Attempting to brush off the PS rust

[Mountainous Cleavage]

Decided to attempt to work off the Photoshop rust I've got from not using it for so long. This is what I've came up with.

Any comments or criticism are welcome!

[Docpepper]

I like it . clean design with complimentary colors. the only spot that I think could use a little touch up is the head area. The edges are to hard around it where as most of the other edges are soft.

[Mountainous Cleavage]

Thanks for the reply Doc (Y)

By the head area, do you mean around the masked head, or around the bottom right picture's head? Just curious is all

[Docpepper]

my fault for not being clear. around the mask top center. the edges on that aren't as soft as the edges of the other areas.

[Mountainous Cleavage]

Definitely see what you mean. In a way, I kind of wanted it to be more eye-catching rather than fade softly like the others, however I do see how that could benefit it. Good thing I saved the PSD incase I wanna change it ^_^

Thanks again though, always appreciate the criticism (Y)

Edited February 9, 2012 by Mountainous Cleavage

[Mountainous Cleavage]

Made a little Reimer image as well. Nothing too special, but here it is.

[Docpepper]

my only nitpick would be to reduce the size of the drop shadow behind him. Other than that its good

[Mountainous Cleavage]

I was playing with that myself, to be honest. Couldn't really decide which I liked best, the heavy shadow in that one, a lesser shadow, or no shadow at all.

Luckily I'm in the habit of saving .PSDs, so I quickly made two edits - one with a smaller shadow, and one with no shadow. If you'd like to Doc, I'd like to hear which you think looks best. Anyone else is welcome to put in their two cents as well.

^ Original Heavy Shadow ^

<- Reduced Shadow + No Shadow ->

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Edited February 21, 2012 by Mountainous Cleavage

[Docpepper]

I prefer the no shadow one tbh. Also just noticed the masking around the bottom is bit splotchy. It's not that big a deal though.

[Mountainous Cleavage]

Cool, thanks for the opinions Doc. I actually agree after seeing them all side-by-side. Great to see you're still into graphics after all these years too.

I decided to use that Octi-Reim back in the original image, after realizing that it could look pretty good. I don't know why I didn't think of doing this when I was first making the graphic before, but I've done it now.

Once again, couldn't decide between a few different tweaks so I'll post all three that I was debating between. Mostly couldn't decide between #1 and #2, but was contemplating #3 as well.

#1

#2

#3

(Original photos that I used: Main Body & Crowd - Glove, Stick & Blocker)

Edited February 21, 2012 by Mountainous Cleavage

[Docpepper]

I like 1 for the guy net and etc but I like the how dark the background is for three. if I had to pick one though I'd go with three.

Are you using Gimp or Photoshop?

good job each version is getting better and better

[Mountainous Cleavage]

Photoshop but nothing too crazy with it yet. Just trying to get back the skills of using PS

Thanks again Doc (Y)

Edited February 21, 2012 by Mountainous Cleavage

[Docpepper]

yeah I know the feeling if I don't touch Photoshop for a month I get rusty lol. Keep up the good work