bloody boy

[mephisto]

Dunno why im posting these...guess its cool to know other people see them. I dont think they took much more than a half hour each. I'm psyched on the brush I made for the bloody kid pic. Comments & suggestions are welcome.

Photoshop:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/pantera/BloodyBoy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/pantera/DrinkingZombiecopy.jpg

[dindon]

Well if you were going for creepiness, you definitely got it. I'd like to see you sharpen the details in your work and turn them into finished pieces!

[Infinit]

the smoking skull is most cool!
the bloody kid lacks hard edges

[Sepulverture]

I have to disagree there. I think the bloody kid is better personally. Although i do think he is right: Some hard brushes would help.

[mephisto]

cool guys thanks... i must have some trouble in my brain, because i like the blurry ness, yet people always say i should sharpen my brushes. :) thanks for the comments, always interested to hear other's ideas. heres the one i finished at 4 last night :P

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/pantera/Mena_web.jpg

[Jason Rainville]

Well Mephisto, it doesn't ALL have to be sharp, but there are certain places where it needs to be to generate some solid interest. Solidify one part of the kid's face and have some of the rest smokey. Try things with harder brushes.

The last one, for example, I like how her lips are defined and her cheeks aren't, but there not enough other solid stuff to balance it out. Maybe try making a few solid strands of hair (possibly with hilights) to kind of frame her lips. That would really generate a lot of foucs around the already prominent mouth.

[Sidistyk]

I like them bloody kid 1+2, and the skull is sweet. With the skull however, the composition isn't doing it justice. The face of the skull is looking out of the frame and away from the hand leading our eye away from the picture and torward the frame. Terrible job at recreating your style but you get the idea...

[mephisto]

yes...yes! im glad im hurting your eyes!! :devil:
haha! thanks for being cool and helping me. i appreciate you showing me the tenants of good composition. i tried rearanging it, i specifically wanted the skull looking a way from the smoke stuff, so i altered it slightly a different way.
im not really attached to these in any way and am loosing interest quite fast :) you know how it is...but i tried an experimente anyway. thanks again for taking the time to help me:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/pantera/DrinkingZombie2-copy.jpg

here is something else, another abstract-i-dont-know-photoshopping
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/pantera/Abysscopy.jpg

you guys are awesome...thanks for chatting with me :D