Work stuff, and piccy

[ria_oaks]

Haven't been posting much recently... not since Strikethrough, actually. Laazy. -_- I realized that I haven't even posted yet to tell you guys the news - I got the job at the Credit Union. :) Only part-time, though, so I'm keeping my job at Doc's. I've had three shifts so far, including the grand opening today. It's going pretty well so far, though

Comments

[bk635]

I thought they were supposed to fly you off to some mystery island up north for training?

I don't really know what to say, because I don't know what manipping is so I have nothing to compare it to. But it looks good; especially James.

[ria_oaks]

Haha, yeah, I was supposed to go up to Texada Island to train... but my boss decided that she can just train me here instead. Kinda relieved, really...

Thanks. :) I also liked how Norrington turned out... Jack's face needs a bit more shading; I tried to add some lightness to it to make it less flat looking, but... it was surprisingly not too hard. The original pictures are here, here, and here , in case you're curious... I always thought manipping would be super hard, but when you combine it with brushwork (ie the smudge tool, heh) then it's not too bad. Though it'll take more work to do it really well, and I'm a bit iffy about trying colour...

[bk635]

Think it'll get really busy there? Your bank is just serving the island, right?

Jack still looks like he was pasted onto the picture, while James doesn't. So you might want to try working on blending Jack in more. You might also want to try darkening James' hand a little more, since it looks like the light-source is coming in from behind instead of the front.

[ria_oaks]

I'm not sure... hopefully it'll get reasonably busy, because we want it to survive. There was a Credit Union on the island a few years back and it didn't last... so we need to get lots of members. And yeah, it's just serving the island. But people seem to be interested... especially businesses on the island who don't like having their banking off-island.

Yeah, I agree... that's one of my problems with it. That and Jack's head being too big. -_- I fiddled with it a bit more and posted the revised version; I think it looks a bit better. I'm not sure what else to do to fix it... anyway, thanks for the input. :)

[elessil]

Yay! Seducing people into manipping one by one....mwahahahah! Good job, and keep on doing it ;)

[ria_oaks]

Haha, yeah, your tutorial inspired me. :) I love your artwork, btw, it's gorgeous.. and thanks for the compiment. :)

[garran]

Hey, (tangentially,) I voted for Blair Wilson. I feel proud of this because my vote seems to have done a lot of good; he won by a pretty small margin (for this riding, anyway).

-Andy H.

[ria_oaks]

That's cool. :) Didn't realize you were in the WV riding - thought your house was in NV? And is it sad that I can't remember the name of the NV MP even though I voted for him? -_- I suppose next election I'll be voting in the WV riding... because really, this is technically my permanent residence now. Though it's kinda weird, because I'm so used to voting in NV...

[garran]

We do live in North Van, next to Cap. Mall and the Lucas Centre. Provincially, I think we're actually in the riding for Lonsdale, but federally we are just within the borders of the vast and bloated West Vancouver/Sunshine Coast/Sea to Sky Country (I think I read somewhere that this is one of the most populous ridings in Canada. It certainly is surreal when my friends up in Powell River are considering the same candidates that I am).

-Andy

[snowgrouse]

It's good for a first try, really... I'd make the blacks blacker (through Image/Adjustments/Selective Color) on both of the guys' heads, because the bodyshots have actual black on them and the grayness of the headshots stands out. Otherwise it's good. And yeah, getting Jack's head to fit is pretty difficult 'cause the beard and hair are extra.

I've got a fairly extensive photomanipping tutorial here. Mostly a list of good rules of thumb.

[ria_oaks]

Hmm, thanks for the feedback. I fiddled with it a bit more to add some shadows to their faces and posted the result; think it looks a bit better. Also checked out your tutorial, which had some useful advice and such. Will save it for later reference... :)

[snowgrouse]

It looks nice! I can't do shadows at all, so I only suggested the cheap and easy way of doing it, but you even painted the buggers in! I think I'm going to be looking forward to *your* tutorials soon...

[ria_oaks]

Aww, thanks. *blush* I fiddled with the brightness/contrast, too, but I find that if I overuse that function the picture starts to look a bit off. And I don't know much about other functions like overlays or whatever. ^^;

[_varda]

Aww, that's lovely! I love the look on both their faces, particularly James'. The soft texture of the picture goes well his expression and it gives the entire manip a very dreamy look. I like it a lot.

To be honest, I prefer the first picture, because Jack's face looks best there, although I think that can be altered a bit in the second and third picture by changing his eyebrows and bottom lip a little. And, like snowgrouse said, maybe darken the shadows slightly, so the contrast between the bodies and the faces is not so big.

Still, I think you've done a really great job for a first manip. Thumbs up!

[ria_oaks]

Thanks! I fiddled with Jack's face a bit and I think it looks okay now, but I'm not 100% happy with it... think I'll leave it for now, though, and work on other ones.