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Kk_s

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New tag for SOTW at another forum
 

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Oh damn, this is pretty hot. Only thing I'm not really digging is the stuff on his left arm/hand. Other than that, I love it.

Also, what's the name of the font you used? o:
 

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I think the pink doesn't fit at all with not only ventus himself, but the compo you have goin on. Maybe something more of the gold shades might work better.
 

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Like Cudi, remove the thing on the hand, and I would change the pink to red. This piece has inspired me too also, I like this style quite a bit. Good piece!!
 

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I like the pink better to be honest.

But the render you used is a bit LQ seeing as the outline is VERY evident. Also, sharpening the FG and slightly blurring his right arm = depth.
 

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i sorta find his head weird because of the pink covering it both sides,making it look like he has no neck
and the pink one is better
 

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I like the pink better to be honest.

But the render you used is a bit LQ seeing as the outline is VERY evident. Also, sharpening the FG and slightly blurring his right arm = depth.

The line is caused by sharpening. People here seem to have a sharpening craze :p There are other ways to bring your subject into focus other than sharpening guys. Srs.

Can we all just realise our opinions are just that and not give such unmotivating cnc? :c

There's no right or wrong way. Just because you have a personal preference, doesn't make your way any more or less correct.

I love the original personally. I think the colours work better in that version than in the yellow. I do think it looks over sharpened the second time I look at it however. I'm personally not a fan of super sharp tags, but I know a lot of other people are so it's up to you to play with that. If you do however, when my tags or pieces become too sharp I find that slight airbrushing on the edges of my focal help keep the focus sharp, while keeping the edges soft.
 
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The stock isn't LQ it was just crappy cutting of one of the textures I used but it's fixed now. I did what you suggest Jade, I think it helped :D I also blurred the arm in the back and sharpen some of the foreground.

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Yeah, the pink is much better. It's good, but i think some rethinking of certain effects is needed. For example, with the text and circles you're used i actually think the tag would benefit from a much simpler background, maybe with a very subtle texture, possibly like the one i used in the SotW 160 'poster'. I wouldn't blur things in this instance because the effects are pretty flat and the stock has a pretty flat feel to it too, i'd play on that. Not everything needs depth, sometimes you need to do the opposite and go with the natural balance.

In summary i'd suggest a flat, simple background and sharpen that poop up teeheehee. I'd actually quite like to play around with it if you don't mind sharing the psd. I understand if you don't want to though :)
 

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needed to make it brighter and tone down his orange skin. but yeah, you get the idea, haha.

that was so tough D:
 

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Ooooh that's amazing :O

Send me the .psd I want to see what you did! Oh I'm wearing that btw :D
 

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Sooo I do have a question, how did you do the..dissolving effect on the black orbs and such :O
 

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That's a displacement filter. I just used random psd's of mine and erased ugly bits until something looked nice :)
 
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