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Calm in the face of deathStock used-
model- ~reiko-stocks [link]
skull- ~Sawy-Stock [link]
I'd love feedback on the lighting and the skull in the mirror, along with anything else that seems off and needs fixed!
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>Skull in mirror
>MFW
I love this kind of simple art.
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i didnt even look at the artist comment before I thought that this looked like something having to do with being calm in the face of death... awesome
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Lovely. I especially love the skirt of the dress and the wonderful texture and flow it has. 
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This is gorgeous, I like how you've edited the skull to make it look almost smokey. Tbh, I thought it was noticeable enough - it was one of the first things that caught my eye. Maybe if it was a little more centred in the image it would become more 'in focus'. But it does work very well
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Please 
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Wow! I would have never guessed that this is a photo-manip, everything fits together so nicely! The lighting is done very well, and I love the skull in the mirror. I'm not sure if this is what you wanted people to see in this piece, but it gives me the feeling of even though you may feel really alive right now, death could be very near. Nice Work! (:
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Really nice idea, I like the lighting and the concept. However the skull doesn't stand out enough, especially against the back of her head. Is it just meant to be the image of a skull or an actual skull sticking out of the mirror because then that would add more dimension to the work. Also the skull seems to big. It's funny how she's sitting there with the giant skull behind her back though 
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thank you for the critque!
I'll try working on it a bit~
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you're welcome, I hope I've helped. Good luck with future progress
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I love this. The lighting is brilliant - soft, but not overly so (I'm sorry, I have no other way to describe it)
The skull is awesome. Like smoke... my only 'complaint' is that I couldn't figure out what the *black* thing in the mirror was ... until I enlarged it. It's the back of the models head... duh -facepalm-
Overall, this is brilliant. 
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thank you so much!
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I think the lighting is perfect in this.
but I think you should get rid of the skull because I don't think it's needed, if not emphasize the skull, really bring it alive (no pun intended 
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Thank you for your feedback
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Well, I can't really give you any feedback because I think this is a perfect shot!
First of all, I love the way the girl with her flowy white dress and innocent appearance contrasts with the sort of baroque, almost dramatic feel of the background with the roses and the curls around the mirror.
The lighting is superb.
I'm not sure about the skull though; it's skillfully done, but I fail to see why you added it. Probably just me, but it seems rather pointless.
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thank you!
The skull is to symbolize death right near her.
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hi! this is beautiful
talking about feedback, I think the skull is well done, nothing to change...and about the general lighting...well...at first sight seems a bit dark, but this is helpful to render the atmosphere....the model is ok...the only thing I would change here is the lighting of the wooden - I suppose - furniture, and of the roses...in my humble opinion you've lost some textures and details, maybe you can mask the model and play a bit with shadows/highlights in Photoshop, just to reconstruct them
hope this helps!
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I'll try that!
Thank you so much <3
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Really nice picture ^^ I enjoy it very much. I'd say the lighting is very nice and it looks fine the way it is. Although it'd be really neat to see some experimenting with it, it may, (I'm not entirly sure if it would 
The skull in the back looks really neat, one of the things that caught my eye. Though I think it should be made more subtle. Like, making it fade into the mirror more, but either way I think it looks good none-the-less
Good work~
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I get what you mean
Thank you
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Looks really great
However, i belive you wanted to show that the skull was in front of her eyes, behind the camera ... in this case, the skull should've been erased in the place where her head gets reflected ... other than that it's really great.
Hoever, if i'm wrong, i hope you'll accept my appologies
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I'll try fixing that [:
Thank you
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You're wellcome
I'm eager to see what you can come up next
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so did you only use 2 stock pictures? i think it looks ok
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I did
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i like it a lot as is but here is what i see that needs work. the skull just does not stand out and it looks a little to X-ray for the hole specter of death thing (my opinion grain of salt and all that) you might think of giving it a blue tint to make it stand out more but it looks great keep up the good work
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I'll try playing around with that then, thank you!
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I love the skull, that's what makes this a unique and amazing piece - otherwise it would just be another one of those beauty portraits, you know what I mean?
Fantastic job.
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Thank you so much <3
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My pleasure.
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Again I can only give you my amateur impression...
I really like the pose and composition of this pic, nice angle... Adding the skull on the mirror is a very original an interesting idea...
The only thing that look a tad off is her expression, I'm not sure what to make of it... depending on the effect you are aiming for she could look a little more pensive/concentrated or dreamy, but right now it's a little bit neutral in my opinion...
The BG and skull look great, I really like the level of detail...
Still, I think it'd be more dramatic if the skull had a little more shadow on the mirror, also you could add a dramatic light to create more shades on the mirror and shot in general. It could add to the feeling... (it really depends on what you want to transmit... I'm a fan of contrast so I really favor using lights to describe the mood)
Anyway, hope it helped...
Great Work!!
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I wanted her expression to look blank and calm, like she wasn't really feeling anything in the face of death.
I'll try fixing the things with the skull though, thank you so much for your feedback!
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I love her dress, the roses and everything. The one problem I have is that the back of her head in the mirror looks weirdly shaped...and it doesn't look like it lines up properly...
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I'll try fixing that, thank you!
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