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Monk,
I like it. That is the wood block print of the wave and mount Fuji. (I forget the name of the piece)
Very creative use of the mirror from darkness' image. I also like the "bling" look of the boat and the other textures. Nice work!
I may have to take a crack at next. I have an idea...
cheers buddy, wish i coulda spent more time one it to be honest. that boats really bugging me.
looking forward to seeing yours.
Here we go. :mrpimp:
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/1621/playaza6.jpg
This is not a resubmit I was just taking groupof1's suggestion and pulled the female to the front I like the results good call groupof1. :thumbsup:
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/8...softimejc3.jpg
LMAO off nice one groupof1
I agree, it looks much better. :thumbsup:
I think so too Darkness... It makes her appear to be approaching the mirror. Which (I think) is what you were going for.
hah, nice one groupof1.
I really like this Juju. Made me laugh. Reminds me of seeing commercials when I was a kid and saying "I want a Cutout Pimp!" My kids do that stuff now.
The only thing I might change is the placement or scale of the "entrance edition" text. It looks like it wants to be part of the diorama, even though I know it isn't. It looks like you bumped it down so as not to cover the text on the back of the board. I think that by moving it back up (with the overlap) it would add more depth to the pic.
have not battled in a long time, have not opened up photoshop in months. be warned. :cap:
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/970...tovegaslr0.jpg
thanks groupof1, i wanted to put the title at the bottom right but it'd cover the guy. when i moved it on top it'd cover the background text. in the end i wanted to show the background text so viewer could see the meaning of 'entrance edition' so i moved the title down a little. but i do feel the same that looks a bit strange...
squidlips, better start open and get back to photoshop!! at the moment everything is out of place, face and body are totally different hue, and flat. kids shadow is opposite from background's shadows (if kid's shadow is caused by the fire he would have another shadow from the sun in the other direction as well) .. just to name a few. but yea, i was warned..:)
Thought I would make a move on this since things have been a little quiet.
(Actually, I have been pretty busy myself! Ugh!)
Anyway, thought I would darken the mood a bit. (sounds funny doesn't it)
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/6...happensac7.jpg
i really liked your image groupof1, not 100% on the typography, maybe something a little more subtle/small with the white behind it would make it pop a bit more. the girl looks like the came from a lower resolution stock however i kinda like the flatness to her, it really pulls the eye up. on another flat note...
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4120/peekaboopf2.jpg
Thanks Squidy. I had a hard time with the girl. The main stock is great but has an odd angle/perspective to it. It was difficult to make the girl blend into the scene. She also had no shadow so I had to add all that. The "low res" feel is probably from me over working her.
I chose that font because of the sharpness and protrusiveness of the W and V, to imply something... well, sharp and protrusive.
awesome guys. glad to see you're keeping the dust off this place :D
i see you!
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/2...eposterhg0.jpg
rotoscope type style i been messing with lately..
very different feel to alot of other volleys. i like the shake and the depth you got in it, gives it a certain feeling of being alive, or moving.
just letting ya'll know i started working on the next one.
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3261/iseeyoues8.jpg
a bit slapdash, thought it was an interesting look tho.
I like this a lot. it gives me the impression of torn paper, like a collage.
I also like the see no evil... idea.
Game's over...
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/4601/sepianb6.jpg
i like the idea and the composition of this image, there's just something that isn't quite working. maybe just a slightly lighter shadow on the top right corner would have let you put the swirl in black behind it and maybe layer the type a little bit or something. gonna start working on a volley soonish. :)
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/8...rmirrornd8.jpg
had fun doing this one, came together alot easier than i thought it would. :)
I agree with you Squid. I started out strong on but came up just a little short of where i was trying to go.
Honestly, I had a hard time working off of your monkey image. It is well put together and there really isn't any one thing that says "pick me, pick me" to bring into a new composition. Nicely done sir.
I don't think I said so... but I like your return.
i broke the mirror.
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/683...emirrorbm0.jpg
hey man, If your gonna have 7 years of bad luck you might as well make it look good. And you did, I like it.
I'm curious what you did to get the glass shards look.
just the simple Polygonal Lasso Tool. :)
Select and move it.
Nice... simple and effective. Good work.
the onyl thing i would have changed is the background otherwise great job nogol.
thanks. i'm not sure what to do with the background.
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/2...mirror2ax4.jpg
Hm, don't know if you were done with your image yet or not (you posted the new one after I started work on this one) but I thought I'd hop in and give this a shot.
http://ian.janasnyder.com/itoowillfade.png
Love the broken mirror effect in your image btw!
there's not much difference actually. and i'm done with the image...
been away from FK for some time... got to start training again. :mrt:
even just black, i like it more. in the first one the background was distracting to much from the center piece.
beautiful image nogol. great execution!
Hmm, no crits/comments from any of you about my image? I can understand ignoring it and hoping it will just go away, but I do want to make sure it at least got posted right...can everyone see it?
yup it's there captain.
Nice use of color on yours.
I like the first one better Nogol. The black is too plain without something in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by silverx2
Nice job!
captain:
i like the broken faded butterflies, i think you need to find something to work with in your image to give it more of a focal point though.
Nogol:
I prefer the first image, i think if you added more contrast to the background or more depth to the image by introducing some shadowing on the background from the glass then it would be a prefect volley.
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found some time in a break to volley...
counting...
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/6...gvolleygu5.jpg
Nogol- The black background works much better. It adds a tremendous amount of depth and your image really explodes out of that negative space now. I also think you executed the shattering technique very well, fracturing the image intensely yet still keeping it unified and maintaining harmony in the overall composition. I enjoy that there is no absurdly obvious focal point, albeit the lips are quite prominent. It's a bit nonlinear that way and gives me the opportunity to come in at the image from many places, enjoying more of the detail that you put into the piece.
Captain- Although *it appears* simple in style and execution, I'd say your image is balanced well in composition. You have a lot of horizontal movement happening and I think it would excellent to see that developed a bit more. Because there is a lot of focus directly in the center of your image, it cuts down on the movement quite a bit (things captured in motion are often not aligned perfectly center). Perhaps you could shift foreground elements, such as the butterflies and text, more to the left, almost cropping the edges of the wings. It might regain the idea of movement and add more context to the piece. Another thing that is perhaps only a nitpick is that the image is a bit dark and I think adding even a little bit of white to highlight a few areas would add more depth.
1stbite- What can I say? That is such an interesting piece. The angles are fantastic, the lighting is very ominous and I think you've done a technically sound job of incorporating the previous element. To delve into technique a little further, I think the i too will fade element is slightly askew. The leftmost end of the element lines up well, as you can see the i is inline with the tally marks. The rightmost end becomes askew as the straight edge of the d, for example, does not quite line up with the tally marks. I think using a perspective transformation to straighten it out a bit would really allow it to sink into the wall even more. However, that's just me being quite fastidious for small details but overall it's a great piece.