csm725 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 This one: Is awesome, although I think the light coming from the bulb is a bit too strong. This one: Is not bad, although I have three major criticisms. 1. The sky. Skies are never one color, even at night or when they're clear. Maybe a lighter purple to darker purple gradient (lighter on the bottom) or something? 2. The water. It appears as though there is none. It looks like there is a floating pathway. Lake water is never perfectly clear, maybe a tint of low-opacity teal. The only reason I knew there was water is because of the reflection, which is nice. 3. The moon. In a realistic or landscape piece, the more work you put into something, the better it is. There are many planet/moon tuts out there, maybe follow one of them to achieve a more realistic look. Now, I wouldn't mind the moon if the pathway wasn't so realistic. You can go either with a fun cartoony look or a serious realistic look. The pathway you made is brilliant, so I think you should make a new moon (Get it? New Moon... ) with a realistic texture. Otherwise, nice job. Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riddleboy Posted February 28, 2010 Author Share Posted February 28, 2010 Lol thanks for the indepth help, ive changed the night sky colour and hte water colour and its already looking brilliant, ill look into some moon tutorials and upload the newer image hopefully later tonight. Oh and if that was a twilight reference i want to make this clear to all posters, NO twilight references, i will not have my topic disgraced by its pathetic mentioning. Lol EDIT:Updated the picture there with better sky and water and improved moon, although i need to delete some temporary files onmy computer before i can see it you all should be able to see the change Quote My Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Possum Roadkill Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I love the lava lamps. Very colorful and smooth. Well done. I like the street lamp concept. The lamp is well drawn, but I agree you could do more with the night sky. Quote  My Gallery SAC, WOTW and Photo Manip Competition Host To visit the Comps click HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 An option is to adapt this tut: http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=31472 You can also download this GIMP tut but it's hard and long, so I would try the above option before this one: http://gtuts.com/design/the-ultimate-gimp-planet-tutorial/ Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisco97 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I love the lampost! I am a huge Sherlock Holmes fan, and it reminds me so much of London Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I love what you have done with the lamps at the end. Cool concept & well done! Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. Â April Jones, 2012 Â Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riddleboy Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 Added the new lava lamp images. You can find them at the bottom of my first post. Quote My Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riddleboy Posted August 1, 2010 Author Share Posted August 1, 2010 (edited) New Raindrop thingy, looking at making some more, but really busy. Edited August 1, 2010 by riddleboy Quote My Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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