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  1. Let me preface by saying this wasn't my corny idea...I have a friend who works with Catholic youth and begged me for a favor.

    What I need help with is how to add the gray shadows to the letters I've put in. I'm having a hard time keeping the curves crisp like the stock image.

    Any advice?

    th_GodOurHero7.png

    Edit: Here's an example of what I'm getting if you look at the first O; this is with an insanely long list of steps including duplicating the layer, darkening it, cropping it, feathering, cursing...

    th_GodOurHero9.png

  2. The skin color looks good on her arms, but it looks too yellow next to the eye and lip colors.

    The lips look a bit off to me--is the color lined up with the original lips?

    The fingernails would look better with a bit of pink instead of having them the same color as the rest of her skin—she’d look more natural.

    Good job overall, and thanks for sharing it.

  3. The skin color looks good on her arms, but it looks too yellow next to the eye and lip colors.

    The lips look a bit off to me--is the color lined up with the original lips?

    The fingernails would look better with a bit of pink instead of having them the same color as the rest of her skin—she’d look more natural.

    Good job overall, and thanks for sharing it.

  4. I like the monochromatic scheme, but the blue on the laptop’s screen could be more cyan to fit better with the rest of the piece.

    The edges of the laptop are aliased; perhaps a feather is in order if you still have it on a separate layer somewhere.

    I can’t quite decide if your name is at the right angle to look like it fits on the screen. It’s close, but maybe not quite there.

    The left side of the piece has wonderful texture, and the right is empty. Perhaps you could put an image on the laptop’s screen instead of adjusting the color and text.

  5. Try experimenting with blend modes for the sword.

    Will do. Thank you.

    I love the flowers!!! How'd you manage to do the leaves? If you don't mind, could you please list the steps? :lol:

    Thanks! Er...there were a bajillion fiddlings on those, and it's been a while since I made them. :? I think I started with a curve, duplicated and flipped the later to make the outside shape, then filled it with a linear reflected gradient...but it looks like I put another curve down the middle and blurred it because the gradient didn't give me a dark enough line. I did lighter lines around the outside edges to add more dimension. From there, I distorted; they're all the same leaf, distorted differently. I played around with bulge, twist, and sine waves.

    I think that is much more than a happy incident, is a very well done job, neat clean and really cute!

    p.s.: for the sword you might try some of the tuts about brushed metal

    Thank you, and good idea.

    I think those flowers are awesome. Can't wait to see your other projects.

    Thanks! Wait--I'm supposed to have other projects? :shock:

  6. Hello, all. I'm finally getting around to posting some of the pieces I've been playing around with.

    This first one is a the result of a happy accident with Madjik's Radial Colors and Kaleidoscope.

    th_flowers.png

    The blue one's my favorite. It was the first one, and the best, I think.

    th_blueflwr.png

  7. Thanks for the tutorial. I must confess, I made the orb eons ago and only just now found a use for it.

    kioskorblily3.png

    I have kidnapped a friend's avatar and am feeding her little piggy only chili--a WMD in production. :wink:

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