Using the source image as a hairdo seems so obvious now that you've done it--great job! And then putting it on a goofy lemur/gremlin/ewok instead of a woman makes it very amusing.
But I find all the background stuff distracts my attention from what I should be focusing on. The varying horizon lines of the background lamps are also disconcerting. (I personally would consider some vaguely Rule-of-Thirds cropping as a starting point for refining the image's focus.)
Quibble: Maybe a tad more shadow on the outer edges of the bangs plus the hair onto the ears and the 'whiskers' onto the hair.
Good image, but try to work on some of the edges on the stick & figure. A soft blur brush will fix most of them. And since it's dark, the upper part of the figure could be less saturated...color fades in the dark. GL author.
author says:
Good points, I went back over it and fixed some things. I also, got rid of the pink tint, too problematic. Thanks!
The light and shadows in this are kind of all over the place, though I can appreciate the difficulty. I really like the concept, but otherwise I'm not quite sure what to make of it.
Maybe you could've moved the model slightly to the right then made the bottom left mushroom bigger, therefore making it cast more light. I find if I'm having trouble lighting a scene it helps to have a dominant light source to fool the eye.
It also helps to selectively blur/sharpen parts of the image to mimic the way humans perceive things i.e. I know the dude is the focus of the image but while I'm looking at him my brain is still noticing how sharp the background and buildings are and therefore it feels as if something is a bit wrong. Hope that makes sense!
author says:
Appreciate the input but I've spent all the time I will on this one.
Creating an entry is a lot of work so I understand your decision to stop revising. But for the future, I would note that a Rule-of-Thirds (rather than centering) composition can be more dramatic (and might have yielded a compelling diagonal arrangement here if your hobbit were moved to the right and the little mushrooms were in the middle). [BTW the horizon line of the lamp at his feet doesn't seem to match that of the other elements.]
Colorful, cute and a lot of fun!
Thank you rein.
Very cool, would make a fantastic poster!
Thank you rturnbow, I think I'll make myself an 11"x17" print at my place of business.
Using the source image as a hairdo seems so obvious now that you've done it--great job! And then putting it on a goofy lemur/gremlin/ewok instead of a woman makes it very amusing.
But I find all the background stuff distracts my attention from what I should be focusing on. The varying horizon lines of the background lamps are also disconcerting. (I personally would consider some vaguely Rule-of-Thirds cropping as a starting point for refining the image's focus.)
Quibble: Maybe a tad more shadow on the outer edges of the bangs plus the hair onto the ears and the 'whiskers' onto the hair.
Thanks for your opinion Dan.
Fantastic colors, clever idea and very funny. GL
thank you Gadion.
Congrats, great work!
Congrats TorDoni really sweet
Congrats again!
Congrats Tortellini err... I mean TorDoni!! A good quality print would look nice in a little girl's room!
Congrats TorDoni...good job!
Thank you all very much.
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