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Last Man Standing by *Sunstone72:iconSunstone72:

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Submitted: February 17, 2008
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This is my entry in :iconmanipulatethis:'s latest challenge - Last Man Standing.

I'm happy with it's outcome, yet it doesn't seem to be anything special. I just don't know what to do next to take it that step further.

I was trying to portray that of a lone soldier on an alien planet or perhaps even earth some time in the distant future. Here he his, recording his last words in the hope that some humans (or perhaps alien lifeform) may view his final words.

Required Stock:

Foreground by :iconcastock:
Soldier by:iconcobweb-stock:

Additional Stock:
Mountains by :icondemoncherrystock:
Technical Brushes by :icontazni: & :iconbennedetto: & :iconbasstar:

Clouds by ... OMG I can't remember!!! I've had this on my computer for a good 12 months in my maniped form (orange). If anyone recognises this cloud stock [link] please let me know so that I can give proper credit. I usually put the stocker's name when I save. I don't know why I didn't do this. :doh: :shakefist:

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=Renilicious:iconRenilicious: Feb 18, 2008, 1:26:00 AM
Technically speaking, you couldn't get more perfect. But I agree with you, it's lacking that certain oomph... Both the manbeast and I agree that it would look far better without the target in the middle.

OR, going the opposite direction, make the target smaller and that fluro green or red. I'd make the rest of the screen display yellow too.

Perhaps try and make the colours a little more punchy? Try a couple of layer overlays to deepen the colours and make use of the highlights. Good luck with the contest! I saw this one and thought it was interest. Hope to enter if I have time. :)
*Sunstone72:iconSunstone72: Feb 18, 2008, 3:03:09 AM
Thanks so much for that Ren (& Manbeast ;)) :D I appreciate your suggestions and will go and have another look at it :hug:

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Mood: Affection *JennBowers:iconJennBowers: Feb 18, 2008, 2:05:36 PM
I think this one came out great...anything more added to it and it might be too much, you know? I might tweak some colors too, but the again, I'd be left driving myself NUTS *LOL*
*Sunstone72:iconSunstone72: Feb 18, 2008, 2:12:41 PM
LOL! Yeah, it is one of those situations isn't it. :hug:

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~pagan22:iconpagan22: Feb 19, 2008, 5:16:05 AM
I think you did a good job with your intentions. Looks like the Mars landscape from "Total Recall".
~Tazni:iconTazni: Feb 19, 2008, 7:04:36 AM
Thanks for using my brushes :D

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Great selection of Photoshop 6 Brushes & Tutorials.

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`RetroZombie:iconRetroZombie: Feb 19, 2008, 12:01:30 PM
I like the atmosphere of the piece, and the lonely feeling you convey, but yeah... it seems to need something. The only thing that come to mind of me, though, is that there should be some evidence of the destruction that made him the last man standing. Perhaps some smoking ruin (a building or vehicle, or something unrecognizable) in the distance just right of center... or even just a few smoking craters in the landscape... :shrug:

Sorry I don't have anything better than that. ^^;

Good luck with the contest! :#1:

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~rdelw:iconrdelw: Feb 19, 2008, 12:45:47 PM
interesting composition...

although I don't see why you would upload in png format for such a low quality image, without a print. a jpeg image at this resolution show no quality loss

its also too bad that your HUD vectors are such low quality completely defeating the purpose of vectors (able to be resized without any quality loss)

this would probably be better without the HUD for the sake of quality control

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*Sunstone72:iconSunstone72: Feb 19, 2008, 2:00:57 PM
:confused: Eh? I'm sorry, you lost me with the first sentence LOL! I'm so not up to scratch on all the terms you've used. When I cut an image out I usually save it as a PNG. I don't know why. No doubt there is a better way to do it :D

What are HUD Vectors? I wasn't trying to do vectors? I'm confused LOL!

But thanks so much for your comments anyway :D

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