Never Goes Well ..

Hello there,
You might've read the title, it says a much about me, my graphics never goes well, and I'd seriously appreciate some good help.

Since these forums are full of great people that give good constructive critisicsm I thought I'd ask some help here.

Lately I've been following this Tutorial:
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- I know it belongs to someone here, but I couldn't find it that quick.

So far this is my outcome :

- Being around Step 20 of the Tutorial.

It looks very bad, it lacks depth and it isn't even compareable to the ~20est step of the Tutorial.

I'd aprpeciate tips, I can send the .psd on MSN, just PM me for my e-mail adress. Maybe you can watch it, and tell me what I did wrong.

Thanks in advance !

~Esc

 

Please anyone help me, cause it's annoying me.

 

Hmm..It looks like you missed the ripple step, try doing a small or medium ripple and using high settings, then erase some of it. Or do a liquify filter if ripple isn't working for you.

 

Will do it in 10-20 mins, will post update.

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Even uglier now. ^^;
If you want you can add me on MSN :
[email protected]

 

wow,lol.

Erase it off of the sprite,and put it on a low opacity, then it would probably look better.

 

Will try .. Again will post the outcome.

Like this ?

 

Yeah, I just did it, do a medium ripple with 818 for the amount, then you'll get a similar effect.

 

I'll just add you on MSN if you want to, then you can see the .PSD ..

Cause it's really turning out ugly. :S

 

Sent a PM

 

I'd recommend to get sprites with more flow into it, smudge different or with other brush and use more variety in colours to make things stand out, not too much tho.