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Togu: Well, personally, i think the text could go back under the border. I'm not sure, but i think you dulled it down a bit. Brighten the Eyes, and maybe a Gradiant Map will look nice.
v1http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg238/rowy95/scanlines.png v2http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg238/rowy95/yehthatsitcopy.png all you need is ratings.....*bram-bram-bram-bram-bram* |
The entire part of my journal is black so the text looks fine when its in place on my journal. I redid his eyes because they were pink in the other one - his eyes are supposed to be a kind of light purple.
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Ok Ok! dont get all 5h!tty(exuse my language) with me! i'm only trying to help! Try duplicating the stock layer, dodge/burn up the eyes, then set the opacity lower, or set to soft light.
and I saw the livejournal, and saw the text thingy, and you were right. maybe try some filters. |
Poke'd;; WTH IS THAT???? X~X
Hmmm, it looks a bit plain and the left side is just plain wrong you should never have a complete dark spot then an UBER-Bright spot right next to it...Tut tut.. Needs a bit more Pizazz, try some fractals and decoration brushes. ----- http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/9127/kaiyoribannersew9.png Yet Another MASSIVE Slump (WU ZUN =DD, Thanks to Loki for Fangirling him so i bothered to save a picture of him)...Hope you like Comments and Criticism or i will Get Bell to infract you :x |
Try reworking the colours blur and sharpen parts. Scan lines kill.
Put the text on the same base line. … the bottom part. Also for the smaller text maybe make the character spacing a tiny bit bigger. |
Kaiyori: I agree with munna that the scanlines need to go. Also, that C4d next to his face is really distracting, maybe you should lower the opacity.
More Naruto banners! http://i28.*.com/33emmfk.png |
Gummy: Definitely better than the last banner I rated from you! The smudging isn't amazing, and it's a bit hard to find the render, the lighting is too soft for the sharp vector-ness of the rest of the banner. The background and brushes are really cool- though the text needs to either go down in opacity, change the font, or just go in general. The border isn't 100% awesome either, and the #1 thing I don't like about the brushes is that there isn't a smooth transition between the thick diagonal bars to the thin vertical ones. It's like two different banners mashed together, y'know? xD
KAIYORI: AHHHHHHHH NOBODY LOOK AT THE POST OR BANNER, EVERYONE TURN AROUND AND WHISTLE! PRETEND YOU DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING SAYS I!!!! PSSST!! THAT'S NOT WU ZHUN!!!!! THAT'S ARRON YAN!!!!!! Spoiler:
Wu Zhun, and Arron Yan, respectively. xDD;;; It's a nice banner for sure though, and though I think Arron is covered up a little too much, the effects are awesome. |D Now, time to discover the REST of Fahrenheit's awesomeness that includes: the real Wu Zhun, Jiro Wang, and Calvin Chen. <3 EDIT: Hey, do you guys think this banner is too bright? D: http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg69/Xenocrates13/sunflower-1.png |
Loki;; I stand corrected D8
Yeah that banner is a bit bright, maybe fill in a bit of the white spaces and leave some, and a fractal would be nice maybe on screen or colour dodge. ---- http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/9421/kaiyoribannerskn2.png EDITED, Thanks to loki for correcting me...theres no real point of posting it here though XD;; |
K: There is a weird glow to the left of the render .o.
The small text is too close together… maybe have it on one text box xD; Or make the I of loki end right at the top on the n. Effects and colours still need fine tuning but meh… Loki:: Custom shapes are a little odd… and the green is too bright. Also the re leaves look out of place. Also thanks for the stocks xP |
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@Conman - it looks nice except it is a little too bright at the top center & a bit empty.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3/TenshiAlchemist/vkpolaroid-1.png http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3/TenshiAlchemist/polaroid-siggy-1.png |
@ Haine Togu: Wow, different. I like it. I'd say the bottom one is better. It seems to have more... flow to it? xD
By the way, is that what I think it is? Kind of disturbing >.< Anyway, there isn't much to rate here. I like the idea, though. Very creative. 8/10. WUZ IN SLUMP... WUZ INSPIRD BY LOKI... WUZ ON PS 4 COUPLE HOURS... IZ POSTIN NAO! http://www.snapdrive.net/files/539368/Motsuko%20Live%3B%20The%20Break.png Still thinking of where to put the text... as usual |
Motsuko Live: Togainu no Chi! >:D Spread the love! <3
And even though I loathe Keisuke's GUTS, it's a pretty good banner. The outlines are cool, (Ironically I actually did that with one of my banners, though it's got a different effect.) and while the edges are a little pixelly and make the solid reflections kind of weird, the concept is definitely understood. xD The background is pretty cool too, (I see familiar dots. :O) and the lighting is really good, although, the problem is that it seems to affect the renders more than the background. So I'd say probably give a little more burn on the background to Akira's right, to help the light look more normal. xD The little boxes on the lower left are pretty good, and while I realize I said I hate Keisuke, they cover him up a little to much, which is a problem. I think rotating the render so that Keisuke is a little more upright would fix that easily. And then the borders around the little boxes stand out a little too much too, so those would probably be better of going down in opacity. xD; The border rawks, and the best place I'd say text could go is either beside the boxes, or on top of them. But if you put it on top, then you'll have to rotate the render so that you don't cover up Keisuke even more. xD Floating-head-syndrome FTL! But I personally really like this banner. :D No render-bias included. --- Well, I wasn't planning on putting any banners to be rated, but since I posted already anyway, I thought; Hey, why not? |
Reply to Loki: Yes, you caught me... I did try to mimic you with the dots. I thought they looked pretty cool, and they helped me get out of a slump!
Aha, and by the way, you're the first person to actually offer some advise on text placement when I ask for help. xD I think, seeing as I have nothing better to do, I shall rate your banner, as you have rated mine. @ Loki: Wow, talk about irony. When I said "was inspired by Loki..." this was the banner I was talking about. I saw it in your showcase. Anyway, about it: When I look at it, I get the feeling that everything is un-organized and messy. But wait! Before you smack me, let me tell you I meant that in a good way xD. It's so expressive, and that seems to be what everyone strives for these days; originality. For some reason, my favourite part of it is that heart under your name. I love it :P I also don't see any flow, but in this banner's case, I guess it's a good thing; otherwise it wouldn't be very abstract now, would it? Unfortunatley, the other thing I haven't noticed is a focal point. Wait, wait, wait... bad choice of words. What I meant to say, is that the render doesn't stand out... it makes the banner look kind of flat. Maybe that's what you were going for? But, like I said before, I love that background. Umm, is that a ciggarette on his shoulder? lol Anyway, amazing banner, Lok's. 9.4/10. *tries to stretch out rating to be as long as Loki's* ... *fails* XDDDD |
Just a quick something I made at school today during a free period.
I think I like this banner, do you? http://i29.*.com/16k0qhd.png |
Togu: Three isn't the magic number xD;
Loki: Love the clipping mask pattern thing in the splatters. Why aren't the lines showing up on his face though o.o; Live: A Serif font would be good. Big Nose: Try smudging the left similar to the right. Looks like two styles in one x.x http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/munna170488/gallery/pushingdaisies.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/munna170488/gallery/pushingdaisiesava-1.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/munna170488/gallery/pushingdaisies1.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/munna170488/gallery/pushingdaisiesava.png |
Motsuko Live: It's supposed to look flat, because it's on lined paper, but having no focal is definitely not what I intended. I'll be combining all the comments I've gotten on this banner soon, so once I get off my lazy butt, I'll fix most of the things you pointed out. xD
And yes, that's a cigarette on his shoulder. xD In the actual image, he's flicking the cigarette towards the screen, so... yeah. xD; I don't know how I can keep talking for ages. *shot* I just keep blabbering on and on, and I don't even know what I'm blabbering about half the time when I go back to look. xD;;; Munna!: Damn, and I thought I had a good chance with the SoTW this time. D: I lovvve the stock, and the text is really cool as well. I personally like the top one, it seems a little more balanced to me... somehow. xD; Is that a whole stock, or two stocks put together? It looks like one to me, but I could be wrong. It's well composed, though it's kind of hard to focus on one spot since there are just so many flowers covering up the people that it makes me wonder where I'm supposed to put my eyes. ^^;; ----- Well, the Lelouch and Suzaku one is insanely bright, and it bugs me, so I made another one with a Zombie-Loan picture instead. For better or worse? D: I think this one's kind of bright too though... The stock was really hard to work with. x_o I mean, it looks awesome when it's big... but... it's a little too big for a banner, and I didn't have the heart to cut Chika out. ;; |
There are two stocks but I don't think you'll notice the second xD
http://www.artistspassion.com/wp-content/uploads/normal_cast20015.jpg and some daisies xD I don't think I'll enter it in the Sotw because I wanna see your current win it not mine. o.o; Actually I might… I'm fickle like that haha xD |
munna: ...inspired by WIS? I think this looks good. The main thing I don't like is how the flowers in front of the people cover up too much space. The text also looks a bit blurry. But I like the arrangement of the letters and stuff, nonetheless. V1 for the win. Eh, I don't know what else to say. I like, er, the colours? And it's pretty. I like the flowers. -shot'd-
Loki: I think it's better than the other one. It has some contrast issues, though. The colours are looking a bit pale. Also, I don't like how the text is in the center. It just seems to be a bit too distracting. Otherwise, it's an awesome banner. The circle pattern-like things at the front look great. Glowy soft-brush orbs for the win. And I'm loving the lined paper texture. ... holy crap, I can't rate now x_____o Talk about a slump T-T |
New theme I made, though I havent made a banner in ages ;O!
Feel free to scrunch it up and throw it in the bin. http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj26/CheesePeow/Signatures/avatar.png http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj26/CheesePeow/Signatures/ataru.png |
Loki
Wow, the colours in that second SOTW entry of yours, are amazing. o_o But there's a problem, because the focal point isn't really distinct with all those contrasts, as Shiranui said, and instead of a lock-on-to-one-spot 'Woooow', it's more of a look-at-that 'woa- WAIT, look there! No, there!' kinda thing, so perhaps you should add a bit of flow? I'm not exactly sure of how you'd go about doing that, but... XD; ...sorry. :x CheesePeow: I'm not really liking the effects~! ;; It seems a bit too matte in general, and the cross-hatch brushing kind of effect on the right is very distracting, it doesn't seem to fit in too well~ I think you should have a few bright cyans flying around in there? :3 also, that text stands out like... -can't think of a simile-. D: Maybe if you set it to soft light, I think that would make it a lot better~ Heh, my first evar SOTW entry~ http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/1238/sunshine2fg5.png EDIT: Oh and guys, can you rate this lil' thing for me too? <3 It would best be viewed with the 'Pokélink 2.0' skin~ http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/5468/av2cy3.png |
Before I begin, I'd just like to say that this rate will be absolutley horrid, seeing as I'm about ready to pass out. Please ignore any spelling mistakes, typos, randomness, jibberish, etc. Thank you ^^;
@ Tinkerbell: OH MAH GAWD, I JUST CREAMED. xD (eww) jkbutya... excellent job. I love the lighting effects. They seem to match the render prefectly. Though I must say, the render doesn't seem to blend in too well. ... wait. No, sorry. I should have said, it seems like the render... I don't know. "Pops off the page" a little bit. If I had any clue how to fix that, I'd tell you. Unfortunately, I do not. The text is amazing. The brushes are amazing. WTF, where did you come from!? *spaz'n* You've got some serious skills, but I've never seen you around before until just recently! But whatever... wrong place to be discussing this. Anyway, on to the other thinger. I don't know what it's suppose to represent, but I like it! It looks pretty simple, which is good. Extra brownie points would have been awarded if it weren't for Haine Togu's idea kind of stealing the thunder of this "photo idea". --- Just made this. Rendered it myself. I think it's alright, and I was actually able to think of some text this time! : D Maybe I should work on the blending a little bit? http://www.snapdrive.net/files/539368/Motsuko%20Live%3B%20A%20Rose.png |
I think the blending is okay, but the problem is mainly like... the colors. D: They're really pale, and the transition from the light to the color is somewhat abrupt. The cut is good too, and the main thing I would tell you to work on is the fact that the banner is very... boring. D: There's not much happening around Lelouch, or the upper left hand corner, which looks empty. :< The text is okay, but text is basically impossible in all vertical banners, so I guess I'll cut you some slack and not comment on that at all. xD; Bascially, I'd suggest turning up the contrast, or maybe the saturation.
Then, I'd say sharpen it, because it looks really foggy and blurry as it is. xD; And lastly, turn the scanlines way way down. :3 And I guess that's it. ------------- BYAKURAN! >:DD I can't decide. I hate the way this banner looks when I've got the sides all dark, but otherwise, the focus is just... gone. D: So, which one is better, darker, or lighter? And I am aware that it's really busy and messy. xD; I seem to like my banners better that way. *shot* This was mainly the test to make sure that my Badou Tutorial made sense, and I ended up not reading the tutorial after like, the first two steps, because I decided it was too awesome and I needed to make it into my next theme. xDDD! |
Loki: Once again you have made a really great banner. Like you said the dark sides need to be fixed (someway that I am unsure of! haha). I really like the composition of this piece it seems like the sig is a paint canvas or something. Really cool! One thing that looks wierd tho is the render itself. Did you resize it wierd kuz it looks slightilie stretched. I dunno maybe I'm just super tired >_< haha.
------- Anyway can you guys CnC this new piece!? http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k284/andytoe/Alloy-Risinggift.jpg |
El Capitano: I'm a little "on the fence" with this banner. You're pretty good at using real people in your banners but I feel like this one is too empty. All we have is the render, a few effects and some nice text. Give it a little more substance.
~~~~~ Soo... It's been almost a week since I made a banner, but I was bored this morning so I opened up my PS. Here is the finished product: http://i28.*.com/10zu3k3.png |
Gummy: the Background and image are both good, but the text is difficult for me to read. Try brushing over the image a little bit too, to prevent the look of just a copy and pasted banner from paint. On the plus side, the background layer is pretty good, and I like the lighting effect on the top.
Gawd I have no banner to post. Crap. Erm... -searches photobucket- aha! http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x314/MagusMew/P5040663-2.jpg A picture of the sunset taken on the plane coming back from California. ilovecalifornia |
Haven't been here in a while...
Gummy, I like your banner a lot, but I would follow michii's advice and change the text. We need to get you a text tutorial.. seriously ;P Michii, yay for photography :3 It's a nice picture, but it's sort of blinding because of the sun and all. And those dots ruin the picture... I don't know what else to say really >.< ---------------------------- I finally had the time to do something. I've been in a slump for a while now... but I think it's good.. http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/DarkkChildd/humor.png Not funny.. I know. |
Gummy-change the text otherwise its good.
Michii-i dont like the effects you did sry. DarkChild-nice choice of render. Awesome blending Cnc? http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/nejisig.png http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/lucariosig.png http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/papermario.png http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/wario.png |
@ Pistolz: Good to see you. It's always great to see fellow artists join the community more competition xD
Anyway, around here we always usually sometimes go into great deatil when rating other people's banner. It doesn't have to be four pages long *stares at Loki* but it needs to be a little more than "I don't like the effects you did sry". :/ Here's an example of a quality rate (if I do say so myself), though I'm only going to rate your all your banners in general, instead of one by one. They're pretty good for a begginer, but I think you could benefit from looking at a few tutorials. (PM me later if you need any.) Also, try adding some focal points. A focal point is a specific spot on your banner that the viewer's eyes are drawn to. It doesn't have to be fancy, but there should just be some little tweak that makes one point stick out more than the rest of the banner. There's multiple ways of acheiveing focal points. Again, tutorials are really great for that. Focal points can also help with depth, which brings me to my next point. Depth... oh boy, this fella. Depth is one of, if not the hardest things to understand and use effectively. (I don't even fully understand it.) I'm not going to give you to much trouble with it though, seeing as you've just begun (at PC, anyway). Next is the background. In all four of these (especially the Lucario one) you can tell that the background consists of merely a motion blur, twist, wave, or ripple of the render. Some type of distortion. Once again, tutorials can help in massive amounts when trying to determine how to do a background. So yeah... your rates don't have to be that long, but at least try to tell the person what you don't like, why you don't like it, and (if you know how) how to improve it. |
I don't exactly need a banner rated, just want to know which one should I submit for SOTW Humor:
My original submission. http://i26.*.com/dz9xjp.jpg Found this old MS pic from when I still played. http://i30.*.com/29qh35t.png |
Gummy:Personally I think the Naruto-Rbbit thingy is better. The Maplestory one is too pixely. Also sharpen the Nrto-Rving Rbbds Banners (Yay for shortened words!)
Me: I made this banner because I made the bonsly. I wanted to test my umm... Art skills. http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg238/rowy95/gahaha.png Here's the pic of Bonsly I made. For Proof. http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg238/rowy95/bonslycopyl.png |
lol, wtf? Is it crying?
Sorry, horrible first impression syndrome. Meh. But, I can say I am impressed with the vague style you put out into the BG. How about a little more details next time? 7/10 |
Poke'd: It's definitely, erm, creative. That's for sure! You've really improved over the past couple months. I like the colors, but it's a little bit plain and unfortunately gives off an unproffesional feeling. Something about it though, makes me really like it. XDD
Me: http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x314/MagusMew/shizzam.png Another ghetto-ish punk grunge touched banner. Haha I gotta get out of this style. I'd appreciate if I could get a good, proffesional rating from someone that really knows there stuff. :] |
If this was left to bias, I'd give you a 10/10.
Gir is my hot sex. Mine. But, in overall skillz, I'd give this a 9.4 I like it, I really do. Just not my style, because I'm having a hard time commenting. ><; 1. -cough-, this still needs a border. A top and bottom 3-5 pixel white should suffice. Maybe tinged a light yellow. Subtle. 2. The images pasted in are rough; any effects, drop-shadows, pizazz? 3. The BG above and behind the center text; wha happen? Its a gaping void. o_o 4. Er, the top left corner; the brush throws the flow out there. 5. The center text; its just a bit rough on the edges. Literally, lawl. Overall, I'd say this is an epic banner, just that I can't find it appealing to me, personally. Post-grunge music is where its at, BTW. Not punk-grunge. Lawl. x3 I hope my rating sufficed. Now, can I have a rate for me siggeh? EDIT: Lawl, Ima GIMP'er. Last time, people here at PC were pretty amazed I could do things like this with such "primative" technology. GIMP > PS I have both. |
TheFire's[Inside]: I've never used GIMP before and no GIMP banners come to mind right now, so feel free to disagree with everything I say. Anyways, the splatter and motion blur (which I didn't know could be done on GIMP) sets a good flow for the banner. I'm not really feeling the render, though; it seems a bit blurry. And that background is just empty space while so much could have been added to this banner. I do like the border though, for some odd reason.
~~~~~ Okay guys, I pulled (or tried to pull) out the big guns on this one. Took me hours to finish, mainly because that tutorial was so darn confusing. I wanna know what other people think of this, even though I know in my heart I worked hard on this. http://i28.*.com/2zhmbvb.jpg (PS: I'm aware that the left shoulder looks weird. No idea how it got that way. XD) |
Thanks, I tried a minimalistic BG. Kinda likin' that style for myself. x3
For j00, a nice 8.9/10. - Nice flow. - Render gives a good feeling, emanating from it. - The lighting is near-perfect. Why I say this, there is no such thing as perfect, 'cept for Gir. - BUT, the displacement methods used are overdone; this style is nice, but reduce the quantity, and aim for quality. - The text; er, a bit simple, don'tcha think? Its wrap is fine, but a little bit of subtle effects are key here. Overall, great-excellent. And you'd be surprised about GIMP. You should look a little bit more into it, since the motion blur is the most basic filter. We have displacements, mapping, fractal tracers, gradient mapping, Noise, Scan effects, etc. A LOT of etc. PS is just more expensive and really for Pros who do it for a living. IMO. EDIT: Oh yeah, can someone rate me siggeh again? (other than who rated it already? I like to get many rate, to get all mistakes.) |
Damn. Database Error ate up my rating for ya Fire. :/
Let's see how much of it I remember and/or am willing to re-type. +Simplicity - It's a good style, and not over cluttering it really helps bring the focus to a render that's impossible to see. +Flow - I can see the direction, and everything about the banner adds to the flow. While this is a little unexicting, it's definitely good in it's own sense. Everything just seems so... / and no other direction, thanks to the motion blur. D: +Text- Font and angle are awesome. Positioning is a minus, but you'll see that later. +Border- I will be stealing this from you now. *runs away* -Motion Blur- It seems a little complicated for the simplicity of the banner. Or maybe it's just too undefined? I think a sharpen layer is in order, it would really help clean up the blurriness of the whole banner. -Splatters- The solid color really bothers me. It's the perfect chance to add like, a firey texture over it to give the simple banner the pizzazz a simple banner needs to save it from being 'boring' rather than 'simple'. But seeing as it's a solid gray, it's just kind of... blah. D: -Render- It's waaay too dark. It just looks like this blob of gray that looks kind of humanoid in the middle of the banner. I think you should first lighten it up, and then contrast it, because Ironman's colors can really pop the banner out of this boring gray rut it's in. -Colors- Like I've been saying, I hate the color scheme. xD It's dull, boring, and nothing really catches my eye, which brings us to the next problem, -Focus- I see one place where I could possibly focus my eyes, and that wasn't played up to it's full potential, therefore, I'm inclined to think that it's not the focal? The place my eyes go to first is the light from his chest, but that's not exactly anything special, so then I look at the light in his hand. Well, there aren't any lighting effects like lens flares operating anywhere near there, is the focal supposed to be his head? Well it's so dark and hard to see, probably not his head. The text? The focal is never the text unless you're doing word art. Basically, I'm not sure what I should be looking at. Because quite frankly, looking at the whole thing for a gazillion minutes to try and absorb everything isn't really in my list of things-to-do, unless I'm rating it like I am now. xD; -- Wow, looking at this banner, I realized that a lot of things I get on other people's cases about are totally blown out of the water in this tag. xDD (AKA: They're not even there. :B) http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg69/Xenocrates13/gunslinger.png |
Grah, I feel so outward.
I tried to emanate color from the center bottom, by gradient cutting a desaturated layer on top of a color. Its solid because of that, that splatters. =-= But, I really do appreciate the in-depth rate. ;3 I guess some magicians are really the only ones to appreciate their tricks, eh? //Comments// lol, displacement? As I recall saying to someone else, it has been a bit overused here. It takes away focus from the focal point(s) to cut-up designs sticking out of nowhere, IMO. Even though this defines the flow, it also seems to contradict it. Kinda hypocritical, with personification. Sorry, no-borders are a style, but this one just... needs it. D: The text is too good. It fits way too easily into the banner, I almost didn't notice it. Otherwise, perfect choice of font and subtle flare. But in retrospect, this banner is one that is totally based off of the displacement. Try mixing with another method here. Its looks like thats all it was, mainly. And now the good parts that make a GFX'er feel better. - The render is nicely fit in, perfectly imbalanced. Good thing. - Those random 'lil swishy things. -points- Ya, those. Perfect touch. Really mess around with the whole banner, adding perfect pizazz. Personally, those things are extremely crucial here, and pulled out excellently. I'm impressed. I'll have to experiment with the paths tool to get those swishy things... -points to signature one more time- |
Reply: Actually.... xD;; I didn't use a single displacement in that banner. I've tried again and again, but displacements... hate my guts. Therefore, I don't use displacements in any of my banners. :x I think what you're thinking is displacement is smudging, and I'll tone it down next time I use these settings. But yes, this banner was indeed set entirely on smudging. xD;
hypocrites make the world go round I can see how a border could make this banner more interesting, and if it wasn't a request, I'd probably add some filmstrip brushes. xD; I haven't added proper borders in so long that I don't even know if I can do a spiffy border other than filmstrip anymore. *dies* edit: Oh, and the random swishy things... I'm pretty sure that's a light texture, but I found it in a resource pack, so... while I'm 99.5% sure it's a light texture, that .5% tells me it might be something else. |
I see. :P
Yeah, thats a common GIMP displacement, based off of a default brush. ^^' My bad. I'm no PS'er, but I should try it with my 7.0, eh? xD Yeah, bizarre borders are EPIC. I quickly got "OMFG IF I SEE ANOTHAH PLAIN BORDER IMA GONNA BARFZ". x3 Yeah, I could easily find those in brushes. But, is there a path function on the version of PS you were using? I presume thats what you used. x3 |
Path function would be the pentool, and while I use it occasionally, I didn't use it in this particular banner. I usually use it for the same purpose though; shiny lines. :B Or rendering.
But for the smudging, the settings I used actually doesn't work with 7.0. (It took me about an hour to figure out why I couldn't achieve the same results as the example. <_<) Only CS+, I believe. |
No one's above me. D:
ICON TIME http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7479/kimiavatarww4.gif Made for Ayumi-chan Now for Pokemon icons (CONTESTSHIPPING FTW) http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/2006/dawniconjh3.pnghttp://img220.imageshack.us/img220/697/contestshippingavvi1zj2.pnghttp://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4917/contestshippingavvi2pa7.pnghttp://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2918/dawnicon2uq3.png |
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How did you do the rain effect? ok one thing is its too bright you should also make the text blend more with the icon the pokemon ones look like stocks with text. i dont really see any effects i dont mean to come out harsh but i dont like them my newest animation http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/sonciandfriendsanimation.gif |
Hazuki: I am in love with the first one. the rain is subtle and nice. It make me feel as if I am outside with an umbrella. But it may be just a tad bit bright.... Make me one please? XD
Hokay. The Pokemon ones. I like the saturation of the Dawn one. But it seems a bit plain for me. I like the second one alot. It's bright and the coloring is well done. :3 The third one is good, I love the text and the coloring. I think it is my favorite of the 4. The last one I don't really like. It's hard to tell what is going on because of the white bar with the text. Over all, these are all well done. Keep up the good work :3 |
Pistolz: I'm definitely no expert when it comes to animation, but yours has a lot of random pixels that could easily be taken out. Also, I don't really understand the animation. It starts off okay but around the time Amy makes her appearance, it gets very choppy.
~~~~~ Okay, first time ever using textures. I think I did it wrong because it didn't take too long to make this banner (unless thats what textures are supposed to do XD) http://i27.*.com/14sif40.png |
new animation
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/mewtwoanimation.gif http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/thewaft.gif gummy-nice use of brushes and filters i like how the text blends with the sig itself the only bad thing i have to say is that only some of the sig is blended. |
@PiSToLZ - Try using a transparent background. It would look better.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3/TenshiAlchemist/Untitled-1.png Opinions? Not a lot going on yet. Would like advise on what to do with it. |
@Togu: I like the use of transparency in general, so I love how you cropped the image to encompass Yuuki. The thing I think needs attention is the amount of space on the right side of the image. The text covers it well but it still looks kind of plain. Not sure what you could add, maybe a quote or you could re-crop the size of the ellipse, but that might deter away from the alignment of the image in the end. >< Still, I think it looks great as it is, just a little empty.
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h46/Phanima/712f166be694d499fd8ad059e6fd3894fec.gif This be my profile pic~ I have no idea how to make scan lines so I just lowered the opacity of a hatching fill pattern to give it a similar effect. I also used some gradient maps to make it a brighter blue, since the original image was all dull and grainy. |
Nice flare on this one, mate. :3
The scanlines are a little unnecessary, IMO, but its techy-look deserves the scan effect in some ways. Either way, the transparency trick in the corner is really a cool add-on to what you have. Sets it apart from other icons. But, still, try erasing the line effect on the face and jacket of the character. ;3 Overall, a hearty 8.9/10. ;D Well, I feel like I'm in rut, so I'm trying many techniques on this, most of which cannot be seen. Like those swishy thingies. http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r240/Dragonite24/psychsig.png And yes, I realize the BG needs more, but I had stuff, and my comp crashed... so. Laziness prevailed. |
@ The Fire's [Inside]: It's nice, but it's seems a little bit... plain :/
As much as I like that vector border you added, it seems to be lacking some things in the center background of the banner. Also, the two renders are confusing my eyes... I don't know what I'm suppose to look at! a.k.a, the focal point needs a bit of work. I absolutely love the pen stroke... that is a pen stroke, is it not? Anyway, pretty nice banner. I'd try adding a little more brushes in the background etc, and the color is a little dry. What I've found (through many trial and errors), is that it's best to use full, bright colors when working with vector art. It helps add to the image. I'd say this is a 7.4/10. ~~~ Wow, with this new shop, I haven't had much time to make anything for myself :/ But I did manage to squeeze this in; http://www.snapdrive.net/files/539368/Motsuko%20Live%3B%20Spirit.png I'm probably going to remove that grid... it's starting to really annoy me. |
@ Live: It's well done. But as you said, I would remove the grid... I don't like it on the render... but the grid on the background isn't so bad.
I would like to see it without the grid cause it keeps my attention on it. ^^; But other than that... I would say 8//10 ;D I think the lighting is a little weird on the left side... too yellow... XD |
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Ok, I removed the grid. The edited one is in my signature (too lazy to re upload it, blah blah blah). And you just drew that yellow spot to my attention. Back to Photoshop, I guess :/ (in the morning) |
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That looks so much better!!!! Now maybe the yellow. XDDD But yeah, it is fine even if you don't change the yellow. It's a 9//10 now for reals. I like how the green stands out. |
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@ Gummy: You're getting a lot better. It seems like just yesterday I was helping you out with your "Photpshop Problem" xD.
Anyway, I like this one. It would look alot better without the arrows, though. Also, the text is a little... odd. It's red and green. :/ Those colors just stick out way to much for me. Good job on the blending. You may want to ease up on the sharpening, but I like the position of the render. Anyway, like I was saying, you're getting really good. Keep it up! 8/10. |
Reply to Motsuko: Thanks Motsuko, and I know what you mean. I can't thank you enough for helping me with that "problem." XD. About the arrows... I mistakenly merged it with the background before I started smudging, and I didn't want to under the nice smudging just to remove the arrows. I guess I should have made the clipping mask a darker green. And I those the text colors were nice, since the red part is right under the blood splatter and the majority of the banner is green.
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http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/968/colourfullwi6.png lol, I'm aware of the typo. [fixed] This is my first banner in ages o.o, i named it Colourfull. xD |
It's full of colour :O
You posted the same image xD;… wait you changed it or I'm seeing things xD; Eh the smudging could use more work so it has a proper looking direction… or the edges were sharper to look like they were cut out and pasted ._. I'd like to see more of the black & white polka dot effect. |
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And yes, the edges were sharpened a bit, I was trying to add some depth by bluring the left side of the sig, but it looked bad. Plus, the polka dot was the stock with a clipping mask, But I do think it would look good somewhere o.o Thanks though. |
CheesePeow, it's a very nice banner, but your light source doesn't really "blend" with your background. I really don't like how it's sticking out like that.. I hope that makes any sense..
Colors, text and border are nice. |
I'll be lazy again. :D
http://imageknight.com/images/1212793552.png SOTW entry. I know it sucks, so stfu. :< Yes, I'm fixing the text. Edit: CheesePeow, you spelled Colorful wrong. XD; It's fixed in your sig though. |
clade. - So you made a pretty good banner! It has a few things to touch up, and concepts you can work on. One it is a little mono-tone, so bring in some brighter colors. I kindal like what you did with the intence c4ds, but blend it a little better, or differently (for some reason the c4d over the hand is bothering me).
I think I get the concept of you're sig, but you can work on it to perfect it! Great Job! _ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Ok here are sigs I have made while I waited for shiranui to finish the beautiful piece in my sig. *proudly points downward* CnC please. http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k284/andytoe/Backup1.jpg http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k284/andytoe/Backup3.jpg http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k284/andytoe/Backup2.jpg http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k284/andytoe/Backup4.jpg You don't nessesarily have to rate all of them haha. Just tell me wich one you like the most and what I can improve on and what you liked. Sorry guys haha. |
3rd is the best… the others look like a whore made em…
The boxes kinda ruin it and I can see the original focal you wanted to use. .o. |
El Capitano, I like the first one better. It's simple and blended very well.
Piece of advice, save your work in PNG, not in JPG. ----------------------------------------- http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/DarkkChildd/anger.png help? |
Use gradient maps on layer modes to give slight colouring…try making it not be monotonous.
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Um. I am a little unsure about this, why do my signatures look as if a whore had made them. I dunno just wanted clarification on that one :P
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It's a style most sig makers use :P
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Ah shoot, I'm a whore graphics artist. I had no clue! Where do I go for help. Is it psychiatric?! Am I alone!!!!!!?!??? (I didn't know I was that sucky haha :P)
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Nothing wrong with being a whore XPP
Me looking at your first one El Capitano. Next to the face on the left it looks like there is some kind of dog or wolf figure ...I don't know whether its meant to be like that and I'm just stating the obvious XP But me see it. I likes it ^^ Me quite like it, the bottom of the shoulder on my right looks a bit odd. Like the colours. *looks through photobucket* http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/cinny_pics/greysmu1.png Done that about a year ago, a little less, I have a feeling I didn't complete it. Lol, yes a very long time. I'm going to stay quiet now as I tend to look and criticize my own work (I can see loads) but me let the next poster do that. |
Renneh: I don't know, but it looks a bit odd. It looks as if the banner was resized without scaling, and it looks squished and wide. .-. The left portion seems a bit empty too. Nice blending though.
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@Renneh: I share clade.'s opinion.
Wow, I haven't submitted a banner in a while. I've had no time. >< I found some today though. =D I'm slowly breaking out of my slump. Not quite there yet, though. XDD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Daiaki711/ookami.png |
Thank you ^^ Yeh it was hard because the angle of the head was so wide on the girl ^^ And I think I left the left side blank as I didn't want to do anything to ruin it.
Me thought you guys were going to point out that you can see where it repeats XP See the line on the far right? Big whoops... XP .fate- I love the image you used and the main colour of the background. It seems somewhat simple (Loads of simple subtle touches that me love but others seem to not always like). Its great. I'm not sure whether its the image but the eye on my right of the guy, seems a little blurred/glared/forgotten technical name for it. Or its my eyes ^^ Okey, next one... http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/cinny_pics/sawckslove1.png I wanted to practice a technique (pen tool, round the leg) and me couldn't think of any theme other than sawcks! I drew those weird little hearts as well that I wish I had drawn going in the other direction but me were pretty new and direction wasn't in my vocabulary list. XP |
@ Renneh - I like what you decided to do with the Pen tool, but the hearts are really rigged, and, though this is just my opinion, it would look better if you added a border of some sort. Everything on the right-hand side is really well put together. I really enjoy looking at that, even though it may seem strange. However, the left-hand side is really ... different compared to the rest of the colors. It's probably just the hearts, because they seem to not match with the maroon-like color. Probably, changing the color or lowering the opacity might work well.
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It looks okay but it is a bit plain. I would put the bottom text somewhere else. And I would fade the 2nd set of your username a tad more.
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Thanks, we are of the same opinion XP At first, I never intended to be a signature because I was mucking around with the pen tool but then I loved looking at the sawck XPP hehehe, thanks for your comments. Haine Togu- My first thought was the green and pink don't go together but after looking at it for a whole, I think they actually do go quite well. Its quite simple but me <3 it and I like how it all sort of comes out at the top. I might have done less hearts or have them a bit more spaced out (ones above the text) but I'm not sure. Next one. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/cinny_pics/tobespeechless1byRenneh.png Text is was going to go close to the bottom right. But my photoshop decided to have a fit about writing text last night. *opens it now* And it better work this morning. No it doesn't, works with new files just not with this one. hmmm *thinks* |
Ranneh:I like your stuff man, when did you start? Any-who, the smudging on this banner is pretty nice. You dont always need text though. That border doesnt appeal to me. But the blue brush on the hilt of the sword works for me, but really, stick to your pen tooling, cause you have a gift with that man.
Ummm.... A ha! 2 Banners I forgot to post! http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg238/rowy95/v2digcopy.png http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg238/rowy95/hitsugayataichoucopy.png Have fun! Ooo! Ooo! I forgot to say! IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!! YAYS! |
Happy Birthday!
Me started about a year back on photoshop but then at about august/september me stopped and then at the weekend me decided to start again. Me stopped because I got a major block and I just lost inspiration. Trying to get it back. And hehe, erm I'm a girl ^_^ Thanks for the compliment on the smudging.. it took FOREVER.. the other stuff took about 10, maybe 15 minutes... But I'm not kidding, I spent a couple of hours on the smudging. I couldn't get it right at first. The blue, green, yellow, pink, purple and whatever other points I put in there, are done by just doing the apply image thing, then you get a nice soft brush, set it to colour dodge and brush wherever.. then adjust the opacity because you don't want it too bright. Me rubbish at pen tooling hehe XP Besides, even if I was good, me need to keep an open style, me like trying new things. 'kay, now for rating yours. 1st: The c4ds are poorly blended and the colour scheme needs sorting out. Because there is like a dull grey cloudy looking area is breaking it all up. Layers need to be blended more. Would probably be better to just have one or two sprites, because if there are too many then it is hard to define a focal point. Needs to be lighter. 2nd: Better, use some photo filters and gradient maps... and it won't make it so monotonous. And use the burn and dodge tool (not too vigorously, just gently) And it will add some depth. Oh and clipping masks are fun too if you don't know how to do them here is a very quick explanation: Whenever you want to add a clipping mask, make a new layer and do Image>Apply Image... then make another new layer, move it under the applied image layer and hide the applied image (by clicking the eye). Then use a splatter brush on the other layer, considering flow and direction (basically same thing)... Use any colour, it won't matter. Then unhide the applied image layer again, right click and select 'create clipping mask' then move the applied image slightly to the left or right until you get the desired effect. Sometimes some splatters will show up, you just need to erase them slightly on the splatter brush layer to get rid of this (almost always happens). This all assuming that you have photoshop. ^_^ hehe |
Woo-hoo, I get to post without rating!
Here's what I plan on entering in SOTW Anger/Wrath: http://i30.*.com/2rdya8n.png |
I haven't been here for a while. I guess I better do some rating ^^
Renneh: For some reason, I like this quite a bit. It's probably because of the spatter clipping masks, or the multi-coloured soft brushing. Or maybe it's the smudging in the background. I don't know. But it all fits together quite nicely. Multi-coloured-ness for the win. The biggest thing to work on is probably filling up the empty space. Text might work well, but I just have something against putting text into banners unless it's completely necessary. Or, if it's a typography piece o.o;; I don't really know what else to suggest. More clipping masks? Ah, and Shana (that is her name, right?) looks a bit pale. Work a little bit more on blending the render in. Otherwise, it looks great. Poke'd: Happy (belated?) birthday ;P Sprite-ish banner - I personally don't like sprites in banners. Unless it's Guilty Gear or King of Fighters sprites. Or some other fighting game where the sprites don't look... weird. It's also a bit muddled up, since there's four focals, or something. Just use one or two x___o It's also looking quite dark. Brighten it up a bit ^^ The effects look interesting, and helps add flow to the purple-ish sprite (the Ditto-Smeargle fusion). But I guess it just doesn't really look right. There's also some empty space, so maybe shrink the canvas down a bit, so it doesn't look quite as empty. Hitsugaya banner: Aah, Shiro-chan >3< The smudging's quite good. But work on colours. As Renneh said, don't make it look monotone. Add some green or deeper blues instead of the smudgy gray-blue-green colour there. The flow is pretty good as well. It's mainly just colours. Oh, and filling up the emptiness. Try putting clipping masks or smudged C4Ds there. Or something similar. Gummy: Monotone o.o As 'angry' the colour red is, it needs some other colours to go along with it. Yellow, or orange? I like the spatter-like brushing in the background. That one looks great, like blood dripping from the walls. The blending behind Carnage looks alright, but it needs blending under his jaw, and around his arm, since I can see a yellow-ish outline around the render. Work on the depth a bit as well, it's looking a bit flat at the moment. Try using a large soft brush on black, and brush around the edges. Reduce the opacity if needed. The burn tool is pretty useful as well, as long as you don't spam it to death. And don't sharpen it too much. It's looking a bit pixelated in some areas. --- http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b39/Pikabloo/Forum%20Sets/lightning-1.png Just messing with this style~ |
Pikabloo:
The bg a tad over blurred. An some parts of the rener are over sharpened making it look like the render was placed there. Some parts of her need to be blurry to show movement. I also prefer the colours that are applied to her on the avatar. o.o; |
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Shiranui Blah, munna took the words from my mouth. <_<; You need to sharpen up the background a tad, and give the girl's left side (from this point of view and angle and whatnot) a bit of motion blur, I think. Like, not on the actual render but a duplicate, set it overlay or w/e~ The effects are great though, I'm glad to see someone who consciously incorporates depth into their works with consistency. -thumbsup- :3 |
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erm, do I not rate anything now then? Here is one. It was a request on another forum.. but the request had loads of text in that I thought ruined it so me done another version lol. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/cinny_pics/ohyesIiscoolbyRenn1.png Now to do the request over here... Oh yes, and it feels SO GOOD to write text again. |
Well you could rate anything on this page ._.;
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The 'Renn' text? hehe, that is just there to mark it really ^^ The text that was on teh request was something like, 'Come back when you grow a pair' which was so long, it was just ick. Thanks for the advice. -- *picks from this page* Gummy- me don't like where the text is, there is lots going on...lots of blood, too much. Quite monotonous in the colours and techniques, could do with even some different shades of red and a whole different colour alltogether. hehe I can imagine seeing it on one of those old cult horror films though as the advert or something. ^^ |
no one above me so
v1-http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/saske.png v2-http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/saske2.png v3-http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/saske3.png v4-http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/saske4.png also tell me what you think of this animation http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/64palms.gif |
Pistolz: Well, its a good start. I recommend blending the render in with the background, so it looks better. And also, the animation is a little slow, but good. What program do you use?
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z227/ataylan/mapler.png (You're not supposed to be able to read the text) And Id like this to be rated by the newer garphic artists. (Loki and the others have seen this) http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z227/ataylan/banner.png?t=1213220076 Supposedly one of my best banners. |
Kai: I was about to jump on the bandwagon and start spouting stuff about that banner all over again, but since I've already said most of what there is to say, I'll leave that one for someone else's two cents. xD
As for the Maple story banner, the blend is pretty cool, though I think it definitely could've been executed in a different, better manner. As for what that manner is, I have no idea, but as it is, the concept is the only +, the execution is a -. :/ The text doesn't seem dynamic enough for the background and render either, and I mean, you could most certainly use it as a solid place to rest your eyes, but it doesn't work since you've lowered the opacity so far. I'd actually suggest bringing up the opacity. A lot. xD Renneh: That Beat banner is too sexy for words. Although the weird repeats in front of him make him look a little too warped, so I would suggest getting rid of one or two of them, just so you can see Beat's torso a little better. (So it doesn't look like he's a floating head) The colors are amazing and while it's really empty on the left and right, and the light source is kind of dull, you could definitely play this up to be a seriously kick butt tag. -------- |
Kai: Erm no offense but um... the background looks like a big blur. Either that or it looks like you copied something and pasted it there. Just like Loki said, make the image more clearer. And I would add a border all the way.
Loki: I like the watercolor effect, it's pretty neat. To me it looks like one side has a border and the other doesn't? oo The lighting effect is good too, I think the cyans can stand out a little more? It would look even better if there were text. :3 http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/6963/ouranbanner1br5.png |
Loki-All I can say is, it great as always. My rating is 9 out of 10.
Hazuki-The banner seems a little bright (no offense, though). Here is my rating for your banner, 8.5 out of 10. ------ Hope this gets rated. http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u215/DanteRedson/Signatures/samus_sig.gif |
Gold19: Although Samus shares similar colors with the background, she doesn't blend at all. Gradient Maps/smudging/etc. should fix that. The text also seems extremely plain; add some effects to it. I do like what you did with the lighting source, though.
~~~~~ Actually made this a while ago but never posted. http://i27.*.com/2modwtv.png |
@Gummy: It's good, and I can definately see an improvement from a few months ago... but the text style and color just doesn't match the banner... at all. x.x
Don't really know what I was doing here... experimenting... I guess? XD http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Daiaki711/fate.png |
I'm bored right now so I guess I'll try a Loki style Graphics Rating Spree!
Renneh: This banner I like quite a lot. I think the background colours and smudging fits in really well with the render and gives a nice look about it. The clipping masks look great! They're kinda hard to see which makes them so great! The right side however is a bit empty and needs some text or some more effects. The border around the top and right side looks a bit wonky. I think that you should remove the right hand border and copy the top border and put it on the bottom. Poke'd: Your first Pokemon banner is kinda weird. I think the effects and background are great, but the images were not placed in the best places and in the right way. I think they are not blended and sorta look out of place. If this is supposed to be a sprite banner thing, maybe edit the background to make it more simple. Font is great and positioned nicely! The second banner (Hitsugaya) is very nice and I like it quite a lot. The blending and smudging of the render is truly amazing and fits in very well without looking over the top. The text is good but I don't know about that particular font. Maybe it is just me... Love the C4D's ( at least I think they are ) and the clipping masks. As I said with Renneh's, hard to see which makes em look great! Gummy: Very out there banner. xP The render is nicely blended in and fits the theme of anger greatly. I think that the background is a bit simple for your experience. It kinda seems a bit monotone / plain if you ask me. I think it needs a little something like an effect or light source to help add some "oomph". Shiranui: Very nice and unique style. I love the way that we get a realistic view of the scene which is very difficult to achieve in a banner. I know a lot of people would say that it is over blurred, but I know where you are coming from and think it looks great. Those reddish light beam things look awesome and add some special touches to the banner by helping it feel whole. Now all you need is some kickass text to help maintain the awesomeness. =P Renneh: Beautiful! Simple but effective and looks great! Love the positioning of the render and how everything fits around it nicely. The clipping masks again are truly unbelievable and look great! Dual light sources adds that "Midas Touch" and makes the banner flow better and looks easier on the eyes. Pistolz: You need to work on your blending so that the image looks like it was made to be on the banner. The background is very sharp and almost hurts... Try lowering the opacity or using some different effects to add depth to the banner. Nice attempt! It looks good but you just need to hone in on some minor details which will greatly improve the look of your banners. .Kai: Your Maplestory banner is interesting. It looks like you took a picture and smudged and blurred it out crazily. This looks great but doesn't give the banner much depth. It looks good to the eyes, but it just doesn't have that special touch. The "Whisper" banner is so simple which is why I love it so much. I love the way the render was placed and the way everything fits around it. The banner overall looks good and is nicely orientated. Although it is very simple and looks sketchy, I don't really think there is much to say on this banner due to its simplicity. Loki: Great depicted scene here. I love the way how the entire banner fits together neatly while giving a great look. Lighting source is perfect and makes the banner look that much better. The smudging / blending is amazing. It is a great thing to look at when someone takes a render and makes it look like it was actually included in the original image and you did a great job of it. All it needs now is text which I'm sure will be the cherry on top. Hazuki: I know that your style is photo manipulation and adding effects to make an image look great and you pulled it off wonderfully here. The banner is bright and colourful which I love in art. It is almost too bright, but in a good way. The text is great although I do think that the letters could be darkened a bit as some letters arfe harder to read than others. Gold19: The render needs to be smudged in a bit more so it complements the background a bit better. The background is very simple but looks okay. Just try to add some effects in so that it has more depth, trust me, depth is the hardest thing to pull off but is amazing if you can. The text is very simple and needs to be jazzed up a bit. Try playing around with fonts and different sizes until it looks good. Gummy: This banner looks neat. The render is smudged in nicely and is placed in a great spot. The text is a bit oddly designed for this banner. Try giving it a different font and make it a bit darker as it kinda distracts the viewer. I don't really like the border in this banner though, I think it compacts the banner so it looks confined to a space. Maybe try making it thinner or removing it and see how it looks. .Fate: I really like this banner. I am not sure what the original stock looked like but it looks like you stacked many different images and effects over and under each other. This style is actually really nice to look at. The text and font choice is great and is positioned nicely and greets the viewer with open arms as it makes the banner complete. The lighting is amazing. I love the way that her face gets darker as you move to the left. This is a really nice effect and is hard to pull off but was done incredibly! The banner doesn't look blended in but it doesn't stick out at all. Kudos to you for making such a great banner! No banner from me this time, maybe later? If I missed anyone, please tell me! 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I'VE GOT PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS AND IT WONT DO CLIPPING MASKS :P and the c4d thingy is in the quote. Yeh, and I changed my name. |
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Ok, Here it is. I really had two versions, but while I went to lunch, my brother deleted it >> little sucker. Anyways, here's the 1st versions, and yse, I know. the colors are wierd for a sora banner xP http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z227/ataylan/sorawborder.png YEYZZZZ NEW BORDER :DDDDD Quote:
of them together, and smudged like crazy xD I thought it looked pretty good, so I did the same for my sotw banner. Which, of course, you can rate too :D http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z227/ataylan/sotw13.png |
.Kai: Well, For starters, I'll rate teh Sora one.
It's nice, simple, and good choice of vector brushes. I still luv thos arrows that you used to use ages ago! Buut, The right par of the border is bigger and looks out of whack. Try and make it the same size as the rest of your border. The text is nice though, you did a good job on this one, mizt. .Kai! As for the otheeer one, the render is a bit badly cut out and it's blurry, but the smudgy thing you did with the background is good. Those lines in the corner, they don't need to be there. I STILL LUV THE TEXT AND ARROWS :3! Rate myyy SOTW entry, (oo isnt it fun making words loooonggger?) http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg238/rowy95/shdwscopy.png |
Renyui: Even though the week's theme is Shadows, the banners is just way too dark, almost as if you're using the theme as an excuse not to overwork. XD And for the text, I can't even see the first half. But that is a clever render you chose.
~~~~~ Rate the Sasuke! http://i30.*.com/24w7dsn.jpg |
Haven't been here for a while. Let's see if I can still rate;;
@ .Kai: Sora Banner - This is probably my favorite banner from you. I absolutely adore the colors. The way it goes from color on the right side to black and white on the left side is pretty nifty, too. But Kai... what's going on with that border? It seems like there's more white space on the right side than the left. Is that would you were trying to do? Even so, it looks a little odd. The placement of the render is good. I really feel that Sora is depressed for some reason. Those vector/tech-ish brushes are nice, but you should move them up a little bit, just by a few pixels. Now, for the text. The actual message is nice. It fits the scene nicely, but white text is definitely too hard to read. Maybe you could make it all black, or turn the white text grey. Anyway, nice job. let's give it an 8.2/10? May Banner - This isn't horrible, but I think you could have done a better job. For starters, those lines in the corner can die. They steal my eyes focus too much. The render is low quality, too. You could sharpen/fade-sharpen it, then fool around with brightness, contrast, saturation, etc. The background is just plain wrong. I'm sorry, but it seems so... motion blurry! I know you smudged it, but it looks like all you did was fill the background with the render, and apply a motion blur. Here's a little technique I use when I can't figure out what to do for the background: First, set a gradient using a light and dark color from the render. This way, you at least have a colored background. Next, find your main focal point. Get two more light and dark colors from your render and apply a radial gradient on a new layer, starting from your focal point. Set this layer to overlay or something, and mess around with the opacity. After that, duplicate your render, resize it (or use the original render if it's bigger) and add a motion blur. Set this to luminosity, and find the right opacity. Repeat the last step twice, but instead of adding a motion blur, smudge the render. Now it's just a matter of adding a couple more smudge layers set of overlay, linear light, vivid light, etc, anf playing the the opacity. Then you can add whatever you want. Anyway, back to your banner xD The text is good. I like it, but the red words blend in with your background too much. Try a lighter color. I think that's about it for this banner. My last point would be to remove that line thing on the left side. It doesn't go well with this banner. Sorry, but I'm rating this a 4/10. It just doesn't appeal to me at all. @ Renyui: I don't see what Gummy meant when he said it's "too dark". There's nothing wrong with the brightness. Though it does seem a bit plain. Maybe adding some grunge brushes in the background would help. Now, for the render. It doesn't seem to fit in. I can clearly see where the light source is on the render, but on the banner, it just isn't there. A lens flare over a black background set on screen might help. The scattering at the bottom of Shadow is pretty cool. You should really make it more noticeable, though. Anyway, on to the text. It's a little to blended in. I know exactly what it says, but you can't see the S, and a little bit of the H. You could either brighten up the text, or move it over to the right a little bit. But that's about it for this banner. I like this one. 8.3/10. @ Gummy: Ooh! That's really, really nice. I love the lightning effect and the splatter. The border is really good. Not too thin, not too thick. xD I don't really have anything to say about this banner. The text is a little... awkward. It's pixely and hard to read in some places, and the font seems a bit strange. This is easily one of your bests, Gummy. Just redo the text, and it's good to go! 8.9/10. Lawlz, the ratings got really small at the end. Sorry, Gummy! |
Erm ok nobody's above me? oo
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/811/zachbannerqs2.png This was made for Midnight Beat. I tried a new style, urban scrapbook style, I really like the outcome of it. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n164/SoulEternity01/livejournalbanner.png My livejournal banner. I used the same style as the above, urban scrapbook style. Now for the prince of smexiness! ;; http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n164/SoulEternity01/lelouch-banner-1.png Without border. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n164/SoulEternity01/lelouch-banner1.png With border. |
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