Chapter 9. Retouching Portraits

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One question I get asked a lot is: “Why do we still need retouching in this day and age?” The answer is quite simple: most people are hideous. Not you and me, mind you, but pretty much everybody else. As you probably knew before you bought this book (and it’s perhaps the #1 reason why you purchased this book in the first place), I was the posing model for the now-famous Michelangelo’s David, on display inside the Accademia Gallery in Florence, Italy. If you’re wondering why the statue is called David and not ...

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