Halo Wars

[silent_assasin]

Ok, i will create one now

[-MM.Kritez]

much better blending on the second one. But the right side is a bit overcontrasted and bright. I would suggest a 100px soft brush in black over it and the lower that layers opacity.

[silent_assasin]

Do you mean the left side?

[-MM.Kritez]

yea my bad, lol

[silent_assasin]

Haha, no worries

[Vicious Zen]

blending blending blending. The space stock and effects in the background are nice and clear, but they look like a completely separate entity than the render. Your render and bgs colors dont match and are not blending together.

I like the sparkles and effects, but i would suggest darkening and blurring the outter edges to create a clearer focal point.

not a big fan of the border... just personal opinion though.

overall you have some nice thoughts here, keep workin mate

This is like the fourth time tonight you've pretty much totally jacked my crit. =<

V2 is huge leaps over the other one. The border was detracting hugely.
I'd do more to incoroporate your stock into the bg somehow. Maybe play with some smudging, or clipping masks, or something. It feels too pasted on. Even something small in front of it would help.

[silent_assasin]

A question, what the hell is a clipping mask?

[silent_assasin]

Ok, i updated the sig, and made two versions, one with the border and one without:

Without:



With:

[Mountford]

Looks awesome!

Wondering... How d'you do the stars?

Mounty

[-MM.Kritez]

A clipping mask is where you use a Brush (any only brush will do) and you put it on a empty layer.

Next you make a new layer and place whatever image you want on that new layer.

Then you right click on that layer and go to Create Clipping Mask.

Once you've done that you will see that the image has covered the areas where you brushed on the layer before.

Download some of the voids resource packs, you will see plenty of clipping masks.


The sig is looking better. much better focal point and blending