Your work is awesome! I really appreciate that you share the files like that, u are truly a scholar and a gentleman. Now, maybe you have a shot of the girl in the aids ad from the front?

Thanks sage!

But why have you revealed my little secret? I don't understand...




BTW I'm also not bad with high-heeled shoes!

OH! I said OH!

Are you talking about the cat reflection on the table?
We can still feel the ear of the original cat.
We usually don't make any test like a before/after look at image when we're working on a project. But the good thing this time is that without this before/after look it is not too obvious... nobody know there was another cat originally.
But I'm really surprised the photographer didn't see it.

Thanks Mike!

Thanks again my friends!

as long as you don't come in here with a bustier on, then everything will be alright..

I don't know what to say to help you. I know you have the talent to do any kind of job... the easiest to the hardest.

RR, you said last year "My full time job is mostly photo manip and retouching. All my freelance is illustration."
And you also said you work inside the ad agencies.

Maybe if you try to do more freelance photo manip than illustration by making some contacts with some photographers you never worked with before ... just find some great websites with creative stuff, and show them your portfolio & abilities.

I work at home and I think that gives me better opportunities... and a lot more freedom.
Few times, some companies or agencies were interested in my work and offered me full time jobs.
But I think being full time freelance artist surely helped me to built a better portfolio.

But that is not easy.
I can tell you how my partnership with one of the best photographer (Alain Desjean) started.
He is the photographer who took most of the pictures you saw on the 4 threads about my work.
I remember the first talks (2-3 times) with him. I talked to him about my interest to do only photo manipulation. But I had mostly nothing good to show him.
He knew and he saw I was a good illustrator. I was already working on Photoshop for 3 years, but I was mostly trying to find different illustration styles.
I think he probably thought I needed more experience... it took 2 years to have a call from him.
After this first contract we worked on together, he instantly saw all the possibilities I was able to bring him because of my experience as a hyperrealistic illustrator.
And since that time (early 2005), I'm working 75% of time on his projects.
Our partnership had surely an impact on the quality of the clients & work we have now. He's also more busy since we are working together.

I hope it can help...

Thanks Claf, your work has giving me such good luck. Today I printed some of your images and glued them on me, I then went to work and my SWAG increased by %100 ...

Great insight there Claf, often wondered how people get into these positions, not that i would, I enjoy my carpentry to much to consider taking this on as a full time occupation, but im sure others will find this thread very inspirational. Thanks for the info mate.

Woah!! that is super Claf!! Thanks for the tip.

Salut Claude, it is neat to be able to see how the software we all love using is professionally applied to other uses. I'll have to look at the psd files when I get a minute.