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Love Poition No 9Photoshop; about 5 hours
made for Digital Birthday Contest: Love Potion #9
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Stock Bleeding? by ~nejfi-stock
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so, this is actually my first vexel/vector that is not part of a collab
when i read "Love Poition No 9" i immediately had the idea of showing the actual potion dripping from a beautiful mouth
AND i also wanted to use a different style of vector layers on this deviation, more rough and painty. i think there are tons of layers and only like 4 of them have 100% transparency
about the actual content?
well, she looks like she took a deep sip of the potion, she really seems to need it desperately
maybe there was some of my sub-consciousness involved
or maybe she took too much of it, and this is the stuff that is coming up again...
i don't know, make up your own mind ^^"
hope you like it
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first thank you dear for taking a closer look a this
oh, i dont mind the criticism at all, i wanna learn and that will only help me to improve for sure
as far as the orange... hehe, i always play with the color-balance in photoshop and mostly overdo it
and yes, there is not that much detail (and care, i have to admit) in it, but i wasn't trying to achieve realism here and instead wanted to go for a ... i dunno... kind of more "loose" look... if you know what i mean ^^"
i think i only finished it actually cos i had the idea, found the stock and sat down and did it in a matter of some hours 
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No problem
I know you might be aiming for realism, however even in simplicity adding the detail, even if it's more sharp defined shapes can help make a piece
You did very well though, keep that in mind and I'm looking forward to seeing your next
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i will keep that in mind when i work on new ones
...as new ones... phew... i just gotta start them
actually i did start one with Natalie Portman! she is adorable
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You have done a stellar job for your first vector piece.
My I first begin by saying that your values are great. Each layer looks great. There are however a couple of changes you might want to consider. For example the the top of the neck should be darker judging from your reference photo. It also might be a good idea to add some darker values in the "Liquid" as it contacts the skin. On that note the area the Liquid touches the skin should cast a faint shadow.
In closing this is a excellent vector piece. You have my congratulations on an excellent first time in working with vectors. You have my e.deviantart.net/emoticons/p/pā¦ " width="15" height="16" alt="
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firstly, thanks a lot for the critique
well, not entirely my first vector piece, but the first i did on my own totally
anyway, good points you have and i will try to see wether i can work on them
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Thanks for accepting my critique.
Its still a great vector piece though.
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oh, you are welcome
and thanks
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This is awesome, I looove candy drool.
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Your work has been featured on Frespirations latest article: [link] awesome stuff!
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awesome, thank you
btw, the site doesnt really work in FF3... the content stays empty, but i checked it out in safari
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very nice job! I voted all critiques for fair, because they'll improve your work even more.
hey, I was looking at the lips and some days ago I was trying to make this particular effect of lip gloss, but I didn't find any good tutorial on that. Can you help me out, give me some tips on how to make the lips looks like it's shining?
thanks! and good work, keep'em comming, 'cos I'll be watching
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mh, well... i usually use white as highlight and make it a bit transparent... using white makes it really shine
now i always add some tiny sparkles, either with a scatter bursh or do them quickly with the pencil tool
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thanks for the tips... I was doing something like that, but using small circles instead of pencil tool... but without the highlight, I'll try that... I already installed photoshop here, so I'll try with the brushes too see if gets better
anyway, I'll post the results soon
thanks for your help
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no problem
well, small circles should work too
you just need a clear highlight to make it glossy... having only layers of shapes slowly getting brighter will make it looks smooth but not shiny ^^
so, some bright elements really help
oh but if you use ps brushes it is not a vector anymore 
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actually it's not for vector art, I'm aplying this effect on a website's menu
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oozy, juicy goodness. Awesome job on the tones.
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like the colour....she looks, to say the least "caaptivated" by her dose
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aww i was thinking something completly different like she was the potion or spell, for love and since shes not real (in my imagination) her lips started to fade cause spells dont last forever D; so shes melting o3o
*too much magination?*
Lovly piture tho >w<
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haha, thats an awesome thought
thank you
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You have the drool-effect down to a t!
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mmmh... i wanted to try threadless maybe as well, you'd even get more money there
but i havent gotten any further in improving my designs so far
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Stop doubting yourself, Pica, give it a go. I will. Sounds like alot better website than LaFraise.
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no, i mean i havent done anything, i was just being lazy
i opened some files, clicked on some layers and closed them again after 1 min
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fantastic work! I find this to be much more effective than your typography pieces, keep up with the vector work IMO!
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thank you
too bad i am a lazy ass and the typo piece are so much easier to do
but of course i will try
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