A client told me my blending looked muddy around her temples

She was right, I was overworking the color there. Now I feather it out way lighter and only go back in if I really need to. Any of you get feedback that totally changed your technique?

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the_gavin6d ago

Huh, I actually think a little muddiness can look more natural than perfectly feathered edges.

juliawalker6d ago

Oh wow, that's exactly what I've been saying. Muddy edges look like they actually lived through a storm or got shuffled around by the wind. Why spend hours smoothing something out when the real world is full of grit and chaos?

henry_webb686d ago

Yeah, don't you think we get too caught up in making everything look perfect? Sometimes a little bit of mess makes the whole thing feel more real, like it actually belongs there. I see a lot of people trying to smooth out every single feather and it just ends up looking like a plastic toy. The natural world has rough edges, so a touch of muddiness kind of tells the story of how it got there. It's a good reminder that not everything needs to be cleaned up to look right.