"Do not wait for others to open the right doors for you" was the fortune cookie that I used as my inspiration. In the first image, there are six different layers: me opening a door, my mom opening a door, my friend opening a door, me looking at my watch waiting, a "no-smoking" sign, and a clock. The colors I used have a symbolic meaning. I first used the curves tool on the clock. Then I made the layer of me opening a door in a blueish color to match the blue in the clock. Every other layer are in a red or orangeish color to match the other colors in the clock. The blue represents "good," while the red and orange represents "bad."
In the second image, there are also six different layers: a door, a clock, me giving a thumbs up, a check mark, me looking at my watch waiting, and a "no-smoking" sign. I made the door the main background of the image. Over-top of the door is the clock, which has a lower opacity so that you can still see the door. To symbolize that you shouldn't wait, I placed a "no-smoking" sign over the layer of me looking at my watch, which also has a lower opacity. The sign has a luminosity blend so that you can see what is underneath. The layer of me giving a thumbs up has a glow around it to symbolize that I did the right thing of opening the right door for myself. The check mark has almost the same color of the glow to symbolize that I did the right thing.
Nice use of techniques and good use of color on the top one. I like your symbolism and the overall approch you have taken here. Think about moving your work towards the purely symbolic, this seems to work well for you.
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