Trancedelic Retouching wrote:
I think you need to work on the following.....lighting, purpose, retouching, focus, perspective.

Your actual compositions of the pics are very good but there are the issues Trancedelic has said.

See manipulating/compositing is just not sticking a model in a/another background. A lot of work goes into making them whether ye want it real looking, surreal, fantasy etc.

When starting get a "theme" in your head that will help with the story. Ever hear the saying "A picture is worth a thousand words?" Well thats my motto and I try and get every pic to tell its own one. Some work - some don't *shrug*

So you have your model you must look at them and say: Wheres the light from? Whats the perspective? What do I want her doing? Whats my color scheme? Whats the story?

Then its background search time and it must MATCH the model. Its a pain in the whatsy trying to match a off background.

Grand now have model and background. Extract model and place, blend in tones, and ground the model. Grounding is one of the biggest tells for new manipers as its neglected. The blending on the body can be fantastic but they leave this FOOT STICK OUT AT YA LIKE THIS BOLD TYPE! or this one in yer port:


NEVER cut off body parts or zee lovely shoes :-o That shoe client is very upset that you cut their shoes out! Savvy?