self portrait, grunge portraits?

Playing around with photoshop trying to get a technique for rock band portraits.. Is this way too far over the top?

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Looks cool, man. Maybe a little grungy dirt brushes would be cool.

Thanks jay! I will search google for them

here is a sepia version.. not sure if I like it better or not

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I think I like the sepia better.

Here is another style with grunge brushes

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bottom left corner seems to dark in the first 2, in the last one it works

now we're talking, that's good stuff

Thank you Jay and Mathiau, I like the last one much better too! What do you think of this one?

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mmm...it depends on what you want to use it for... as an image by itself, not sure I like it too much, although it might work in an ad or something.

They don't scream ROCK to me. They have more of a folk feel, especially #3.

I like #3 a lot. The sepia one and last one are cool, too. I just like in #3 how the light is on your face and the guitar- it really draws your eye to that area.

#3 is great. I love the lighting in that one. It has a certain 'mood' that the others lack.
Well done!

I would agree though, that they aren't really 'rock' if that is what you are going for. More of a country/folk feel.

thank you! Was shooting for more bluesy/folksy rock in these. Want to take photos for a band just starting and do the artwork for their album if they ever get aournd to doing it. I like three the best too, but I have to admit it doesn't look rock in the least Thank you for the comments!

Over the top? No way! I love that first one!