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The white piping has been trimmed to fit the outer curves and completed by drawing in whatever was missing. A small suggestion of the piping was added at the lower left area of bra to add to the illusion of size. All remnants from the previous steps were removed by either erasing them on the other layers or retouching them out with a small soft brush using the local colors at 10% opacity and adding 1.55 of noise for skin texture. Painting with a brush at low opacity takes longer and requires many more strokes but it results in a more natural blend.
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Beginning work on the outer breast we start with isolating a copy of the original on another layer. On the right image, again using Transform>Distort, the breast was enlarged to conform as close as possible to the guide sketch. Obviously, by itself, this doesn’t quite do the job. Some retouching and rendering will again be necessary to improve it.
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The left image shows the retouching/rendering. The distracting white highlight on the breast was removed, the white piping was narrowed to conform to the rest of the bra and a shadow was added to the cup for dimension and to imply more heaviness to the breast. The bottom of the breast is unimportant since it will be covered by her stomach in the next step. The right image is an enlarged view with noise added for matching texture.
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The best way to add an enlarged stomach, in this instance, is the use of an appropriate source image. The pregnant belly I found is a bit over the top but for this illustration it works well. In an actual job you may want to find something a bit more realistic but the application will be similar. I removed the background from the belly shot, did a minor resize and rotated it to a logical position. Using the erase tool with a soft brush I removed portions of the belly, keeping the edges very soft to help the blending step to follow. When I had this edge finished I reduced the opacity of the belly layer so I could see through it and used a hard edged brush to remove the lower portion of the belly to conform to the bathing suit line I wanted...something that would indicate the belly pushing it down.
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