jadedink Comments placed and received

Seamless blending. Great piece

Color palette is awesome! I really like this!

i love this one. but i do have to agree about the eyewear. a little to bling-ish for the theme of your shot.

Makes me think of wallace and grommet for some reason. Great imagination, and well executed!

i saw this in the side bar, and.... i just KNEW. nice shot.

your masking could use some work...i suggest using a smaller brush on your masking layer and cleaning up around the piece of ground that the man is holding above his head. right now its blurry and doesn't look right.

also, you could do some cleaning up between the head and the arm.

*giggle* i need to know her hair dresser.
its a good transformation.
good luck!

your work is amazing. well done.

this is great. well done on the transformation...very clean chop. and realistic!

WHOA! i stepped away for a while, and i come back to see this?? author, you surprise me. always have.
good job with your blending! and best of luck!

nicely done!! i really like your flame effects!

this is great! fantastic use of source, amazing expressions. its really humorous too!

cute cute cute.... and the most original use of source yet. i like the texture! and i love the expressions.

another tip on cutting around hair..instead of using an eraser with a sharp edge, use a layer mask OR...feather your selection before you cut it..and be sure to erase out any of the remaining color between the strands of hair.

*giggle* this is pretty cute. and an original use of source. well done!

this is great! the eyes are a good touch. and i like the color tones and the softness you've given the original source.

well done, and best of luck!

i'm not big on CBR work, so its hard for me to be constructive about something like this. However,i will recognize the work put into it. I do think you could have added in more of the source image to make it more recognizable to the viewer as being a part of this contest.

this is original and a good take on the contest. not to mention, a good use of the stock. well done!

i agree with both mossy and cmyk. also, it seems that joe's head melts into the welder. there should be some shadowing or something.

selections around the hair could use some blending work. try using a layer mask when you extract things.
also, the background could use some realism. instead of a dark sky with a noise filter, perhaps use an actual picture of a night sky.
also, the mask looks flat compared to the face, like a cut out placed over a picture. using some blending techniques and perhaps something other than straight black would help.
We are all here to learn... i wish you luck!!!