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starrlightstarbright — Faltered and Fallen
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It's never easy to admit that you've faltered and fallen, that you can't do this alone.RIP Foghorn - The Amity Affliction
its never easy to face yourself everyday
through the fog of shrouded memories
its never easy to face your past everyday
through the haze of the aftermath
yeah
its never easy to admit that
you've faltered and fallen
that you can't do this alone
(that you can't do this all alone)
i've felt the fear in your eyes
i've slipped into that void
and i've felt the cold of the morning
and i know
(its never easy to admit that
you've faltered and fallen
and you can't do this alone
down in that void buried so deep
searching for love but not for sleep
just know that nothings set in stone)
and I know how some others won't
the cold steel and regret
the failure and remorse
just trying to tell you
your not here alone
we're all in this together
shining bright through the fog
filling the skies with our light
with our light, with our light
(its never easy to admit that
you've faltered and fallen
and you can't do this alone
down in that void buried so deep
searching for love but not for sleep
just know that nothings set in stone)
don't be the one to bear
the weight of the world
while that world passes by
(its never easy to admit
that you've faltered
that you've fallen
i'm just trying to tell you
that you aren't here alone)
(its never easy to admit that
you've faltered and fallen
and you can't do this alone
down in that void buried so deep
searching for love but not for sleep
just know that nothings set in stone)
we're all in this together
shining bright through the fog
we're all in this together.
Love it <3
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I gotta say, the one thing I don't like about this image is my failed attempt at the wounds. Horrible.
Any tips, comments, constructive criticism and critiques are welcome and appreciated as usual.
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Horse
Lantern
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Arrows
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Comments: 20
i think it would be cool to see you do this one again to see how you've progressed
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Haha, maybe one day when I have the time and am in the mood that would be a cool idea. I've thought about it for several old pieces actually
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thank you! ^-^
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How did you make him white? Im trying right now, but what im doing just isnt working...
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I just really love how you have done the horse in this. I love how it is white, but doesnt lose its detail at all, how you can still see all the lines, dapples and shadows, the blue tinge..and the mane and tail! How did you do it? Please could you consider doing a tutorial for this? Or just how you did it? It would really make my day and improve my manipulating
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Thank you, it means a lot to hear that!
I could do a tutorial, but I wouldn't be able to for a while.
I'll just tell you and hope you can make sense of it for now?
First I duplicated the layer, and I smudged the top layer to make it look "plastic", and I cloned/smudged out the mane that was on the horses body. Once I'd done that I made a new layer, got a near-white, round fuzzy brush on ..70% opacity I think? and went over the bits of the horse that I wanted as highlights (which, as the horse needed to be lighter, was the majority)
Once I had done that, I got the smudge tool and smudged it to that it looked a little less 'liney' (but so you can tell the highlights are there) then I lowered the layer opacity down until I feel that it suited.
I did this a few times until it looket good. I also did the same with shadows, using a dark grey and following the same process.
I merged the layers, then got the dodge tool and went over the bits I wanted white, then got a smaller brush and went over the highlights.
By then the horse looked white and plastic.
Then I went to the original layer and cloned out the mane, then I lowered the opacity of the plastic layer to around 70% (how much depends on how much detail you want)
I also dodged the original layer a little to keep the white showing through.
Once I'd done that I played around with exposure, levels and curves until it looked just right.
For the blue from the lantern, I got a round fuzzy brush, full opacity on a new layer and went over the bits of the horse and ground that the light was going to reach, then I went to the horse's layer got the magic wand tool and selected outside the horse, went back to the blue layer and deleted the blue that wasn't on the horse. Then I lowered the opacity and played around with Gaussian Blur. Did this a few times also, erasing bits here and there to get the right distribution.
Hope that all made sense for you xD
btw I'm using PS CS4 - PS elements should work the same
Not sure about gimp though, haven't used it in ages - but yeah (:
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This helps so much! Thank you for spending your time explaining this to me, I know many who wouldnt bother 
I use photoshop elements 9
Thanks so much again! xxx
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Ahah, I love helping people with this sort-of stuff ^-^ if you need any help with other things feel free to ask!
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Okay thank you so much! ^.^
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This is amazing, I love how the glowing of the lantern reflects off the horse, and i don't think your wounds are a fail!
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Thanks so much! 
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Your welcome!!(:
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Thank you so much
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