This picture was possibly the most complicated for me...
Before...
This was taken at night at home without any 'white balance' alterations, so the whole thing came out with an orange tinge. I liked the picture though, beautiful profile and lovely negative space, so I decided I would alter it in some way.
This is a piece of vintage Sanderson upholstery fabric I inherited. I decided to use this as a background for the profile.
After...
I blurred the background, so that the profile would stand out. The skin tone has been altered quite a lot. I cut out the profile and placed it on the background. The cutting out was more difficult than I expected in order to get a clean cut without shadows or other markings. I used several 'layers' in Photoshop to get the final result. I had to draw her eyelashes on a separate layer and merge it with the photo, they were too difficult to cut out...!