What I do:
1. duplicate the champion image
2. set the top one to multiply and use the sharpen filter to sharpen it slightly (I also make this layer black and white often as it gives the colors a really pretty muted look). If I want to sharpen a particular area more (like faces, often), I use the blur/sharpen tool set fairly low so it doesn't get too sharp.
3. blur the bottom layer slightly with the gaussian blur filter, but not so much that it loses the major details.
it'll look really dark, but you can lighten it pretty easily with fractals, filters, or gradients. Oh and I used the soft glow filter on the blurred layer in that Diana one quite a bit.
1. duplicate the champion image
2. set the top one to multiply and use the sharpen filter to sharpen it slightly (I also make this layer black and white often as it gives the colors a really pretty muted look). If I want to sharpen a particular area more (like faces, often), I use the blur/sharpen tool set fairly low so it doesn't get too sharp.
3. blur the bottom layer slightly with the gaussian blur filter, but not so much that it loses the major details.
it'll look really dark, but you can lighten it pretty easily with fractals, filters, or gradients. Oh and I used the soft glow filter on the blurred layer in that Diana one quite a bit.
Sweet! I wanna see what you come up with :D
@Xiao Thanks :3 that means a lot considering you were around when I first started
EDIT:
text borders: "by dragonfire and brimstone you shall be extinguished"
@Xiao Thanks :3 that means a lot considering you were around when I first started
EDIT:
text borders: "by dragonfire and brimstone you shall be extinguished"
Really like the splash-arts for the lunar skins.
EDIT: Realized the border was too pinkish. Meh.
Some smudge stuff I did. Wanted to see how it looked on the black background.
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1. topaz clean at a low opacity, and correct settings;
2. high pass, set to soft light at again, a low opacity.
3. good use of filters, low fill % of various blurs, and sharpening
4. general high quality render and smoothing the edges
5. smudge tool (very difficult though)
@Nameless
You've improved so much, might i suggest sharpening the main focal points to improve the signatures :)