural. Like so:

Roberto Blake | Photoshop Tutorial | Change Eye Color |Final

And thats it your done!

But if you want to use the techniques from my Model Glowing Skin Tutorial, you can have something like this: A subject with striking eyes and smooth skin.

Roberto Blake | Photoshop Tutorial | Change Eye Color | Extra