New Sig: Serenity

HOLLAstir · Post by **HOLLAstir** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:27 am

Took your advice broken, worked on my light source, used a lens flare. Dodge and burned her face. First time using clipping masks. A lot of smudging, and a c4d thrown in there. Tried a new border. Lot's of gradients, tried to keep the simplicity vibe yet at the same time random and curious.

c/c <3

Faiien · Post by **Faiien** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:31 am

best sig you've made so far
the clipping masks and light source add alot of depth to your picture
good job!

christina · Post by **christina** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:44 am

Faiien wrote:best sig you've made so far
the clipping masks and light source add alot of depth to your picture
good job!

+1

BrokenSaint · Post by **BrokenSaint** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:37 am

Very nice. If you did that to your trapped sig im sure it would look good too. Good job.

Faiien · Post by **Faiien** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:29 pm

ya just those two things alone give your sig alot of flow

HOLLAstir · Post by **HOLLAstir** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:31 pm

Yeah, Took me a while to get used to clipping masks. Any other comments?

aazumak · Post by **aazumak** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:40 pm

HOLLAstir wrote:Yeah, Took me a while to get used to clipping masks. Any other comments?

is that what it is, clipping masks? i thought it was the stamp tool, either way its ill, great sig, i love sigs with clipping masks in em

HOLLAstir · Post by **HOLLAstir** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:43 pm

aazumak wrote:
HOLLAstir wrote:Yeah, Took me a while to get used to clipping masks. Any other comments?

is that what it is, clipping masks? i thought it was the stamp tool, either way its ill, great sig, i love sigs with clipping masks in em

Yeah clipping masks. I'm liking it more, helps add "flow" at times.

0l3n · Post by **0l3n** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:56 pm

Try sharpening the render a bit to add to the focal, and text look soft to me, id put the "name" closer to the "title".

HOLLAstir · Post by **HOLLAstir** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:02 pm

I was going for "soft." It looks like she's wondering something, thinking. So I wanted the text to be really simple and soft to correlate with that. Yeah I sharpened it, I guess I could have done it once more, but it looked a little "over" sharpened with I did it again. Anyways thanks for the comments as always <3

so STOOPS · Post by **so STOOPS** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:11 am

how do you make those funky lines? are they just brushes with different settings and colors?

Sol · Post by **Sol** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:59 am

quiet nice.

that stock gets used quiet alot but lets not take anything away from your sig

fena · Post by **fena** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:29 am

I love it. Personally, I think it's your best one before.
First of all, I absolutely love the use of colors. The bright colors on the right and the more basic brown on the left create a real feeling of serenity, hence the name of the Sig.
Also love the render. First perfectly in with the mood you were going for.

The only thing that I SLIGHTLY don't like is the guy's hood on the very left. It's starting to blur a bit, and for some reason, contrasted with the very solid right side of the render (his face), it looks slightly strange. Like he was smeared a bit.

Still, I absolutely love the Sig. Nothing much else to say. 10/10 from me!

HOLLAstir · Post by **HOLLAstir** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:06 am

Thanks fena! <3 you. Anyways yeah I smudged quite a bit on the hood tried to get the feeling like it was being pulled away so it would go with the brushing and clipping masks. I see what you mean though. It was just the style I was going for, I could have made the smearing a bit more gradual. Anyways thanks for the comments as always guys <3

HOLLAstir · Post by **HOLLAstir** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:55 am

so STOOPS wrote:how do you make those funky lines? are they just brushes with different settings and colors?

Which funky lines? I think I know what you mean, and I used a certain brush and smudged with it on high scatter.

Rizla · Post by **Rizla** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:42 pm

A complimenting effect to the masks would help balance the piece.