littleMatt vs. Extricate :: Waking the Sleeping Giant

I'm feeling rusty again, and as such would like to battle!

RULES:
turnaround: up to a week
size: 702px by 702px
volley: element from previous

http://www.fishandonions.com/riseandshine/1.jpg

Any crits or comments would be appreciated :)

lol
Thats funny.

hey, if you dont minde, id like to give it a shot.

Kool :)

Great work from a technical standpoint, but am I missing something? Seems to lack cohesiveness. Not a bad thing cause the shadows, lighting, etc is great, but seems a little random, no?

Nice use of vectors btw... :thumbsup:

It’s meant to be a reflection of how the Arena has been the last few weeks (pretty empty). I’m pictured poking a sleeping beast trying to wake him/her for a battle. The circles are kind of random, just meant to be trippy more than anything :)

I originally had other ideas about how I was going to work the image. I was going to be pictured with a megaphone about to startle the bear with a strap of “bring the noise” or something – but I couldn’t find a way of doing it that I was happy with – the only way would have had me disproportionately large compared to the bear – which wouldn’t be correct in my eyes.

haha that's funny. let's hope you suceed in poking some life into this place :thumbsup:

bottom 2/3rds of the image is great. Funny concept yet very poinent. The type on the top left isn't very desirable, but i do like it. What really stick out is the yellow vectors. Maybe if you had blended them somehow, or tried to do a trendwhore 'glow' with some gaussian blur...maybe that would have toned them down a bit.

Nice job matt.

Yea I see that, I guess the one element that is throwin me off is the pen.

ok, ill get working on something soon :) nice image by the way, its quite interesting.

Title changed.

Let's get it on!

I like it alot! great attention to detail. The vector stuff doesent bother me but it might be just a smidge too much. I really like it though.

i like it, not as the image really as in the images symbol...what it stands for. I think it has caught my attention more then any images this past week, good job :thumbsup:

Oh my, this image is full of tension, I love it.


*poke poke*

Damn my fetish for all things yellow! :D

I dig what you’re all saying about the circles and text. I spent hours and hours blending the bottom half of the image – and comparatively no time at all on the sky, which shows I guess.

I look forward to your image Extricate!

I appreciate your comments and cheers for the title change E :)

creative +1

lol that looks awsome :D

ok, ill try to have something up tonight or tomorrow :)

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/9725/battlexn4.jpg

let me know what you think..

there is so much going on, this post is a reserve for thoughts id like to put once i digest it all.