Beauty Retouch,
Post-production (technical & creative),

(still image) compositing/VFX
Digital imaging/ painting
& (a few) Matte-painting (set extension) examples (at the very bottom)

etc. ..

Different projects, styles & approaches ..
selected work /index 
(old /archive work)
(mostly personal/TF*  - commissioned/client´s work not included).

Beauty retouch
photography provided by ´editablephotos´
close-up 1
close-up 2

Perfect vs. Imperfect ...

photo & retouch /post-production by Alena Hovorkova


Vendy .. gentle beauty
photography & retouch /post-production by Alena Hovorkova
model & MUA: Vendula Lukesova
 
 
 

Technical retouch/repair - unwanted object removal
Photography & retouch by Alena Hovorkova
Model Dandy - Marie




Fashion retouch /color & tone enhancing / grading
Photography by Tawny Horton
Model Jessica
 
 
 
 
Creative/artistic postproduction
Photo by Hoai Minh (Nanfe/ DA stock)
Concept /idea & post-work by a.h.
 
 
 
High-end /High-perfection Beauty retouch
Photography by Kristina Vassillieva, kvmedia.co.uk
Model Alexis
More on project here >>
 
Beauty retouch
Photography by Phillip Filtz
Model Asheria
More on project here >>
 
Beauty retouch
photography by Paul Tirado
 
Beauty retouch
Photography by Kristina Vassillieva, kvmedia.co.uk
Model Heather
More on project here >>
 
Mail model retouch
source photography: Katanaz´s DA stock collection
 
Beauty Retouch - stylized
Photography by Vladimir Soucek
Model Pavlina Tomaskova (Paja)
 
Photo enhancing (source image * jpeg only)
Photographer Radim Nytl
Model Dominika Nistorova
 
Beauty retouch - stylized
Photographer Kristina Vassillieva, kvmedia.co.uk
 
Beatuy retouch - stylized
Photography by Grant Thomas (provided for ´public´ editing at MM retouching forums)
 
Stylized/creative retouch
Photography by Dana Cole
 
Stylized /creative make-over
(demo/project file for my Photoshop training workshops - Mastering Photoshop)
photography provided by IDIF, Institute for digital Photography, Prague
More on project here >>

Creative stylized postproduction
Photo by Marcus Ranum (DA stock collection)
Concept /idea & post-work by a.h.
 

Creative/artistic postproduction (lighting effects)
Source photography: Katanaz´s DA stock collection
Concept /idea & post-work by a.h.
 
Creative/artistic postproduction
Photo by Rebecca van Omen
Concept /idea & post-work by a.h.
More on project here >>
 
Creative/artistic postproduction
Original photo from Chonastock´s DA stock collection
Concept /idea & post-work by a.h.
 
Creative/artistic postproduction /lighting effects
Photo provided by Marcus Ranum
Concept /idea & post-work by a.h.

More one VFX/ lighting effects /examples - in other project >>
 
 
Creative/artistic postproduction
Source photo from Katanaz´s DA stock collection
Concept /idea & post-work by a.h.
 
Stylized postproduction
Original photo from Nemesis´s DA stock-collection
Concept /idea & post-work by a.h.
 
Stylized postproduction
Original photo from Tasastock´s DA stock collection
Concept /idea & post-work by a.h.

Creative compositing / postproduction
Source photos by me (a.h.), Tom Karola, Liam-stock (DA member /stock image)
Concept /idea & post-work by a.h.
More on project here >>
 
Creative postproduction /w.i.p., unfinished
Photo by Marcus Ranum
Concept /idea & post-work by a.h.
 
Creative/artistic postproduction
Original photo from NikxStock´s DA stock collection
Concept /idea & ornament design & post-work by a.h.
 
Creative/artistic make-over
Photo by Tom Karola
Model Ewa
Concept /idea & post-work /digital painting by a.h.
 
Creative/artistic make-over
Photo by Tom Karola
Model Ewa
Concept /idea & drawing/design & post-work by a.h.
 
Creative/artistic makeover - ´painterly´ style
Photo provided by the client (permission to publish granted)
More examples here >>
 

Creative/artistic makeover - ´painterly´ style
Photo provided by the client (permission to publish granted)
 

Creative/artistic makeover - ´painterly´ style, ´wild west´ stylization ..
Photo provided by the client (permission to publish granted)
Self-portratit ...
´Simpsonized´
 

Low quality /low-res image ´repair/ recovery´ /stylized product retouch
Orig. photo provided by the client (permission to publish granted)
Digital airbrush /stylized
(low-quality photo stylized restorataion/ paint-over
Digital painting (makig-of steps - *gif animation)
organic structures study ..
 
 
Postproduction /matte-painting
clouds studies (digital painting - Photoshop/Painter)


Creative compositing /photo-manipulation / still image compositing/VFX
Original photo (stairs/basic scene) provided by .......
Other elements (photo, digital painting, 3D objects) created by me / a.h.
More on project here >>
 

Set-extention /multi-image compositing
Original photo by me (a.h.), Tom Karola
More on project here >>
 

Matte-painting (rough) concept - w.i.p. 
Original photo & other imagery - by me /a.h.

Matte Painting
Turning day into night
(Photo T. Karola)
 
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