Im no artist.. but I was confused as soon as i saw the picture. I couldn't make out what it was until i saw the title. I think 2 things: The white light is too bright. (try saying that 5 times fast) That's the number 1 thing that confused me. Also, the angle of the dirt bike makes the sig a little more confusing for me. Anyways, that said, I really like it. The back tire looking like its being disintegrated and everything else besides that really f***** bright light is pretty nice. just a non-sig maker's 2 cents.
Take my cnc for a grain of salt because I can't even do this kind of stuff, BUT: I think the light is too bright I coudl barely make out what I was looking at when I first saw this. The rest looks a little grainy and the bike kinda gets mixed in with the rest of what you go going on in there so it makes it look a bit messy. This is just from a non-graphics person's perspective xD
Thanks for the non-graphics perspectives, they always help too. I'm thinking the light is a bit too bright (lol @ "that really f***** bright light") and the focal isn't very well defined. I figure I could dim the brightness a bit and change the colors on the guy. @FxBreaker: I can see what you mean by a little grainy because I think i over-sharpened some areas a bit too much. I'll see what i can do one of these days but i have a lot on my plate right now so it's not carved in stone yet
The focal is kinda hard to understand, as stated before, this is mostly due to the light which you've said your fixing so thats off the list. The next thing I'm going to say has less to do with the sig itself and more about the stock, people look for a face, namely eyes or mask ect, when they glance at something, so this stock not having a face makes it hard to see what it is at first. Just a tip for stock picking.
/\ That. When I looked at this originally, I was actually confused by what I was seeing, and thought the white patch on his back was his face in some weird distorted way. Also, part of what makes it difficult to distinguish the focal, aside from what the others said, is that the background is busy, there is a lot going on, and in the mix of things the guy just sort of blends in, especially when he has some effects over top of him, as it just keeps continuity between background and focal, making it difficult to tell the difference between the two.
The only way I could really tell that the subject of the picture was actually a dirt bike was through your post title, so the obvious quirk I have with it is make the dirt bike a bit clearer. Other than that, looks stellar.