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Great take on the photo. Nicely done! Very creative.

(5 years and 2670 days ago)

TV Bridge for Puppy
avatar friiskiwi
friiskiwi says:

good use of source

(5 years and 2677 days ago)

TV Bridge for Puppy
avatar lincemiope

interesting, good work, bravo

(5 years and 2680 days ago)

Face
avatar Drivenslush

dat's a lots of fun !!! great thinking!!! maybe enlarge the bird just a bit.. just to make it stand out a bit, the puppy is a very powerful visual.. great fun chop

(5 years and 2681 days ago)

TV Bridge for Puppy
avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

LOL...who knew I could have a bovine fan?

(5 years and 2686 days ago)

Ground Beef (Short Leggs)
avatar spaceranger

I see you've fixed the ear tags...
I think the shadows need some work IMO but I'll take 5lbs of short ribs anyhow

(5 years and 2686 days ago)

Ground Beef (Short Leggs)
avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

You've flipped the cows, hence you've flipped the light sources and created a shadow problem. Doesn't help that the type on the ear tags is also reversed...

(5 years and 2688 days ago)

Ground Beef (Short Leggs)
avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

I'd advise taking a good look at the light sources before trying to make shadows.

(5 years and 2688 days ago)

Ground Beef (Short Leggs)
avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

How about some shadows?

(5 years and 2688 days ago)

Ground Beef (Short Leggs)
avatar Drivenslush

LOL, reminds me of the Dance Hall in the movie Beaches when the Bette Midler Character says "It looks a Flamingo threw up in here!" good luck!

(5 years and 2688 days ago)

Elephant Dance
avatar lchappell
lchappell says:

RickLeMesa has a good suggestion about the lighting effect filter. You might also try a photo filter on the elephants or a hue/saturation adjustment to try and bring their color more in match with the surrounding light, Maybe give them a purple hue too match the color of that what looks like a spot light. Cool picture and idea.

(5 years and 2689 days ago)

Elephant Dance
avatar RickLaMesa

one way to make this better, my opinion, is a lighting effect...filter/render/lighting effects..once there, at the top where it says"style", select RGB lights and adjust each color light to your liking.

(5 years and 2689 days ago)

Elephant Dance
avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

Not bad, but when you use the same image & flip it, you're dealing with opposite light sources.

(5 years and 2689 days ago)

Elephant Dance
avatar Chalty669
Chalty669 says:

Nice blend! I would've liked to seen the shadows on the other side to match the background lighting. It would be cool to see some of those colored lights glaring off some of the body parts as well. Good luck!

(5 years and 2689 days ago)

Elephant Dance
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kathyw says:

hope you have a penny,well done

(5 years and 2699 days ago)

Too Much Beer
avatar Drivenslush

Ouch... Ouch ouch ouch... ouch ... big freapin OUCH!

(5 years and 2701 days ago)

Too Much Beer
avatar Drivenslush

a small soft burn brush could be run over the edging to create more depth, and placing the back wing BEHIND the copter Layer might give it a bit more believability (the squared off masking is s dead give away) and some shadows on the ground would be nice (just be careful not to over do it)

But as always, IMHO, good luck!!!

(5 years and 2701 days ago)

Copter Animal on Moon
avatar lchappell
lchappell says:

looks a hell of a lot better now anyway.

(5 years and 2702 days ago)

Too Much Beer
avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

Don't trust the filter...it usually works, but always check.

(5 years and 2702 days ago)

Too Much Beer
avatar spaceranger

CMYK46 is right, the image is copyrighted. You can find similar images on Flickr using the advanced search feature as explained in the blog he suggested.
This link: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=urinal&l=deriv&ss=2&ct=0&mt=photos&w=all&adv=1#page=0 will take you to the Flickr pages with usable images.
I saw this image which is very similar to the one you used: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevegarfield/279101205/
You should also check this forum topic: http://www.pxleyes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3933 here you will find more links to help you learn about Pxleyes.

(5 years and 2702 days ago)

Too Much Beer
avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

Great idea, but the source image is copyrighted. You can probably find something usable by checking http://www.pxleyes.com/blog/2009/06/how-and-where-to-find-legal-source-images/

(5 years and 2702 days ago)

Too Much Beer