Jopie211

At least it looks better than the original image, I guess. :wall:

It's not terrible for a first, but there are quite a few major-ish problems: Too much stuff on top of the render, making it quite hard to see what it actually is. Always erase most of the brushing/effects/whatever from the focal point. Text: It's too big and distracting. Usually it's best not too put on any text at all, especially if you're not very experienced. The black bars at the top and bottom are pretty distracting and not needed. I'd get rid of them. Other than that, just keep reading good tutorials and keep practising.

It looks fine. :thumbup:

^ Yeah, those aren't from entrants on this forum, so don't worry. :P

^ MediaFire.

Great render choice IMO. :thumbup: Sent my entry little.

Just a few things so far: The main problem IMO is the size of the stock. I think you should have resized it more before adding it to the canvas, right now the focal takes up nearly all the space, which will make it hard to add any effects at all. The text; the font isn't bad, but I'm not sure about the placement. I'd make it white and move it to the bottom right corner. The clipping masks: the one on the right is ok, but the one on the left looks pretty strange and is quite distracting because of its lowered opacity (I'm guessing that's what it is, anyway).

I like the original image better. :/ It's just the noise filter, colours and text that ruined it IMO. So basically everything that you've added to it. It's always good to see people try new things, though.

Apart from the perspective issue that Uno and others already pointed out, I think the upper right corner looks pretty strange. I can see what you tried to do with the fade to black thing, but the transition between the wall and the pure black bit is just too sudden, making it look like the wall just randomly stops there.

It looks pretty good, though indeed a little bit messy. Might be because of the pencil marks that are still quite clearly visible in some places, maybe you could try to get rid of some of them with a soft eraser.

I really like it. Then again, I always like train stations/photos of them for some reason. I don't know, I just think they're really interesting. :P

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The more purplish version is definitely better, though it does seem a bit all over the place. The smudging isn't bad, but the warping on the right and the clipping masks/splatters are quite random. I'd get rid of those and maybe add some saturation and blue-ish colours to it to make it a bit more interesting, but it's not a bad signature. :thumbup:

Nice almost 2 year bump... :wall:

I do! \ Though I would like them way more if one of them was a penguin...

Which was not a good idea. It is just one blurry mess.

The main problem for me is the tree, it just seems too... rounded in places. Should be more like this I think. Something like that.

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^ Noplz. D: Yup, it's better, although I still think it could use more of a splash of colour, but there's not a lot to do with a pretty monotone render like that. Still, it's definitely an improvement. As for the smudging, try the vine brush with a higher rate (something like 70-100) and mess around with the opacity. Try the same with the hard round circle 19 px brush and splatter brushes as well (thanks Soa :P). :thumbup:

I'll just go through all of them quickly. #1: It's not terrible, apart from the monotoneness which really makes it pretty boring. I'd just convert it to greyscale and add some contrast and effects, then it could look pretty good. #2: Has a bit of a floating head problem, though it could be worse. The colours do seem too random though, and the effects aren't terribly interesting (the smudging seems a bit too 'soft' if that makes any sense, it's a bit too blurry). #3: Floating head and shoulder, looks pretty strange. D: The effects are alright, but again, it's a bit monotone. #4: Decent, although the border = noplz and the lighting seems pretty random. Also, again, I think the smudging is too 'soft', but that might just be personal preference.

I'm in, and will actually try to make something this time. Should have some free time, so I'm pretty sure I'll manage. \

^ Yeah I know, you used to make some ownage sprite siggies. :D Welcome back (I hope). :P

The new one is alright, but a bit monotone (just too much green IMO), and some of the C4Ds are a little bit pixely.

I prefer V2 actually, the colour of the water on the new version just seems a bit too bright and sutarated for a sunset scene. It needs some brighter highlights IMO, but not necessarily a whole brighter colour scheme on the water.

That's fine, but we were only saying that it wouldn't be a good idea to try and do that.