Oodles of Art!

[Kaoru [Anne]]

kireikaoruchan.deviantart.com/art/G-a-DB-Cover-Comission-102889354

=D

[Kaoru [Anne]]

Used my own image this time for the main portion. =]

[Liamane]

XDD I feel like I'm looking at an authentic Japanese promo. Awesome jobs on both works!

[Kaoru [Anne]]

=] thanks lia! i really appreciate it. =3
I really like how the worm piece turned out. =3

[Kaoru [Anne]]

's been ages. =]


Just a fun little photomanip for a face claim on an RP site.

[Liamane]

Wow. Talk about improvement! I'm totally digging the second to last sig; the multi-color vibrance is really nice. The only thing I would suggest is to maybe raise the saturation a bit or play around with selective coloring, but other than than, it's totally banging.

Nice job with the rest of the batch, too.

[Kaoru [Anne]]

=] thanks lia! I'm glad you like them. I'm still trying to figure out how to work with light coloured backgrounds, so thank you for the suggestions. Totally forgot about selective colouring. xD silly Anne. Anyway, thank you again!

[Beebs]

Wow, I'm very impressed. You did a great job on these. My only gripe is about the division you have in the middle sigs, which kind of destroy what could be one of your best sigs yet. It's not that big of a problem, but the only main issue. You've developed the ability to create very good flow, so big congrats on that. The depth in the Cloud sig is amazing, and red lighting is very appealing. I agree with Lia, your coloring needs quite a bit of work, but not nearly as major as some sigs I've seen. There's kind of this putrid green color in the first couple of sigs that I dislike, but it's up to your tastes I suppose. xDD

Coloring is pretty good in the last one, but I think you should add some final touches in like playing around with saturation, brightness/contrast, and selective coloring. in terms of effects it's a little on the lacking side, but by no means a real problem. The left side of this one is a little weird, because it seems to fade to white to suddenly, unlike the right side which is magnificent. The lighting you went with sort of conflicts with the natural shadowing of the stock, but it's not really noticeable if you don't look at it for too long.

And that's absolutely everything negative I can think of, so other than these few things this batch is fantastic! Just focus on: coloring and natural lighting. The best features include: depth (though not the middle one), flow, composition, and simplicity that turns out wonderful.

I think your aesthetic capabilities have grown tremendously than when I first saw your stuff on PBS, so much so that I feel you're stronger in areas that I falter in. I like these a lot, so keep up the amazing work! ^________________________^

[Kaoru [Anne]]

That means a lot to me, Beebs. =]
I've always had an issue with lighting, so I'll pay more attention to the stock lighting from now on. I'm still having a tough time with depth, so I'll keep working on how to make it better and better.

Thanks again! <33

[Kaoru [Anne]]

I love double posting!



New style for me, I guess. =3 Thoughts?

[Liamane]

WOW. Really, really nice! The contrast between the vector and blue skyline really works nicely, and the red glow upon his shoulders looks superb! The effects overlaying the background are totally killer; the brushing suits the sig well. The only protest I have is of the red splatter - maybe make it a little more prominent, if only slightly.

You've really come far, keep it up!

[Kaoru [Anne]]

=] thanks Lia! Which splatter? The one over the right shoulder? [well, her left, really. =3]

And anyway, sig dump. I realize a few sigs I hadn't posted here, or something. >.> I don't remember, and can't be bothered to look through 7 pages.

[Beebs]

Meh, don't care for this new one too much. The lighting doesn't make that much sense, because of the huge contrast going on. Try a splatter that flows more on the right side, because it makes the sig have an outward "V" flow, which is pretty contradictory for having a focal. Either that or make the left side flow with the right, but the left feels more natural overall. And that vertical brushing on the far left totally throw the feel off, so I think it'd be best to crop it off or go in and take it out.

I think having a tilted "S" type flow would work out will, a shape that you can see in some of the BG brushing that kind look like faded white strands of hair or tentacles or something. xDDD I think it's look awesome if that were flipped vertically and nudged to the left.

And I think it really needs text to add something to the bareness. If the composition were better, I think the color scheme would be wonderful, though you could add to the whites by Selective Coloring. After all, the white landscape and skyline is a big part of Mirror's Edge, from what I've seen. Oh, and Faith looks way over-saturated, so maybe reduce the saturation on her alone, or lower the Yellow selective coloring.

And Lia, that's a girl, btw. You need to get a 360.

[Kaoru [Anne]]

Thanks Beebs, I'll probably re-do Faith sometime tonight. I like what I did, but like I said, it was a new style, so totally experimenting. ^^ Thank you for the suggestions, I'll try it out. =3

EDIT: Vertical brushing on the left - it was really more to pay tribute to Mirror's Edge, idk, that part there feels very in-game. ....not that I played, mind, just watched teh bf.

[Beebs]

Well, even so, it still hurts the flow. And too add to that, the vertical brush on the right does the same thing. (though that may be part of the stock, idk) Maybe just crop both off at the end. xDDD

[Kaoru [Anne]]

No stock used. =P
Working on editing the sig now.

[Kaoru [Anne]]

Woo Double post!

How 'bout now?

[Beebs]

That's better, but the right's pretty bare now and there's not much going on the the foreground. Try putting one of the flow effect layers on top of the stock/render, and see if that helps; clipping masks with splatters could work too, on her edges that don't blend in as well. (her right waistline and left arm) All it really needs is some more going on in it and I think it'll be great, flow is good now too.

You might consider just cropping off some of that empty side, maybe the two furthest buildings.

[Kaoru [Anne]]

Thanks, Beebs. =] Got work today, so I'll do it when I get home.
>.> You're never on MSN any more, so I can't bug ya there. xD

[Beebs]

xDDD Yeah, I kinda stick to AIM these days actually. There are a bunch of people from MSN I should still be keeping up with, but I never get the urge to log on.