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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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There are alot of things I like about your tut. I'm a fan of tuts with a laid-back, personal tone ("Kind of clever!", "And here we are at last!") as opposed to a "Do this, do this, do this" kind of approach. Makes it easier and more fun to read.
You explain things very well most of the time. If I had to pick on something, I'd say go with round numbers - like 140px instead of 139px and Radius of 4.0 instead of 3.9 - and (if you want to include newbies) explain where to find or give the shortcuts to the toolbox you use. "Open the Levels box/Gaussian Blur box/Brightness contrast box" and "Flatten the image" are simple instructions that can be surprisingly difficult... Apart from that, your instructions are very detailed. I really like when you explain what's supposed to happen; even though I haven't followed your tutorial, I can easily see the point of every step.
Screenshots are perfect; large, crisp and cropped. The images illustrate the steps very well (I especially like Step 5, where you use an illustration to show the "levels" of erasing) and the layout is clean and doesn't distract from the content. BUT -
Having seen your work and knowing (some) of what you're capable of, I think this is the area that could be improved the most in your tut. Grey background with black text? I think you could make it a lot more interesting - not necessarily with more color, but I'd like to see more details and more work being put into the overall presentation. Maybe even pick a theme - vintage, retro, illustration, fluffy bunnies. Play with Blending Options, graphic elements, fonts - anything and everything. Like: [link] [link] [link] [link] (actually just look at `kuschelirmels whole gallery of tuts on this, she's a brilliant example)
But that's about the only thing I can really criticize on this. It's an easy tutorial for just about everyone, gives a really cute and interesting result, and the last images really let you appreciate the details. I hope to see more tuts from you - you're a very talented and versatile artist and it's so great when people like you shares their techniques!
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