The Long Way

[Eggy]

This is made in PS, using Pixelsquid elements (tricycle and teddy bear), the shadow of the tricycle was made in Blender using a basic tricycle just to have a nice shadow using the shadow Catcher in Blender.
I saved it as PNG and imported in the composite and then masked away the tricycle and fit the shadow to the Pixelsquid tricycle.

So I used



To get this

 

[IamSam]

Excellent work Lambert! That is a long road to travel.

 

[gedstar]

I like that Lambert, very nicely done, although the lighting on the right side of the child looks a bit strong, maybe it's just me!

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[Eggy]

Thanks Sam, and yep a bit of symbolism is in place...

 

[Eggy]

Thanks Ged,

I knew it :banghead: that I forgot to mask away a colored rim on that side...
I'll correct that...

 

[Argos]

Amazing work! i agree the child seems a bit off compared with the rest but not sure why, lowest contrast or desaturated not sure..

Still wonderfull job!

Cheers!

 

[Eggy]

Thanks Argos,

Ged already mentionned it and I will correct that part.

Staring too long at a screen makes you miss the obvious flaws..

 

[IamSam]

Staring too long at a screen makes you miss the obvious flaws..

I do that often. I make myself walk away to take a break............when I come back things I hadn't noticed before suddenly jump out at me.

 

[chrisdesign]

A wonderful composite Lambert!
I love how you created the late afternoon light with warm colors.

The hidden message: The little boy is on his long journey to be a future Photoshop guru

 

[Pipsmom]

Looking amazing Eggy

 

[Eggy]

A wonderful composite Lambert!
I love how you created the late afternoon light with warm colors.

The hidden message: The little boy is on his long journey to be a future Photoshop guru

Thanks Chris,

What gave it away? The logo of course.

I was planning to use PS 3D to make the bike shadow then I thought 'that might take awhile to render' and I did it in Blender...nah.

 

[Eggy]

Looking amazing Eggy

Thanks Pipsmom, don't forget to continue yours, again and again...

 

[Eggy]

I do that often. I make myself walk away to take a break............when I come back things I hadn't noticed before suddenly jump out at me.

Yep, thats the best thing to do but when you're in a hurry...

I know now what went wrong; I played with the position of the boy flipping him vertically...and of course forgetting to place the rimlighting on the other side...

 

[Pipsmom]

Thanks Pipsmom, don't forget to continue yours, again and again...

Got one working now and soon as I can learn a little more about sun beams and shading in light correctly...reading PSG like mad

 

[Eggy]

Got one working now and soon as I can learn a little more about sun beams and shading in light correctly...reading PSG like mad

Hey Crystal, here's a really good tut about sunrays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgRqtWB5c4Q&t=11s&list=PLtH_vK0A3GR_3b51TJe-G2TFynbOvXmxv&index=88
You should look at it.

 

[Pipsmom]

Thank you Eggy, your a doll. Got it saved to watch and learn from