Photoshop trick that needs some tuning

mercphoto

I saw on dgrin, some time ago, a guy who did something very similar to this with a Harley Davidson motorcycle engine, but that technique was more involved and busy than what I've done here. I really liked it. I can't find it anymore. I thought about doing something similar but less intense. I don't really like it but I'm not sure what to do to improve it.

System

What are you trying to do with the boxes? To me it seems that the area in the box should be zoomed in provide a close up if what is inside. If that's the case the line witdh of the boxes seems too thick.

speedracer04

i am thinking the same thing as redline, about maybe the parts inside being zoomed in on. it almost looks like they are the focus point (like in camera)

if they were zoomed in a little i like the location on the head but the other two bother me a little bit. it may just be because i am...dont really know the word but i think the bottom right one would look better if it was a little lower so it did not cut of the very front of the car. also maybe have the one on the left be highlighting the engine. i like the idea though...i may play around with somthing if i find time

mercphoto

I tried the zooming thing but it kinda freaked me out a bit. Especially the head. With the head zoomed it looked like a bobble-head doll. I wish I could find the original photo that inspired this idea of mine. My implementation is either too conservative (the original was basically different sized squares everywhere, some at angles) or has some other basic flaw in it.

Stustaff

mercphoto wrote:

I tried the zooming thing but it kinda freaked me out a bit. Especially the head. With the head zoomed it looked like a bobble-head doll. I wish I could find the original photo that inspired this idea of mine. My implementation is either too conservative (the original was basically different sized squares everywhere, some at angles) or has some other basic flaw in it.

try shifting the BG to black and white? or put a very slight blur on the BG so the focus squares look...focused!