Real nice job!
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Real nice job!
Beautiful image C. I really do hate you. You come up with some of the most simple yet amazing images.
very nice CT, im loving the detail, such as the power emulating from the wand and the dust trail...good job!
holy crap c...
how the hell do you do it.
Just ..
I give up.
Im going to go study accounting or something.
One of the nicest images I have ever seen, I am so excited for ond's response :)
Carly Simon misquoted too :)Quote:
Originally Posted by gerbick
And I can I join the rapturous delighted chorus? Ravishing image, again, Chris. You should be designing Iain M. Banks's next book cover!
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Originally Posted by FlAss
And the title of the thread... is missing a "that"... wow. You are petty.Quote:
"Its the stuff that dreams are made of
Its the slow and steady fire
Its the stuff that dreams are made of
Its your heart and souls desire
Its the stuff that dreams are made of..."
Now now, you all play nice or dont play at all.
Very very cool return, ct! There are so many details in there, around the girl and the sword, that make it wonderful, and adding the rainbow was a stroke of genius.
I know I have up to two weeks, but I'm too excited about this to wait, I should have something up within 48 hrs.
I love your last image O very nice! Only thing bothering me is the depth of field. The ship is behind the slightly blurred "mountain/cliff whatever ;)" but is in pretty good focus. The same goes for the boulder hanging out by itself. It is in better focus than the end of the rock platform that the person is standing on.
I am loving the rainbow, it is adding just the right touch to the overall feel of the image.
The typography is cool but parts of it get lost in the darkness.
Great image though. This battle ROCKS BABY!
Reviewing these 'battles' really, really made me feel bad. I once possessed (Mite still have a little..) skill in PS, although at this point I would be smeared by a ten year old. (No offense, Adobe.)
Anyway... fantastic. The biggest problem I have in PS... which people here appear to have vanquished... is killing the ever-existent 'jaggies'. I wish I could just antialias them away. :|
Superb job on the rainbows... and the depth. CT - can't believe how well you work with image depth. The wind around the sword in the childs' hand made me gawk.
If I stay around here long enough, I mite have to pick a fite.
nice!!! i like the way you incorporated the rainbow with the image, it brings a slight contrast to the overall gloomy/dangerous look of the piece(which i think is what you were going for right?) anyways, nice job...the one rock hanging out in the open i think isnt really necessary, unless you have some other smaller rocks around it...but thats my 2 cents :-D
ond... you already know I'm probably one of your biggest fans when it comes down to your work. You layer, color, contrast and place your text in odd places at times to build a better tension than if you were to just place it in the "typical" places.
I love the rocks - the detail is popping out even on this lowly, un-calibrated CRT I'm currently using while travelling... and the girl is placed perfectly, imho.
Now... the slight complaint I have... the color of the text. Yeah... I think an off-white with a slight blue/grey - sample the girls dress in the brighter sections, would have "finished" the composition better than the warm black. Also... the mist at the top of the far mountain - is that a skull I see hidden away? - would have been better tapered off a bit to reveal the top of the mountain and that being the starting part where the eyes start, not to the far left with the rainbow then across to the ship then then down to the girl.
But even with that minor, minor detail pointed out... dude, stellar return. If anything, I just wanted to nitpick a bit but still have to say "make this into a damn desktop, I want it!"... it all just oozes mad fresh niceness.
all of the images in this thread so far have been awesome guys. Can't wait until I get back home to my computer... perhaps I can try to keep up with you guys!
I actually like the text color.. but who am I to go against what G says about text?
This is a really great image O and this battle as a whole is just superb. The fog on the water is very well done and everything goes so well together. My only crit, and I am going to type this small because this image is so damn good it doesnt need changes, would be that the island on the right could use a little more fog around it's base to make it fit in more. The left side of that island seems to float a little
:)
Great image O! I love the mood it sets with the fog/darkness/rain. Yet the rainbow doesnt take away from that because it is so perfectly and subtlely placed. It adds a perfect splash of color that doesnt completely draw your eye. The blending on all of the imagery is top notch.
My only crit would be the rock on the right side being too in focus. I think it garners so much attention because the initial focal point is the woman on the rocks which guides your eye in a diagonal line right at the rock on the right. Maybe if it were blurred a tad, or some fog was layed over top of it.
Anyway, amazing image, i'd venture to say it's the best i've ever seen from you, which is saying a lot.
Non Taken.Quote:
Reviewing these 'battles' really, really made me feel bad. I once possessed (Mite still have a little..) skill in PS, although at this point I would be smeared by a ten year old. (No offense, Adobe.)
About the images:
I cannot find ANYTHING I don't like in any of the images.
How the hell do you do it? Let me know your secret. pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeas?
I also meant to comment on the fog. It is the best fog I have ever seen in a battle. Superb.
I love how it looks almost like a painting. for a second i thought i saw a flaw but it was just a piece of dust on my monitor. i too would love to have a desktop version.
Hmm think you misunderstood I was trying to jokily imply that Carly Simon had misquoted The Tempest like the thread-title & so mock my own pedantry. But I'm fine with you thinking I'm petty you're entitled to your opinion though I did cry a bit when I read it.Quote:
Originally Posted by gerbick