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Well, that is the difference Tom between our artistic sensibilities. I agree about the background, but I wouldn't go all Disney. The father wants something a bit more sci fi and I can go with that.

I also wouldn't move them apart as that would change the meaning and the mood for me. I also wouldn't care about the heads. That's a cropping choice. As for my treatment of their faces, it is a pure fantasy effect which includes laying a rainbow texture over the face and softening it by painting highlights, shadows, and multiple colors on top of that. I went for a glow around and on both their faces. If I were to revise it, I do think I would take your advice to alter the background. But in keeping with my interpretation, I would blur the same BG image, play around with overlays, like texture, blend modes, and maybe do the same as I did on the faces, painting in more random color.

I personally -- obviously -- like the mystery of the lights on and around the faces. It says respect, love, and affection, and a spiritual connection between sisters. BFF of course, LOL. I'm sure there are a few more applicable acronyms!

The sci fi sort of BG creates a sophistication which to my way of seeing it suggests the world around them. It is a technical marvel that is always leading us to greater mysteries created by man which may be a Brave New World or an Apocalypse. Your guess is as good as mine. Their future together and its influences will determine indeed if they are always in love or torn apart by the stresses on growing up, complicated by the of our technology and having to absorb that. (much more complicated than the 50s in which I grew up) Add to that the regular pressure of development, and the uncertainties of our current world, financial set backs, and political strife and yo get science fiction in which you have to live.

OK, off the soapbox Aunty Clare. I can't help myself. I always see a myriad of stories within a good image and the manipulation of that image. So there. I've spoken my truth. Thank you for expressing yours.

PS: but I might be wrong. Nobody even gave me one like so . . . :cry: :bustagut:
 
Hi Clare - I can't respond in any depth at the moment, but I *REALLY* appreciate the stories you see in an image. That's EXACTLY what should guide each of us. Techniques should serve the story, not the other way around. Good show! More later.

T
 
ibclare said:
Working from goodman's image - thank you for that - this is my take on a kinder, softer image for your girls:

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Much better (quite nice actually), now, if you add text that reads something like "Jan XYZ The Dream Team is Born" you have a positive message with a movie poster feel. frigid did say that he did not want to turn his kids into monsters, and he did, at one point, say he did not want to change their faces. The changes were done by others so perhaps we are being unfair to him.
 
ibclare said:
Well, that is the difference Tom between our artistic sensibilities. I agree about the background, but I wouldn't go all Disney. The father wants something a bit more sci fi and I can go with that.

I also wouldn't move them apart as that would change the meaning and the mood for me. I also wouldn't care about the heads. That's a cropping choice. As for my treatment of their faces, it is a pure fantasy effect which includes laying a rainbow texture over the face and softening it by painting highlights, shadows, and multiple colors on top of that. I went for a glow around and on both their faces. If I were to revise it, I do think I would take your advice to alter the background. But in keeping with my interpretation, I would blur the same BG image, play around with overlays, like texture, blend modes, and maybe do the same as I did on the faces, painting in more random color.

I personally -- obviously -- like the mystery of the lights on and around the faces. It says respect, love, and affection, and a spiritual connection between sisters. BFF of course, LOL. I'm sure there are a few more applicable acronyms!

The sci fi sort of BG creates a sophistication which to my way of seeing it suggests the world around them. It is a technical marvel that is always leading us to greater mysteries created by man which may be a Brave New World or an Apocalypse. Your guess is as good as mine. Their future together and its influences will determine indeed if they are always in love or torn apart by the stresses on growing up, complicated by the of our technology and having to absorb that. (much more complicated than the 50s in which I grew up) Add to that the regular pressure of development, and the uncertainties of our current world, financial set backs, and political strife and yo get science fiction in which you have to live.
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I like your story very much, mine was more in the realm of a story about two individuals who together are a formidable force,,,,or something like that. I see def bonding in the OP image and I hoped the modifications to it would enhance that feel.

By the way, my name is Barry, good to meet you folks.
 
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