[WIP] Tears of Blood (Defines 'teh suck' atm)

gh0570fchurch · Post by **gh0570fchurch** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:45 pm

I really like the concept, but I'm trying to make the blood look more realistic. I know that there's no border, and it's slightly stretched; both of those will be fixed in the final version. Also, yes it is emo (I'm not). Tips Appreciated.

V0Lt4Ge · Post by **V0Lt4Ge** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:50 pm

Meh, not very good.

If I were you, I'd find a picture where there's actually a tear in the eye, and just make the tear blood red.

Then again, I wouldn't make something like this. >_>

LOLEMOCHURCH. >_> (jk)

Pyroman · Post by **Pyroman** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:51 pm

Yea man that looks like a REALLY big tear. Like his/her eye is filling with blood.

SHOUTrvb · Post by **SHOUTrvb** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:51 pm

Not considering how unrealistic the blood is, I'd still say bad. You're trying to capture an emotion that simply isn't there. And your execution is poor as well. Scratch what you have a look a pictures of people who do actually weep blood. And don't stop there, you may want to consider editing the whole image. It just looks so plain.

Please don't take this the wrong way, I'm only offering advice. The image is yours.

FReAK · Post by **FReAK** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:54 pm

Hm. What is it with eye sigs now? I got one, and now others are trying to copy me

Like you already identified, the blood needs work. Work on it a bit more, and I can give you a more definitive answer. I honestly don't like the picture of the eye to begin with, but I like how the tear duct is visible under the blood.

foxfanatic23I7 · Post by **foxfanatic23I7** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:58 pm

Make the blood better with these tutorials:

http://members.chello.be/wotsa/tutorials.html

Sarb · Post by **Sarb** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:01 pm

Extremely bad.

gh0570fchurch · Post by **gh0570fchurch** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:15 pm

Ok, like I said, I like the concept on this one; so I'm not going to ditch it. I just didn't know what I could do next to make it look better. I'll follow some of those tips, see what I can come up with.

[cc]z@nd! · Post by **[cc]z@nd!** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:16 pm

the blood there is obviously fake (it's evenly transparent across the whole thing) and isn't really blood red, and it's to high. like, in pictures of people crying, there's a thin line of tear in the bottom of the eye, and a thin trickle from the corner usually. aslo, if you have any sort of temptation to make a drop, don't.

foxfanatic23I7 · Post by **foxfanatic23I7** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:22 pm

I found that when I searched google for "eye crying" Hopefully it can give you some ideas

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SuperCommando · Post by **SuperCommando** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:22 pm

it looks like her eye is exploding

Dsoup · Post by **Dsoup** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:26 pm

Yeah, this is a pretty terrible sig.

jks · Post by **jks** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:04 am

Emo. =x

Phosphorous · Post by **Phosphorous** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:04 pm

Blood effects are always fun to do :]

Although that red blob in the eye really doesnt look like blood.

JunkfoodMan · Post by **JunkfoodMan** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:29 pm

jks wrote:Emo. =x

Hipocrite =x

Anywaiz, Not that realistic.

Sgt.Peppers · Post by **Sgt.Peppers** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:45 pm

Sarb wrote:Extremely bad.

RaVNzCRoFT · Post by **RaVNzCRoFT** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:33 pm

Stop posting comments like the one above. He's gotten ten "really bad" responses. Either post with suggestions and critiques, or do not post at all. Thank you.

If you want a realistic-looking blood drip, do a filter > liquify. Select the warp tool and drag down on your blood layer, and you'll achieve a drip effect.

For the record, for realism works such as these, you can find anything on Google. " * Tutorial" or " * Photoshop tutorial" will yield thousands of results on how to do that. I'm sure you'll find an overwhelming number of pages by searching for "blood drip tutorial".

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:49 pm

blood doesn't normally pool up in the eye and go past halfway up the eye. I suggest zooming out more, and add more of a drip effect, and fix lighting and add a slight glare on it to give it a 3D effect.

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:51 pm

I suggested he apply a colour burn to the blood layer, then use the smudge tool to get it how he want's, then add a slight bevel to it, and that would make it more like less flat.

gh0570fchurch · Post by **gh0570fchurch** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:07 pm

TomClancey wrote:then add a slight bevel to it, and that would make it more like less flat.

That's what I was thinking, but that's not the main problem with it right now. I'm trying to get a better pic to use, but I can't find a close-up of a tear in someone's eye. :\