B&W TO COLOR

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This project was quite odd. I had a lot of fun with it as I felt like there were no restraints. At first I was a little hesitant about making myself look ridiculously bad, but as I got to my second version, I actually found it kinda funny. You can see the progression of the colors of my skin tone getting crazier as I began to let loose. I was pretty impressed with the preciseness of outlining my hair. I think this was a super valuable exercise for me to get the hang of the lasso tool on Photoshop!

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