While not really "graphic design", photo retouching often plays a huge role in the design process sometimes. Here, I took a decent photo and transformed it to a very nice work of art. Professional, no? Seriously, should there be any reason for crappy pics on personal ads if I could turn this around?

Dimensions: 744×459
File Size: 84 KB
Elapsed Time: 5-7 min.

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Here's another photo manipulation, made to look like an old newspaper picture. You know he made history, right? Photoshop…gotta love it.

Dimensions: 570×322
File Size: 91 KB
Elapsed Time: 7 min.