Gabriel Santorelli is a Creative Digital Artist with 10+ years of experience in the visual arts field.
He graduated from The School of Visual Arts in 2011 with a BFA in animation.
Since then he’s become adept at refining images and enhancing visual elements to match brand aesthetics and engage target audiences. Proven success in collaborating with clients to meet specific objectives and adjust to dynamic project needs.
Photo Manipulation/Digital Art
This piece is a composite artwork created using various stock images including fire, a Borzoi dog, and a forest scene combined with a custom 3D skull model I designed. The final composition was completed in approximately two hours.
This piece combines stock photos of the ocean, moon, and sand, seamlessly blended using advanced photo manipulation techniques. The sky was hand-painted in Photoshop to enhance the atmosphere and unify the composition.
This piece originated from a photo of a New York City stoop, initially distorted by a fisheye lens effect from my phone camera. After correcting the perspective and refining the image, I created a hand-drawn, cartoon-styled version intended as a background for a character illustration.
3D Integration and Photo Enhancement – This composition features 3D hound models seamlessly integrated into a photograph I captured in Salem, MA. The background was color-enhanced to create a more dramatic, unified atmosphere.
Photo Retouching
Photo Enhancement and Retouching The original image was hazy and washed out, so I increased the saturation and applied a high pass filter to sharpen the details. I also cleaned up the surrounding sidewalk and wall to better frame the subject. The entire edit was completed in approximately 15 minutes.
Portrait Retouching In this edit, I color-matched the model’s face to her body, enhanced the existing makeup, and evened out her skin tone while preserving natural texture. I also subtly enhanced her eye color. My approach prioritizes maintaining the model’s natural appearance without over-editing.
Male Portrait Retouching I removed the overly hazy filter to restore clarity, evened out the subject’s skin tone, and eliminated red spots and minor blemishes on the face and neck. The retouching was completed in approximately 15 minutes, with a focus on maintaining a polished look.
Portrait and Background Retouching I color-matched the subject’s face to his hand for a more consistent skin tone, removed the under-eye sagging line, and darkened the background to draw focus to the subject. Additionally, I repaired the worn-out stripes on the chair to improve the overall composition. The retouching process took approximately 20 minutes.
Removed distracting light colors on the clothing near the wall, corrected uneven skin tones and splotches on the hands, and balanced shadows and highlights to enhance the image while maintaining the model’s natural appearance.
Performed detailed portrait retouching, including blemish removal using the Remove tool, frequency separation to smooth skin while preserving natural texture, and Camera Raw adjustments to balance skin tones and enhance overall image quality.
Retouched the model by smoothing hair and removing a rogue fabric bump on the stomach. Enhanced the eyes and evened out skin tone, subtly correcting a knee bruise and visible blue veins on the elbow for a natural, polished appearance.
Enhanced the image by saturating colors and applying Camera Raw adjustments to create a lens effect. Used AI tools to generate a more dynamic sky and seamlessly fill in gaps within the flower bush for a natural, cohesive look.
Applied a cinematic filter in Camera Raw, replaced the sky, and added a vignette for dramatic effect. Used AI replacement to reconstruct the dog’s eye hidden by fur and restored lost texture. Desaturated the background to emphasize the subject and create stronger visual focus.
Captured at a Lower Manhattan bar, this image was enhanced through heavy manual editing. AI was used to correct the martini glass, while cloud overlays added a swirling effect and simulated rising smoke, creating a dynamic and visually engaging composition.
Photo manipulation and digital painting enhanced the character’s hellish tone. Originally taken on a clear day, the sky was replaced with fiery clouds, colors were adjusted, and hand-painted highlights were added to match the new light source. Completed in approximately 30 minutes. The original file was lost, so an alternate photo from the same shoot is provided for comparison.
