Re: [photoshop-beginners] eh?

Why is it that a famous photographer or painter can get away with
saying he does nudes and get praise for his artistic talent, but a
hobbyist or amateur gets condemned as some kind of pervert?

On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 19:06:15 -0500, "Denise" <denise@rcn.com> wrote:

>Me too..
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>I think this person should be removed
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>I as a female is a lil concerned..
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>From: Harvey Wilson <mailto:grybear652002@yahoo.com>
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>Date: 02/08/12 10:43:23
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>To: photoshop-beginners@yahoogroups.com
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>Subject: Re: [photoshop-beginners] eh?
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>I too am still shaking my head and pondering on this posting.
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>From: Rijo <rijo@cfl.rr.com>
>To: photoshop-beginners@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 2:00 AM
>Subject: [photoshop-beginners] eh?
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>David,
>I don't mean this in a flaming way but your post sounds a little pervy to
>me.
>Womens clothing
>Looking at women for the first time
>imaginary women in bed
>outlines and proportions
>naked women
>perfect skin
>etc Ad Nauseam
>I guess the post is OK ... I just can't figure out if you were "helping",
>bragging, wishing, or trolling.
>rj
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>David MacPhee wrote:
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>I now, like creating convincing pictures of women in Photoshop. Since I am
>not a woman just an old geek, I don't know anything about women's clothing
>or women for that matter.
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>( I have been committed all my life to just one, or at least, just out of
>childhood..)
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>Retired now and needing a hobby, I am back into art and whether I like it or
>not or fear the frying pan, I have to open my eyes and start looking at
>women for like the first time in my life.
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>Verry In ter es ting ...
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>I can't just create a perfectly beautiful woman out of the blue unless I am
>in bed and that happens.
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>With my limited skills, I begin by getting the best outlines and proportions
>I can. Never mind the clothes. (We are not born with them you know!)
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>So I admit it. I draw naked women. Okay, if you use Photoshop, you know that
>she will become a layer and that she will have perfect skin all over.
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>If you are no good at creating ridiculously "perfect" naked women (or male
>models), The internet has resources where that is not a problem. Consider it
>study.
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>Once you have a good layer of a naked subject, you can download dresses and
>other clothing and use photoshop to manipulate or transform that clothing to
>fit. Learn about the Transform controls but make several copy layers of your
>intended clothing so you can experiment more.
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>I gave up on that after a while because I was able to learn about drawing
>and dressing the subject layer myself. The high shoes were a trick but I
>think I finally got it.
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