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I had planned to post a totally newly-made piece this week, but it needs more time in the oven, so I'm posting a premade manip in its place. This one was started in 2021 and left half-done until I polished it up just recently.

Besides my usual GIMP techniques, I also used a chest from a different model to fit their larger body (thanks, Salma Hayek!) and applied a tiny bit of image-to-image AI generation to assist with getting a troublesome bit of the left side of their chest to blend properly with the shoulder. I also used img2img to enhance the lighting on their breasts before manually reapplying the preexisting natural skin texture with GIMP's Heal tool.

I would have liked to upscale the whole thing when it was done, but GFPGAN wasn't up to the task this time. It really doesn't like Megan Fox's face for some reason and always produced upscaled images with unrecognizable faces.

I'm mostly happy with the final result, though the mix of traditional photomanipulation and AI enhancement does make it look like a bit of a patchwork to me.

As always, please let me know what you think! Critique, commentary, and creativity are encouraged.

EDIT 6/15: Made several adjustments.

-Shaded the dress to give more depth

-Applied new lighting/color/texture to their right arm

-Redid area where arm touches chest with new shading and recoloring

-Added segment of arm for more convincing pose and anatomy

Additional critiques are still encouraged!

Description

I had planned to post a totally newly-made piece this week, but it needs more time in the oven, so I'm posting a premade manip in its place. This one was started in 2021 and left half-done until I polished it up just recently.

Besides my usual GIMP techniques, I also used a chest from a different model to fit their larger body (thanks, Salma Hayek!) and applied a tiny bit of image-to-image AI generation to assist with getting a troublesome bit of the left side of their chest to blend properly with the shoulder. I also used img2img to enhance the lighting on their breasts before manually reapplying the preexisting natural skin texture with GIMP's Heal tool.

I would have liked to upscale the whole thing when it was done, but GFPGAN wasn't up to the task this time. It really doesn't like Megan Fox's face for some reason and always produced upscaled images with unrecognizable faces.

I'm mostly happy with the final result, though the mix of traditional photomanipulation and AI enhancement does make it look like a bit of a patchwork to me.

As always, please let me know what you think! Critique, commentary, and creativity are encouraged.

EDIT 6/15: Made several adjustments.

-Shaded the dress to give more depth

-Applied new lighting/color/texture to their right arm

-Redid area where arm touches chest with new shading and recoloring

-Added segment of arm for more convincing pose and anatomy

Additional critiques are still encouraged!