Using brushes, sponges and isopropyl alcohol the surface is worked and smoothed. All the rough edges of the wrinkles are softened, and fingerprints are wiped away. Wrinkles are re-cut and deepened as needed, and the smoothing process is repeated. Finally, texture stamps are used to add the finer wrinkles and pores.

The two sponges, the brush and the sculpting tool I used for the wrinkles are all in the photo.

This was also the 24 May 2010 picture of the week over at Running Wolf Productions. I'm putting other in-progress photos into my scraps folder.