Glamour Editing

I actually like it, and can see it being used for pinup style photos! How much time in involved?

Robert's process took a year of progress to achieve what he was after.
He uses props and a white background.

Your process is a work in progress. I would have kept the background like the original.
Your model does appear to have that animated look, so keep practicing, it's coming along.

I know you're not going for Robert's look etc.

The first set, nice work.

jkleb: Yeah, my second set is rough.  And I think I did oversharpen the resized version.
Your edit looks good too, but I think definition needs to be added, shading or something.  When smoothing skin sometimes everthing gets flattened... like she looks puffy.

Mike:  Yeah I read the thing about him taking a year to develop his process, yadda yadda, it's taken me 10 years to come up with the "look" I do (that's how long I have been using photo editing software)   I think for everyone editing is a work in process, over time your style will change, client's wants will change, trends will change, editing software will change, you will learn new ways to do things.

Marian:  First edit took me ten minutes, the second edit tooke me two minutes, but I worked off the edit I had already done earlier and then just grabbed the original for comparison.  I did the edit for this thread, I won't use it for anything.

It's fun to try new styles and attempt things even if they aren't what you will use.  I would say that I do glamour editing, but for my clientele it obviously has to be more realistic (brides and boudoir), but you learn new things when you play around.

I too love his work, He has threatened to release a DVD but I bet he never does.

edit to add
http://www.modelmayhem.com/alvarado

now you know where my red dots came from... [grin]

How do you do that?

Do what exactly?  I can answer what I do for specific things and guess what others do for their editing, but I could always be wrong.