new 1's

a few new 1's

first 1 == life begin

2nd one ~ this one isnt quiet done



distortion

I like the distortion one because it doesnt have that Filters and plug in look. I was never a big fan of the "emboss" look so I am not too sure about the others, personally. But I think the distortion one is interesting. The colors blend well together, and there is a point of focus. Maybe play with some blending modes to add a point of hilite? just a thought.

Dude, the 2nd one is harsh on the eyes, plus the vertical line that just cuts off at the top (I assume that's polar coordinates) looks bad.

3rd one is really cool, you can make that one into a website!

the 1st ohne, i just dont get. sorry. lol

yeh i no the polar 1 is a bit iff'y n bright lol

the 1st one is just some thing that i did , not sure myself wat it is, hehe

the 3rd one well i could put it on my webbie i spose, lol

Nah man, don't just put it on your site. MAKE it into one. lol

Yeah you could use number three to make into a website if you wanted. I'm gonna have to be truthful with you when it comes to the other ones - I don't like them very much at all. Sorry.

tom

Not bad.

This is gonna be quite long...so prepare yourself. Just gonna give you some pointers :-).

The first one....

There isnt enough there to look at. It has harsh lines all over that really dont lead you anywhere. One of ideas behind putting together an effective composition is your eyes immediately see one object (it kinda stands out) and from that object your eyes follow a sort of clockwise(semi clockwise) trail/pattern. So the eyes are lead all around the page...shown the other objects and then back to the original object. Like if you were a tour guide at a museum.

I do like the color...its nice and soft to look at. I also like all that blurry white. It makes you wonder if its a photograph..or what your looking at. To me (its probably random filters) but it looks like a photo of a building blurred or something. It creates a little mystery in your image which is a nice effect.

Also everything you make...doesnt have to be large or have a 3:4 ratio. Like one of my fav. document sizes is 800x400(2:1). It forms a nice "widescreen" with enough height to have an effective image. What im trying to say is just experiment with diff sizes. Like in photography...you could have an absolutely crappy photo..but when you use the crop tool you can achieve a specific look and turn that photo into a million bucks!!! The crop tool is more than just a utility. Its really an "artistic" tool. Try playing around with it to "isolate" parts of your image you like.

(takes deep breath)


The second one.....

It obviously is the twirl filter(or similar). One thing you really want to achieve is to not let ppl guess what filter you have used. What i mean by this is...dont just use a lot of filters for fun. Use a specific few filters when needed to "spice" up your image. Also dont let a filter be the last thing you do. Apply a filter..and then keep working on your image to make it unique. Everyone that owns photoshop has the same filters that do the same thing. So really anyone could make your image. What you need to do is work on making it your own. Its your art...your emotions...your mind in this image and thats what you need to represent.

But i do like the 2nd one to a point. Its not my personal style...but in this image i do see improvement in your work!!!!
With this image you have something diff. to look at. There are interesting elements in the composition and my eyes look all around the image trying to find stuff. Also your experimenting with more color than usual (it is a little too bright...but that ok). Also your starting to learn "consitency" and "repetition". You have a round (twirl like) background...so you have "round" objects in the foreground. Everything in the image has a relationship to the other..cause its round!! Its like a fruit basket...with a potato in it. You look at it and your like "what the hell???" Its doesnt belong there because it doesnt have that "fruit" relationship to the rest of the basket.

(passes out on the floor...10 minutes later comes back to reality and finishes the post)

the third one ....

Have you ever seen the painting "The Scream" (Van Goh i think...) well your image looks like that lol. Stare at it... dont concentrate on the object itself...but allow the highlights/dark spots to create the image for you. You have this kinda stick figure/wooden doll person "shape" in there thats pretty cool. Maybe you could experiment more with that. I agree with the
rest....#3 is very interesting. I like it.

Conclusion

(if your post needs a conclusion its probably too long lol)

Ok. sorry about that. Got a little carried away but its cool (i hope). Basically number 1 is ok...number 2 is better and number 3 is the favorite! Your works not bad. Dont let my HUGE post fool you...cause these are not bad @ at all. I just wanted to give some pointers. You dont have to read them all...or try to pull them off in your next image (no pressure) or even remember anything i said. They're just there to get your mind going when you need it. Im not trying to be hard...just helpful :-)

lol thnx for all this rodder , allways righto the point but never killing,

i did a twirl affect on no.2 but i always hate the bluddy line it gives you at the top *grrr*

i actually did the 3rd one { inspiration } about 2 weeks ago and thoght well u havent seen it might aswell get a crit on it,

number one i was actually going for a sort of dream type o thing if u get my drift,



cheers all ; ill improve

rodder: You can be hard and still be helpful. It's the method of criticism I choose to go by, lol