Very well done.

Excellent full-view.
Everything looks nice... Composition, colors and etc. I love the idea of frame too.

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Thanks for your great comment and favorite!

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A job well done ..
Like this alot, you can see that you took your time working on it

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My pleasure.

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Thanks! It was pretty challenging - especially getting the snowman into it's own layer.

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I can see how much time you took to make this. It's a very nice piece, and it does convey a sense of loneliness. I especially liked the ragged blurry edges around the image. Constructive criticism-wise, the shadow on the snowman opposed to the shadow on the ground seem to be at differing angles, so fixing this might help make it look less cut-and-paste. Also, the snowman is fairly sharply cut out, so perhaps some fading on its edges would give it more realism.

Keep up the good work! I can see many wonderful pieces coming in the future.

Thanks for the constructive crit. That darn shadow is such a pain. I created the background in Terragen with the sun coming from a 45 degree angle and I tried to make the shadow on the ground at the same angle. But alas, in the actual photo of the snowman, I think the sun was hitting it at more of a right angle. I suppose the best thing would've been to re-render the background before I even bothered with the sad, old snowman. To make things worse, the snowman's snow was a lot 'dirtier' than the Terragen snow. I color adjusted him, but I probably should've clean him up a bit.

What tool would you recommend using for dulling the edges of the cut-out? Smudge? Or some kind of blur mask?

Thanks!

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Hrm.. for the edges of the snowman, I'd select a thin border around the edge, including space that isn't actually on the snowman, and then using a very VERY slight distort on it to bring out some small irregularities on the edges of the snow. Then blur it slightly so they don't stand out too sharply. I tried this once witha cutout, and it worked alright. It had to be a very high resolution to do it properly though. After messing around with images, sizing them down usually makes them look a lot better.

I hope this helps!

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it a try, if not in this piece, at least in future ones.

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