effects arent as bad but still very weak
text is bad
empty space is bad on the left
composition is not great
not great blending

contrast is better, not great
render on par with third, better than first 2
colors arent as bad, maybe

on the same level as the third

This post was edited by TheReborn_Magi on Jan 14 2013 06:41pm

this is so bad

Very blurry. Try Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen, then Edit > Fade Sharpen > Reduce until it's not over sharpened.

Too blurry to sharpen. Sharpening it will just make the already bad quality look even worse.

followed a tut extremely close

Post the tutorial please.

http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=26548733&f=246






xDD

in the colored (filtered) sig especially, try making some parts a bit darker, ex. venom is now part of the giant blob bit if you put some darker vs. lighter spots you will differentiate between the shapes and you can also create depth.

e: this goes both ways around, dark vs. light contrast can be really interesting with stronger lights and darks, if the peak dark/light values are closely together it can quickly become bland looking.

This post was edited by splijtsteen on Jan 16 2013 04:48pm