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Jun 22 2006, 12:23 PM
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![]() the name is ada. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 4,688 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 334,608 |
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Jun 22 2006, 12:32 PM
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show me a garden thats bursting to life ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,303 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 115,987 |
Tex-ture. Textures. Or color layers. But it's bootiful.
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Jun 22 2006, 12:46 PM
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![]() je hebt het niveau van een poffertje ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 512 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 15,934 |
6.5/10
Blend is okay. I see no blend lines, and it's your typical 3person blend, but in your case, this one is actually pretty good. Good job blending it will. But for some reason, the position of your images bother me. They don't seem in tandem, and it seems almost off-balanced. I think the problem is that you have the two pictures on the right where her arms are on her hip, and one without that on the left. What you could do is put the image on the right in the middle instead. Or on the left. I dunno, you can leave it as it is also. It's really really dark. With a blend like this, you could have lightened it, because of the facial expressions and her outfit, it should be FUN. Try setting a new layer, and setting it to "overlay" or "color dodge" or something. That should help. You don't NEED to have brushes or textures, but add something fun to it. Even though it's supposed to be "simple", there's nothing wrong with adding some subtle effects to play up to the quality of the photos. The font is tacky. And this was not in a mean way. The font in general is tacky. Whoever made it should be slapped. And if made it about 5x tackier when you added the extra border around the text. Try using Carpenter ITC instead. It flows alot better, and it's not as bulky. Don't add the border (or stroking) though. Also, instead of a brown border for the image, try using white. The brown is so dominant in this blend, it gets overlooked. Oh! One more thing. Try sharpening the blend when you are done. Sharpening always makes pictures stand out more, and it won't look so "background" when you finish. Overall, it's okay. It's good as a base, but there are always ways of improvement. I think if you added the lighting effects to it, it will be really nice =) |
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Jun 22 2006, 12:54 PM
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![]() the name is ada. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 4,688 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 334,608 |
^^Okay Thanks.I`ll try that next time.
When I set the blend mode to Overlay..why does it turn transparent? and the picture go away? |
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Jun 22 2006, 01:02 PM
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![]() je hebt het niveau van een poffertje ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 512 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 15,934 |
^^Okay Thanks.I`ll try that next time. When I set the blend mode to Overlay..why does it turn transparent? and the picture go away? What I personally like to do is when I make the blend, BEFORE I add any effects to it at all, I merge all the layers (just the image layers, before you add any text). Then, I make a duplicate layer of the merged images, and set the duplicate layer on top, and set it to "overlay" or "soft light" or "color dodge". Usually though, if it's set to "color dodge" I always suggest you lower to oppacity to 25-50%. If you use the other settings, you just have to mess around with the opacity until it looks right to you. Then "sharpen". =) |
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Jun 22 2006, 01:15 PM
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![]() the name is ada. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 4,688 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 334,608 |
Okay I edited.2 new versions.
btw Your veryyy helpful Monet |
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Jun 22 2006, 01:18 PM
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![]() je hebt het niveau van een poffertje ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 512 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 15,934 |
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Jun 22 2006, 01:41 PM
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![]() I intend to live forever-so far, so good. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 2,820 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 115,137 |
Ada, your awesome for taking the advice <3
it looks much better now. And the texture isnt too much, its just right hehe nice job =] |
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Jun 22 2006, 01:46 PM
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![]() the name is ada. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 4,688 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 334,608 |
Heheh thank you Maryland.Its not a texture though.. >.<
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Jun 22 2006, 01:48 PM
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![]() Mannequin. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 213 Joined: Jun 2006 Member No: 423,178 |
Agreed with the others. It needs more colors. Maybe add a brush or two? But nice blending job.
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Jun 22 2006, 01:52 PM
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![]() I intend to live forever-so far, so good. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 2,820 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 115,137 |
lol it looks like one =P oh well, whatever you did, it looks nice haha
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Jun 22 2006, 01:56 PM
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![]() the name is ada. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 4,688 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 334,608 |
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Jun 22 2006, 02:13 PM
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RJL<3 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 1,194 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 71,019 |
looks very lovely!
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Jun 22 2006, 02:34 PM
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& my dreams fall down ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 1,173 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 291,336 |
I personally like it a whole lot, I think you are great at blending! You never have a problem with that.
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Jun 22 2006, 02:35 PM
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![]() the name is ada. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 4,688 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 334,608 |
^^Thank You Amanda and Tatii.
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Jun 22 2006, 08:02 PM
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 7,149 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 213,509 |
amazing blender. just simply amazing. i think all of them are great and using monets help :]
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Jun 22 2006, 08:09 PM
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![]() the name is ada. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Member Posts: 4,688 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 334,608 |
^Thank u.
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