Bahaha, your dad sounds funny. Usually when my parents kick me off the computer I prepare for my next DnD session or go for a bike ride or some...
Light and it's effects display our world. It's fingers feel over things and render (so to speak) what we see to forge colors and create depth....
You should post the stock. :)
974x534 @ 72 dpi. For future reference, this is rather small. If you were to print this, it would print on a piece of paper 2.7x1.4 inches large....
Stock/render is badly rendered and the whole thing doesn't blend at all. The bg is uninteresting. Cmask on text loos like a rotten strawberry...
I dislike the text, the top overpowers the bottom too much without the bottom loosing emphasis, so it is interpreted as unbalanced to me. All that...
Personally I like your version over Jam's, although Jam's is more... correct, in theory.
Whatever you have fun making.
Looking past technical details, the bg looks unbalanced, flat, and boring. This is a good thing, because it means you have an opportunity to fix it!
Single post. Definitely. Fractals are best taken in large doses every now and then.
Right, yes, then I agree. :)
On the contrary I use it all the time in screen mode- it really does make nice clouds every now and then.
Overlayed Gaussian blur and a cartoon filter? I am in no way saying that is all you did, however, you really need to add more to this piece....
Crap, I completely spaced the focus on text for the contest. Maybe next time I'll get it right... :( Oh well, t'was fun!
Someone needs to make a cartoon of this. Now.
File>Open as Layers Don't muddle your focal. Keep text solid and easy to read. (And small)
Yay! You're getting better. I love how you didn't use text. The thing I would focus on now is getting the background to match and move with the...
If there was a light on the right side of his face, why did you put a soft white brush light spot on his left side? But yeah, it's boring, and...
Try doing a sig without using any C4Ds, fancy brushes, or renders.
Signatures/tags are design. Learn the difference between art and design. Frag is spot on. Short sentences are short.