Thanks for the feedback, you lovely people <3 Did some tweaking after reading your comments. I honestly don't know what I was thinking when I made that old path/trail/whatever. Yuck!
I'm glad that you noticed, Claredeth. The contrast between the dithered background and non dithered characters was actually intentional.
A little rework of the girl's shoulder and trail would make this image perfect. Truly beautiful.
Love the dog. Love the hue of his coat reflected from the sky. Love those rocks; really simmple but look like they have twice the detail. Only problem is that the angle makes the girls orientation look a bit strange.
The dithering is very well applied! I love the clouds and the shrubs, but you should change the ground texture.The lines separating the rocks have very much contrast, they should have some AA at least.
(Excuse me if my english isn't very good, I hope you understand what I mean).
- Looks really great : ), no piece is going to be perfect. -
I think this is really well done. The dithering gives the background a more realistic feel which helps to separate the characters from the background. Only big issue I have with this piece are the butterflies. They seem a bit muddy and and thick, less AA and thinner outlines might make them seem more dainty than they currently are. Might just be my screen though, just nitpicking.
A bit too much dither for my taste, but it doesn't detract from a really nicely done image, love the dog.
Can't say how much i loved this dither, groit work, gentleman.