i tried adding a moon for a light source, but the wallpaper ended up looking
really cluttered, so i left it out. any suggestions on making this background
better would be much appreciated.
i was trying to go for something simple, but i couldn't really get the blood
spatters to blend correctly on the shoji...any help regarding how to
"layer" things over would be nice ^^"
not sure which bg works better or if i should just try something else...anyway,
constructive comments are welcome...
Well, first off I think I like the first wallpaper posted a bit better because
the context of the scan fits a little betterwith the background you have
provided.
A few hints on how to improve it:
- I like the i dea of your black and white and red colour selection. But the
white outline on the scan must go. Firstlty because I suspect you have no
extraction problems and secondly because it displaces the character from the
actual background, eliminating any effort to integrate the foreground and
background- and this is something you want to avoid.
- The petals are a nice addition but you'll need to change the darkness and
lightness of some particular petals, perhaps scatter the a bit more, change the
transparency of some, and put them on different layers (behind the wall for
example) in order to create a bit more depth into this
Last thing to keep in mind is the lighting. The sky is relatively dark and cloud
whereas the character remains quite bright. You might wanwt to consider
darkening partso f the character (mostly torso) in order for the lighting to
work a bit better.
Other than that great work! Keep on updating and hope to see more
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all rite...here's the wallpaper:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l211/praylood808/hijikata.jpg
i tried adding a moon for a light source, but the wallpaper ended up looking really cluttered, so i left it out. any suggestions on making this background better would be much appreciated.
merged: 08-15-2006 ~ 08:24am
here was my first idea for a background:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l211/praylood808/shoji.jpg
i was trying to go for something simple, but i couldn't really get the blood spatters to blend correctly on the shoji...any help regarding how to "layer" things over would be nice ^^"
not sure which bg works better or if i should just try something else...anyway, constructive comments are welcome...
Well, first off I think I like the first wallpaper posted a bit better because the context of the scan fits a little betterwith the background you have provided.
A few hints on how to improve it:
- I like the i dea of your black and white and red colour selection. But the white outline on the scan must go. Firstlty because I suspect you have no extraction problems and secondly because it displaces the character from the actual background, eliminating any effort to integrate the foreground and background- and this is something you want to avoid.
- The petals are a nice addition but you'll need to change the darkness and lightness of some particular petals, perhaps scatter the a bit more, change the transparency of some, and put them on different layers (behind the wall for example) in order to create a bit more depth into this
Last thing to keep in mind is the lighting. The sky is relatively dark and cloud whereas the character remains quite bright. You might wanwt to consider darkening partso f the character (mostly torso) in order for the lighting to work a bit better.
Other than that great work! Keep on updating and hope to see more
finished it and it's posted...
Since it's uploaded into the gallery I'll go ahead and close this ^^