Thanks to Roger Luijten from flickr, for the pic of the gorilla, and to Alaskan Dude also from flickr, for the pic of the woman warrior. (5 years and 2481 days ago)
Hi author, there is a sharp line at the bottom edge of the grass. I think this would be a much stronger entry if you faded the grass out at that line as well. Just as you had done with the left and right sides of the grass. the sharp line is somewhat distracting. Another thing to try would be to take the smudge tool and smudge around the ape a bit (try not to get carried away with the smudge tool) to make his hair look more realistic. This could be a large improvement on an already strong entry. good luck author, I hope I've helped.
Thanks to soul_stealer from flickr for the pic of the girl (Francesca 1), and to mikebaird also from flickr, for the pic of the flowers. (5 years and 2475 days ago)
Hello author. The reflection is off a bit. It actually is different than the original tomato all together. I will try to help you out to the best of my abilities. I would duplicate your tomato and all the elements that make up the tomato (such as the mouth glares, etc...) then I would merge all the duplicated layers together. After this flip the merged layer and move it straight down to the base of the original tomato. Reduce the opacity to about 50% and then cover with a reveal all mask. Now use a black to white gradient on the mask to reveal the tomato so that it gradually fades to nothing at the bottom. I hope this helps. There is probably a better way to explain this. Good luck author.
EDIT: Sorry author i didn't even look at the source picture before I commented. The reflection is fine. I think something with the mouth is off a bit though. I cant quite put my finger on it. I think the top lip in the reflection is too dark. if you look at the lips on the "original tomato" the upper lip is not even there. if you look at the reflection the upper lip is very dark. Otherwise, Good work and good luck.
author says:
hehehe, thank you so very much for all the help, I really thought the original reflection was strong, but that was why I used it
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
(5 years and 2478 days ago)
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