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hey everyone. im new to the forums and have really come to appreciate the work everyone does around here. I have been slowly making my way into photomanipulation as a way to improve my photography portfolio but i havent been able to get much critique on my work. Some constructive criticism would be very much appreciated     Apr 16 10 07:57 pm Link Im loving the first picture! I think it would look better without the bones And on the others ones i would recomend you not to use blur for the skin And on the last picture. you should make darker the everything on the back to make it more realistic Apr 21 10 09:58 pm Link OCM Retouch wrote: the fire.....Did ye use a brush coz it looks like a brush. I'm really not a fan of fire brushes as I find them so hard to get REAL looking. Apr 22 10 02:28 am Link yup theyr fire brushes. i need to find a better way of making the fire i guess Apr 22 10 03:33 pm Link Subtle. Make it more subtle. I think enthusiasm and the need to "over-do it" is something that everyone is going through when they first get into photomanipulations/retouching. When you enhance colors that much with no consideration to detail loss, changing eyes, skin, you get what you get - which is something that is "over abit TOO much". Every change you make, fade it in easily and not as hard as you do now. Apr 23 10 10:27 pm Link ok guys heres my new one. let me know what you think  Apr 23 10 11:04 pm Link Make sure your light sources from all your images are from the same direction. If the light in one image is different from another it will look fake and not successful. Apr 23 10 11:11 pm Link i thought i was doing pretty good at that. i guess i still need a lot of work Apr 24 10 11:57 am Link heres my new one.  Apr 25 10 10:49 pm Link OCM Retouch wrote: Whenever you're shopping in fire that wasn't planned before hand, you'll have to paint in how the fire illuminates the surrounding area. The only way to do this is to paint it in - I suggest using either a color dodge layer or a linear light layer. Look at references - it wont be easy! In fact, ALWAYS have references to help you create things in a photo-real way. Here's a paintover one of the fire areas in your image: Apr 26 10 11:23 am Link i see how that makes a big difference thanks! Apr 26 10 06:39 pm Link new photo manipulation. let me know what you guys think. I hope im getting better  Apr 30 10 10:17 pm Link  new one up. if you guys are still interested id love to know what you all thinkMay 06 10 04:19 pm Link  and another...May 06 10 08:52 pm Link You have good ideas but some of your tones and colors are not matching and some of the light sources as well are a bit dodgy . Try matching the colors and overall tone and the model will blend in better to the background . What tool are you using when you put the model into the diff background ? Are you using the smudge tool at like 3 percent over the edges ? Etc ... Over all tones is very important though. with skin it seems you may be smoothing it a bit much . If you are going to blur make sure you make a layer and blur with surface blur and , another layer with the original pores to bring them back in etc... I am sure there are tuts out there that can help with that . the very first manip is beautiful btw . May 11 10 10:38 pm Link hey everyone. its been a long time since ive posted anything. let me know what you all think of my new one  Jul 14 10 09:55 pm Link |
Its alle experimentation with fire. Theres plenty of unrestricted stock images of fire out there in InterNet land! 
