This is a pic that i made today called 'ice castle' (yeah i know real original name if any one can think of anything better id like to hear it.) Ice Castle i think that it looks pretty good but still needs something. Any ideas?
Very nice. I think you're missing some sort of a flare or light effect to the moon. Also, the purple kinda ruins the blue atmosphere. And it'll probably look better faded.
Okay, I'll give you my advice and it's your choice as to whether you wish to take it or not. For one, artwork is always dramatically effected by the compression of the stock and the picture itself. I'm not sure if it's the whole image or just the stock image, but because of the blurriness it really bogs down the image and if it was a lot sharper and in excellent quality it would definetely make your artwork pop out to a potential viewer who is seeing it for the first time. Also, If you are going for realism, try and make the moon actually "glow" somehow by inverting it or some other clever idea that'll give the moon that "illuminated" effect as it seems to be hidden within the sky at this current moment and as you know, the moon is one of the brightest objects in the sky. Moving on, when the person says that the purple takes away from the image they mean that it doesn't really match the color scheme of the existing photo. To make it look a lot more natural you'd need to either replace it with a blue color, or make the purple a bit bluer then it is so that its a natural transition between all the colors on the screen. From this whole post it might seem like I'm digging on your art but I'm not, I think it was a very cool effort and with these small changes it would kick more ass then it already does. Good job, I see loads of potential in you.
its ok i dont think that ur digging into me at all. i thank you for your critisism as it helps me get better. about the blurriness of the image, its the stock photo. i tried to get a larger one but i couldnt find one, the pic was actually going to be a wallpaper originaly but i pulled down the size so it wasnt as blurry. ill just go and play around and try to fix the other small probs. if i have any trouble fixing it do you mind if i ask you for advice, cause ive seen ur stuff and its just amazing. so thanks once again for the help
Sure, but you'll have to wait till tommorrow as I'm heading for bed. I'd love to help you though as I got to my ability level through loads of practice and advice.
cool thanks later that day.... i fixed up the moon a bit more, and found some better quality stock photos, so not as much blurryness. but i cant fix the purple bah, its not working. so here is what ive done so far.
thanks for the comments i still want to change the purple to a more blue color but i cant get it to work, its really frustrating.
MUCH BETTER! I really like the way its coming dude. As for the purple, if its not another layer..select it with the lasso and then do a "Hue/Saturation" thing in adjustments..move the slider till it gets more blueish. Overall though, great job. It took a big turnaround.