Candle - A practice piece to get myself back into Photoshop

[Matix]

This was made COMPLETELY from scratch for the purpose of being a refresher from my long time away from Photoshop. Don't get me wrong, I did put a lot of effort into it, so criticize away. It consists of only 46 layers and was done 100% with a mouse.

[img]http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3403/candlepractice.png[/img]

Go easy ;)

[Pixelbanana]

It's good.

[RockketMan]

Love It! How long did it take you?

[Matix]

More or less 2 hours. But I was watching a movie while doing it so that probably added a couple minutes. Thanks :D

[3v3ryb0dy]

It's pretty sexy.

But Instead of gradiating the lover end of the thread into a candle, you should think of some effect to show, that there's molten wax to be had or something.

Sorry if it's hard to understand, I'm kind of sleepy.

[Performual]

Looks like it's 3D model. Nice job!

The one thing I find odd tough is how the candle melts into a nice cup shape.

[Matix]

Yeah I know, that part doesn't make much sense. I think I was just applying the physics of a large, fat candle to what should be a tall, slender candle. (Judging by the proportion of the flame and the wick to the candle itself.) :)

And yeah, I should have made some molten wax dripping off of the wick instead of having it just fade into the puddle.

I was honestly just making it up as I went along and I didn't really take into account the physics of the wax, but as for the wick, that was just laziness. I might fix it tomorrow, or just learn from this and store it in my brain for next time. :D

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Here's the PSD for those who wanna explore. ;)

[url]http://www.mediafire.com/?3ikymmwytiw[/url]

[RedPanda]

I love the flame! great work.

[noobonwheels]

wow nice as... how did you do the flame?

Good effort for a coming back refresh :smile:

[Tampio]

It looks like a dynamite... But anyway. Good Work.

[Matix]

Ha yeah it kinda does

[Turbis2]

It's beautiful! :o
Only thing that bugs me is the length of that thread or whatever it's called in english. The fire should be closer to the candle :)

[walpoles93]

[QUOTE=Turbis2;17063537]It's beautiful! :o
Only thing that bugs me is the length of that thread or whatever it's called in english. The fire should be closer to the candle :)[/QUOTE]

Its a wick

[Matix]

Yeah I agree. It's also too thick, but the focus was on retaining my lighting, texture, and overall improvisation skills, so I could've been more concerned about the proportions of the candle.

Could definitely use work. :)

[Smeetin]

Now that I think of it, it almost looks a bit Web 2.0 style.

[Nachy]

Looking pretty nice, smooth and clean, awesome job.

[Grayron]

Woh, that's really good.

[Joxalot]

With a mouse?!

Awesome

[Boozy&Bitter]

That wick looks kinda weird, almost like it's 2D.

[Matix]

Yea the wick was the first thing I did in the picture. I should have redone it later on.