Bitten: Final Progress

Okay, so I changed the forest background.  I couldn't find a place in the city that complemented my composition well so I ended up just building the background myself.  I cropped out trunks and fidgeted with size and value.  Then I cropped out a picture of a hill I had taken, meshed it with the forest trunks.  Then I colored in the sky so it blended in with the rest of the picture. 

Then I retook a pic of an apple (which I may have to redo because I should have taken the red side) and masked it around her hand.  I added shadow and highlights so it wouldn't be as flat.  

I fixed up the leaves a bit.  Actually, I tried a different texture at first because this one felt a bit flat.  However, during this season, all leaves look DEAD and ugly and that didn't really fit the creepy, yet enchanting feel of the composition.  So, I went back to my previous leaves.  I cut a few out to make then pop up and for a few to fall onto her body. 

Then I changed the leaves in the back by applying a texture instead of using PS brushes because they didn't quite fit well together.  I added a bit of shadow.  Then I blended the color in.   

I added shadow all over where they should be, I darkened her hair.  Then I changed the logo and text just a bit.  

Here's a slightly slanted version just for experimenting.  I used content aware fill to extend her body.  At first, I just rotated the girl (my friend) and not the background but it didn't look right, so I rotated the background as well.  It kinda makes things more interesting but her face and the apple is right in the middle :X.  I'm not really sure though, maybe I need a short break from this just to catch some obvious mistakes.      

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Forgot to mention, this is NOT finished yet.  I still need to do things like blurring things which CS6 has a lot more than older versions so I'll try to use that instead.

Then this one which I added menu and dramatic tilt.  Obviously if this were the comp I'm using things need to be fixed - like her hand, and background and leaves.  I would probably have to change the ground of the bkgrd layer because you can see a line and the brightness of it is bringing my eye to it.  However, I think this one works a bit more with rule of thirds.  But again, I need to go away from this project for a while then come back to it.