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Messing around with apply image and filters. :3

 

Way too many filters...

 

Way to messy.

 

great critique guys...

1) kill the border. borders were cool in like...2004.
2) watch your flow. the...brushstrokes? go up and in, but the render gives a feeling of up and out. the conflict isnt good for the compo.
3) like everyone else said: too many filters. the effects should feel cohesive. this looks like brushstroke then brushstroke then brushstroke and so on and so forth. it doesnt blend.
4) also, nobody's mentioned the colors: your render is too pale compared to the vibrant BG. it needs to stand out above the BG.

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too many filters and the render is almost lost in you trying to over blend it.. also the filters over the render makes him seem hazy and the depth isn't great..

 

filter too much and very messy
render is going off alrdy

 

Funny, a lot of the sigs I've seen on here have borders. :\

 

Uh.. where? I don't see any. Black lines on top/bottom don't count as a border, that's called a frame.

 

read it!!!!!!!

Oh and its a border and its unnecessary and distracting