in a rooooooooooow. Why are they protecting in Rooooooome? lollyricsingfxthreads. I got addicted to that song. I was also experimenting on smudging in Gimp, since it's sooooo freaking hard. Do you know any tutorials on smudging on Gimp? If not, it's okay. I wanted to try out some coloring, so that explains the second one.
This is the sexiest thing I've seen from you. You did lovely, the only thing is that I think the transition from the colors to white was a little sudden, but this thing is gorgeous. The text could be blended better, but it's no biggie. I love the color. that golden looks like sunset.
Well, it has definite potential and is a nice concept, but some things just are not working for me: Firstly, the text. It seems predominately purple, which is just... confusing, because while there are some purple hues in there, it is by no means a major color, making the text just seem random and out of place. I tend to steer away from putting text on Overlay (or any other blending mode, I can't tell for sure which you used) because it just looks kind of cheap -- as if you finished smudging, then said, this needs text, but were too lazy to work it into the wonderful smudging that you already have. Second, the light. Now I can see why you did it the way you did in here, because I do love the uncommon placement of the stock and the general flow of the tag, so this is more advice for the future: pay attention to where the light is hitting your stock. If you look at Sora, you can tell that he is looking towards the sun; therefore, the lightest part of your tag should be the upper lefthand corner, as that is where the sun would be. Instead, you have placed it on the right side, where the shadows would naturally fall. When you get more experienced, you can play around with altering how the light hits your stock to manipulate it as you want, but it is a very long and arduous process that usually doesn't turn up the best results. And smudging in Gimp is a *****. If you want to smudge, you've really got no choice but to use Photoshop. :/ Gimp does have excellent displacement filters though that can often replicate the look of smudging in Photoshop, so definitely check those out.
