>>2207796>>2207797modified this. Put your work on top of a black bg before posting it. Then you can see what you need to do about cusps and the halo.
completely agree leaving out the nonsensical thing in the back
Meanwhile, a nice object like the shell that fades onto a solid bg can be improved by doing c->a and tweaking the saturation with Hues and the alpha and brightness with Levels. recent example
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