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Picture Outside the Frame


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Nice idea mate, just looks lost being so far away for me really, what i mean is you lose an awful lot of what you put into it simply because it's all too far away, not keen on the 'paint' effect either.
 
Cheers Paul, yeah I think I over done it with the paint effect alright, when you say to far away do you mean the Framed Photo?
Thankfully I have a saved version without the paint effect :)
 
Yeah couldn't you bring it all in/together a little maybe, such a shame to loose all that effort on a composition issue.
 
I'm with Paul on this. The composition is fantastic and has a lot of potential. I'd zoom in on the main center point of the scene, and also go for a more realistic piece, without all the painted effects.
 
The girls legs look out of proportion to me. Nice work though.
 
The last one looks the best. The only thing I would do now is to overlay a Deep Emerald Photo filter to bring the overall image together. This would help to make the picture frame and girl become part of the image instead of looking like add-ins, while leaving almost all of the remaining hues intact. Turning up the Vibrance about 20%, give or take a few, should offset any negative effects.
 
This has gone from 'meh' to one of my favorite Photoshop designs in a while. This is honestly looking incredible now, nice work!


Couple more suggestions:

Not sure I like the blue in the eyes of that wooden creature on the left. Try making them green to blend better with the surrounding scene.

Try having some (subtle) light rays poking through from the background to give the piece more depth.

Try having some vines hanging down over the top corners of the image that feel closer to us as the viewer, again to add depth and draw the eye into the piece.
 
Also blend the hand she's standing on more with the rest of the wood in the scene (make it darker, less orange and more brown)
 
Thanks again guys for the input, here's where I'm at, will try adding some light rays as you suggest and maybe some vines, just like your thought's on the photo filter effect and changes to the eyes and hand.
P.S. Only learning Photoshop so thanks very much for your help so far :)

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I'd tone down your last adjustments as it now looks a little over shopped and over sharpened (possibly just due to the vibrance).

Perhaps try somewhere between what you had and what you have now in terms of colors.

You are seriously a Photoshop god if you're creating this and you're only just learning. This is really good work!
 
Cheers tomross for your kind words, wouldn't go so far as Photoshop god :) OK I've taking on board what you said and have toned it down and added the vines and rays, so this is the final image unless somebody else has any other suggestions, time to get working on my next project, thanks to all for the input and help.

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Well done. Quite different from the first. The painting is now a foreground focal point, reflecting its kind of eerie relationship to its environment. I like that.

Though there were obvious problems in the first, I still think a version of that composition would be interesting to see.
 
ibclare said:
Well done. Quite different from the first. The painting is now a foreground focal point, reflecting its kind of eerie relationship to its environment. I like that.

Though there were obvious problems in the first, I still think a version of that composition would be interesting to see.
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thanks ibclare
 
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