Alright, lezz do deez! >:D
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I was going to post this yesterday, but I guess I didn't get the chance due to the fact that that error kept popping up. xD
Relyt; No bother at all. xD Feel free to ask me to comment on a specific banner if I skip over it~ So since I'm here, I'll rate 'em all!
Tsubasa; Definitely love the white brushing over it, and I'm sad that it's not in the banner in your sig. xD It's an insanely cute banner, great render, great shiny effects, and even though I don't really like the speckled background as much, it does kind of fit and tone down on the shiny-shiny-ness. The text, however, still needs work. xD It would be much better if you lowered the stroke opacity, that would work great.
Chika-chan's Banner; Ehhh, I don't like this one quite as much. *Pink! Dx* (just kidding, I don't like pink, but I don't that's the major issue here.) Too much brushing over the render. xD; It's a good blending method, and I love how cute it is, but with this brushing, I think it'd be good to always leave at least a little of the render visible at the bottom. That way it doesn't seem too heavy, y'know? Then lets see... the vectory flower is far from desired. xD; I think smaller ones like the ones you brushed over the render with would be much better. The outer glow on the text fits well, and it's interesting that you were able to pull it off. (I can't pull off outer glow no matter what. xD) Hey look, it's a heart! *FISH'd* And what a very nice touch it is. ;D Can't really see the mouth of the render due to color effects or something, so I can't really say I like the render all too much in itself.
Hitsugaya; OHMAHGAWH, I SO WANTED TO USE THIS RENDER BUT YOU KILLLLEDDDD MY MOMENTUM!!! ;; Nah just kidding. I couldn't make it work myself. xD What I don't really like about this banner is how smooth the render is, but how grungy the background is. The color scheme doesn't really appeal to me either, though there's absolutely no clash, I just don't really like it. xD; The outer glow on the text works here too, but it's just a tad too bright, and doesn't match with the brushing. Ah, maybe it's the fact that your main brushes are large and fat, but Hitsugaya's lines are all thin and detailed? I don't know, but there's something about it that I'm iffy about as well.
El Capitano; Ohhh.... I definitely don't like this one better than the Shana one. D: It's not a matter of the render or background, it's the lighting. It just seems like some big white circle, because there's no specific point where the white expands and fades away. Well, the "specific point" takes up too much space, I guess. And due to the shadows on Gaara's face, the lighting would most likely be coming from directly below him, which makes the lighting unbelievable. The lack of a border in a c4d banner as dark as this somewhat irks me as well. xD;
evilcheese; I'm seeing a trend. I think I'm going to go and make a Gaara banner right now to fit into the fad. xDD *definitely not.*
Anyway- Oh! I just saw the text. xD; Yeah, unfortunately, the outerglow doesn't fit here at all, nor does it really do it's job of making the text stick out. I think this banner would look perfectly fine without text at all, especially something as minimalistically obvious as 'Gaara'. The font fits though. xD I don't really like the dark flecks on Gaara's face, and I think those should've been erased. The earthy, grungy look really fits though, and the clipping mask is really cool, even though I would like it better if it was moved a little more towards the main render, so the focus isn't drawn away.
BreD; Hmm, I think it looks pretty cool. It looks kind of pasted on the left, and I don't really like that stand-outish blue going with L. The text would be awesome- if "BreD" wasn't underneath it. ^^;; The border is good, and the flow is definitely very nice. I don't know about that clipping mask, as I can't really tell wahti part of him it is or what it's dong there, but it's a good piece overall.
Whew! I think that's everything except El Capitano's shoe vector, which I'm unfortunately not going to rate due to the fact that I have never once attempted a vector, and thus have no right to criticize anything. I do have to say, as an amateur who doesn't know how it works, "That is some seriously awesome stuff. ;D"
I'll have a banner to be rated sometime tomorrow. It's saved at school, and I forgot to e-mail it to myself so I could finish it. :P Intelligence prevails.
