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marcoballistic
good but some of the elements of this just are not setting well together, & the actual referenced fruit universe bit for me is standing out too much, & conflicting with the foreground characters. also the bowler hat is really bothering me lighting wise.
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Goat1981
Thanks for the tips. I will edit the lighting in a couple hours when I get to my computer. I'll tone the colors down a bit on the 'universe,' but I don't want it to be too subdued because it is the source.
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Goat1981
Updated lighting on hats, took some of the saturation and clarity out of the "universe" to better match the wall. I couldn't change the font... :( I accidentally flattened that part of the PSD).
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tadams
A bit better.
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Goat1981
Well, give me more suggestions? The light to me seems to be coming from the top right.
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marcoballistic
np more suggestions, lets play blind mans bluff :oP
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Goat1981
Thanks, Marco...that's really helpful. :-I All I want to do is make it better. I kinda liked this entry. :) Insinuating that I am 'blind' and can't see my mistakes isn't going to help me. Suggestions are appreciated.
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Goat1981
I think the transition from the floor and the wall is a bit too crisp...I'll update that in a bit. It's a bit in-your-face color-wise, but I kinda like that. :)
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Goat1981
Updated again. I made the floor transition less harsh. Also, I updated the grape's highlights to try to make them more consistent. :)
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tadams
I think you could work the light on the both hats more. Right now it's as though it has a spot light. Even it out. The shadow on the sucker is too strong, maybe you don't need it. The purple museum wall seems blurry compared to everything else.
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Goat1981
I'll edit it a bit more. :) Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately, I can't do much about the "wall"... All the pictures of cells I found are blurry like this, probably due to the microscope's extremely shallow depth of field.
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Goat1981
Believe me, the blurriness of the wall bothered me too. I'm usually a stickler about everything matching. :-)
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Goat1981
Updated hat's lighting again, lessened shadow on lolly pop, and adjusted lighting on floor.
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Goat1981
Updated again. Forgot floor reflection of back wall... :-I
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Goat1981
Man, I overlooked too many things on this entry. *lol*
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tadams
Just for kicks play around with overlaying the source at about 60 percent. Apply a couple glass filter effects with tiny lens, block etc... Then emboss it. Mask it out here and there.
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Goat1981
Interesting idea. I'll try it tonight! :)
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tadams
To be clear: You overlay and mask it so that only the purple wall picks up the effect. It's a way to try and hide some of the blur.
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Goat1981
Tried it, but it didn't help the blur situation much. Maybe I am not doing what you're saying correctly.
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