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  1. In my eyes there's a bit of tweaking to be done here and there, but it's up to you whether you think they're good ideas or not.

    The sign could be a bit bolder with the green tint - try a curves adjustment and push up the green (I did that and it looked ok to me) then erase around the letters to bring them back to black.

    The greenery around the left house is orange, if that is how you want it to remain then no prob. You could try masking out the orange by degrees and slowly bring back the green to an acceptable level/balance.

    The winding road around the central structure could be desaturated a bit just to emphasize the fact that it is a road, this will also help draw the eye to the central part of the picture where all the interest is.

    Your colour scheme is all about green and orange, but right now orange is dominating the entire scene. Adjusting the sign, the trees, and the road, (carefully) will help with the overall balance I think?

    I'm still not keen on the top of the picture where Pennywise and ole turtle head is, but that is purely personal opinion/preference and is of no consequence here.

     

  2. 3 minutes ago, sansnom said:

    🇬🇧 In tribute to Jeff Beck who left us a year ago now, on January 10, 2023: superb album and magnificent illustration by Mark Ryden!…

    🇫🇷 En hommage à Jeff Beck qui nous a quitté il y a maintenant un an, le 10 janvier 2023 : superbe album et magnifique illustration de Mark Ryden !…

    image.thumb.png.63770fced9ee2cbaa89cfc22ba4c67b2.png

    Good ole Jeff. I admired him greatly.

  3. 4 hours ago, SolidSnake2003 said:

    @AffinityJules The reason that Pennywise and Maturin are in the clouds is cause that is what is representing the different backgrounds 'like the ST poster. The closest background for Pennywise would just be the sewers where it lives. Plus I couldn't think of a background that represents the letter wall from ST in IT other than maybe the Underground clubhouse of the kids. But there is not much lighting in the clubhouse.

     

    Here is a new preview where I updated the coloring on the two kids, and updated the coloring on the buildings. Haven't added the artistic effects yet, just making sure I'm on the right track before adding them:

    tf_coverart_wattpad_stage03_final10.jpg.3da5b19d10e942a60b48a0b0209162b8.jpg

    Now that is a huge improvement. Still needs some tweaking but it's a big step in the right direction.

    The boy on the left is still a little off colour-wise.

    One thing I would try (keeping with the orange and green theme) is to turn the Derry sign a dark shade of green to make it pop slightly. As it stands now it's getting a bit lost. When I say green, I mean be subtle - not bold. That only goes for sign, not the frame.

  4. It would be good if you now matched the skin tones of the left boy and the girl to the boy in the centre, their colour is off {again} - especially the girl's.

    The boy in the centre has a flesh tone that trends more towards an orange hue, the other 2 characters should also trend to the same hue.

    The left building is off when compared to the other 2, and as you want a orange and green colour scheme, I would suggest using a very dark orange on the buildings via a curves adjustment or something similar.

    The top of the picture with Pennywise and the Turtle might just as well not be there, you can't make out what they're meant to be - it's just an orange and green colour frenzy.

    Ultimately any decision is yours to make when it comes to colouring, but arriving at a pleasing balance will greatly improve the picture's appearance.

    The titles and fonts look ok, but it looks a little crowded down there.

  5. As can be seen by both of those examples, a colour palette has been chosen which, as a theme, gives the pictures a uniform, balanced look. The top picture has what looks like a subtle blue-violet palette which runs through the entire image, and the flesh tones have been equally matched but subtly. The bottom picture also uses the blue spectrum but has added red which stands out in stark contrast for dramatic effect. 

    So. What colour scheme, if at all, do you want?

    There is no need for you to abide by these thematic rules, but you can see as plain as day that, by choosing a colour scheme you can produce a well balanced image which is pleasing to the eye. It's an easy thing to say, but not so easy to execute. I am certainly no professional - or indeed practised in making cover art, and most of the pictures I do are produced with equal amounts of inspiration and experimentation, but in all I try to stick to a colour scheme and trend all components toward it.

    Have a think about it and make a firm decision then stick to it.

     

  6. 2 hours ago, SolidSnake2003 said:

    Sorry if I am being too difficult to work with :(

    In order for people/me to assist you or give advice on your composite, then it would help enormously if we knew what it is you're trying to do with the composite.

    Each time you change it dramatically confusion sets in and all focus is lost. You need to decide how you want the picture to look and build on that rather than keep changing it on a whim. I'm still not sure how you want it to look when complete? It's not for me to tell you how it should look - that's your choice entirely, but you need to give some kind of guidance so that people can be of real help to you. 

  7. Getting better but now the girl's colour is off when compared to the 2 boys. It looks like she's in a completely different scene.

    When making adjustments always check what effect it has had on the rest of the composite and adjust accordingly. 

    Update: did a quick edit to show what I mean. I used the central boy as the colour model and shifted the colours toward it. Both left and right characters have been slightly modified.

    2.jpg

  8. That looks good. But I still have visual issues with the green casting.

    Another suggestion I will venture to make, and this is purely my own preference visually speaking. I would not allow the green and yellow casting at the top of the picture to fall on the children. As it's behind them, it looks a little odd that the front of them are green and yellow. To my eyes it would look better if the children were back-lit by the colours as suggested by the picture layout. A small amount of inner glow, or a blurred layer behind the kids, or use a new child layer to highlight the edges (there's hundreds of ways to do it) would give good results. I attempted it but as I was working on a flattened image rather then a layered composite so it was too problematic.

  9. It doesn't really matter what I like best or dislike the most, this is your composite and anything that looks good to you, or sits well with your own artistic creativity is all that matters. I only commented because the first thing that drew my attention with your latest update was the fact that everything looked as though it was wrapped in a plastic film. If that's the look you really want then go for it, it's not the thing I would do, but hey, don't mind me. 

    There is one thing you might want to consider - and this is purely from my own point of view and is of no real importance: I would match up the 3 buildings with light, colour, hue, etc, so that they all look like they belong in the same space that they occupy within the picture.

  10. You're not alone puheOU.

    I constantly lose track of where the cursor is - especially when working with grey tones. Zooming in has no effect on the cursor at all. 

    I have looked at all the available options but have found nothing to change the colour of the cursor, or, to make it more user friendly.

    But you never know.....someone in here might have a good solution to the problem.

  11. Well....for someone trying to get to grips with Blender, you did pretty good.

    Out of curiosity, a few months back, I actually downloaded Blender just to see what it was all about. All I could do was make basic shapes from the presets - and that was it!

    After a few moments looking at my screen, I thought "nope," uninstalled it, and never gave it another moments thought.

  12. Hey StuartRc!

    Just checking out your rather fine asset library, and it always leaves me wondering whether or not the brush sets you create are vector only?

    I know 'jack' about vector brushes and their usage, so my real wonder is: do you create raster brushes (is that what they're called?) which can be used in Affinity Photo?

     

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