Portrait-Feedback

[videoav]

Hello. This is a family portrait I created in Photoshop. This is not the full resolution of the image. Because this is a composite of many different pictures some of the people might be a different color than others. I just want feedback. The colors of the wall and the floor. Is that the best color with skin tone. I dont know. I really just want some feedback. Thank You.
http://www.videoav.runtwo.com/Family%20Portrait.jpg

[videoav]

I really need some feedback please.

[Matty_g]

why do some people have reflections and others don't?
also, i don 't like the floor in general. i'm not sure if it's the colors of the people or the textures.

[Matt Grunau]

There is a definate yellowish/brown hue to everyone. Looks like they were desaturated as well.

Plus, the hard edges around many of them make them look very cut out and pasted in.

The background, being predomiantly blue, is total color shift away from the people, making them stand out even more. The background is also clearly scaled up and shows pixelation.

Some folks have reflections, some dont, none have any real shadowing on the floor.

Good concept, and good arrangement of them.

[Matt Sconce]

Pretty good, I would soften the edges, and do some edge work on the head of the guy on the left in the tux and the guy on the right in the plaid shirt. they aren't as clean around their heads as the others. Muy Bien!

[videoav]

I did some cleaning up around the edges. The reason some ppl have reflections and some dont is because i dont know how to make them. It's really easy on text or something that is perfectly straight cause then you just duplicate and flip it.

[videoav]

I would deff. pay someone to do some touching up around the edges- shadows- reflections- and skin tone- color-etc.

Send me some of your work. We can talk.

[d4v1dz33]

the girl on the far right... id beat

[Isaac_Brody]

Way way too much airbrush/healing brush work on the faces. I actually think it's really creepy. Not trying to insult your work, but I think it's unintentionally a little scary. Am I the only one who thought so? :shocked:

I prefer a more natural family potrait, blemishes and all. If blemishes on people's faces aren't distracting I'll leave em in. Gotta find a balance between what tools to use and how much to use them. Sometimes simplicity is the best choice.

[Blaine]

VERY creepy. Nobody looks real... It looks like something out of a scary movie. It looks like you've cut and pasted them on a background. The smiles are just creepy and the eyes don't look natural.

[abzeleney]

Agreed. Everyone is way to airbrushed. What I do is clone out everyone's blemishes and then go in with the airbrush with flow at 100 and the opacity set to 21 or less and use the eyedropper tool to get the correct colour.

You did TOO much work on their faces.

Good luck in the futre