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avatar greymval
greymval says:

Beautiful composition.

(5 years and 3239 days ago)

Trip To Nowhere
avatar greymval
greymval says:

Awesome shot.

(5 years and 3239 days ago)

Renaissance
avatar FallingHorse

Nice one - I like thecolours too

(5 years and 3240 days ago)

Renaissance
avatar jeaniblog
jeaniblog says:

Very nice, great angle & colouring..

(5 years and 3240 days ago)

Renaissance
avatar jawshoewhah
jawshoewhah [banned] says:

Not really?? That sounds like it's near Let me guess, only walking distance is considered "near".

(5 years and 3240 days ago)

Up The Tower
avatar rbsgrl
rbsgrl says:

Fantastic!

(5 years and 3240 days ago)

Renaissance
avatar Momof4boyoboys

Nice picture....is this taken near where you live?

(5 years and 3241 days ago)

Up The Tower
avatar arca
arca says:

Nice attempt at a difficult tutorial. I can see you put some effort into this and it is a learning process ... that is what tutorials are for, right? I think greymval's suggestion are valid and helpful.

(5 years and 3242 days ago)

Sarchophagus.
avatar mazanda
mazanda says:

Lovely photograph

(5 years and 3242 days ago)

Jungle
avatar cocor
cocor says:

Really impressive. Well done

(5 years and 3243 days ago)

Trip To Nowhere
avatar greymval
greymval says:

Well it's not entirely your fault, cause the author of the tutorial had some problems with the perspective. That entrace should follow the horizontal lines between the bricks, instead the entire opening in the original is ambiguous, in reality it would make no sense.
However you should be more carefull at step 6, the second part, where it said that the gaps should match., and the stairs should be from wall to wall.

If you have probs. with proportions, use the final result of the tut., and draw some guide lines over it. Use them to build your entry on top.

(5 years and 3243 days ago)

Sarchophagus.
avatar blueorchid2011

Sorry but the walls and steps do not look right, a shame because i like the idea, maybe you could try to correct it

(5 years and 3244 days ago)

Sarchophagus.
avatar rbsgrl
rbsgrl says:

Great shot. Love the B&W.

(5 years and 3244 days ago)

Rebellion
avatar jeaniblog
jeaniblog says:

Great angle, nicely framed up!

(5 years and 3244 days ago)

Trip To Nowhere
avatar rbsgrl
rbsgrl says:

Beautiful! This would have scared me out of my mind!

(5 years and 3244 days ago)

Trip To Nowhere
avatar rbsgrl
rbsgrl says:

Very nice! you may want to consider cropping out the lamp post on the right though.

(5 years and 3244 days ago)

Jungle
avatar creativefreedom

FANTASTIC!

(5 years and 3245 days ago)

Dancing By Moonlight
avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

The bricks need to be aligned at the corners & the figure on our right should be flipped to match the light source. If you want to follow a tut, at least try to get the basics right.

(5 years and 3245 days ago)

Sarchophagus.
avatar erathion
erathion says:

Very very nice work author...great colors...gl

(5 years and 3245 days ago)

Marvolo
avatar erathion
erathion says:

Very nice piece author...lovely mood...gl

(5 years and 3245 days ago)

Dancing By Moonlight
avatar jawshoewhah
jawshoewhah [banned] says:



I applaud you my friend. This one is definitely my fav. GL!

(5 years and 3246 days ago)

Sensuality
avatar jawshoewhah
jawshoewhah [banned] says:

Very nice colorization! GL!

(5 years and 3246 days ago)

Sensuality
avatar jawshoewhah
jawshoewhah [banned] says:

Well well well, the prodigy returns. I had no clue it was you. Well done!

(5 years and 3246 days ago)

Blue Dress
avatar pearlie
pearlie says:

Cute, I like the minimal use of color, makes the duck's "smile" more prominent.

(5 years and 3246 days ago)

Lost In Duckland
avatar rbsgrl
rbsgrl says:

Great shot!

(5 years and 3246 days ago)

Blue Silhouette
avatar jawshoewhah
jawshoewhah [banned] says:

have to agree.

(5 years and 3247 days ago)

Peek-A-Boo
avatar pearlie
pearlie says:

Yes! - That's where I've seen him - exactly right, Bob! ROFLMAO

I bet when this guy showered, he used the shampoo to bring his hair up into a point!
Nice job coloring, author - he's got really nice eyes now.

(5 years and 3247 days ago)

Marvolo
avatar jeaniblog
jeaniblog says:

Nice one, like it!

(5 years and 3247 days ago)

Piedestal
avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

Ed Grimley's grandpa???

(5 years and 3247 days ago)

Marvolo
avatar jawshoewhah
jawshoewhah [banned] says:

Same here.

(5 years and 3247 days ago)

Kinetic Colors
avatar jawshoewhah
jawshoewhah [banned] says:

So much for being anonymous

(5 years and 3247 days ago)

Speed
avatar greymval
greymval says:

Good shot.

(5 years and 3247 days ago)

Press
avatar greymval
greymval says:

I like this one, made only with blue & B/W.

(5 years and 3247 days ago)

Blue Silhouette
avatar greymval
greymval says:

This looks good, but i have no idea what it is.

(5 years and 3247 days ago)

Kinetic Colors
avatar MnMCarta
MnMCarta says:

Love the vanishing point in this. Great job

(5 years and 3247 days ago)

Trip To Nowhere
avatar friiskiwi
friiskiwi says:

Nice capture

(5 years and 3247 days ago)

Trip To Nowhere
avatar creativefreedom

GORGEOUS!!

(5 years and 3247 days ago)

Sensuality
avatar creativefreedom

GOOD JOB!

(5 years and 3247 days ago)

Speed
avatar creativefreedom

nice!

(5 years and 3247 days ago)

Trip To Nowhere
avatar Drivenslush

I love his hair... it was like he was combing it and then said.. oh to hell with it.. hehehe

(5 years and 3247 days ago)

Marvolo
avatar friiskiwi
friiskiwi says:

great idea, and well done for holding the camera steady.

(5 years and 3247 days ago)

Speed
avatar jadedink
jadedink says:

one thing about the older images, yes..they are hard to colorize..but!!! you could really bring out some more bits of the veil by changing the opacity of your brush when you are painting it in. color the background the color you want it, then paint over the veil with the low opacity and then blur your color in so it softens it.
You picked awesome colors in this one..i love how it really modernizes her look. maybe play with the skin tones a tiny bit because they are a bit yellow here... but..otherwise.. Good Luck!

(5 years and 3247 days ago)

Blue Dress
avatar jadedink
jadedink says:

...and...her fingernails.
they are still grey. as is the middle finger on the image. its all very well done, and i agree with CMYK about the choice of photo...its awesome.

to help the white spots in her skin (mostly because of exposure in the original source) try pulling down the exposure and gamma in the settings. see if that helps a little. if you did you colorization on the source, then i don't quite know how to fix that..but...i usually use seperate layers set to "color" blend mode, so i can do adjusting to the main b/w source to help with the shadowing and color adjustments.

(5 years and 3247 days ago)

Sensuality
avatar rbsgrl
rbsgrl says:

very unique!

(5 years and 3248 days ago)

Piedestal
avatar greymval
greymval says:

i would have loved a focus on the bug, since it's a beautiful specimen.

(5 years and 3248 days ago)

Peek-A-Boo
avatar gotmeamuse

You can hear the crackle!

(5 years and 3248 days ago)

Firework
avatar jacquie2blue

Awewsome...

(5 years and 3249 days ago)

Amazing Stunts
no avatar
marina08 says:

Nice one, but as Drivenslush said, if you soften the edges of the statue it would be better. Also, I noticed that the foot of the statue looks transparent while the rest of the statue is not.
About the tree in front of the moon, you could make it look more solid, because as it is now it looks like as if a transparent moon is in front of the tree. Even in fog, tree branches look darker inside the disk of the moon.
GL!

(5 years and 3249 days ago)

Dancing By Moonlight
avatar Drivenslush

author... just a suggestion.. if you passed a very soft BLUR brush around the edges.. you'd get rid of the sharpness of the masking... and duplication the trees to make them a bit more solid would be kinda neat to see.. but it is your vision.. and as always.. IMHO... also (sorry) pay close attention to the angle of the disk the statue is standing on.. you may want to distort the disk so it matches the horizon line (use distort and perspective. just isolate the disk and play with it)...

ack.. sorry.. I hate being bossy but I really like the concept you have going here and just want to help

(5 years and 3249 days ago)

Dancing By Moonlight
avatar steed
steed says:

gud work author

(5 years and 3250 days ago)

Blue Dress