Celebrity Photoshop

If you head on over to IWANEXSTUDIO and click on the portfolio link it will show you some interesting before/after shots of celebrities after photo retouching. It shows the lengths gone to ensure that the celebrities we see are as unnatural as possible. The one of Kelley Clarkson is especially drastic, making her look about 20 pounds lighter.

Being a graphic artist, I found out that it isn't all that difficult to alter people's appearances dramatically to make them look younger and more fit. Here are a few examples of some women's pictures I practiced on awhile back.



Here is a closeup before and after. I narrowed her jawline which alone makes her look completely different.

...and this was one I did to show what this older woman would look like 10-15 years younger.



It's all fascinating from a technology standpoint, but more nauseating when you think that people think this is what women and men do and should look like, and they strive to look as perfect when it's simply not possible.