The new background did not have a sunset, but I wanted the extra color for the sky. It took quite some time to do the lighting and color on the window reflections and ocean. I also added a bit more shading to the side of the house away from the sun. Please let me know if I've forgotten anything. Background images from Stock Exchange. Thank you.
hope you like it. please comment
-turning photo into a drawing is a lot harder than i expected... This is my first time to do this...
First contest, second entry in this contest. I utilized a total of 9 pictures to compose this image. I also utilized 4 brushes. I cut out and composed all the elements, then I manually added the shadows to match the environment, the stains on the roof, and painted the broken windows. As far as color correction I utilized Hue/Saturation, Levels, Brightness/Contrast, and Orange photo filters on the various elements to make them match, and I finally crushed the blacks on the overall image to give it the same range.Thank you for looking; your comments and criticism are welcome!
Suggestions welcome! Enlarge for more detail. :) Sources - http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/4350/sourcesj.jpg
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