Can't comment if it's a rip or not as I haven't seen the other one, but graphically this is pretty nice. NOt sure about the exposure. I would have softly erased it out from the top, so that it sort of fades as it goes higher and added a bit more on the render to really bring him out.
Focal is too small and gets lost in all the black around them and the text needs to be better.
Come on man, go back to basics, you're better than this.
did you use the pen tool to make the 11? That looks really good.
I would just add a bit more flare to it with some light stocks around the player and change up the text underneath him.
Pretty solid though. Nice work.
No worries.
Remember me when you get to the top kid! Hahahahaha
Also, post your sigs in the Signature section. You might not get as many comments in the sub sections. No one seems to use them anymore.
Started this like last month but forgot about it, thought I might try and finish it.
Marcos Senna (The dark fella) made this pic awkward to work with, cause he threw off the symmetry but anyways, I don't think it's too bad.
Thoughts?
These forums are a good start. You need 25 posts to get the resources section, but cause I'm a nice guy...
http://www.mediafire.com/?xjcvcijnvmr
There's a few to get you started.
Enjoy. :)
Stock work in general needs a bit of work as well dude.
But there is potential there, you just need to refine your <Censored> a bit. Look at some PSDs or tuts man.