For most of us teenagers out there, it would be great to look like Tom Cruise, Megan Fox, or maybe just enjoy a blemish and pimple free face.

<3 (The hair only)

Remember those model adverts with impossibly silky and pearl-like skin? Well, sifiliA is going to teach you how to do that using the Airbursh technique.

Requirements:

1. Adobe Photoshop (CS3 / 4 /5)
2. A model with alot of pimples.

Today’s model will be Ewe Kah Beng, my dear class monitor.

Kah Beng: Male, 17 years old, and ruggedly handsome. Goalkeeper of the school football team and also the playmaker of our school’s handball team. Believes in riding all the way from Jelutong to Sungai Ara at 2 in the morning just to see someone.

Firstly, find a suitable photo and open it in Photoshop.

Use the spot healing tool to remove large sized pimples and blemishes.

Next duplicate the background layer.

And apply 3 different types of filters on the background copy, respectively Dust and Scratches (3)> Gaussian Blur (2.4)> Add Noise (1.5, mono, uni). The image displayed will appear to be abit blurred.

Then select Layer> Layer Mask> Reveal All. Select a Black Paintbucket tool and click it on any part of the photo.

After spot healing

Finally use select a white brush and apply it to the whole face for a final shine!

And a final note, there are many airbrushing techniques around. This is just one of the many. The techniques here work best on fair skinned people. (sorry YiYang)

Be careful when using the spot healing tool and white paint brush. One doesnt need a degree in Physiognomy (wtf?) to realise that the human face is filled with natural ridges and curvatures, and thus don’t remove those distinctive human features or else you will end up with a pastel coloured zombie-face.

sifiliA has a new banner, thanks to §aint. The background pic was created by CheeYi.