(From Create a New You assignment: Take an existing photo of yourself, and edit in a way to give the picture a different look. Color your hair, change your eyes, whiten your teeth, get a “tan”, etc. 2-stars)

I’ve always wanted a different look.  For a while it was deep blue eyes, sometimes it was hazel, sometimes it was one eye as one color and the other eye as the other.  Recently it’s been red hair and freckles.  I recently scrapped the freckles idea because I like to be darker.  So, I re-primped myself in GIMP to give myself lighter hair (something I have generally always wanted) and more distinct skin.  There are other subtleties that are less obvious but they’re there!  I think I’ll stick with the normal me.

“Fixed” up:

Original:

I personally think photo touch ups are fun to do, but aren’t needed in the media such as magazines.  However, this assignment sounded fun to do.

In high school, I took a “photography” (read: photoshop) class so I thought I was game. Wrong. That was years ago. So I googled and it this popped up and was helpful with doing my hair, lips and eyes. I made myself a red hair by messing with the saturation of my hair, did the same with my eyes and lips.

In my opinion, I look fake, most likely because I stink at outlining the area to fix.