I didn't do much to the stock because it was sort of practice with text. Well, that and I don't understand "C4D" and all that, lol. Spoiler CnC?
Stock?? Or is it just the guy.. It's not really worth CnC'ing tbh since it probably took you 10 or so minutes.. I'd personally cut off less of the text so it's a little easier to read off first glance. It also kinda creates a split focal since the "CHAMPION" is so dark and the background is so light. Overall, very, very simple.
Spoiler Thanks, this should be better. I'm still getting used to gimp, so I can't make anything too complicated, haha.
Looks better, but I think the text is a little too hard to read now xD. Should be visible at first glance, but not so prominent that it detracts from the focal.. Yes, it's hard to do, it takes time hah
Text is pretty pixelated, it doesn't look smoothened. Also, even though you blurred the background it's still the first thing I look at, not the fist :/ It's just not a good stock in the first place.
You'll have to inform me. Does "pixelated" mean that it's flat and unblended? I was thinking that while working on the second verson, lol. I think the intended focal was already blurred in the original stock.
Zoom in really far into a picture, and what you see is that the entire thing is a collage of tiny squares that make up the image. These tiny squares are what you call Pixels. When you say that something is "Pixelated" you are referring to the ability to see these Pixels without zooming in, due to a low resolution, a low quality, or a poor use of effects.