C&C please!

[Cowgirls Rule]

I got kind of bored and played around with the tools and came up with this:




Can you please give me C&C. Thanks!

[Cecelia]

ooh! They are so cute! The sun does't look very realistic but cute nonetheless. I love it!

[Cowgirls Rule]

Thanks! Yeah, I couldn't find a brush that looked like the sun, but I've done more.

[Cowgirls Rule]

Yay! I found a brush that looks more realistic!

[Cowgirls Rule]

Cecelia, does this look more realistic?

[Chilly Girl]

I think it looks more realistic!

[Cowgirls Rule]

Thanks! I have a tool called a picture tube, that I use for the pics, I could make a tutorial.....

[Cecelia]

Yeah it does! The butterfly is a nice touch too!

[greenpen]

A tutorial would be a nice idea... ?

[milon]

Okay. So, here comes Kat's critique.



The sun doesn't look like much except for a yellow blob in the sky. You can either hand draw yours like I did, or you can find some brushes. If you want any sites, lemme know and I can probably hunt down a few for you. The sky is bland, too bright and very unrealistic. So, if your sun is high up in the sky then the tones are going to go from light to dark. You usually see clouds. Again, you can find brushes for them or hand draw them out. Now, remember, there are shadows in clouds, there are highlights. They aren't just blobs of white in the sky. The flower is kind of weird to me. You should hand draw that out - it would be pretty I'm sure. Or else.. again, you can find brushes usually if your lazy like me. They are usually seen at an angle, too, unless your standing directly over them. And with the sun like it is, you aren't.



See the angle in this photo? The different shades of purple, the grain of the petals? Lots of details in the slightest thing. ^^

Grass. I'm not sure if you had intentionally made it all one shade or if it's supposed to be like.. part of the flower. But, grass isn't that bright (usually) nor is it flat and furry. See my grass? The shades vary from brown to yellowish brown to olive toned greens and subtle shades of green. Nothing really bright or blinding like your own. Make it different lengths, as well. Because grass isn't all the same height/length. Not even after you mow it. You can either draw out each strand with a variety of different sized brushes - or find a brush like Kat whom is WAY lazy.

Uh.. that's about it. Also, don't be afraid to take a longer time on a picture - they are much better than when you throw something together. Even using brushes to make pictures takes a while because you have to decide on placement, details and whatnot.

Hope this helps, and I'm not trying to be difficult or too harsh. Just blunt and honest. ^^

[Cowgirls Rule]

OO thanks soo much Kat! That is supposted to be like a bush, but I don't have a grass brush, that is the closest grass brush I have, but I have a curl brush, oh and do you mind hunting some brushes down for me? Thanks soo much!

[milon]

Sure. What program do you have, first of all?

[Cowgirls Rule]

I downloaded GIMP but I'm not sure how to use it, creating those, I use Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8. Thanks!