Roroni wins. :P Beowolf's comes really close, though.
In this particular case, a black border would do naught; actually, I'm not really sure if ANY border would work. A 1px gradient border or a 1px...
The border adds some necessary contrast, but in a bad way. It still looks awful without it, considering the black background of the forum, but a...
There are really only two solutions to the lighting issue; 1) Move the light to the front, which obscures the focal point (i.e. the sprite) and...
It does look quite a bit better now; but that swirly red thing to the top-left of the guy is bugging me. Other than that, though, it looks pretty...
This is just... absolutely gorgeous. The colors are deep and rich, the auras of the children are damn sexy imo, the space void looks fantastic......
[img] Took approximately an hour. No brushes whatsoever; it was made using smudging, several different blending modes, a few filters, and a bit of...
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