Mercifull Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Been listening to Ayreons album The Final Experiment and thought i'd make a picture based on one of the songs Eyes of Time. Took me quite a while to make it using well over 20 layers. I hope you like it. Rate and CC welcome plz. Sources used: Picture of me Greg Martins starfield tutorial Planet tutorial Hour glass Old square clock Royalty free so stfu if your gonna moan about using other peoples pics. Its PHOTO MANIPULATION thats the whole point. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Right I'm pretty ruthless when it comes to rating pictures, I also don't listen to reason as you know. <19:20:08> * Chris cracks his knuckles As usual nothing is perfect so we start at a rating of 9 -1 for the amature look -1 for including your picture in it -1 for using that colour (purplish) -1 for using a stupid clock -1 for using a stupid hourglass +5.9 for being a darkwebber Overall rating: 9.9 Good work Matt. :D Notoriously Trollish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiphus Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 I'm first trying to figure out if you're being serious or not... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted August 26, 2005 Author Share Posted August 26, 2005 I'm first trying to figure out if you're being serious or not... lol Not everyone can be as good as you with photoshop and stuff so how about you stop with the wise guy talk and post something contructive rather than flaming everything anyone does. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Calm the ham little guys, you should chill! Take a pill... Woah blur! I'm sure if you blended the rays of light from your eyes it'd be a bit better, play with the alpha on them... I'll think of more things later. My head hurts. Notoriously Trollish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ape Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Ooo, liking that Matt. I'd give it 8/10... I think the beams coming outta' the eyes is awesome. But a litle bland, maybe? Maybe you could put a tint of purple in there. (Or something or other?) Also, as Ijust looked over it again, you have a cluster of stars, just right and benieth the centre of the picture, I think you could've spread those out a touch more. Other than that, I love it. Good to see somone who spends more than three minutes on their work. ;) //Mitch New sig to come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necromagus Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 To be honest, I don't really like how the purple eyebeams dominate the entire pic. Also, I feel like you could have done a lot more with the clock/hourglass in the background. Still, it looks really nice. My Tip.It Times Articles (10 and counting) || The Varrock Library Author Index projectDo you dare to dream? - Part 19 added. || The Hospital (WIP) - New story!Necromagus looks like a viking ... with glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaguar_Kings Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 It's looking good, except I think that the clock, and the hour glass (dunno what it's called) don't really fit. Also, the A of Ayreon is looking like an H (probably supposed to be with the font though). Overall, I like it pretty much, 8/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogie Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 I'm first trying to figure out if you're being serious or not... lol Not everyone can be as good as you with photoshop and stuff so how about you stop with the wise guy talk and post something contructive rather than flaming everything anyone does. You don't always make the greatest comments yourself. :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 I'm first trying to figure out if you're being serious or not... lol Not everyone can be as good as you with photoshop and stuff so how about you stop with the wise guy talk and post something contructive rather than flaming everything anyone does. To tell the truth merc, he's right. - The planet. That emboss you have on it. Get rid of it, fast. It makes it looks realy bad. - The stars. I can see the one's in the background, but the big white dots in the foreground realy throw it off for me. Especialy the one's covering his face and stuff, weird. - The "light". Looks kind of basic, the stuff that's coming out of his eyes. Just 2 ovels, some long rectangles, and an outer glow. Perhaps at least try and make it a bit more believble, maybe tone down the opacity a bit. - The boarder. Again, it's just... eh. I realy don't like colorful boarders like that. A simple black+white or whatever boarder would suit it just fine. Again, the emboss (It looks like it) on the boarder is kind of, eww.) - And finaly, the overall composition. It seems kind of random. I'm sure there is some reason all the stuff is in there, but some stuff is just... there. I don't know, it just looks realy messy, a ton of stuff going on. A lot of that stuff I have no clue why it's there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 I'm first trying to figure out if you're being serious or not... lol Not everyone can be as good as you with photoshop and stuff so how about you stop with the wise guy talk and post something contructive rather than flaming everything anyone does. To tell the truth merc, he's right. - The planet. That emboss you have on it. Get rid of it, fast. It makes it looks realy bad. - The stars. I can see the one's in the background, but the big white dots in the foreground realy throw it off for me. Especialy the one's covering his face and stuff, weird. - The "light". Looks kind of basic, the stuff that's coming out of his eyes. Just 2 ovels, some long rectangles, and an outer glow. Perhaps at least try and make it a bit more believble, maybe tone down the opacity a bit. - The boarder. Again, it's just... eh. I realy don't like colorful boarders like that. A simple black+white or whatever boarder would suit it just fine. Again, the emboss (It looks like it) on the boarder is kind of, eww.) - And finaly, the overall composition. It seems kind of random. I'm sure there is some reason all the stuff is in there, but some stuff is just... there. I don't know, it just looks realy messy, a ton of stuff going on. A lot of that stuff I have no clue why it's there... Bold: OMG WE SAID THAT TOO!!!111oneoneone! :D Notoriously Trollish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiphus Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 I'm first trying to figure out if you're being serious or not... lol Not everyone can be as good as you with photoshop and stuff so how about you stop with the wise guy talk and post something contructive rather than flaming everything anyone does. Haha... Sorry, it's hard to tell when you make posts like this in other forums.. I intended no offense. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quer_Skulll Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 I'm first trying to figure out if you're being serious or not... lol Not everyone can be as good as you with photoshop and stuff so how about you stop with the wise guy talk and post something contructive rather than flaming everything anyone does. no offense but im going to have to agree with keiphus, at my first look when you first posted it, i was wondering if you were serious.. so i waited with posting.. now that i know you are.. im sorry to tell you.. it isnt quite good i think you could've portrayed eyes of time .. different , like not kick your door obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiphus Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 I think I was misinterpreted... I never even really looked at the image that much - I wasn't trying to make fun of your skill... I saw the image of the boy very quickly, and it just looked like a very staged and (for lack of a better word) funny photograph. Because of your other post on the other forum I linked to, I thought maybe this too was somewhat of a joke. If you really want me to critique it, let me know. My original post had nothing to do with "the degree of suckage" or lack-thereof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted August 26, 2005 Author Share Posted August 26, 2005 It WAS only intented as a bit of fun but id still like crits on my work. And the "boy" is me. I'm 21 years old. So thanks. The point of this thread was to rate my work not what i look like yeah? :cry: Pic removed. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tttia Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 You have three basic tones, with everything but purple being somewhat faded or receded. I think if you want to go with that much purple perhaps a monochromatic aproach would be better. I am unfamiliar with the inspiration of the piece, so I won't comment on fidelity to that. The border, as Nad said, is a bit overdone. It tends to detract from the work. It is not bad, but right now it is hard to focus on the piece as a whole. the individual elements leap out. Since you cited the planet tutorial it sounds as though you made it, and it actually looked pretty good on its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogie Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Lock pl0x? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatsilverwyrm Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Lock pl0x? Are you a mod? Are you the starter of this topic? Didn't think so. If Mercifull wants his post locked, he knows how to reach me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogie Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Lock pl0x? Are you a mod? Are you the starter of this topic? Didn't think so. If Mercifull wants his post locked, he knows how to reach me. How about you shut up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiphus Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 The picture was at like 50% opacity, you had huge lightrays coming from your eyes, and they had a huge purple glow on it. I'm sorry I misundestood you as a boy. It looks like I can't win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 The picture was at like 50% opacity, you had huge lightrays coming from your eyes, and they had a huge purple glow on it. I'm sorry I misundestood you as a boy. It looks like I can't win. Keiphus, hopefully he'll come to his senses tomorrow. He was at the pub and came back tiddly, as you should know alcohol is a depressant and Matt is a sensitive bloke. He's just over-reacted at the comments about his picture. Notoriously Trollish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted August 26, 2005 Author Share Posted August 26, 2005 Sorry im a bit drunk acting a bit defensively. ill put the pic back up tomorrow. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Sorry im a bit drunk acting a bit defensively. ill put the pic back up tomorrow. Oh you're still up... Get some sleep bud. Notoriously Trollish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godslayer Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Merc seems a bit more human to me, after the last few posts. See ya later. :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiphus Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 The picture was at like 50% opacity, you had huge lightrays coming from your eyes, and they had a huge purple glow on it. I'm sorry I misundestood you as a boy. It looks like I can't win. Keiphus, hopefully he'll come to his senses tomorrow. He was at the pub and came back tiddly, as you should know alcohol is a depressant and Matt is a sensitive bloke. He's just over-reacted at the comments about his picture. I figured something was up, usually he seems a bit more controlled... haha... Which is one reason I don't drink. :-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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