thanx to punkie

[Mr. Unwanted]

well i made this:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c213/Teqno90/2006%20sas/splatcopy.jpg

and than punkie said it would be better in black and white:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c213/Teqno90/2006%20sas/splat2.jpg

[Punkie]

awsome work i really like the black and white. 1 of ur best imo

[CiniMini]

Those are cute Ducky

[Gaviteros]

I have to disagree with Punkie there. Well... The blackandwhite does look better but If you simply but a color balance over the background I think it would look better with the color. It is a good piece.

[MoNk3y Fr3aK92]

punkie you should SO make a tutorial. hint-hint :D

[Mr. Unwanted]

maybe gav but i have to go with the wonderful punkie m8....lol....she's taught me a lot as well as others but she got me far

[H2O ookami]

You're improving mate :)

Try curves and selective color for balancing colored sigs. Often you need to balance the color between pic and bg. With above mentioned you can do fine.

For the lighting:
Try making an extra layer... Then choose soft round brush size=100 opacity 12%.
Brush with white slightly over parts of the sig where you want light and with black the edges of the sig and where you like to have darkness.
If you brush with white over a face... erase a bit where the eyes are so outcome will still be clear.
If you add the first curves layer then bow the rgb curve a bit to the right to work out the lighting. Downwards you'll influence the shadows and upper you'll work on the light colors... do experiments :)

[Miss_Insanio]

pretty cool, i like the black & white one the most aswell

[Mr. Unwanted]

thanx all and thanx wanderer