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Hi Graphics Gurus and Guruette's...

Its been a while I did any graphics works, let alone post any designs. I might have gotten a lil rusty, but graphics design is still my passion, and I find peace whenever I put my hands to try out something new.

Here's a Photography/Photoshop Concept depicting me having a conversation between Me, Myself and I. Done with a combination of Photoshop and RealDraw Pro.

I know I'm rusty though, hence Constructive Criticism is welcome... Thanks.

Kemjisuper

Good work like this people will not appreciate. But all those unserious thread, people will be there making noise. Oga seriously its a good work, keep it up.

Great work but it'd av come off a lot better if you had taken the pain of applying the shade of shadows for the three images. Sublime art notwithstanding.

PHAYOL81:
Great work but it'd av come off a lot better if you had taken the pain of applying the shade of shadows for the three images. Sublime art notwithstanding.

You seriously can't see the shadows from every image?

@ Kemjisuper - good work.

Thanks for the encouragement guys.

PHAYOL81:
Great work but it'd av come off a lot better if you had taken the pain of applying the shade of shadows for the three images. Sublime art notwithstanding.

@PHAYLO81 The shadows here are purely natural for the time of day the pics were taken. I had the thought that adding extra shadows may start to make the pic look more artificial and fake so I ditched the idea.

Good though. It'll be better your bring out the shadow detail.

SmooshCHN:
Good though. It'll be better your bring out the shadow detail.

Bringing out the 'shadow detail'... yes. Also depends on if what he shot on has the dynamic range to let him do that in post without it all turning to 'noise'. Would be a good idea as they are currently crushed.

For others reading 'shadow detail' is very different from the 'shadows' the other poster mentioned. ie blacks, mid-tones & whites in general.

VillageBoi:
Bringing out the 'shadow detail'... yes. Also depends on if what he shot on has the dynamic range to let him do that in post without it all turning to 'noise'. Would be a good idea as they are currently crushed.

[For others reading 'shadow detail' is very different from the 'shadows' the other poster mentioned. ie blacks, mid-tones & whites in general.

True though. Just about the image in general, if you notice your eye is being forced to look at him in the picture. Your eyes automatically tends to look at the bright sky and bus by the far right. If he can make it less distracting it'll be better. I like the concept though.

SmooshCHN:
True though. Just about the image in general, if you notice your eye is being forced to look at him in the picture. Your eyes automatically tends to look at the bright sky and bus by the far right. If he can make it less distracting it'll be better. I like the concept though.

@SmooshCHN, that's a keen observation there. Thanks. I do see it now. The distraction of the bright parts of the image, against the area of focus. I've learnt a thing or two here, thanks!

SmooshCHN:
True though. Just about the image in general, if you notice your eye is being forced to look at him in the picture. Your eyes automatically tends to look at the bright sky and bus by the far right. If he can make it less distracting it'll be better. I like the concept though.

Exactly! There is so much more to 'good' photography than pointing and shooting... from composition, to lighting, to lines, to the final grade or 'look' & so much more. What you said is key - the eye is being 'forced' to look at him instead of 'naturally' being led look at him because of the distracting bright' sky and so on. He should be able to mask the sky and darken it.
I still like it and the OP will continue to learn and one day he'll be making 'clone' pictures like the one below. Keep it up OP.

VillageBoi:
Exactly! There is so much more to 'good' photography than pointing and shooting... from composition, to lighting, to lines, to the final grade or 'look' & so much more. What you said is key - the eye is being 'forced' to look at him instead of 'naturally' being led look at him because of the distracting bright' sky and so on. He should be able to mask the sky and darken it.
I still like it and the OP will continue to learn and one day he'll be making 'clone' pictures like the one below. Keep it up OP.

Kemjisuper:
@SmooshCHN, that's a keen observation there. Thanks. I do see it now. The distraction of the bright parts of the image, against the area of focus. I've learnt a thing or two here, thanks!

I'm glad y'all understood me. The photoshop part is good enough, I'm sure the Poster will keep learning as long as he's open to correction and endless practice and shooting. Wish him the best.

Thanks guys, I really appreciate the tips and advice. @Villageboi, the sample cloning image posted here... that's exactly the kind of effect I was aiming at pulling off, only this was on a whole lot larger scale with multiple images. I'll like to get some more tips on the shadowing ish, and then revisit this particular image I posted, play around with the tools and see if I can or can't make it highly improved!

@SmooshCHN, your point has been thoroughly understood now, thanks! You both are a good listen for encouragement. Keep it up!

Awesome tips indeed, thanks.

Cheers,
Kemjisuper

Kemjisuper:
Thanks guys, I really appreciate the tips and advice. @Villageboi, the sample cloning image posted here... that's exactly the kind of effect I was aiming at pulling off, only this was on a whole lot larger scale with multiple images. I'll like to get some more tips on the shadowing ish, and then revisit this particular image I posted, play around with the tools and see if I can or can't make it highly improved!

@SmooshCHN, your point has been thoroughly understood now, thanks! You both are a good listen for encouragement. Keep it up!

Awesome tips indeed, thanks.

Cheers,
Kemjisuper

Welcome Bro