Exploration bot on alien world

[Mad_Lobster]

Sup everyone

Here's my second photoshop-made image. Criticism is greatly appreciated. Advice on how I could make it better would also be appreciated.

http://home.attbi.com/~darciocida/RobotOnPlanet.jpg

If blocked, try here (http://home.attbi.com/~darciocida/RobotOnPlanet.jpg)

Thanks

[ODIN SIX]

I like the concept and the way you layed out the enviroment..
I do not know what Effect you are trying to achive, but to me
it looks cartoony..

You want to desaturate it some,,, try using some adjustment
layers like Levels & Curves.. Those work pretty good..

Good Job:chug:

[Mad_Lobster]

I was going for a realistic look, but somehow it came out too cartoony. Do you think it could be due to the black lines being too dark?

[WerxOne]

the best way to achieve realism is use reference images
a good way to learn how to get good detail into your painting
is to just paint over a picture, they give you your colors and the detail, great way to learn, once you've got the hagn of it
you can just change the image to whatever you want. i dont recomend using this method for professional work, but for practice its a fast way to learn

[Mad_Lobster]

I tweequed it a bit. I did what you said ODIN SIX, lower the saturation. I find the new results quite satisfying. I removed the black lines on freehand brush and that seemed to make it less Cartoony. What do y'all think?

http://home.attbi.com/~darciocida/RobotOnPlanet1_copy.jpg

Try here if broken (http://home.attbi.com/~darciocida/RobotOnPlanet1_copy.jpg)

Thanks

[ODIN SIX]

:chug:

Much better Mad Lobster. Did you try WerxOne's suggestion??
It is a good learning techquie..
It now looks more like it is night time. Lighting a picture can be
hard. I am still learning on that one. I like it ...

Lets see some more..............

[Mad_Lobster]

Thanks!

No I just tried out your (ODIN SIX) advice, but I'm sure Werx's tip is helpful. I'll try out his on my next one. I just got the program and I still ahve a great deal of techiniques to learn.

So does my new image still have the cartoony look? I think the black lines from the outline is what gave the cartoon expression. I took them away and that seemed to lessen the cartoon effect. What do you think?

[killing.people]

http://cot.mccneb.edu/websupport/MCT111/Digital_Photo/gallery/mountains3.jpg

http://www.efd.lth.se/~d98jf/Pictures/Africa/canyon.jpg

[Mad_Lobster]

Killing.people, what are those for?