Camaro 1969

[iamtheblues]

As Steve said, post #13 does it for me.
However, having said that, I think the background is really good too,
but somehow it diverts one's attention from the main attraction.
Saludos,
Bob.

[ss-kalm]

Agreed post #13 is my preference too. The background is too distracting.

[Thor]

Thanks a lot for your comments Sledger, Iamtheblues and Keith!

I understand what you mean .. on post 13 there is nothing to attract the attention but the car .. only .. that's what I think makes the illustration look kind of cheap and unfinished. Personnally I like it when an illustration is full of details, eyecatchers but offcourse well thought through.. I know its a dangerous game though and it can make the whole picture look overloaded.

Anyway, I see this more as practice then anything else .. thanks again for the comments guys!

[geminiguy]

Blur the new background and that will bring the Cam right out with new life
Excellent work on the car

[Thor]

Indeed!!! Greate idea Geminiguy .. I added a 4.0 gausian blur .. I need to test for more but don't have time right now. But I think it looks even better now! Thanks!!!

[geminiguy]

no problem... try going with like a grade 10 blur. do it slow though, that gausian blur sure do like to eat up da ram

[Thor]

Well here is my very last version .. I think I'm going to stick with it

I added another 4.0 blurr on the background for a total of 8.0 now and played a little bit with the lighting effects
I aslo tweeked the brightness of the car and cleared the windows so that the background shows through them.

Thanks a lot geminiguy for your help!

[geminiguy]

No problem. It looks good. Now the background does not cut into the lines on the car.
The more blur to a background with a sharp &clean image to the front gives off a 3 demensional effect, and draws the eye to the focused item

[parahandy]

Nice Job Thor. Your doing well only six months practice. It took me a year before
I could even do a fill that's because I never looked at the tutorials or used the help files, I tried to use it intuitively as I do with all program but Xara had me beaten and it took me all that time to figure out what vector v raster meant.

[Ron Duke]

Thor,
Addicting isn't it; not for all but those of us that have a love of cars. Keep up the good work.
ron