Broken Entity

ConceptualMind · 09-09-2004

Gotta rush so I'll post quick:

Completion time - Approx. 5 hours
I'm still not done though.

C&C would be GREATLY appreciated.

I feel this is my best photomanipulation to date, however, I still need to work on it.

Please ignore the crap quality. I had to compress it to upload it as an attachment.

Stock taken from http://www.deviantart.com/view/5537775/

Yes, it's the same one seen here.

http://forums.biorust.com/photopost/...8&cat=2&page=7

Heh, she was hot so I felt like I needed to do something with it.

Sorry for the randomness of my post. I'm trying to post quickly before I go to sleep.

**Man1c M0g** · 09-09-2004

Looks good m8! Add a little more blood and it could have a 'silent hill' thing going on!

Lexiblue · 09-09-2004

Wow! VERY well done. The flame in the eye is a nice touch. I've looked over your piece several times, and am taken by the textures as well as the colors. A nice piece, I like it a lot!

Lexi

ConceptualMind · 09-10-2004

I'm glad everyone likes it.

The healing brush and me are officially enemies though. Why does it have to be so stupid when I'm nearly finished. ><

I'll post my progress as I go.

EDIT:
Added stitching above the right eye.

Order · 09-10-2004

hmm, you could do well designing CD covers for goth/punk bands.. yeppers

Lexiblue · 09-10-2004

The stitches add a whole different quality/feel to the piece than just the crack. Quality work!

Order · 09-11-2004

Hmm, how about this:

I want to use this as a wallpaper, just some small stuff that bug me:
- The flame in the eye looks out of place.
- The face if possible would be positioned a little more center (I know part of the face is missing, so to balance, perhaps move it a little left.)
- Not much for seeing text on it, but it is your work.. so I cannot really complain there.. lol

Phew, I believe this is my real first c&c.. not bad or a code whore.. o.0

onbrid · 09-11-2004

I really like it! The different textures just set the whole image off but the off centre composistion does bug me a little. Just like order said try moving it over to the left a bit.

ConceptualMind · 09-11-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by Order

Hmm, how about this:

I want to use this as a wallpaper, just some small stuff that bug me:
- The flame in the eye looks out of place.
- The face if possible would be positioned a little more center (I know part of the face is missing, so to balance, perhaps move it a little left.)
- Not much for seeing text on it, but it is your work.. so I cannot really complain there.. lol

Phew, I believe this is my real first c&c.. not bad or a code whore.. o.0

Alright, I'll fix it up over the weekend and post it.

I'm glad I'm your first C&C.

ConceptualMind · 09-12-2004

Updated with the C&C by Order taken into consideration.

Evdawg · 09-12-2004

Wow! Thats really good!

But, IMHO, I would completely remove the fire from the eye and add a pupil instead.

Lexiblue · 09-14-2004

I like the fire. It is like that even though she is deteriating, she still has a fire within.

**Man1c M0g** · 09-17-2004

I like the eyes too - they bring a bit of life to a piece otherwise filled with grungey decay. You need that element really, or else you'll end up depressing everyone!

Stiker · 10-04-2004

Dont know if you noticed or not but you forgot to move your stiches over with the entire picture. Amazing work though. I have always been interested in work such as this and still am lost as one goes about creating such pieces. Any tuts i should be looking to go this route. Or was it a basic trial and error for you to get this far. please inform

ConceptualMind · 10-05-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stiker

Dont know if you noticed or not but you forgot to move your stiches over with the entire picture. Amazing work though. I have always been interested in work such as this and still am lost as one goes about creating such pieces. Any tuts i should be looking to go this route. Or was it a basic trial and error for you to get this far. please inform

I feel so stupid right now ... I can't believe I forgot to move the stitches lol.

@ Stiker - I might put up some tutorials concerning photo manipulation when I start up my new site. The best route to go would be to experiment. Learn how different layer styles change the image and learn how to use the dodge/burn/healing/cloning tool. Those are VERY helpful. They'll be your best friend (and worst enemy at the same time >< ).

Before this, I did some minor grunge work. One of the most things to consider is the amount of time you put into whatever you do. I took about 4.5 - 5 hours to do this piece. This is probably my most complicated piece to date.

As for tutorials, I'm not sure. I haven't seen any helpful photo manipulation tutorials. The majority of them cover things like recoloring a pupil. Simple things that don't help too much. My answer would be to experiment. Also, DO NOT use brushes (if you do keep it limited). Keep it limited. In my piece I didn't use a single brush outside from those included in Photoshop.

Would anyone be interested in me publishing a walk through?