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First one wasn’t bad. Ryu was right about the key light because the subject’s hair on the right is where the light is pointed. That said she has a ring light on her face meaning the light is backlit pouring around her. So when you moved the light, still should dodge the abstracts on the left because the key light would spill light over there also. Subject needs either color corrected a little or you can run a couple low opacity gradient maps to blend it all more cohesively. Not feeling that rounded serif font for the subtext, but that’s just nitpicking. Good flow, good depth, and good color choice. It’s a good sig from the start, so this is solely advice because requested.
As a tip, one of my final steps I like to do is just put a black and white layer adjustment over so you remove all color. Add a new layer over that at 50% gray layer. Turn it to overlay. While everything is black and white, you can better see the values and see if the light is directing the eye to your focal point or not. Go back and forth with a soft white or black brush over that gray layer painting (dodging and burning) to really hone your lighting. If you have a graphics tablet and pen keeping a low flow to your brush in this steps adds helpful precision. Can still be done without that if not though. Turn off or delete the black and white layer, then adjust opacity of your gray layer if necessary, but promise, this step really makes it polished.
As a tip, one of my final steps I like to do is just put a black and white layer adjustment over so you remove all color. Add a new layer over that at 50% gray layer. Turn it to overlay. While everything is black and white, you can better see the values and see if the light is directing the eye to your focal point or not. Go back and forth with a soft white or black brush over that gray layer painting (dodging and burning) to really hone your lighting. If you have a graphics tablet and pen keeping a low flow to your brush in this steps adds helpful precision. Can still be done without that if not though. Turn off or delete the black and white layer, then adjust opacity of your gray layer if necessary, but promise, this step really makes it polished.
R+, nice work.
Rated. Quality work, as always.
Sorry. I haven't logged on in awhile. Just saw this today. I'll PM you my contact info in case you ever need something like this again. I'm only on here when Tank gets frustrated and asks me to log on because the company stars are dropping because of me. ððð
Compliments. R+
Awesome tribute. Class A work, as always, Astral. :)
Hm... Now THIS may pull me out of retirement for a moment. ;) Good to see familiar names around still!