Quote (Nereaux @ Apr 27 2013 12:31pm)

i made some color/brightness adjustments to add some perceived depth and frame your focal in contrast, this way, your composition is strengthened with just colors.

http://sojets.net/images/2013/04/26/hpqSL.png -> http://i.imgur.com/PIkmexc.png

e: my edit is slightly over-contrasted, but i wanted to emphasize how contrast is important to building composition and perceived depth in an otherwise flat effect layer.

Quote (Awer @ Apr 27 2013 03:21pm)

v2 looks nice
however, i would tone down the red bottom part,add a little more of that blue/purp around the focal and finish it with a fat 20 px white border (optional )

Quote (illyria @ Apr 28 2013 09:38am)

That definitely looks better..  Thanks for the example. I'll have to play around with it later, I suppose.




That was Nero, not me. 



Tried playing around with using bolder things and sharper colours -

http://sojets.net/images/2013/04/27/I9dW3.png

Quote (illyria @ Apr 27 2013 06:38pm)

That definitely looks better..  Thanks for the example. I'll have to play around with it later, I suppose.




That was Nero, not me. 



Tried playing around with using bolder things and sharper colours -

http://sojets.net/images/2013/04/27/I9dW3.png

Quote (sicklad @ Apr 27 2013 05:50pm)

Colours are still looking very washed out.
psd file pls.

Quote (illyria @ Apr 28 2013 10:40am)

Well, I had slightly forgotten how much I'm getting scammed on my internet speed.. took forever to upload it.

http://ge.tt/9vdssDf/v/0?c

(There may or may not be a twenty or so layers that I abandoned and others that don't really do anything..)

Quote (sicklad @ Apr 27 2013 06:46pm)

85MB psd o.O

Quote (sicklad @ Apr 27 2013 07:03pm)

http://i.imgur.com/m9UBIwe.png

Sharpened the cloth to make it stand out a bit more.
Added a Vibrance layer @ 90 vibrance and -20 saturation to harmonize the red in the upper right with the rest of it.


Something you should do is use layer masks instead of erasing.
Also at the end, apply image and mess around with adjustment layers/filters and see what happens.

Quote (sicklad @ Apr 27 2013 07:03pm)

http://i.imgur.com/m9UBIwe.png

Sharpened the cloth to make it stand out a bit more.
Added a Vibrance layer @ 90 vibrance and -20 saturation to harmonize the red in the upper right with the rest of it.


Something you should do is use layer masks instead of erasing.
Also at the end, apply image and mess around with adjustment layers/filters and see what happens.