Critique Required Smoke...and lots of it

[Kev Pugh]

OK definitely looking for some feedback here folks....for me there are a few bits that needs a bit more work and Blur is one of them......this is not a photo but pure Photoshop hence why I'm asking..feel free to rip into it constructively..cheers.

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[Pete Askew]

I think the patterns in the centre sections are fairly convincing but the edges don't work as well; the transitions are too abrupt I think.

 

[Kev Pugh]

I think the patterns in the centre sections are fairly convincing but the edges don't work as well; the transitions are too abrupt I think.

Cheers Pete

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

Sorry, I'm lost here!

 

[Martin Pancisin]

What exactly are you trying to reproduce? An explosion, a fire, smoke from burned village? I believe this is a part of you WWII project right?

 

[Paul Lange]

Did you use the cloud rendering in Photoshop?

 

[Kev Pugh]

Yes @Martin Pancisin basically a series of smoke patterns that would fit into a variety of WWI/II scenes...No @Paul Lange its a brush that I have altered to give and effect that pickup both foreground and background colours randomly so brushing at varying opacitie and flows using different levels of colour creates the effect...its very much a WIP and experimentation..hence the feedback request...