Restored & Reimagined the photo of a Redditor's grandmother whom they never got to see in real life

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IDoArtForYou on March 23rd, 2022 at 21:45 UTC »

Some of you might have seen some of my works over the past few weeks. Ever since I've been getting tons of requests. I'm picking some up randomly and doing what I do.

Here's another one. This one was sent to me by u/hahsyhsee with a little backstory and a request for colorization and reworking.

This is the photo of their grandmother that they never got to see as she passed on early in life. She was a Polish woman married to an Armenian man and lived in Lebanon.

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Here's a comparison GIF: https://giant.gfycat.com/ClosedSilkyJapanesebeetle.mp4

And before some "expert" (not a real expert) comes along to tell me how AI was used because they can tell from the "hair classic patterns", here's ONE single layer of just me repainting the hair where I needed to: https://i.imgur.com/ldyBBhA.jpg

And there's a ton more layers for the rest of the image.

Edit: Many people ask how I go about doing skin. I detailed out some techniques in this post here but here's a quick video I made showing one of the processes. You have to improvise depending on the needs of the image and apply various techniques but this should give you a basic idea. https://giant.gfycat.com/AgedMiserlyChevrotain.mp4

For those interested, I've detailed out my process in my previous posts and provided some process GIF's if you're keen. I'll be happy to answer and help with any questions you might have to learn my process.

Work time for this image was around 12 hours I think. Didn't really time it.

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NOTE: Because I get asked every time, I DO NOT take commissions. However you can send your pictures to me if you want. If I like any, I might work on them. And if I do, then it'll be free of charge.

Cold_Situation_7803 on March 23rd, 2022 at 22:12 UTC »

That is just phenomenal work!

palmerj54321 on March 23rd, 2022 at 23:18 UTC »

It’s not my picture, and I have no skin in this game, but from one human to another, thank you for making another person’s world brighter by giving them a more real-to-life remembrance of someone they hold close!