Theak

It seems I'm receiving mixed opinions on the paintstroke effect filter. Some like it, others don't. I personally like it so I'm not removing it but I've got a few ideas on how to improve so I'll repost the modified version sometime soon. I'm going to attempt manually placing some "paintstroke perspective" to make objects further from the camera have smaller strokes and slightly adjust the splatter in some areas, such as the yellow flowers to the left, so it doesn't bleed so much.

Piece 18 (DeviantArt) Feel free to comment. One person didn't know what the image was talking about so I'll add my reply to his question as well.

I personally do not like it, and I'll tell you why. Firstly, you've used a uniform texture throughout the entire terrain which makes it look very monotonous, default and unrealistic. The shape of the mountains is also very unrealistic and unattractive, as well as seemingly random, and there are no mountains or hills of any sort behind them. The water level is also too high because terrain seldom enters water at a gradient of steeper than 45 degrees or so. Usually, it's much closer to 10 or 20. I personally do not like the colour scheme of the sky, but that's more of an individual opinion. The text font and colour don't fit well in my opinion because they don't blend in, and there is no border around the image itself which makes it look unfinished.

I think it must just be my monitor then because I can read the text perfectly. My brightness, contrast and/or gamma must be set higher than normal (whatever that is). Thank you for the comments everyone. I appreciate it.

I did everything myself except for the ruby/glass heart bit in the centre. It's impossible for me to make it that accurate and smooth using only metablobs and/or boolean modelling so I had to use a premade model.

It's been a while... Stereotypical, I know. But you know. For some reason, I started making this piece at 3am a few days ago and I stayed up until 8.30am working on it. I would normally have been falling asleep on my keyboard, but I was actually wide awake, though I did realize my eyes were aching to bits when I stopped working on it. The night (or morning?) after, I worked on it again from around 1am to 5am and went to bed at 8.30. I worked on it a few hours today as well. This is the first digital art piece I've actually posted in a while I guess.

Avatar: 1/10 Signature: 2/10 The signature is simply a screenshot taken from RS2 with some text slapped on. You've paid little to no attention to a colour scheme, seeing as you've used all three primary colours. No attempt has been made to blend in the text, at least no apparent visible attempt. The text initially appeared to be randomly placed, but I now realize that you've aligned your username to the left and the stats to the right. Possible points for improvement include: - Choose a colour scheme and stick with it; don't just smack on all three primary colours. - Blend in the text somehow... Perhaps change the colours? The font? Perhaps position it somewhere else? Maybe give the text an outline? You decide. - I would suggest making the text smaller so the alignment becomes more obvious... - I, personally, would add a 1px black border around the edges because it gives the signature a completed, finished look... This is a purely subjective viewpoint though, so feel free not to add one. The avatar is simply a part of the signature, so I won't comment on it.

I could launch into a massive explanation as to why I believe what I do but I'll keep it brief. I personally believe abortion SHOULD be allowed and it should be used whenever the parents don't want a child, for whatever reason. Why do I believe this? I believe that human life starts ONLY at birth. Life begins at conception (NOT human life!), but human life is only after birth. Now, we kill things that are alive all the time without thinking about it. We kill and eat plants and animals all the time. Why should a foetus, who isn't human, and shouldn't be considered one until birth, be treated any differently?

I wouldn't say you're an excellent artist to be honest, although you are definitely above average. Those tutorials are informative, albeit short. If you want to check out some of my work, go to: http://theakman2.deviantart.com/ My latest work has been done using Vue D'esprit, so you'll have to search through my gallery for the older terragen images...

I agree... Unfortunately, getting rid of the grain is not easy. The only way to do it is to render the image again on a higher quality setting, which would take 12 hours. I can't be without my computer for 12 hours!

Here is the link to the image: http://www.deviantart.com/view/9825741/ Feel free to comment either here or on DeviantArt :).

This is all my stuff lol. You can check out my deviantArt page if you want (theakman2.deviantart.com). Keep bidding people. I'll stop the auction in a few days.

Payments can be either in RS1 or RS2, although RS1 payments are strongly preferred. Once payment has been received, I will add your text and remove the 'sample' stamp. Please, bid away and thank you! :)

Please don't abandon this topic Celeste. At least have the decency to announce the winner, even if you don't intend to pay the person.

I used to be 'theakman2', but now my alias is just 'Theak'.