Nice idea, but I think it could be done a little better, without losing the smoky texture.

nice effect, agree with ponti55.

ty for the comments, wish i could have figured out better techniques to do this, but with 6 kids running around i also didnt have the time!

Six? All yours?

jesus. 6 kids. and yet your portfolio only shows pictures of you. :P

anyway...nice idea.

4 of them are mine, 2 of them are step daughters.
Mine are 6, 3,2 and 7 months.... my step children are 12 and 10.

nice ............. all the best .....

GL

Nice entry! I would desaturate the orange reflection on the bottom of the cigarette. Good luck!

i desaturated the orange in bottom of cig

he loves his cig

nice one ...........

Very cool...good luck

GL to you!!

I do too... specially when they are impolite and blow their smoke on our face...
Very good blending, author!

The most filthy DISGUSTING gross habit in the world... and I never miss a day.. hehehe.. I'm so bad

Wonderful work author.. the blending is wonderful.. (Please make sure you post an unedited version of the face pic on it's own.. covering your bases)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSzCyZhFPqo

Idea is ok, but imo the cigarette looks a bit too blurred. Is it possible to make the edges somewhat sharper? Good luck!

i did edges blur coz camera is focusing on that Character...... hope it is ok

Author, you're very right about the focus , but then I'd make the ash also a bit out of focus (maybe it can go from bit blurred to sharp), so that there's more connection with the cigarette. Good luck!

nice idea ....... and nice blending ....... all the best .........

Best of luck.

Nice illustration, although a bigger skull (even going beyond the borders of the image) might be more dramatic. The text has too many different fonts which confuses the message. I would put "Lung Cancer" all on the same line. A punchier message might be: "Stinking is cool. Lung cancer is cooler. Dying is coolest."

For your information, Dan, this is actually a recognized STYLE of typography, it's called 'grunge'. Nice job with this, author - a great sarcastic piece! And Dan, you 'would put' - this is not your chop, if it was your chop, you do it that way. Why is it that you are always putting others down for their effort? It's old - find something decent to say for once, or go back to your corner.

I hate anti smoking ads.....

I like it

nice .............

Best of luck

i quit smoking myself.. but i still believe it's a persons right to choose..

How about let the world make their own damn choice.

well played.... good work....

how about i don't wanna breathe in your crappy smoke. and why would you choose to smoke. theres not a one good reason to start and absolutely no reason to defend it except for the massive loss in jobs if it disappeared. its nothing personal jawshoewhah and westfall, i just think its nasty myself.

i just really don't understand how smoking can be justified and defended in any way. its one of the few products that the only use is destroying your lungs. just sayin.

And smoking harms people that don't smoke but live or work together with a smoker! I embrace your idea, author!

hehehe.. smoking used to be a very ritual orientated event.. only done at times of high worship and the making of peace... (ie Peace Pipe Ritual) ... it was the commercialization of tobacco that took away the spiritual significance.. (leave it to the pastie face white man to ruin a good thing (ack.. I'm one of those Pastie Faces).. smoking actually does have medicinal value... but not the way its been bastardized with chemicals and modernization

The smoke may be toxic... and it is rude to smoke in the presence of others who don't like it.. but in the same right.. taking medicine that passes though the body and poisons the ground water is just as bad (but we never talk about that do we children)

I'm a smoker.. but it's an addiction.. but by smoking it keeps me from.. ahem.. smoking something else.. it also helps me.. err umm.. go to the bathroom (which is much better then taking tons of laxatives LOL) I used to smoke three packs a day... I've gotten down to about 3 to 9 cigarettes a day (packs last me about 3 days now)

and after that diatribe (yes, I do love to yap) please pray for us smokers.. we know it's a disgusting filthy habit.. but oh the smokey goodness.. hehehe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSzCyZhFPqo

Lovely SHOOP author..hehehe.. I like the peppermint smoke

To go back to the entry , it was a bit hard for me to see what you wrote (the SBS made things clear). Is it an idea to manipulate the smoke a bit so that the letters fit better on the smoke/ so that you can highlight the letters better? Just an idea . Good luck!

@wazowski - i was going to, but i figured if i made it hard to see it would be a little more subliminal instead of obvious. i like hidden things

GL to you