- Decrease the brush size. To work on her hips, reduce the brush
size by pressing and holding the Shift and keys until you
reach about 375 pixels. - Pull her thighs and hips upward and inward. The stool our
lovely model is sitting on is having an unfortunate effect on
her thighs and hips. Press and hold the spacebar and drag so
that her lower body is visible. Start at the point I’ve indicated
in Figure 8-16 and restore a more flattering look to her lower
body by moving upward and slightly inward, elongating the
hips. Remember the following as you work:
- Keep your strokes very short. I used three
strokes on the left side and four on the right,
moving bulging areas in and up. - Evaluate each brushstroke as you apply it.
Remember you can Undo any stroke and
use the Step Backward command to go back
more than one step if necessary. - Generally, you want to drag on the detail
that you want to move. In this case, we want
those areas that are being smushed out by
the stool to move, so start your drag near
the outer edge of her pants. - When you’re compressing one area, you’re
stretching another. In this case, the back-
ground is white, so it’s forgiving. If we had
a busier background, you’d need to watch
for pixel stretching outside her body.
My results are shown in Figure 8-16.
- Reduce the brush size again and drag in her
arms. Moving her elbows upward can cause her
arms to look too wide. Press the key until your
brush is about 150 pixels. Then choose some
key spots along her arm and pull them inward.
If you like, you can actually pull down her cap
sleeves slightly to cover the top of her arms a
bit. (I think a longer sleeve looks nicer in this
case. Call me not-a-slave-to-fashion.)
Figure 8-16.
Choose key spots on the outer edge,
where the stool has caused a bulge,
and move inward and upward270 Lesson 8: Transform and Distort