Bethany's Gallery and Image Workshop (56k beware)

My attempt

owell, first of all, nice technics ...

dc_ross: imho you overdid it ... for me, the use of blurring is to focus the attention on the sharp part of the pic, not to distract the eye and make it stand out .. you add to many distractions on the char, and the 'shaking' in the background looks rather strange

theranger: lloks great imo, but i think you blurred the edgesof the ranger too .. that makes it look a bit strange, one cant rlly focus on a single thing..

eightyfour-onesevenfive: nice, best i've seen here so far ( apart from thread starter :P )

Queen Christie: looks good imho, but your background doesnt fit. the mesmer is dyded black, so taking shot in a dark background steals some of the atmosphere it could have had.
imo you should try with a semi alight place ... setting sun, whatever ^^
if not try some green, means hills.

@thread starter ( too lazy to look name up ): ofc, very nice technic, unfortunately you dont tell people how you do it.
would be a nice move to tell them, after all, they are all quite coming close to yours in time, so you could maybe help some photoshop-newbies out.
but awesome pictures i admit, like the one with the back of the warrior.

ofc plz note that taste is a thing one cannot argue about... some like it that way, the other ones this way.
what i said is meant as an encouragement, and is not criticizing your tast in any way

keep it up

Here's my sad little contribution. Thx for the tutorial Beth....

Here's my best so far





-LiamB

EDIT:

Quote: Originally Posted by phenixfire

@thread starter ( too lazy to look name up ): ofc, very nice technic, unfortunately you dont tell people how you do it.
would be a nice move to tell them, after all, they are all quite coming close to yours in time, so you could maybe help some photoshop-newbies out.
but awesome pictures i admit, like the one with the back of the warrior Bethany showed us a clear tutorial on how to make these pictures, look on page 2.

eeeks, missed that tutorial, thx for pointing out ... ( just forget the thread starter paragraph :P )

My warr in front of the giant squid. aka Medieval Full Metal Scuba Gear Darkened the background to create underwater feel.


My monk inside droks during last yr's halloween event.

Quote: Originally Posted by Bethany

Damn you Bethany for starting this topic! I should be playing the game, instead I'll be taking and editing screenshots all night long! Well, here are my next two... click to enlarge.

A Summer Day
original:

edited:

The sky is maybe a little too bright, due to the added light source. Adjusted the colour balance slightly to give it a warmer look.

Grenth be Damned!
original:

edited:

With less prominent dodging on the glossy armor parts this time. I like how it turned out, but it's possibly still not dark enough. It's a shame that the armor skin is distorted like that when performing emotes.

My warr again. Gothic theme.

Before:


After:

Aaand another one... (again, click to enlarge)

C-c-cold...
original:

edited:

Originally I wanted to have her picture a lot darker, something with a background from the Kurzick area. But her hair is so fuzzy that I couldn't get it cut out cleanly, so I had her put a hat on. Of course you can't make a picture with a Yule Cap in a Kurzick Cathedral...

New version of my first one:
Tribute to Grenth
original:

edited:

Basically still the same, only highlights and shadows improved.


Oh and by the way, WoodyDotNet, you may want to link that picture. I'd say it's a tad big, even for the Screenshot forum.

My attempt... Added a bit more for effect of "elemental" wanted to add fire but I already resized it too low lol

"Now how did I get shrunken down to the size of a mini-pet..."



Also known as "Honey, I shrunk the Minion Master" ^_^

Okay I tried my best. I was using PSP so I wasn't able to do the exact same lighting, but I came up with two different endings. One is what it would look like if Le Roma Victor (My beautiful warrior) was a movie star and was in a photo shoot, second, inspired by the OP's ranger, she is getting ready to "enter the storm." Any comments?

@The ranger: I love what you did, it's great!

Quote: Here's my sad little contribution. Thx for the tutorial Beth.... @Woodydotnet: I ain't sad, I like it a alot. Doing great!

@Liamb: You've got a great pose and a good background. Now, I can see some areas where you forgot some erasing. The other thing is the Dodge tool at some places is a bit too bright. Keep it up!

ok here's my attempt on doing this blur effect:

My sad attempt

Quote: Originally Posted by Bethany

hmm

The only reason it's highlighted that much on the face is to emphasize that the thing on the chest there is actually glowing so-to-speak. (Hence the rendered light flare.)