I haven't made anything semi-creative in photoshop for months so I decided to give it a go. I was never fabulous to begin with but I get the gist of techniques, etc. So pros, cons, ways to continue with this sig since I don't know what to do next. Thanks. (They were smaller so I had to do some resizing for the sake of the forum that's why details might seem a bit off, trust me it looks better in PS.) V1: Most recent edited (My result after adding a gradient map, some text, minor sharpening, and some vibrance layers - much better in my opinion):
The stock stands out too much. You might wanna try smudging to blend it in a bit more. You've got a good idea going here, but it needs a bit more work...
The only thing I have a problem with is the quality of the Lightning render that you used. I guess it's just the way the hair was cut (it looks blocky) and that's what's making her stand out so much from the background. I really like what you have going on in the background with the smudging. I'm not the best person to give advice but maybe experiment with sharpening some of the smudging in the background a bit not too much though, make the sharpening very subtle. Another thing you could try doing is experimenting with text placement and see where that goes and even try some gradient maps to tweak the colours a bit. Again, I am not that good with giving advice or critique but if this has helped you in any way then good. ^___^;
Hehe yes the quality looks really bad on here since I had to resize it for the purposes of the forum so it blurs out the image a bit (it was smaller before and plus I didn't remember what the best sig size proportions were). I'll try out the things you suggested and see what I end up with! Thank you, your advice was quite helpful <3
I agree with what Samara says xD I like v2 better,as everythings blended really nicely. The colours in both of them are great :3
V3 looks better. Because the stock is smaller I don't notice as many flaws in the stock itself in this one. Also the text looks nice. Much better imo.
The stock is the same size as it has always been and there were never and "flaws" with the image itself. The only issue I had was really a non-issue in that I had to resize the entire sig for the sake of others on the forum seeing the small details because I mistaked the canvas size for something smaller than what I should have. But thank you for your comments on the text, I tried to make it blend in well.
I'm a little confused. Why did you have to resize the sig for the forum? I like the most recent version that you added the most. The focal was blended to the BG very well and the smudging that you used on the BG was very well done although the left side doesn't really have any flow. I'm also a little confused as to where the light in this composition is coming from.
It wasn't really for the forum per say. It was more so people could see it. The canvas size I put it at before I even began making the sig was really small because I didn't remember what some good sig size settings were so in reality the actual size is smaller than this. I didn't think it would turn out in a way that I liked and would end up trashing it anyway but in the end I liked it enough to keep so I had to make it bigger so people could see the little things I did to it in order for them to give CnC. Her hair is kind of a good motion focus on the left side and I did add some motion blur layers underneath the current layers but got so wrapped up in the smudging of it that I guess it got lost in there somewhere haha. Also the light I was hoping would be coming from the bottom where a lot of her face and hair is illuminated but I'll fix those couple of things, thanks!
