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Post by Lillias on Apr 29, 2018 21:45:30 GMT
Rose Gold Frame from Graphic Creations AnnaAspnes - ArtsyTransfers-Heartland_2 BG watercolour paper by Nan Dalton - Digital Scrapper  |
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Post by jackscrap on Apr 29, 2018 23:01:56 GMT
What a wonderful page, love the OOB and the background elements too, another idea to jot down in my never ending book of things to try...they look like good buddies out for an adventure.
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Post by hmca on Apr 30, 2018 1:17:47 GMT
I agree with what Jacki has said.....and your dogs are so cute!
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Post by Sydney on Apr 30, 2018 1:28:43 GMT
That is sooo cute and clever - love it!
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Post by Bailey on Apr 30, 2018 10:24:21 GMT
Hi BillieJean, Really nice photo of the 2 dogs and layout but I see a compositional issue which is niggling the jeebies out of me  . Can I make a suggestion please? (it's a similar thing to your "why be negative page") |
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Post by Lillias on Apr 30, 2018 10:29:21 GMT
Go for it bailey...
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Post by Bailey on Apr 30, 2018 10:37:38 GMT
ok thank you Billiejean  As I mentioned, the photos of the 2 dogs is really cute but every time I look away and look back at your page my eyes land on the black dog because of its dominant black colour in the image (compared to the other colours in the image). After landing on the black dog and because both dogs are looking to the right, my eyes virtually immediately go off to the right as well to see what they are looking at and my eyes then fall off the page. I have to conciously move my eyes to the left to see the nice colours and background to the left of the dogs. If possible, I would suggest trying to move the 2 dogs to the left so that the smaller white dog is about a third of the way across from the left border and then fill the space to the right of the dogs with whatever you feel is suitable. This way the 2 dogs are looking into more space in the image and the viewers eyes are less likely to "fall off" the image quickly. Just my 2c worth of thoughts |
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Post by Lillias on Apr 30, 2018 10:53:14 GMT
I understand entirely where you are coming from bailey. For this page I was using a new kit and my concentration was taken up with how ‘it’ came into play on my page. I should have placed something to the right to stop the eye falling off the page.
Unfortunately because of the angle from which the photo was taken I can’t do much about the prominence of the black dog – maybe changing the framing a touch so his head isn’t sticking out so much might help a bit with that.
I’ll have another play with it and see what you think of my revision.
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Post by Bailey on Apr 30, 2018 11:01:59 GMT
ok no problem But just to clarify a bit. For me, the relationship (in terms of location and colours) between the 2 dogs is fine. I was hoping that the photo of the 2 dogs was on one layer and the frame on another so that you can move both layers to the left together and then fill in the space to the right with the background or whatever you feel is suitable. It was just a thought |
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Post by Lillias on Apr 30, 2018 11:07:27 GMT
Yes the dogs are one photo on it's own layer and the frame is on another. I'll see what I come up with.
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Post by cats4jan on Apr 30, 2018 12:37:50 GMT
Although I like your layout as is, after reading the comments, I took a harder look at your page.
I agree that bringing the dogs back into the frame a bit might be better - although he looks more eager to get going with him so far out of the frame. However, I really like the idea of shifting left of the frame/dogs -- and maybe you could find something they could be looking at. How about a cat?
Of course, my suggestion is always a cat...
I like how you did your frame OOB - it looks natural - especially the bottom edge -
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Post by Lillias on Apr 30, 2018 14:58:26 GMT
OK folks all suggestions mulled over and thought about carefully and after a bit of experimenting the only way I could make this work (due to the stance of the dogs and the direction of their eyes) was to move the whole photo and mask ensemble to the left and then down. Then I adjusted the frame and the background and added the other elements from pngtree and photoshop-kopona.  |
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Post by ritage on Apr 30, 2018 16:07:03 GMT
I like the first version better because it makes me wonder just what it is they are watching. A sort of "audience participation", which makes the image more interesting.
The second version seems to bring in a totally unrelated new story, while doing away with the little mystery.
To me content or narrative is often more important than placement that tries to stick to so-called rules.
Rita
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2018 16:21:28 GMT
Rita, I couldn't agree more!
I find the second image too busy now. All I would have done to the first image is to move the dogs and their frame further towards the left to create more negative space on the right for them to "look into".
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Post by Lillias on Apr 30, 2018 17:09:44 GMT
Thank you Rita and Simone for your thoughts. I did struggle with the second version. I couldn’t find anything that I thought ‘really’ suited the page and I tend to agree with Rita that the new additions perhaps take away from rather than add to the story of the page. What’s life without a little mystery after all. So here is my third and final version which is also my own preferred version. Sorry bailey if your eye keeps falling off the right of the page.  |
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. Can I make a suggestion please? (it's a similar thing to your "why be negative page")
