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Published: 2006-07-17 00:44:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 620; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 19
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Model by Gothstock 48 (Thank you) [link]Background by Anthony Marquette of [link]
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I have added this beautyful picture into my feature "angels without wings"!
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Thank you for taking the time to look. It was my first deviation after joining dA in 2006.
Thanks again
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Aww !! so lovely for first deviation !
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Thank you. I love your webcam pic, by the way. It's toooooo cute, LOL
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I'm really so happy you love marmots ! 
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I love small-creature-species' in general. Marmots are special 
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It's one of my first deviations on dA. Thank you for visiting my gallery and commenting
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My pleasure Sweetie! See you soon
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Thank you. It was one of my first manips on dA. It brings back newbie memories
Thank you, again ::HUGS::
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I've never knew how to use Photoshop, but I wonder why is this picture in scraps, if it's so nice and definetely can be published in that artwork section?
It has a balance... the size of the model, the colours of the background.
I really liked it.
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Oh you are SUCH a sweet
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Practice does make perfect.
That's what I've been doing about Photography. I've never taken any courses or anything, but I've learnt how not to shake while taking pictures, the best angles, learnt how to be patient to get that picture you want, wait to people leave the place. Things like that. As I'm studying to be a Journalist, I'm going to take classes soon about it and maybe, one day, I can work to National Geographic (my biggest dream ever).
And I was just saying what I thought about your picture. Really, I didn't see any mistake, so it really shouldn't be at scraps.
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I'm so glad you allow critiques. You have a lovely idea here and you have the general idea of blending images but if you look at this, there are several spots where you missed taking part of the original photo out and then some areas where you made her seem transparent. I don't know what program you use or how you put your images together but I will tell you how I do it and I use Photoshop 7.
First, I do use the lasso tool and go around the image (figure) that I want to place in a nice background. I don't go around the edges, I just go around the figure. Then I copy it over to the background and then I use the history brush (you'll notice that in PS7, there are 2 history brushes, you want just the history brush and not the art history brush!) and then I go over the areas that I didn't cut out, I may first use a large size brush and keep reducing the size of the brush when I get closer to the figure that I put in so that I don't erase any of it.
Maybe you wanted her a bit ghostly but that wasn't what I felt when viewing this. I hope you know that I'm only mentioning this to help you and not criticise you in any fashion.
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I have Photoshop7 but haven't used it much. I'm not familiar with all the features yet because I mainly use Paint Shop Pro. I did use it for this picture though. The tools are similar in both programs so that's a plus. I know about using the lasso tool to go around the edges. I use the feathering technique which tends to leave a 'halo' around the edges...that's not good. I need to learn how to use the History brush that you have described to erase the halo edges then maybe the picture will blend better with the background. Funny thing about this picture...I copied and pasted it after it was finished in different programs to see if it looked OK and it didn't look bad yet you were able to see all the flaws so I think what's happening is things appear fine on my computer but when it's looked at on someone else's computer/operating system/etc. it's not the perfect picture that it was on my computer. Lesson learned. I haven't a clue how to SEE the picture any other way except how it looks right here on my computer. Critiquing is necessary and good but it hurts when you think you've put your best foot forward only to find that it was a club foot.
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Well I surely didn't mean it to hurt, but I can understand that feeling most definately. But I have learned alot from critiques over the years from artists on DA and I just hope I can return the favor to those who seem to be in the beginning stages of manipulations.
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That's cool. I needed that. If I have any questions about manips and using PhotoShop would you mind if I ask you? I'm going to try your suggestion (using the Hisotry brush) and work on Pure Essence when I finally get a moment to myself later in the day, LOL. In the meantime it's in the Scraps category because I don't feel right about the flaws. Thanks, Lori
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Not at all, I like to help people out if I can
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