Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:20 pm   Reply with quote         

Using only the top two pictures as source, I came up with the picture below,
I feel that its missing something or that it could be a lot better, can someone
here, either improve it? or take the 2 source pictures and rebuild from scratch,
originally I was thinking of using the bug, split in half as the eye lids, but it wasn't
easy, at least for me, this could be interesting to see how diffferent they turn out,
I would like to see what Rey or Anfa would do here...
Good luck, it was not easy

Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:16 am   Reply with quote         

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Using only the top two pictures as source, I came up with the picture below,
I feel that its missing something or that it could be a lot better, can someone
here, either improve it? or take the 2 source pictures and rebuild from scratch,
originally I was thinking of using the bug, split in half as the eye lids, but it wasn't
easy, at least for me, this could be interesting to see how diffferent they turn out,
I would like to see what Rey or Anfa would do here...

well then, hustle boys...let's see what you can do for that Von Stetina boy's eyeball and ants.

Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:48 am   Reply with quote         

well then, hustle boys...let's see what you can do for that Von Stetina boy's eyeball and ants.
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What's eating you?

Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:50 am   Reply with quote         

I always thought it would be cool to have a contest where everyone has the exact same task like this and see the variations that occur, wouldn't you agree?

Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:57 am   Reply with quote         

...you didn't invite anyone else...

Sat Jul 04, 2009 1:08 am   Reply with quote         

Maybe offer the full size originals for those guys to work with?

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Sat Jul 04, 2009 2:03 am   Reply with quote         

Eve wrote:

...you didn't invite anyone else...

besides a few others here, Rey and Anfa usually add those little things that make a big difference in a chop, thats what the hope of this thread is, I want to see something that makes me smack my forehead, like those gamefly dudes

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Sat Jul 04, 2009 7:21 am   Reply with quote         

there are lot of things that can be improved.

a lot of the of the ants are quite roughly edited ..although you did a great job really, they are a total nightmare.

One easy thing to fix is the eye. You removed some reflection which left it looking flat and dead.

I just overlayed a few bits of tree canopy to bring it back to life again.

Sat Jul 04, 2009 8:54 am   Reply with quote         

You removed the eye lashes so the reflections made no sense. (they had shadows of the eyelashes in them.) So Eye redrew some lashes.
I made it a bit bloodier. (more veins)
Added tears. Added an ant crawling behind the eye. (ewwww)
Added shadows from the ants heads.
Not perfect but scarier. (I think)
The eyelashes are done badly, but you get the idea.

Sat Jul 04, 2009 3:10 pm   Reply with quote         

Thanks Rey & Andy, the ant crawling under the lid is cool, these are the subtle changes I was talking about, there are a few ants on my chop that maybe are not crisp enough, adding a tear is a great idea, as for the original ant picture, I think its real too, (how you can say its a lame chop is beyond me), anyone else want to take a stab at it? or do you have a picture to post for this exercise, I was hoping this thread would show the importance of small details that are usually overlooked, and can make a picture a winner, thanks again.