__THISRES__79864.jpg "Fly of Simca by ~pvc24 1 week 2 days ago")
Let's see..
All brushes, I found on DeviantArt. The scan was already cut out. I had found it on Planet Renders. It's a really great place to find renders. ^^
This is my first wallpaper so I spent a good few hours on this. I had started late during the night and now it's almost 6:30AM. There's a good reason why I chose Belldandy as my first wallpaper's subject. She's easy to work with. At first, the wallpaper wasn't intended to turn out this way. Far from it actually. There never was supposed to be rain or a strange otherworldly looking ocean.. O_o; I had just intended to have space and clouds, but I didn't like it that way, so I erased most of the clouds. Then I started fiddling with Belldandy. I really really wanted her to stand out against the dark background so I tried to make her look bright and glowy. I think I achieved that and did a pretty good job on that. My favorite part is her transparent wings. ^^ Very happy with how that came out.
Oh, and I'd like to explain why I made the background as dark as it is for Belldandy. It's because it really doesn't change the mood or how serene her expression is. Don't you think she shines even brighter when in darkness? I guess it's sort of symbolic in my eyes. ^^ I hope you can see that too.
Hate it? Like it? Suggestions? Although it is likely I will be unable to use any of the suggestions because I've only really started Photoshopping this year and my skills are rather limited.
REVISION: I blurred the horizon a bit where sky meets ocean. I don't know why I didn't do that before. Oo; Now it looks a lot more like a whole picture instead of two pieces slapped together. I also brightened the sparkles around her.
REVISION: Smudged the reflection a little more and brightened it a bit too. After all, it's raining and it's an ocean... It made sense to smudge it a bit more. Maybe I smudged it too much? O_o
REVISION: Changed the coloring a bit. You might not even notice the difference.
REVISION: Well, I added a more glowy light effect to the wings as suggested. Thank you Ramius for the idea. Not getting rid of the rain though. Oo;
All brushes, I found on DeviantArt. The scan was already cut out. I had found it on Planet Renders. It's a really great place to find renders. ^^
This is my first wallpaper so I spent a good few hours on this. I had started late during the night and now it's almost 6:30AM. There's a good reason why I chose Belldandy as my first wallpaper's subject. She's easy to work with. At first, the wallpaper wasn't intended to turn out this way. Far from it actually. There never was supposed to be rain or a strange otherworldly looking ocean.. O_o; I had just intended to have space and clouds, but I didn't like it that way, so I erased most of the clouds. Then I started fiddling with Belldandy. I really really wanted her to stand out against the dark background so I tried to make her look bright and glowy. I think I achieved that and did a pretty good job on that. My favorite part is her transparent wings. ^^ Very happy with how that came out.
Oh, and I'd like to explain why I made the background as dark as it is for Belldandy. It's because it really doesn't change the mood or how serene her expression is. Don't you think she shines even brighter when in darkness? I guess it's sort of symbolic in my eyes. ^^ I hope you can see that too.
Hate it? Like it? Suggestions? Although it is likely I will be unable to use any of the suggestions because I've only really started Photoshopping this year and my skills are rather limited.
REVISION: I blurred the horizon a bit where sky meets ocean. I don't know why I didn't do that before. Oo; Now it looks a lot more like a whole picture instead of two pieces slapped together. I also brightened the sparkles around her.
REVISION: Smudged the reflection a little more and brightened it a bit too. After all, it's raining and it's an ocean... It made sense to smudge it a bit more. Maybe I smudged it too much? O_o
REVISION: Changed the coloring a bit. You might not even notice the difference.
REVISION: Well, I added a more glowy light effect to the wings as suggested. Thank you Ramius for the idea. Not getting rid of the rain though. Oo;
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