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[Ragnerock]

just decided i would post a pic i worked on a while back. Its not that great and please gimme some feedback, would like to know what i can improve on.

[Pesets]

The battleship doesn't quite blend in, cause it's just plain gray while surrounding system is clearly blue, it feels especially wrong since in-game the ship's armor is very reflective. Perspective could be more precise... engine lights could use more work... the moon is lit from an odd angle, and the planet itself seems to be lit where it shouldn't be ("turn" the lit area towards the star by like 15 degrees or so...) Other than that, looks pretty cool overall.

[Thadeus Uatar]

the lighting will be a tricky one because in order for the lighting on the ship to match the light source in the image the ship side facing the viewer would be mostly dark. Maybe there is a creative way t use this to your advantage, sorry i dont have any idea's. The color tint to match the system color is an easy enough fix with a simple tint layer using the same clipping mask you likely used for the ship.

[Aether]

nice work ... as for the lighting just assume that there is another start right behind your back that lights it from the front as well ... also i thought my Amarr ships would definitely be a tad more shiny and like reflect stuff more with their metallic surfaces

[Ragnerock]

thanks for tips guys, i'm new at photoshop so i need as much as i can get, i was planning so i am taking all this into consideration, thanks !lol

[Kerin Chei]

The ship has these 'sharp edges' that looks a bit off. It looks like it's been pasted in there. I know nothing about Photoshop myself, but you could probably make the outer edge of the ship blend in more with the system. Other than that, damn, a gray Abaddon looks sexy.

[Azual]

Pretty much echoing what others have said, but with work like this making all the various aspects compliment each other and 'look right' together is pretty important. I don't think you've done a bad job on that, the lighting on the planets etc does seem to be quite different to that on the ship (the planets have very distinct shadows on the near side, whereas the ship actually seems to be reflecting quite a bit of light from that direction). I'd also tone down the engine glow a little, that big area of soft colour just doesnt quite go. I'd also try to get rid of the edges a little more, just zoom in really far and use a brush with flow set to something really low (say 5%) - it's a long slow task but it makes a difference. Otherwise though, it looks pretty slick to me.

[Thadeus Uatar]

Lynda.com has some incredible photoshop classes that really teach a ton of great info.

[stok]

Really nice. But I miss the amarr shinynessish

[Arretu]

Nice stuff! Better than what I tend to end up with..

[Dranearian]

I like Amarr = win. Geddon woulda been better though

[Vora]

Really nice work. Something struck me kinda funny when looking at the ship... had to think a while until I found out what desturbed me... the shadows are way too smooth for space. The ship looks like it would fly through an atmosphere with much ambient light. In space the shadows are hard... mostly only one lightsource (or max 2) with minimal to zero ambient light. Maybe increasing the contrast (ship only) could do some "desmoothing"....

[Pesets]

In Eve, space is filled with atmosphere with much ambient light

[Ryvvek]

I think it's great. Good enough to be my wallpaper