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TehAngelsCry — The Queen of Skulls
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Published: 2013-11-26 21:42:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 1671; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 6
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Description
*phew* this took me a while to make! It's a contest entry for the Classical Horror Halloween contest. I decided not to make a transparent background around the frame, as I felt it made the entire piece too bright.
Questions for critique:
1. Is it too dark?
2. Is the background too plain?
3. Is it lacking in depth?
Edit (28/11/13) - Added a texture behind the frame and lightened it.
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Model: fav.me/d6qzzi7
Hair: fav.me/d4aiowf
Wall: fav.me/d5v3yu4 | fav.me/d1lz0wi
Frame: fav.me/d50td7q
Crown: fav.me/d5gnuvg | fav.me/d1o6qy0
Textures: amptone-stock.deviantart.com/a… | fav.me/dmrpst | fav.me/d1d9hda | fav.me/d1d9ht5 | fav.me/d32a3v7
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Comments: 21
reeeeaaaly cool! Thanks for using my stock
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Glad you like it
Could I trouble you to answer the critique questions in the description?
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very pretty
yet i don't see where u used my stock ^^
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I used the wall to the right of the arch as a base for the skulls (you can see some of the trees poking through on the right of the model). It's certainly subtle, but since I used you as a base, I felt it proper to credit you ^_^
Also, could I trouble you to answer my critique questions?
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Great work on the model, and in general i like me the global work! The only thing, i think the contrast is low...but probably u like it so.
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You're probably right, but I'm going to lighten it a little tonight using levels, so that should bring up the contrast a little as well
Thank you for your critique
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Do you think I lightened it enough now? Or is it still a little dark.
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Don't have fear!
Contrast is linked much to personal taste....so
I propose you 4 choices.
1) Exposure +1,64
Offset: 0,0000
Gamma correction: 1,00
2) Exposure +2
Offset: 0,0000
Gamma correction: 1,00
3) Exposure +1,6
Offset: +0,0025
Gamma correction: 0,90
4) Exposure +2
Offset: +0,0025
Gamma correction: 0,90
If u want at the end, u can reduce about 20% the saturation.
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1. Is it too dark? No it is not. The light background gives a good contrast to the dark foreground.
2. Is the background too plain? No. The background compliments the over all design because of the frame
3. Is it lacking in depth? Hmmm. Maybe. However, the frame suggests that it is a picture and pictures by nature are 2 dimensional. So in this case the picture doesn't need depth.
Over all I would say good contrast, good design, good variety. This is a very well done picture.
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Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my questions 
Your point about it being a portrait and thus 2 dimensional was very enlightening 
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Thank you for using my stock photo of the wire crown.As for critique Its a bit dark.If you use photoshop play with levels a bit,I try this photo in my photoshop and used levels settings,it looked cool
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Do you think I lightened it enough now? Or is it still a little dark.
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Yeah I am going to adjust the levels a little when I get home 
Thank you for your critique
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Thank you!
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I think it does look a tiny bit too dark. It just looks like the whole thing needs to be levelsed up. The background is fine, I think it needs to be simple to make the figure stand out and because the frame is so ornate. And I don't think it looks flat.
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Do you think I lightened it enough now? Or is it still a little dark.
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Thank you for your critique
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