Guys, I have been following this THREAD. I found this example on another website and thought it would be helpful so I decided to share.
This is the explanation the creator gave:
"It's difficult for me, because my english is not that good and my photoshop is in german. First cut all same color shadow stuff on diffrent layers (arms 2 layers, Shirt one, shorts one) with really smooth edges toward the same color parts and sharp edges to the "not the same color parts". Than on each layer: Lots of diffrent Image Adjustments (mostly: Hue/Saturation (not all colors at once but yellow colors for example); Brightness/Contrast; Shadow/Highlight and some really low Fotofilters..); than Part Healing Tool and Copy Stamp (from the original layer - not full opacity) and smudge the outlines of each layer. (sorry for my english) edit "
Inspirational!
Before photo

After photo

This is the explanation the creator gave:
"It's difficult for me, because my english is not that good and my photoshop is in german. First cut all same color shadow stuff on diffrent layers (arms 2 layers, Shirt one, shorts one) with really smooth edges toward the same color parts and sharp edges to the "not the same color parts". Than on each layer: Lots of diffrent Image Adjustments (mostly: Hue/Saturation (not all colors at once but yellow colors for example); Brightness/Contrast; Shadow/Highlight and some really low Fotofilters..); than Part Healing Tool and Copy Stamp (from the original layer - not full opacity) and smudge the outlines of each layer. (sorry for my english) edit "
Inspirational!
Before photo

After photo

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