I teach a Photoshop course, which covers the basics for the most part, a little bit of painting, photo manipulation, matte painting, and skills that can be used for texturing in the 3D world. My first assignment is to take a simple portrait and edit it so that it would be a close relative of that person. Meaning a completely different person, but still look like it could be an actual photograph. I show them that even first day of class that can use a very simple and easy tool with amazing results. I start by showing them the Dove commercial and then going over the tool.
I love Sunday Morning on CBS, I have been watching as long as I can remember. Today, I came across this episode from 2010 and it is great for initiating the conversation about Photoshop and ethics. Definitely worth watching with your 2D or 3D class.
The Mask of Divine Proportion
Dr Stephen Marquartdt developed a facial mask as a measurement of classic beauty to help plastic surgeons align facial features for more symmetrical accuracy based on a series of rectangles, triangles and decagons. [More]
http://facethis.blogspot.com/2012/01/perfect-face-golden-ratio-beauty.html
Check out this program that will automatically change a person to make them more “beautiful” ??? Portrait Pro http://www.portraitprofessional.com/gallery/
OTHER RESOURCES:
Dove Commercial – Ethics
