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Published: 2008-11-06 17:30:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 816; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 0
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Screwing around with manipulation. Kinda supposed to be a mermaid type thingy.
All stock other than the base are mine. Enjoy. 
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EDIT: Added more droplets and changed eye color.
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Good experimentation, I haven't done any fantasy like artwork yet. Kudoos man keep it up, I haven't done anything like this so I don't think its fair for me to point out anything to critique.
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Ooh! Pretty!
Since you put "Advanced Critique" I'll just point out a few things:
* The water droplets look as if they're going into her skin, rather than sitting atop them. (Only a couple are doing this, the larger ones). I would suggest reversing the bevel, if that's how you accomplished the effect, or checking out some of the great water drop brushes DA offers.
* It would make her eyes stand out more if you used the burn tool on her eyelashes to darken them. They are SO pretty.
That's pretty much it! I love her eyes.
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Ahah, I figured out what the problem is with the droplets. The light source was coming from the left on the photo of her eyes, and from the bottom right in the droplets photo. I'll try rotating the droplet layer to match the original photo.
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There ya go!
One thing that helps me find errors: when you're done, flatten the piece and then reverse the view (like mirror-image). Often, when you've been staring at it for so long, it makes it hard to see errors and flaws. When you mirror-image it, a lot of those lighting things and other small flaws stand out much more. Also I cannot stress the importance of taking breaks if your work takes a long time. You've gotta give your eyes time to relax in order to find those quirky little mess-ups.
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Hmmm, great idea! I will definitely try that. My big problem now is that I made a mistake that I haven't made in a long time. I forgot to save the file as a tiff with full layers, so now all I have is the flattened version. So, I either rework the jpg (lowering quality, etc) or creating the whole thing again. At least it will be faster the second time.
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Ugh I HATE IT when that happens! Stupid Photoshop!
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Yeah, I was just wishing it saved things automatically. Just finished the new one, though, and it only took me like 10 minutes. I'm not entirely happy with it, but it'll do.
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Ah, yes, I see what you mean about the droplets. They are from a photo I took of a wave smashing against a dock at Lake Michigan. I think I know what you mean about reversing the bevel (essentially inverting the colors, right?), but I'm not sure how to go about it. Now that I'm on my work computer, I see what you mean about the eyelashes. My laptop (the one I use in my dorm room) screen tends to run on the contrasty side, but I can't ever bring myself to add extra contrast so that it looks better on other screens. >> I'll see what I can do with it when I get back from symphony practice. Thanks a ton for the critique!
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Sure dude! Yeah exactly; It's hard to give very specific technique critique cause there is a slew of ways to create water drops, so without knowing exactly how you did it, I just took a vague stab in the dark haha. I know what you mean about the screen; my old computer (the one that died that I did all my graphics on) is deceptively dark. There are a lot of my old works that I've found SO many huge, ridiculous, embarrassing errors on because my monitor hid it, and my boyfriend's laptop does not. It is definitely hard to try and prepare it for every screen.
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