first showing!

[MadeULook]

Originally posted by w@rtistic
nice the second is awesome. but i dont agree with ray and madeulook on this one.let me explain. if the surrounding is light and there's a shadow on a reflective surface the reflection part IN the shadow is actually MORE visible then the reflections in the lighter area's.Basicly this will come due the fact that darker area's will reflect lighter area's better cause of the DARKER BASIC color.This will not go up if the surrounding is compleet dark and will not emitt any light to reflect. thats my opinion/experience tho.

Hey are you trying to pick a fight with Ray and I?? LOL

[w@rtistic]

ghehe happy slapping party

[dadalogluu]

great composition..

congs..

[ranjit_nepal]

nicely done!

[cpblade13]

I like them both, and the fact that this seems to be a fantasy sequence, the shadows and reflections do not bother me, if you were going for total realism, then it would matter. I like them both, and as someone who retouches for 8-10 hours a day, I can understand needing to take a break! nice for your first time back n_n

[pauldrystonewall]

thanks for all the comments guys.

yeah, definitely a return to "creative" photoshopping...so no realism intended! in fact, the second image was a complete after thought and took literally about 10 minutes.

it was a nice change of pace from cropping product images! (not that i've done that for a while either)

i've done a tiny bit of retouching cp...as part of other projects, and there is a real art to it. kudos to you for keeping it going for a whole day!

thanks again.