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Curvy Monk

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Wow, I think this was my quickest manipulation ever (about 3,5 hours). But also one of my best, so far. I tried out masks for the first time and I must say they're absolutely brilliant!! I mean, including the copyright note, there are only 5 layers! My usual pictures tend to have about 10...I like the reflection of the eyelashes on the pupil!

Since I had no idea what to call the picture I searched for quotes and sayings about magic...and stumbled upon the following:
Magic lives in curves, not angles. ~Mason Cooley
Seems to be true here, doesn't it?

Credits and a big thank you go to
:iconluckystock: for the cool glass ball! [link]
:iconxnickixstockx: for the eye [link]
:icondrezdany: for the monastery background[link]
and
:iconkuschelirmel: for her walkthrough on [link] because this was what made me try masks!

I like how the lashes reflect on the pupil!
The glass part looks a lot nicer in fullview :)


edit:
Since a friend told me the reflection was nice but completely unrealistic (which I was fully aware of but my laptop gimp has fewer functionality than my desktop computer), I changed the background part of the ball. To be able to tell what the result should look like, we did a little povray exercise, pretending to study Computer Graphics :D (well, it was pretty useful, I admit). So this is what the reflection looks like with Fresnel reflection! :giggle: This took me another one and a half hours or so.
I even made a comparison picture! [link]


Cheers,
:heart:
Q-Rai
Image size
2816x2112px 2.99 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot A540
Shutter Speed
1/25 second
Aperture
F/2.6
Focal Length
6 mm
Date Taken
Dec 25, 2006, 8:13:15 PM
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blucrimson's avatar
The all seein eye! :wow:
I don't know much about what's wrong with this pic...
but to me this is an amazin piece! :D