Getting Around in GIMP - Contour Painting

Similar to using dodging and burning is something I like to call "Contour Painting". It's basically dodging and burning (d&b), but with an eye towards contours of the subject in a photo. I will use this very often in shots with skin, and a great example of this would be a nice cheesecake pin-up style image!

Lovely pin-up pose! (mouseover to see the final result)

First off, I want to thank Evolutions Photography for graciously allowing me to use this wonderful image as part of my tutorial. The model is the lovely Ariel Fulmer (Arielita on ModelMayhem). Make up artist is DmarieBelleza, and the hair stylist is Anna Marie De Almeida. I originally came across this image in the ModelMayhem Digital Art & Retouching Challenge forum in this thread.

The rest of my GIMP tutorials are all listed here: Getting Around in GIMP
If you want to retouch the skin before contour painting, see this tutorial:
Skin Retouching (Wavelet Decompose)