Final Fantasy ----SOTW#65!!!

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If no one’s going to get their panties in a bunch about it; I’ll be back online in 10hrs.
However, to use this extra time but not get screwed I suggest puuting a “holder” sig before 11:59, and then contiune working on it in hopes that the thread wont get closed before you finish
This is sort of a “use time at own risk” warning

I look foward to this comp! It’s looking good!

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I’ll take care of making the voting thread if you’d like, actually. My sigs nearing completion anyway.



*edit*

Got it finished before they went and banned me again. Woot.

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That would be great

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How the hell do you work with stocks? Mine looks shitty.

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My entry

Last edited 05 Jun 2009 06:16 am by Dingo

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depends on the stock.

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I was using this.

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/8690/vlcsnap5933083.png

I added some C4Ds and filters, and I smudged the hell out of it, used some clipping masks, and overlayed a ton of layers to make it a lot less dull. But no matter what I seemed to try, it always came out very “blah” looking.

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I would oriente it the same angle as you have but in the other direction to make use of the redish wing thing behind him and play on the water theme. add a few wave filters set to linear dodge or overlay, add some soft brushing to simulate the bubble effect and perhaps some bended c4ds.

I would apply a sharpen filter a new layer apply image and then add a blur brush on top of that to enhance flow maybe with some extra pen tooling too. I would also darken the edges in the flow direction to simulate the murkiness of water at depth and accentuate the glow of is eye with a black new layer set to color dodge with some pink soft brushing over his eye and refracted onto his face a little. Finally before I add the text, I would use a clipping mask with a splatter brush just to add some extra details.

Thats what I wold do any how..based o that stock.

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I only understood about half of that... lol.

Soft brushing and bended C4Ds, explain plz. Also, no clue what a blur brush is. And finally... Do you have any good splatter brushes? I’ve scoured deviant art and I’ve downloaded several sets but I can’t find any I like.

Last edited 05 Jun 2009 12:01 am by Obvious Troll

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Back again and should have my entry finished in around a hour or less.