I did put a little bit of a shadow in there -- but waaaay too little. The probably is that the shadow from the hand on the original wasn't nearly as obvious as the hat shadow. So I thought I had to be subtle. Didn't look right to me -- but it didn't look right with a darker one either. I need to see things better! :)
What I found incredibly irritating, was that after I created the magazine in the magazine, and another, and another, and another... I thought I'd have to do just maybe four or five... I had to keep going and going! I felt like the energizer bunny!! It was amazing how many times I had to do the stupid thing!!!!! :)
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Did not vote in this challenge, did not even look at the pictures before rollover, but I did stop at this image now. It is mighty real and engrossing; the boys fixed gaze, the fanning of his hands and its spidery look makes a very interesting image. I agree with Brennan's suggestion but I would not go for a realistic approach. A hint of shadow will do.
Would have given 8.
I love that one Wendy, the idea is great and perfectly fits the challenge. Just a little tip for the next time you want to use that effect: according to your notes, you pasted the "magazine into the magazine" just once at a time, which of course works, but is painfully slow ;) If you do it a first time, from there instead of doing it directly a second time, you can copy the *whole* resulting picture again, and paste that inside. This way, the first time, well, you copy just one magazine, but the second time you add 2 other magazines inside, then the third time you add 4 others magazines inside, and so on. Doing this five times would give you 2^0+2^1+2^2+2^3+2^4 = 31 magazines inside the big one, probably more than enough. Anyway, congratulations on your fine work, I really enjoyed it!
I do wish you had burned in some sort of shadows around the fingers to match the shadow of the hat bill on his face, to convince me that the cover of the magazine was actually resting in his hand. It is the only knock on what is otherwise a cleave and well executed entry.
Ditto (there are days I wish we had a "like" button)
I do wish you had burned in some sort of shadows around the fingers to match the shadow of the hat bill on his face, to convince me that the cover of the magazine was actually resting in his hand. It is the only knock on what is otherwise a cleave and well executed entry.
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