creepy image. but it doesnt seem medusa is part of the background. there are a number of reasons; she looks too clear, light source doesnt matched, no shadows beneath her tails...etc.
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creepy image. but it doesnt seem medusa is part of the background. there are a number of reasons; she looks too clear, light source doesnt matched, no shadows beneath her tails...etc.
HoHO! i love it, the medusa is awesome (love the tail) nice return! everything looks really nice, the only error i can see is that the background was zoomed in too much, (the garbage can, if thats what it is, looks a little fuzzy)
Thanks for the comments guys. :)
DaVulf I will comment on your last image in a bit.
I did want to show the mask that I spoke about and an alternate version of my final that may have shown the mask off better.
This is not a volley:
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/pea3698/mask.jpg
This is the mask that I created and overlayed the girls photo over with several different blending modes.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1..._final_alt.jpg
this was an alternate final version I decided against.
Once again sorry for the posted images but I wanted to show how I got the effect in regards to your critique of my first image Davulf. ;)
No problem Pea. I think I actually like that version better. Slightly darker, but still nice.
that ones creepy, but hey i like how you did the mask
thank ye much ;)
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...cape_final.jpg
Here is your return. This is a dark one with loads of details. If to many people can't see the details I shall save a lighter version as well. On my monitor though I can see all the goodness. ;)
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...cape_light.jpg
Lighter version. Just was told what I suspected.
sweet pea!! sweet
Gollum just got a little brother.
I can't really tell what's the dragon burning but is fighting with, but it doesn't really matter anyway, does it? (dark version works fine with me)
Ok as I said, i'm going to comment on your previous post.
First off, great idea/concept. I think that if you had taken your time you would have gotten serious results but it doesn't appear that you did. Overall your image has a futuristic feel to it but the textured boarder makes it look older. Sometimes this clash works but I'm thinking in this particular image it just doesn't fit. The text is ok, i'm going to guess that you used a "Secret of Nyme" font style. Once again though this gives a more elvish apearance and not a futuristic one.
The lighting on pretty much all of your subjects is wrong. You have soft light on the girl, hardly any light on the green tail, and on the main background you have harsh directional light.
The fire coming out of the garbage can is ok but your masking is off. The fire is starting below the top of the cans lid. On the subject of masking, the hair snakes, whats up with the big chunk of white????, and the chunk of white in her actual hair. If that is from masking it is just slack.
The "laser beam" coming out of the snakes mouth is cool but feels out of place, this is a personal preferrence thing.
The snakes shadow is pretty good, but I think that if you blurred it a tad more and dropped down the transparencey it would look lots better.
The woman and tail are in pretty sharp focus but the background is not. Also the background extends only where the green tail is, im referring to the road part not the darker part that blurs into the boarder.
The snake hair just doesn't look realistic and blends very badly imho.
All in all DaVulf i'm disappointed in the quality of images that you have been throwing down in this battle. It feels like your rushing. Man you laid down a 72 hour image turnover, use it. So far good concepts but the execution just seems off.
Blah That is about the worst crit I have given someone and now i'm going to sit back and await the flaming for doing so. Also remember you asked for honest crits...
darker version is def better. The whole image is kickin' pretty good! But i think there's a tad too much grunge brush on the kid's face..that's my only gripe...
This battle is awesome.
Good job.
Thank Nguma, I'm glad the dark version works for you, i'm hating looking at the lighter one looks really bad on my monitor. I took it over to my second monitor and it looks good though so bleh. lol The dragon is flaming a small fort of sorts but, although the center is pretty much the focal point, I was trying to draw attention to the overall detail of the image not just the center.
I'm not 100% happy with the background to be honest. It comes off as being video gamish. I probably should have just continued the roots or made it open up into a lush forest but hind sight is 50/50.
LOL I was totally thinking of Gullum while making that little guy. I actually was going to make a extream gullum look-a-like but 2am snuck up on me and I needed sleep ;) plus the wife was a looking for me.
My favorite part of the image is the kids eyes. Piercing in a way...
BTW DaVulf I used the dress from your previous volley as some of the root structures shadows.....
And it looks like you have ;).Quote:
Originally Posted by pea3698
I know the concept was decent, and it looked great in my head, but I just couldn't get it to work properly. Now, as for time, this did take me a few hours. Why does it look rushed then? I'm not sure, bad stock maybe, or possibly because I'm not using my computer (since it isn't set up yet at home).Quote:
Originally Posted by P
It was supposed to be a Medusa waiting at a Bus Stop. Unfortunately both stocks weren't the same size, and I couldn't get the right scene I wanted. In the end, I cropped out most of the bus stop parephenalia. As far as the grunged border, I was just trying to make the scene a little darker. She is an evil demon ;).Quote:
Originally Posted by P
I felt like the font choice and placement worked well with this image, I didn't use the font you pointed out, and I felt the look blended well with 'fantasy'. Personal preference here.Quote:
Originally Posted by P
Yea, I'm still working on getting lighting down. To me it looked right, but clearly I was wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by P
I admit that this was done at the end because I hadn't used an element.Quote:
Originally Posted by P
Those are both actually from the background.Quote:
Originally Posted by P
Again, this is the background.Quote:
Originally Posted by P
Agreed.Quote:
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Yea, the background, although higher resolution, didn't come out very well in this one. The road does extend, but the two perspectives were slightly different and it leads to a cut off effect.Quote:
Originally Posted by P
I'll agree with this to an extent. This took quite alot of time and placement to make. I think you're right that it doesn't look great or blended very well, but I assure you that I spent alot of time trying.Quote:
Originally Posted by P
It's only been 2 volleys, and I think my first one was one of the best I've ever done. The sheer amount of work and new techniques that went into it make me believe that.Quote:
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No flaming from me. I did want to explain myself though. I do feel that this crit is pretty harsh, but I suppose I can see where you're coming from. Hopefully I can pull off the next volley a little better.Quote:
Originally Posted by P
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Now, the first version of your volley does look slightly dark on my monitor, but the light version is way too light and it loses alot of depth. I understand that you put that one up just so that we could tell what was going on, but I think it makes the image lose alot of mystery. All in all, it looks like a pretty good volley. Not very sharp images, but when darkened it looks fine.
Lefteye: Thanks for the props man :).
Gotcha Lefteye. I was trying to pull the kid away from looking like human kid. The pattern overlay may be a tad much. I just wanted to get a very leathery look out of it. I'm glad I got an image down man, I was having a hard time with this once. Couldnt get the good ol juices a flowin'
Man i'm glad you took the crit well phew. No doubt you put alot of time and effort into your volley. I never doubted that. All the different elements look very good separately just when they where put together the blending just isnt feeling right. I'm really sorry for the harshness. I just was nit picking a good bit.
LOL not worried about the flaming from you. I knew you would take the crit well its others that worry me.... I don't want to be labeled a " I'm better than you " person. I am learning just like everyone else. Hey I was out round one in MM.
As for the unsharpness. This was intentional. I wanted it to look more like an illustration of sorts than a photo. The lighter version was put up because on my second monitor I could barely even see the face, the roots were straight black, and the center was even to dark. It was more to avoid the "I can't see anything comments".
Thanks for the crit DaVulf. Feel free to point out anything that sticks out badly to me. I want to grow not stand still in the arena world ;)
http://www.briancomeau.net/fk/tiger.jpg
Alright, I took your comments and hopefully this worked out better. I paid alot more attention to lightsources this time. I feel like the blending on the tiger is pretty well done, so I'm happy with that too. Let me know if you think anything is done poorly.
D, dude, no offence, awesome pic but your selections looks like a crack addict did them.
Theres no blending on the kid under the bed he looks like a card board cut out.
Apart from that, I like it.
you've got an almost painterly 3d render feel going to this. Where'd you get your stocks?
Bummer. Monitor issue. It looks like he blends in perfectly on my screen. Like, he was in black in Pea's image, and he's in black in mine. I didn't even think about people with different monitors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Natsia
As for the images, I got some from Flickr.com and others from SXC.hu.
super cool.
I have my home monitor set up pretty bright, it at around 80%, always helps with blending and light issues.
;)
That bed looks really comfy. hmmm pillows.