The Devil

[Dotita]

This shot was taken with an orange transparent lighter on the light of the flash (sometimes I use other colored trasparent papers like the candy´s)
so the pictures came out "orangy". But it was too much!
And all I could do was lighten it up with the "curves" tool of photoshop, and saturate a lot the yellows.
Any sugestions to make it look evil?? :D

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.es/rebeldiando/Retoques/photo#5188204464654154850"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/rebeldiando/SAA0eOnOfGI/AAAAAAAAAss/H9hR1X-8Pyw/s400/Imagen%20032.jpg" /></a>

ISO: n/d
Exposición: 1/60 sec
Apertura: f/4.0

I liked the flame, that´s what it´s all about... I´d like it better if is was brighter, bigger... I don´t know... That it poped up!

[wulf]

I think it looks too pink at the moment - I would think about putting a red layer over the top and then experimenting with modes and opacity to affect how it interacts with the image below.

I would also want to play with the curves tool to increase the contrast and intensity. The picture looks a bit washed out at the moment and I think that would make it more dramatic.

Wulf

[windrider86]

I agree with Wulf, it looks far too pink to be evil. Perhaps black and white with a lot of contrast might do the trick.

[Alex168]

is that the gay devil? haha joking!

i m going to be one of those that follows the group! yeah it looks far to pink and maybe i would add a vignet to the image to make it a bit more "evil" and maybe change those eye colours as well!

[Zane]

Make the blacks blacker and the reds redder. he also needs more facial hair.

[cwphotography]

I agree with Wulf, it looks pink.

[rtianero]

I agree that Wulf's avatar looks more evil... Peach Wulf! :D
Clone more of the flame, add more contrast to the scene, as it is its quite flat.

[BOGDOGMAX]

You might want to try a controlled conversion to grayscale and then convert to Duotone using some wicked reds.

[Dotita]

I really wanna thank everybody who´s posting and viewing..
I´m going to appy all the tips you gave me... and I´ll post them, quoting the tip.

Wish me luck!!!!

[Dotita]

I think it looks too pink at the moment - I would think about putting a red layer over the top and then experimenting with modes and opacity to affect how it interacts with the image below.

I would also want to play with the curves tool to increase the contrast and intensity. The picture looks a bit washed out at the moment and I think that would make it more dramatic.

Wulf

I think I got something.... I have no idea if it is for better o for worst

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.es/rebeldiando/DEVIL/photo?authkey=9WrWrpiqIcU#5189351806699618066"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/rebeldiando/SARH-UzcvxI/AAAAAAAABXk/sVulLCCEyGw/s400/Imagen%20032%20WULF.jpg" /></a>

But the shirt and the horns... still pink... :(

[Dotita]

I agree with Wulf, it looks far too pink to be evil. Perhaps black and white with a lot of contrast might do the trick.


Don´t know if I like it... but it feels right..

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.es/rebeldiando/DEVIL/photo?authkey=9WrWrpiqIcU#5189351772339879666"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/rebeldiando/SARH8UzcvvI/AAAAAAAABXU/uf544bC7xb0/s400/Imagen%20032%20WINDRIDER%20copy.jpg" /></a>

[Dotita]

is that the gay devil? haha joking!

i m going to be one of those that follows the group! yeah it looks far to pink and maybe i would add a vignet to the image to make it a bit more "evil" and maybe change those eye colours as well!

This is the Devil 2.0... But I don´t think I achieved what we were going for...
What do you think?

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.es/rebeldiando/DEVIL/photo?authkey=9WrWrpiqIcU#5189352957750853410"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/rebeldiando/SARJBUzcvyI/AAAAAAAABYE/jTJF6de-ElY/s400/Imagen%20032%20ALEX.jpg" /></a>

[Dotita]

I agree that Wulf's avatar looks more evil... Peach Wulf! :D
Clone more of the flame, add more contrast to the scene, as it is its quite flat.


I tried cloning the flame, although I just got orangy lines and it look very fake... I´m no expert in photoshop, just know a few good tecniques.
Any suggestions?

[Dotita]

You might want to try a controlled conversion to grayscale and then convert to Duotone using some wicked reds.

What´s Controlled Conversion to Grayscale???? Is it any different from MODE/GRAYSCALE o desaturating????

I tried that, but I didn´t get the right reds.... It still looked veeeeeeeeeeery pink.

How many tones would it be right? 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5??????

[BOGDOGMAX]

Change your picture to grayscale but have some control over you image.

image>adjustment>channel mixer...

once the channel mixer dialog box is open, check the monochrome button in the bottom left corner. Then you can move your RGB sliders to adjust your picture. In general you should keep your "total" near 100%. For this picture you may want to go darker. Try -10% Red, +100% Green, and +60% Blue

Then convert to grayscale
image>mode>grayscale

Then open the duotone box
Image>mode>duotone

with the duotone box open, select duotone, for the first color select a pure black - you may want to try a red black maybe #2a000. Make sure the chart on the left is a straight diagonal line (0 in the "0" box and 100 in the "100" box - all other boxes should be empty.

now the more difficult part, for the second color, find a good almost pure red color. Then click on the chart to the left of red.

since you dont want your hilights to be pink, you need to keep the left side of you chart down - try entering 6% under the "20" box

then you'll want your midtones to be more red, try entering 80% under the "50" box (0 should be in the "0" box, 100 should be in the "100" box and the remaining boxes empty)

Then adjust your levels for the pictures.

Let me know if this helps - or if I lost you in my poor writing.

[Nathan deGargoyle]

Still a little pink but...

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b209/IanGM/DPS/DotitasDevil.jpg

What do you think?

[i_luv_ph0tos]

looks pink... and the background should be darker.. making it look like hell (literally)