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Published: 2007-03-26 02:48:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 895; Favourites: 6; Downloads: 42
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I like this... much, much better.Yesterday (or was it the day before?) I created a really bad manip. It had great thought behind it, but artistically, it sucked. I scrapped it but kept the PSD.
Today I opened it back up and continued it. I changed my style in this a LOT... for those of you who've looked at my other work. First off, I added shadow and played a lot with dodge, burn, and highlighting tools.
Second, there's not a single texture in the entire thing. Every bit of this is color adjustment.
Oh, and I flipped it. I think it brings it into focus more this way, for some reason.
Credits!
Boy: [link] by *wookiestock
Girl: [link] by *intergalacticstock
Background: [link] by =Mehrunnisa-stock
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Beautiful work!
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Nicely done, I like the concept and the low saturation adds to it I think. Nice atmosphere you've created. thankyou for the notice!
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No problem! I'd want to know it if people used my stuff.
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I like this one loads more than the first. And I agree, flipping the image worked wonders. Great job!
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much better, although the boy seems to have a bit of a washed-out look that makes him seem to stick out and not fit
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I think it's mostly because he's wearing such dark colors, while the girl has on tan and red, so the colors aren't as dull.
Trust me, when I tried to brighten him up, he stuck out more, and ... well, any other stock image would break the point of this manip.
Thanks
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i didnt say brighten, but maybe more contrast
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I love the muted colors of this piece... I think you did a great job.
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Oooh, I like this! The stairs are so cute! *random*
The shadows are really, really well done.
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*blushes* Thank you! It took a lot to get the background pic un-grainy. I mean, the picture itself isn't grainy, but the stones were too rough in comparison.
And ah, the back story. :/
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WOW, how'd you get such realistic shadows?
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psst: are you online? o.o
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Duplicated the girl layer (easier said than done because I don't erase, I use masks).
Adjust HSL > Take the "lightness" bar all the way to black. This leaves a black silhouette.
Gaussian blur. I'd say about six or seven? I can't remember.
Lower opacity. I may have set that layer to multiply.
Edit > Transform > Distort...and just distorted it around until it looked like a shadow.
For the boy? Rinse and repeat.
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