SkunkyArt | lemontea — Definitive PHOTO Guide

Something you didn't mention is black and white. Everybody knows that any given picture automatically looks a lot more interesting and artistic if turned to black and white. If for some mysterious reason one of your pictures doesn't come out as beautiful as you'd have liked after the shooting, consider turning it to black and white (bw or b/w for computer-photography experts). It will look a lot better and gain a new artistic life! To do so, use Image -> Mode -> Grayscale. (other methods exist, such as channel mixing, but those are way too much complicated to be actually useful)

If the background (i.e. the bedroom or graveyard) of the stock image you choose remains ugly even after you severely blur it, it would be a good idea to cut it out altogether and replace it with beautiful blackness (it may be refered to as "negative space" in your comments, but that's ok, don't worry). To do so, use the same select tool you used for the blurring and then use Edit -> Fill... and pick a nice shade of blak.

Very heavy compression is an awesome way to save bandwidth. The best thing is, because jpeg works so well, you can now actually post pictures as large as they come out of your camera, but very heavily compressed! Show the world that beautiful portrait in all its 6 megapixel glory! People will be blown away by the sheer aesthetic impact of it, magnified by the large size.

One last comment regarding the comments you add below the photo. A notorious way to make the picture more interesting is to add a mysterious comment. A dark poem of yours would do the trick, as would a short series of random symbols (e.g. "~*~@~*~") or a little story about yourself, about how you feel. People do care about those things. And if you manage to provoke pity in the viewer, he/she will be more prone to comment and +fav your artwork.

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