1. Magazine Improvements: 2 By Kirsty Steward

2. Blur tool Firstly, I realised I needed to make my models skin clearer as one of the conventions of the magazine is having an attractive woman as the main image with flawless features. For the first stage, I created two layers of the original image and added the blur tool to the top layer. I then played with the radius and threshold bars until my models features were visible but all skin imperfections had disappeared. However, the image appeared to 3. Clone stamp and paintbrush To get rid of the fake blurry effect, I returned to the original layer and selected the clone stamp and the brush tool. The above layer allowed me to literally paint over the imperfections not erasing them completely, but reducing them dramatically. This makes my magazine more conventional as the model now appears with less flaws and will make my audience aspire to be more like her than in the previous state. 4. Paintbrush and magnetic lasso tool Continuing on the beauty theme, I decided to add fake makeup to my model to make her more envious. This was achieved by selecting the paintbrush tool and choosing a colour that was similar to that of a typical lipstick colour. I therefore went with a dark pink colour and traced her lips with the brush with the colour. Then, to make the lipstick seem less painted, I used the magnetic lasso Tool and selected the upper and lower lip to make the improvements. 5. Changing saturation After both lips were selected, I went to the image tab and click hue/saturation to ensure the colour could decrease. After the command box appeared, I decreased the colour of the pink dramatically regarding saturation to ensure the lipstick appeared to be natural. 6. Pen and paintbrush tool Finally, I added in more eyelashes to make my model look like she was wearing more mascara, again to make her appear more conventionally attractive. I achieved this by creating another layer and making the manipulations on the layer. I first changed the paintbrush size to 2px and made sure the selected colour was black. I then used the pen tool to create the shape of the lash, then right clicked on the lash and selected stroke path and chose the brush tool. This made a realistic eyelash appear. I repeated this process until a full set of lashes was created.