Everyone recognizes this famous portrait of the Afghan refugee girl from National Geographic. I recreated the portrait in Photoshop, working on the outline first, then the solid colors for the face, hair, dress and background; then focusing on each part, adding details. That was basically the process: scroll down for partial process images. Hope you like it.

Final Portrait

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The Process

The original National Geographic photo

The sketch outline

Just the face painted

The dress painted

The hair, eyes, and lips painted

The background layer added

Final Image - removed the outlines, added face details

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