Ahhh... Photoshop was constantly crashing today and I lost the Step by Step guide.. I ended up re-doing the entry about 3 times. Well i hope it was worth it :/
Thanks to Jesuisautre (2 years and 334 days ago)
- 1: Book
- 2: Water Texture
- 3: Tree...
- 4: Tree 2
- 5: Another Tree
- 6: Children flying kite
- 7: Child sitting by tree
- 8: Jumping Child
- 9: Floor
- 10: Sky
yes the image you have done is really good
but the idea is not yours
its a tutorial... i don't know but i have seen it somewhere
otherwise good efforts you have put in there author
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(2 years and 334 days ago)
Thank you all very much for the support! I didn't think that many people would actually like it.. Ankitsuhaill, i created this image myself, i used no reference tutorials or images, I give you my word.
Edit: The closest i came to using a reference was Lelaina's "The Magic of the Written Word"
http://www.pxleyes.com/photoshop-picture/4a8b0e00ec014/The-magic-of-the-written-word.html ... this was the image that inspired the idea. Reply »
(2 years and 334 days ago)
Very nice idea! Whether it's from a tutorial or not. Just a few things; The grass in front is kinda ugly blurred. Can you keep that as sharp as the grass in the back? Also the blending with the book in the front is a little unsharp. Sharpening the edges around the grass would make it a lot better. Where is the water source, in the middle? In that case why is it white? if it's supposed to be water make it blue and ripple the grass thats in the water 
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(2 years and 334 days ago)
hey please author don't take my comments in a wrong way....
i am very impressed by your work...seriously i am...
i just said about the idea that was from a tutorial but it is not certainly a copy of that and you have done much better than that tutorial
just fix some small errors like lighting
and you are on the top of this contest....
my wishes
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(2 years and 334 days ago)
This is really good. This could be great with a bit more work. The grass should extend the page on the left the same as it does on the top. The grass should also have a sharp edge on the bottom of the book. The water needs a lot of work, it also needs sharper edges where it meets the book and also between the underwater and above water part. At first I really didn't know what the water was, perhaps having the water pour off the page or just adding a duck would help. The shadows need more attention as well. Overall this is a nice entry which will score high, but with some minor adjustments this has the potential to be one of the greats. Good luck! Reply »
(2 years and 334 days ago)
I'm speechless... thanks to ALL of you for your comments and your advice.. Chalty and Ressiv in particular, i've sharpened the grass, removed the soft edges at the bottom, added a waterfall falling from the centre. I hope it looks better this way.
Again, thank you all so much! I never expected this entry to do well... 
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(2 years and 333 days ago)
Very good! Just one last thing, the water kinda spoils the image for me. Try to create horizontal waves in the waters structure, the structure is really weird now. You could do it with the smudge tool, stroking horizontally. And in the front where the water is going over in a waterfall smudge a little vertically so that the water really looks like its transforming into the waterfall. Nice concept anyway! Good luck! Reply »
(2 years and 333 days ago)
i'm enthralled. you've blended and worked the sources so well together. you've captured my full attention. i can't say anything that someone else hasn't already say, except...wow. just pure ..wow. 
Howdie stranger!
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another excellent entry Reply »
(2 years and 334 days ago)