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Hazuki! That's an excellent new style! :D Though it does need a tad bit of brushing up in regards to your white edging on the first one.
The edges should be a little more angular, imo, and a whole lot smoother. It should be a bit closer to her on her back, and it probably would be easiest to achieve that effect with the polygonal lasso. The weird roundness of it just kind of looks awkward and... not urban. xD But the dots and textures in the background are super awesome. ;> The splatters match, and while it's kind of monotonous in color, it's definitely well put together. Definitely a major step up from your old stuff with this new style. |D And the LJ header is pure smex. Ouran is awesome, and the scrapbook look is amazing here. 100% awesome. And I don't really like how bright that Lelouch banner is. D: It's like, blindingly bright. Maybe it'd look better if my color res was different, or if I was using a mac, since I think mac's have a different color res from PC's, but as it is, it's so bright that I can't look at it from too long; therefore, can't rate it. xD; But from what I can tell in the quick glimpses I'm trying to catch, it looks better without a border, or more like, it needs a different border. Maybe a low opacity 1px blue border to match the scanlines? http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg69/Xenocrates13/yoite4_lamentado.png http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg69/Xenocrates13/yoite2_lamentado.png http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg69/Xenocrates13/Yoite1_lamentado.png Grimmy. :D |
Yeah you see the problem was I used the pen tool and I used a touch pad mouse which was hard. Yeah I know I have problems with the lighting. ._.
The icons are pretty good, they are a different style than what I am used to making/seeing. I can't really find any crit. in your graphics because you are so good at making them. So icons are good, I like them, I like them because they fit the colors well together. Even though on the first one, maybe the person can blend in the colors more? I like Gummy's banner, it's pretty intresting. Is the background a texture? If so, I want to know where you got it. xD;; Um, I like the different strokes and the brushes you used. The coloring is pretty good too. My only suggestion to improve the banner is improving the coloring on Grimmy even more using selective coloring. I don't know if you used that or not, but overall, it's a really nice looking banner and I wish I had that texture! xD; |
Loki; I <3 the 2nd icon. SO colorful~ I also like the other ones, but on the first one, In my opinion, the texts is a little hard to read. I don't have a commnet on the third one, but I <3 the render and style on the 2nd one (did I say that before) Anyways, all three of them are oure awesomeness. ;D
On to the banner. the text is pretty well done and easy to read, and I love the notepad style <3 The colors are amazing. I literally luff this abnner. it is quite awesome. xD Its just the way everything blends together so well, even when you have green, black and and light red on a notepad background. Its incredible how you make so many colors blend togehter on a three color background :D Im not a great rater or anything, so don't take my rate or anything xD;; But the icons & the banner are a defenite 10/10. Perfecto mi amor~ :DD http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z227/ataylan/shadows.png For SOTW. Rate please :) |
Kai-the low opacity thing isnt working for me
the left and right sides are really boring and the text could match better its good but you shoulve done a little more you know? ok new animation http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/sasukevsmeta.gif also a logo for my band http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/vitallogo-1.png |
@Loki:
*DIES* They are perfect! I fail at rating >.< @.Kai: - Render: It's got choppy parts, especially around the hands. It's quite obvious. You should take your time with rendering. - Background: Monotonous and bland. Even though the render shows motion, the background is just plain and lifeless. Try smudging around the render a bit so it blends better? Is that a C4D in the background? Or are those brushes? - Text: Looks good to me, nothing wrong here. Anyway, you need to work on the colors some more. I've seen your other work, I know you can do much better ^^ @Pistolz 1st banner: - Animation is a bit slow, make it just a little faster.. - Background needs a LOT of work - Text is a sore, especially the color. Band Logo: I wouldn't call this a logo, maybe a poster? o.O Pay attention to the white edges with your renders, you should be clean with your work. It's a nice one though, even if it's a bit overcrowded.. try making it simpler maybe? ------------------------------- http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/DarkkChildd/sotw-shadow.png http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/DarkkChildd/shuichi.png well.. the difference is obvious >.< |
Twinx:
I prefer the first banner, because the second sought of looks like the person is just slapped on. The only other problem I have is that they are way too bright. Plus the colours dont match, ands thats coming from me. (I luff colourful banners ;D) My new banner, first in ages, because I lost my inspiration. Considering i've started VisCom (graphics) im getting back into things. I got the idea from a magazine. http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk97/Cirnos_Servant/Signatures/looknofurthercopy.png |
Cheesepeow: You're getting better. :O While I'm still hesitant on rating your banners after the last incident, ummm... Well, the render seems very angular, which isn't good, since it's a real guy, and lines on real people aren't usually quite so... clean. xD But it's pretty good. Anyway, I don't like how the brushes are all blurry, and the pastel-ish colors don't really seem to go with the bright colors on his scarf thing. The text is good, but you could probably lower it's opacity so that it matches the gray on the sides. Maybe add some light textures or something to make it stand out a little more? In general, it's pretty good thoguh. Probably just needs some sharpening.
*A lot of sharpening. I adore the bottom-only border. :O /steal ------------------------------------------------- Augh, I can't decide which one looks better, thus, I can't make an avatar. xD C&C, + Opinion? |
Loki: Pure smex. Nothing else to say o.o; -dies- -looks at it again- -dies again-Thank goodness I never went ahead to make myself a Sho theme with that same image xD Because that would kick my non-existent theme's butt. Eh, I think the first one looks better. The warm colours just seem to suit Sho a bit more. This theme looks very similar to that Beat one Renneh made xD And I don't really have any problems with that, as that style will probably look great with pretty much any character from TWEWY. What I like is the texture/pattern thing in the background. It stops the banner from looking too empty. Spatters are awesome. For spatters are always awesome. Text is awesome. I love the outline-y thing around the word CRUNCH, eheh. The upside down text is a nice addition. The outline-y thing around Sho looks nice as well. Overall, an excellent banner~
-must refrain self from stealing it- o______o;; ----- http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/7730/omnimoncoloursmallge0.png It's... tall x____o Pen tooled. I haven't decided on a background yet. It's Omnimon! o.o; The whole thing is a lot bigger than this, though. And tell me if I screwed up the colour somewhere. I have a feeling I coloured something wrong. |
Loki. I like the type on that, reminds me of a music video I love. Focal is a bit naf… but yea…
Shiranui: Why is white the only colour that gets a darker shade? |
Shiranui
It seems to be a quite bland, but that's obviously because you're not finished. I like the lineart itself though, it's impeccable~ although... now that a look more carefully, I think the jaw (LOL I TYPOED THAT AS JAE FOR A SECOND) area seems to be lacking... SUMFING. D: Sorry, I suck at critiquing pentooling >_<; http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8918/sohee1vu3.png This is quite different from what I normally do, and it uses smudging! :> but not a lot, because I still blow at it. ;; http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/3927/shav1hw9.png |
@Tinkerbell: I do icons once in a blue moon, so it's hard for me to rate such a small space. x.x Overall, I see no notable flaws, however. It looks good!
Yay for tutorial using. Obviously, these follow different styles from what I usually do... http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Daiaki711/scar.png http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Daiaki711/fallenfate.png This one is part Shiranui's tut, part tut from another site. XD |
.fate-seems you folowwed the tutorials very well
i didnt notice any flaws so....keep it up i was bored so http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/megavszero.gif http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/snakevsdiddy.gif http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/gandw.gif http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/lucasvsfox.gif |
Holy shoot those animations are awsome my favorite is probably snake and diddy kong. I don't know how you do these but they are really amazing. Maybe you should put in a stage like final destination or something to mae it look a little more interesting. Wait is the ness and fox the final stage? The megaman one is cool to like i said before a background would make it more interesting. The game and watch one is ok but the background isn't really good. I have to say you are very good with animations did you make these from scratch? And did you sprite them yourself?
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So yeah. Awesome work, my lovely guru. |D NOW GET ON MSN MOAR. Shiro-chan and I miss you. |
.fate: that scar tag has colour burn issues…the colours of the flames are off because of it… an the repeat of the head o.o' The c4d on top left looks randomly placed too.
Anyway … might as well do me. ._.' http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/munna170488/gallery/11.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/munna170488/gallery/11ava.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/munna170488/gallery/1102.png |
@munna: Isn't the c4d a little... smooth for the render? It doesn't match the quality of the render, and I'm having troubles determining exactly what is going on. @[email protected]
Anyways, this one is tutorial free~ http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Daiaki711/fairy-1.png |
.fate: First and foremost, I'm loving the clever blending. Are the leaves and stuff a separate stock? Anyways, whatever it is, it really does the job at setting a focal point. Honestly, I'm loving it. 10/10
~~~~~ New experimental banner from me. No idea what do with text. http://i30.*.com/wsk5mq.png |
Gummy: I guess I would say put some text there, Verdana size 14-18. Next I would put a lighting effect somewhere, maybe somewhere his head is? Really to me, needs more light. It's just too dark and I don't where the main point is you know? You need to make not just the background, not just the render, not just the texture, but the whole thing a little bit more brighter. It's just... yeah... waay too dark for me. ><
But overall, nice banner, I really really really like the style you used because I know I will never do something like that and I'll never will. xD |
I think this one looks good... but something feels off. I can't put my finger on it. XD
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Daiaki711/cast-1.png |
Those look awesome, i wish i knew how to gif images
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@gummy - Holy crud that is awsome man! i think colors need a little work. And the border is okish not really good but ok. Like Hazuki said text can make it look way better. But overall the bg is awsome it looks like you got better sonve the last time ive seen your work.
@fate. - cast banner - I don't really like this one for some reason. The lighting is good its the bg that isn't really interesting. Also a light border with a dark banner isn't a good combination either. Love the fairy banner though. http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc3/chimchar59/personal/sasuke2.png |
@ .fate: For me, the things that throws it "off" are those dots. They seem to spread out, and male me want to concentrate on the whole banner rather than a focal point, which makes my eyes skip right over the depth. If that makes nay sense. : /
Is that a lined paper texture I see? Or are those two lines to the right of her head just... random? Either way, they don't look good on this banner. I'd take 'em off. The lighting is... alright. It seems to concentrated, though. Spread it out a little bit, and make the shadows a little lighter. Also, brighten up the background. I don't know what effect you were going for by having it so dark, but it would look alot better if it were lighter. This banner seems to me like a different style than your other banners. It's a nice way to do it, but it could use a little work. 6.9/10? (Which isn't that horrible, but I know you're above that level). @ evilcheese: Ew. Clipping masks FTL. Not saying you did a bad job on the Clip Mask, but I don't like them at all. At least, not when they're used in that style. I think this banner looks a little bit too plain. Having a plain banner isn't bad, but the way you did the background doesn't really match. The background seems messy and almost grunge-ish, but the rest of the banner is just plain. Even the border is just a simple black line. It's almost as if you tried to combine two completely different styles, which could work, but didn't on this banner. 5.5/10. ~~~ SOTW entry. I'll probably have alot more versions to be critiqued, but I'll only post two for now; V.1: http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll36/Motsuko/MotsukoLiveSOTW15-Chibi.png V.2: http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll36/Motsuko/MotsukoLiveSOTW15-ChibiV2.png Oh yeah, and credit to Lettersnnumbers for helping me with the text. Lawlz, it kinda doesn't make sense, but I like it. EDIT: Hm : / The GRT isn't as popular as it used to be, I guess. Might as well add another banner: http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll36/Motsuko/Untitled.png I haven't even added a border to this yet. I thought I'd try a different style. Anyway, what do ya think? Worth pursuing or no? By the way, you don't need to rate the first two... just tell me which one you like better and briefly explain why. |
I wanted that chibi render
I choose V2 because of that dashed border like thing, never seen that before. And... that's really the only difference. XD Oh! And I love the text ;) About the Iron Man banner... sorry Motsuko, but I really don't like it. I don't know if it's because I love your normal style or because it's unfinished, but it looks amateur-like. But you should probably get the opinion of someone else before choosing to continue the style or not. sorry. ~~~~~ My SOTW entry: http://i25.*.com/28tw0me.png |
@Motsuko, I love how your chibi banner is turning out. I'd choose v2 definitely.. Those dotted lines are very neat.. I do love it the way it is, but maybe the background still needs a little work? Texture maybe? At a first glance, it looks like a simple radial gradient.
I love that shade of green by the way. Great job on the text too. Is that heart a brush? It blends quite well with the text.. I love it.. About the second banner.. is that a photo manipulation? Anyway, it looks ok, maybe it should be less messy.. I don't know. About what gummy said..yep your current style is awesome, but that shouldn't stop you from experiencing other styles. I say keep trying.. @Gummy, to be honest..this isn't one of your best.. Background: It's seems like you overused your textures.. It's quite messy and not so easy on the eyes.. I don't really think you should be using so many textures.. at least not this way.. And if that's just one texture, it's way too overcrowded And there's so many colors, it doesn't really match the render very well.. I can say that I like the effect behind/ on the right of the banner, but the rest..well.. you know Text:It also doesn't blend very well with the banner.. Sometimes it's best to keep text simple. Right now, it looks sort of squeezed vertically and it's basicly taking all the attention in your banner.. Overall: The whole banner looks sort of flat, with no flow or depth just like most of my banners but if you're satisfied with it, keep it the way it is.. I personally think you should restart with this one, work on a simpler style, and try to maintain harmonious colors.. Good luck with the SOTW guys :3 -------------------------------------------------------- Might as well get something rated.. Yes, I know the text sucks, suggestions? http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/DarkkChildd/Saanaito-Kun.png |
Reply to Twinx: Yeah, it does seem a bit too plain. But there is alot going on in there xD
I have a yellowish radial gradient over a greenish regular gradient, some motion blur, some smudging (which is that yellow-ish outer glow thing you see around her), and more that I don't feel like opening the PSD to see. But I'll definitely try to fill it in more. Thanks! |
Never mind my earlier banner, please rate this photo manipulation.. I haven't done one of those in a while ^^
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/DarkkChildd/jesse.png |
@Twinx - it has alot of white. I don't really like the BG. You should add more depth because your using a real person. It's bright too so there isn't relly much happening. Not very good but i do like the little tech designs those are pretty cool.
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Twinx - I think the lighting is decent. The background could use a little more contrast, and the whole thing could do with more foreground effects. Maybe move the render more toward the center, crop off a bit of height and width, add some effects in the foreground. Then ditch the tech stuff (they don't look good here, don't really match the style) and then move the text in closer to the render so it's not a focal in and of itself.
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Reply to YOOM-TAH: Thanks for the advice, very helpful.. Though I can't do much about the placement since it's a photo manip..
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Man, I'm so sorry I haven't been around here lately. x_o I've added another graphic section to critique to my palette, so I haven't had much motivation to get up and do my rating business here. I will though, once this headache goes away. x_x And once I pick a time to visit when it's not this late!
A nice, massive rating spree to come, so please post any banners you want rated. :> Like, please, because there doesn't look like many banners I'm going to be able to add onto a massive rate as it is. xD; And um... people told me that my style is kind of repetitive, so I tried something new. It's too crowded, I know.... And I'll be adding a border sometime as well. I'm just really tired right now. x_o And the text is just because those crazy people are as text-obsessed as we all were border-obsessed a lot time ago. I slapped it on so that they won't complain. <_< |
Loki: Wow amazing tag I eyes are goin crazy!!!! It has amazing composition and blending. It also has great lighting effects. But I dunno just in my taste it is a little to dark. So maybe add a brighting and contrast layer or something.
other than that I can find nothing I would change. It is composed so well it even kinda looks like a high tech city. I dunno thats just what it looks like in my opinion *shot* I was wanderin If I could get youre MSN or AIM, I would love to talk to you about techniques I could use to make my graphics better. I really respect you're, Shiranui, ぱにぽに, and El Capitano‘s work. I'm currently trying to find all of their contact info. Anyway, can someone rate the image in my signature? It is the first banner I have made since joining PC. |
Well.. first of all, you need to start saving your images as PNG instead of JPG..
Unless my eyes are deceiving me, the render seems to be choppy on the right, try blending to hide that.. The background seems to go well with the render, but it's a bit flat as it seems you blurred it altogether.. Something is bugging me with the light source, I can't really put my finger on it though.. Anyway, I hope someone else also rates this for.. I can really suck at rating sometimes.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/DarkkChildd/beauty.png ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
WARNING. THERE ARE VERY VERY FEW POSITIVE COMMENTS IN THIS RATE. <_<
Don't read it unless you've prepared yourself for a potential self-esteem flushed down the toilet by yours truly. x_x;; I'll start with Gummy's Spiderman banner. ;D Gummy: DO I SPY VENOM RAEPING SPIDERMAN? I mean. <_< That’s totally not what I thought of first. Unless that’s Spiderman turning into Dark-Emo-Spider-man? Ahem. Anyway. Excellent effects here my friend, excellent effects. I love the light, and the kind of destroyed concrete feel of the thing on the right. It’s a bit… empty, due to the colors being dark everywhere except on spiderman. Maybe you could incorporate a red effect c4d or something, to add to Spiderman’s color palette. Border fits alright, it does its job without being too intrusive. Good job overall on this one, I like it. :> Ragnarok Onliiiine. That is what I call a good chibi. >:D But. That pink is really painful. ^^;; The random vector brush on the super far left, super far away from the render, really makes me wonder where it came out of. x_x And then the textures don’t really fit because they just don’t blend with the High Wizard. If you’re going to use textures, or things that look like textures, you kind of gotta make ‘em fit with the render, too. And the right side looks like a completely different banner than the left. o.O So yeah… I really don’t like this tag, even if it has my favorite MMORPG in it. David: I already told you what I think of pretty much all the banners in this thread. x_x Evilcheese: Ahhh, Sasuke. :/ Render-choice: Ehh. I won’t harp you on this, but it’s definitely not… <_<;; A very nice fanart. Smudging: Good! 100%! Making-use of the smudging: 0. You didn’t erase Sasuke at all to take advantage of your smudge to make him blend, so he -[c]- Blend: -[c]- Doesn’t blend. Text: Owch, I would suggest trying not to use those curly cursive fonts. :/ Text Decoration: Awesome. I love the red line thing. Matches with the background, matches with the text, matches in general. Reflection: The lines on the reflection are too thick. There aren’t any effects around it, which make it look kind of boxy and plain. Which isn’t good. Also, the reflection itself is in color, which is weird. I would expect it to be grayscale or something, so that it doesn’t deplete from the actual banner, but seeing as it’s not… Focal: Er… There isn’t one. o_o Lighting: The lighting is good though. You probably could burn a little to give some shadow, but otherwise I think it looks good. Colors: You NAILED them. Unlike usual. xD; You nailed the colors, they’re GREAT, they’re AWESOME, and you should try incorporating multiple colors into your banners more often. :< Motsuko Live: I um, hate chibi’s 90% of the time, and that most certainly includes C.C., whom I dislike chibitized or not, so I’ll skip that one. :/ Sorry. But I like the second version better, because the dotted line fits chibi-look really well. And because that’s the only visible difference I can find. :B Iron mannn. I kind of hate him too, after my stupid friend stole my Computer Arts Final concept with an Iron Man AMV. Stupid stupid stupid stupid. D:< Anyway. xD Love what you did with the banner though, you pulled of a focal and off-focal really well. It’s a little empty on the left, but… I guess it’s not a big deal because it helps keep the focus on the right. The background is awesome, floaty little lights are awesome, and the light that comes from behind him is perfect. Basically, this is one of my favorites from you, but I think some sharpening is in order. ;< Twinx: I’m sorry, but I will never look at a banner with Sho Minamimoto in it the same after I realized that Erica’s set is on randomize. (LIKE, MY GOD. IT’S, LIKE, THE MOST AMAZING THING EVAR.) But… I dislike the colors. Why? Because there’s three. Purple, white, and black. (And black isn’t usually counted as a color anyway.) This one needs colorful lighting, colorful brushing, colorful textures, colorful anything, just… more colors. o_O It’s really boring as is. And the text looks fine. Maybe if you lowered the opacity a bit, but text on vertical banners is usually impossible anyway. The background is a bit too blurry for the foreground. It doesn’t match Sho, and it doesn’t match the TWEwY style. ;< I don’t really like this banner blend-wise, but since Sho is in it, I guess it rocks anyway. xD The blend is good though… for the most part. Kudos for that. And then… oh god those tech brushes in the foreground of your stock manip. x_x Definitely need to get cranked down on opacity. (Or just disappear altogether. Either works. A clipping mask would effectively blend them in too.) The text is… okay. I think you used too much canvas space for too little focal. And then the sharp-blurry contrast between the background and foreground really clash too. It doesn’t blend, makes it look really really pasted on… and there’s no incentive for me to be biased with this one, unlike the Sho banner. :/ I don’t like this tag either. BUUTTT, don’t be discouraged by my harshness, because your latest banner kicks the bucket out of the water. (Although Sho is still cooler than the render you chose any day.) On your beauty banner, you got the colors, you….. well, there’s no visible effort of blend, but since the colors match, it kind of works out. The background is good, the focal isn’t too great, but that’s easily fixed with a little radial gradient. In general, the Beauty banner is my favorite, but I’m torn between this one and the Sho banner. Because the blend on the Sho banner is excellent compared to the other two. In general, I’m pretty sure these last two banners have… not, been anywhere near your best. :< Made it brighter~ I like the darker version better though. :/ http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg69/Xenocrates13/citylights.png http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg69/Xenocrates13/wordartavatar.png http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg69/Xenocrates13/wordart.png Harharhar, for a Word Art WSAC |
BELLOKIUXENOCRATUSMAXIMUS-CHAN! 8DD:
Whoever told you your style is repetitive is wrong. End of story. But I do like that new banner of yours, but I think you need to give his face a bit more breathing space XD, and there's also the issue of focus/contrast, since the render is slightly blurred/soft, while your effects are sharp, and focused, it creates a bit of chaos that isn't exactly depth D: As for the word art, I like it! Especially your choice of fonts. Although, it would be GAWDLY if you managed to replicate some torn paper effects or, soiled/dirtied paper effects. <3 I'm in a really unproductive mood, so I just decided to toy/experiment with another existing banner of mine. The outcome: http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/760/sunmi2xt6.png |
@Loki - Thanks for noticing the colors ^^
I think the problm with the stock is the hiar since it covers the eyes and it doesn't really have a good texture. Because the hair covers the eyes i think you should grab a red soft brush, brush over the eyes and set that on overlay. That will make the stock stand out a little more. @Tinkerbell - I like this one. The effects are awsome. And colors are nice too. The text decoration thing, the bar I don't think green fits in you should continue to use warm colors there. The render is awkwerdly placed but thats not a problem because there's nothing on the right side so it should be easier to crop. |
Wow this place is deeeeaaad.
Jay, I think I already rated that, and I don't remember what it looked like before. D: But like I said last time, the rendering job on her hair is so funny-lookin. :B Effects are beastly, as always, though~ <3 Whoo-hoo, tutorials by Shiranui! |
Loki - The sig is too small and confined. Because of that, you have way too much stuff in there and it's really really chaotic. Also, all the effects cover up the focal so much that all that's left is the head. This creates what is known in the graphics world as "FHS" or "Floating Head Syndrome". It isn't good. It's as it reads--looks like a disembodied head, and as such it is very creepy. Get some shoulders in there. Other than that just work on a wider canvas so that all those effects you can have can spread out and not be so random/chaotic.
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Loki: Hmm I like it, it's a neat style... I really don't know what else to say. xD
Um maybe it needs text? I really don't know, it's looks really good just like that. ^^ http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/3476/starwaybannerbq8.png Made for Starway |
@Loki: I don't really see, at all, where FHS could come into play. Where his shoulders are is clear, and if you paid attention to the focal you could see a hand resting right under it. I think it looks fine.
@Hazuki: There are two minor problems I see her. The first is the focal. The lighting by the neck first takes my eyes up there, but there's also a spot of light on her chest which draws my eyes there. The next is the text. I think using a different colour might help it stand out a bit, since as of right now I can barely notice it's presence. But overall, it's a cute banner. |
Loki, I agree with YOOM-TAH about the canvas size.. Your sigs tend to look a bit squeezed-in because of the size.
About the FHS, I personally don't think it's a problem. It looks fine to me. It flows very well by the way. Try blurring it a bit around the render to achieve depth. When I first saw Macy's tut, I wasn't sure whether I should try it or not. But now that I saw your outcome, I know I have to try it :3 Hazuki, I know you love your dashed borders, but sometimes normal borders look much better. For example, in this banner, the bright-colored dashed border is taking away the focus of the whole signature. It's very distracting.. The colors are very nice, you're very talented in that department. Could use more contrast maybe? The background, umm, not much going on here. I'm looking really close and I can something nice in the top right, but that's all. Hazuki, you taught me how to use textures, using them here might be a good idea :3 Good job on the foreground effects, they are cool. Try decreasing the "leading" for the text. That should fix the problem with the amount of vertical space between "Dream" and "On" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Another attempt at photo manipulation. http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/DarkkChildd/smile.png ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Trying a new style, should I try to improve it, or dump it? http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/DarkkChildd/alex.png ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
Um... yeah, I know what FHS is, but thanks for explaining it anyway. ^^;;
Even if I thought it was a problem, (And apparently it isn't.) I wouldn't be able to fix it anyway, because the huge ugly, "AMATSUKI" logo is right under his shoulder, so I can't move it up without it looking as though I added a huge purple glow on his shoulder, which wouldn't help the situation in the first place, so, oh well. :/ Anyway, I took the advice and, 1. Made the canvas bigger, spread things apart, etc. 2. Blurred around the render a little. (A step I actually skipped in the tutorial, go figure. :B) 3. Added text. 4. His shoulders were covered by three pixels of clipping mask, but by god that's obviously too much, so I got rid of it. 5. Got rid of the dotty things on his shoulder, though I didn't get rid of them 100% because it looked really weird without the blend. http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg69/Xenocrates13/bonten3.png edit 2, more feedback, something about serious balance issues. http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg69/Xenocrates13/bonten4.png Hazuki: Ack, your text placement. x_o;;; It's really weird that "On" is so far on the right... It's just really far away and out in the middle of nowhere. Move it more to the middle of the edge of the tag and your render. xD It's confusing me as to why it's so far away right now, and my brain can't handle it. Secondly, I know this is one of those more 'shiny-lol' banners, but... it looks... really really plain. xD; I'd say this would be okay if all your effects weren't slapped onto the stock, because as it is, the stock looks like 'COLORS-EVERYWHERE' while your background is 'just pink'. It makes it really hard to find where to look first on the stock. Like David said, your focal is gone. xD;; And I think you could add some pink soft brushing on the left, to break all that white, match the background on the right, and send a little more focus onto the stock. Twinx: Your photomanipulation is good! (I like it. x3) Buuut, there's a little too much negative space. I think your canvas here is actually a little too wide, so I'd suggest cutting five pixels off either side or something. :/ Either way, the smudging is awesome, though I can't say I like the scanlines on her hair. They're a cool touch at the bottom, but they look weird on her hair, so I'd say erase them up there. The text placement is good, but the opacity needs to go down, so that it doesn't stand out so much. Errgh, at the border. xD; Try to improve that style! It's really cute and is colorful in a subtle way. ;D Um, but your text needs to go. xD;; Or be put somewhere else. I see 'Hatsune Mi--" and it took me way too long to squint out the "ku". Though I think blurring around the render does help with depth, it just doesn't look good here. (Blurring on brushes doesn't usually tend to look good, but that's just my opinion.) It really needs to be sharpened or something. D: Especially that flowery brush on the right. Again, too much empty space. This time it's not really concentrated on the sides like in your photomanip, but it's all over the place. I'd suggest fixing it by doing more brush work or something around your render- especially around her face, so that the area around your render pops out just as much as the sides, which isn't happening right now. xD; |
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Raimu Bito: Agh I hate rating this style because I phail at life. ._.
Anyways, it looks like you kind of smeared the brushes a bit in the background. I guess that's a good thing becaus I've never tried that before in my life and I'll never will. xD But um, the coloring is good, there's color there and color here. I would suggest to play with image, in other words, make Rhyme pop out(See I can't spell her name, this proves I am a loser >D). Also add some lighting effects which makes the charater stand out. And text. Definently add text. All in all it's a plain banner which I could have made something a little better. I bet you could do that too! =D http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n164/SoulEternity01/lelouchsuzaku2-banner.png What else should I add? xD |
@Loki: Between those two edits, the first one looks better on the left side, and the the second looks better on the right side. xD But I guess you had to cut down on the left side to keep the sides balance. It's still awesome though.
I don't really like the text. As a matter of fact, I don't think this banner really needs text. But if you intend to keep it, I'd suggest changing the placement. That's all I can think of.. keep it up ^^ @Hazuki: No dashed border? YaY! ;D Great composition. The focal on the hand is very nice and very-well placed. The background: Nice choice of textures. It flows very well with the render, but the texture used on the left doesn't. Everything in the background is going like this \\\ while on the left it like this ++.Anyway, I guess there could be more colors in the background, as the guy in black is standing out too much. I'm thinking more variation in colors would fix that... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Made for IZY http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/DarkkChildd/zexion-request.png edit 1: changed the border, added some more blue and removed the lower text based on Izy's request http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/DarkkChildd/zexion-v2.png edit 2: removed the blue and cranked up the contrast a bit. http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/DarkkChildd/zexion-v2b.png I still feel like something's missing, help? |
Twinx: I don't see anything wrong with your final edit. You have more skill than me so I don't know what to tell you to add. Maybe a clearer light source? Try getting someone else's opinion.
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Twinx: Definitely some kind of spiffy pizzaz is needed. In this case, I would suggest a shiny light texture, or a shiny c4d, or perhaps even some shiny brushing. Something shiny in general. And yes. A light source is desperately needed in as dark a tag as this one.
You should put a light source around either of the indicated circles. The semi-oval is just me fooling around, so ignore that. xD;; http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h88/EvileBell/lolcrack.png Gummy: Aaaack. D: Well, I take it back. It's not "Aaaack" it's just "Hmmm..." Okay well in english that means it's not amazing. :< Those weird lines in the back don't really fit very well, they really really deplete from the flow since your renders is so vertical. the font! it stings! Everything else is okay, since you follow a tutorial and the outcome is pretty similar, but I really don't like how the background looks so sharp and crisp and your render is so low-quality blurry. I think you used an anime screencap, but yeah, it's not the best for this kind of tag. xD; I also don't really like the erasing on the edges of Forte. I think you should've tried a different way to blend, but again this goes with the issue that you follow the tutorial to the pixel... Well, I think it would've been a lot better if you'd strayed a little and added a bit of your own style. xD; ------------------------------------ Umm, request by Latios that I finally got done. :< This is the edited version though, since I didn't really like the original. [/will be PM'ing him the greater version now.] |
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Raimu Bito, it'd be awesome if you could read the rules on the first post of the Graphic Rating thread before continuing to post here. ^^
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Reply to Loki: your comments hurt me xD I really liked this banner but now that you've pointed out all of the mistakes, I see how bad it really looks. Hate it when that happens.
Raimu Bito: The colors of the render don't blend well with the colors of the background. And the fact that you used a TWOTY render makes that worse, since they have such thick outlines. I advise smudging and gradient maps if you're using Photoshop. As for the text, I of all people should know what I'm saying when I say it's just not working. Since the "Erasure" part is the main part of the text, I suggest making everything else a smaller font and that word more noticeable. ~~~~~ http://i31.*.com/2ai1t82.jpg |
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Just thought i'd get some opinions on it. It's for a SOTW in another forum since i can't join this one <.> Theme is reflections |
Hmm, I'm never really a fan of the duplicate thing unless the rest (excluding the duplicate) is still a good enough sig on its own. As it is here, the duplicated part takes up space that should be taken up by more of the original sig. And so the right side is quite crowded and there's not much going on. I'm not sure about the black and white thing either, doesn't really serve a purpose. Text is okay, the "reflected" parts could be better, should be less visible and erased a bit more, and could use more perspective. Lighting is alright, maybe a bit too strong. Could use more depth overall.
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^^Interesting lighting effects, but the focal is too thrown off to the side that it's hard to focus on that and not the background, which itself is kinda flat and lacking in depth. The text could use major work. I'd start by ditching the layer styles and making it horizontal. Try to keep it closer to the render/focal so it doesn't distract from it.
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I don't really have anything to add since YOOM-TAH really covered all I had to say about it.
Anyways, Nia~ I think I'm starting to get out of my rut... maybe. http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Daiaki711/niapilot1.png |
Gummi, I agree with what YOOM-TAH said as well. Try keeping in mind the rule of thirds when choosing a focal. This should help you:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/DarkkChildd/scrap/gummi.jpg Basically you need to place your focal at any of the intersections. This also applies to text [which should be left simple without fugly layer styles]. .fate, Background and Colors: nice choice of Triad Colors. They match very well. It could use some blue effects so the render blends with the background nicely. Text and Focal: Your intended focal point was probably on the top right, but to be honest with you, the first thing that caught my eye would be the text. It should be just a bit smaller and that black is making it stand out a bit too much. Try using a color for it. Anyway, it's a nice, colorful banner overall. |
Reply to YOOM-TAH & Twinx: Thanks for the comments guys and I'll try to keep all of that in mind with my next banner.
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Same banner as before, but I changed the text colour/opacity and moved the light source to the left a little bit. What I'm not going to do is move the text closer to the render anymore than it is.
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I suppose that text color is better, but it's still too distracting from the focal where it is IMO.
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Reply to .fate: Yep it's less distracting, but if you want to fix the placement a bit, you can move it up a little. But I guess it looks fine.
YOOM-TAH, if he moves it more to the left, the right side will look empty, which will create another problem for him.. I guess.. |
Despite what happened last time, I made another sig based of a tutorial (and from the same person too). Sorry if I'm making your tuts look bad, Shiranui. XD
Without border: http://i27.*.com/2s15e34.png With border: http://i29.*.com/11uex77.png |
Gummy: Ohh, attempting a Shiranui type Naruto banner, are we? Well, my opinions are, It's good, the blending is nice, but the Render choice is a bit low quality.. But nice stuff, just don't erase too much of the focal. The background colours are a good choice, and they blend well, and the left corner looks pretty cool. Try and spread that bit around a bit. Good Banner Gummy, and I must say that I like the bottom one better.
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And I'm a pumping out these ratings of them one-by-one.
Gummy Woahh, major improvement! This one looks pretty cool, but in some places (ahem, like teh sword) You have sharpened it a bit too much. I could be wrong, cause it's near the lightning ( which is totally awesomes too). Anyways, the Text placement could be better, could use a bit more blending and that bit where Sasuke's sleeve has been displaced, is a bit weird too. But, definately, one of your best banners Gummy, You've improved hella-lot since I saw one of your first banners, the one with the guy with the purple fist from Megaman. Anyway, Well yeh, Good job Gummeh! |
Awesome banner Gummy. Everything is well-placed this time.
Although the background could use some more work, great job. I actually like the text placement. It's next to the render and it flows well with it as well. I don't see what Rényui doesn't like about it. An extra something you could do here is create a new layer, set it to soft light and brush with black around the edges. Lower layer opacity if you think it's too drastic. I see a lot of improvements in your style, great job! |
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i cant say much because all its seems like is a stock not even a stock sig but a stock i can critique it sorrry im almost done with this animation but i want to know how good it is so far http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/gifsofar-3.gif |
reply to Pistolz: you're not supposed to rate it.. that's my signature o_O
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Reply to Twinx Well I don't like it because I usually keep my text hidden, and blended, but there are rare occasions where this is not used!
Rate the requests! v1.http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg238/rowy95/subbeh.png v2.http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg238/rowy95/subbehnew.png Made for Super Subordinate http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg238/rowy95/azurillba.png made for (music notes here)Azurill(Music notes here) yeh.. Rate them, yeh. |
The first two are a little too blurry around the render, and the third one has some quality issues with the pink effects on either side of the render. Otherwise they're good. Nice blending.
http://i28.*.com/adl2pw.jpg Shoot. I forgot to credit myself. |
Beyond-The sig is alright, but the background is a bit dull. I would give it more activity other then that lone c4d. My rating 6.5 out of 10.
------- Here is my entry for this week's SOTW (insanity) http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u215/DanteRedson/Signatures/insanity_sig.gif |
Renyui: For the Poliwrath banners, I don't really see much of a difference between the two. Oh wait nvm now I do. xD But still then again, even with the improved one at the bottom, I would still do some more brushing techinques. It looks too little, it needs a bit more. Maybe add a C4Ds render, maybe that will spice things up a bit. Also, you may want to consider in improving the image a little more by going to Image > Adjustments > Selective color. This way your image can stand out a bit more. Well what I like about it is the blurring and blending, because I know I will never know how to do that. XDDD
For the Pokeshipping banner, I, for one would take out the pink thing. It just..... doesn't fit. And I can see the to the right, you copied the image and made it blurred is that correct? Anyways, to me, it's not a very common thing to do, and I wouldn't use it in the first place. Really, it kind of lacks brushing, I mean I can see it yes, but it's some, you need a bit more brushing. And also focus on just a little color, like you know, make the banner color theme erm.. I dunno, pink, white, and red? I see color over there, I see a different color over here. It's like, there's no focus point. You get what I mean? I also think using Selective coloring in this banner would help improve as well. Well, just keep on practicing and you'll get it soon. ^^ Beyond: You could improve the image a little bit, just like I said in above, use selective coloring. Pokemon Specials always have grainy images because it's, well, a manga duh. XD The background, I guess it's not bad, I mean, I can't do that myself. But it's just red. Just red. Nothing else but red, with a little orange. Add more orange. Add more yellow. Make something pop with colors. Dx I also think a C4Ds texture/ render will do nicely here in this banner. Also the text.... Like I said, it's red, red, and a little orange and yellow. There's barely any orange and yellow which is the problem. So if you made the banner a little more orange and yellow, the text wouldn't look like it's out of place. Also, for this particular banner, I think it would be nice if you added a light source don't you? Really, all you do is that you get a 100px soft brush and place it, maybe where Red's head is, and set it to overlay. It's a nice work, I would definiently would love to see more. ^^ Gold19: Image - needs work, with selective coloring perferably. >> Like it doesn't match with the backgrounds in the banner and all I pretty much see is white. Add more of that color in the white spots, I mean yes leave some white but add more color. Your banner too, also lacks a focus point. It's hard to see where you are aiming at, Joker or the white stuff. Adding a C4Ds texture would do good here. Actually, you should add more textures while you are at it, it will give the banner a bit more pop. And also, add a light source somewhere, Joker just looks way too dull. As for the text, I would take the text out, it doesn't fit at all. I would suggest use a simple font like Times New Roman and place it somewhere and add color/style to each word. Do you kind of get what I am saying? It's like this. I think you can do better, just don't make Joker too dull and fill in the white spots. ^^ |
Reply to Hazuki-I've taken some of your suggestions and my banner came out like this.
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u215/DanteRedson/Signatures/insanity_sig_v2.gif |
Gold19-The light sorce is in the wrong place and i dont see the flow
the text dosent blend.Neither does the render. ok i was skipped completely http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/ssbbkirbyrenderbydarkfipe0.png http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/redmetaknight-1.png are recolors http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/metasig2.png http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/yoshibarsig.png and the animation http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/gifsofar-4.gif |
PiSToLZ: The first banner is ok, but you can't see Meta knight very much. And the colours, Yellow and red don't mix with the black, gothic style of Meta Knight. That Brush sought of thing on the left blends well though, but the opacity is a little low for it.
As for the Yoshi banner, I'm sorry to say, but this banner is pretty bad. You've smudged yoshi up Too too much and the colours are too fluro. The right side is blank, and you've overlayed some kind of brush over Yoshi, as if to hide him even more. and there is some kind of wierd corner-of-a-box thing near the red. Good attempt though. Ooo and Hazuki, I don't have CS, i've only got elements so I can't do selective colour... :P http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg238/rowy95/eliwood.png Meh, my attempt at a vector banner. Raaate! And it's not transperant. It's just that the colour of the background is the same as PC's. |
Renyui-I see...A vecor sig?
Simple but effective. The colors match well, and it was a good choice of render Seems like a lot but I like it 8/10 http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/nazosigfixedd.png (i made his eyes blue:) ) original stock http://www.puff-x.com/nazo.jpg and two more http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/silversigfixed.png http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/rasidori1/lucariopistolz.png |
PiSTolz 1st: The render is way too blurry to do anything with and the banner itself is quite plain. I do like the pen tool use, though. 3/10.
2nd: Much better render and I see use of a clipping mask. However, the background is beyond plain. 5/10. 3rd: I think the Aura Sphere would have been a better light source than what you chose, and that rainbow is pretty random. 4/10 I think you should try out some tutorials and try to pick some stuff up. ~~~~~ http://i28.*.com/1evpfc.png |
Gummy: Hmm... I like it, but the blue in his eyes is really rather blue... I think instead of the entire image being black & white then some blue, you should only make it a little black and white. I'm not sure if you've Photoshop, if so, try adding a Black and White Gradient Map, as well as the Blue to Orange one, and set the black and white on Luminosity, while having the blue and orange on 30% opacity. But still keeping the blue parts in there. Play around with it a bit. :D I'd say... 7.5/10, I'd like to see what you come up with.
v1.http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj223/Relyt-kun/IchigoLightcopy.png Version one seemed a little too dark in the face, so I duplicated and set it to Lighten. v2. http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj223/Relyt-kun/IchigoLightLighter.png Then the render of Ichigo seemed overall too light... so I made a new layer, soft brushed white over the dark parts, and set it to Soft Light. v3. http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj223/Relyt-kun/IchigoLightFace.png I was quite happy with the outcome of the last one. :D |
Relyt: I like this new smudge style you've developed. However, in some parts near Ichigo's face it seems a little too bright. the C4D is nice but the text needs to blend a bit more. It's kinda distracting. The border is a little thick, and the render needs a little sharpening but other than these, Good job Relyt!
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Relyt:The banners are pretty good, I personally like them. I'd take into consideration of what Rényui said about the border. Take it down one or two pixels. The last banner is the best, but I'd suggest slightly darkening the edges of (what is he called? Ichago?).. yeah. Ichago's face; right where his hairline ends especially. Other than that, the banner is really good! I can't wait to see more from you. =]
Me: I used Loki's tutorial to do this. Meh, first time in the style. I might've overdone the selective color a little bit, but I like like. -shrugs- [Yes, it's the same background texture thing as used for the banner above. I like this texture XDD;] http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x314/MagusMew/sasodeicopy.png |
@Michii: I think the results look really good. My one qualm is the font you used since it seems - to me - like it doesn't seem to go along with the cute and colourful atmosphere that you have going on. I might just be rambling about nothing, though. XD
Well I was making this for SOTW - and I think I still will - but I might use it for myself now as well. I struggled with the lighting on this one for a while. >.< http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Daiaki711/temp4.png |
^^Hmm, my main problem is the lighting in this picture. The very little amount of shading on the render indicates that there's a strong light shining in front of the render, but that light isn't represented in the rest of the sig as the parts immediately around/behind her is quite dark.
The effect in the top right kinda looks obscure/random and doesn't really fit in too well with the rest or blend well. The part on the left looks a little strange where it just cuts off. I like the kinda darker effect on the far left, like a flame or cloud silhouette. Looks good. The text isn't bad, could be placed/arranged better. |
Mishy:Wait a minute... you like SasoDei too?????? I like the background and the texture you used in the banner. And did you use selective color, cause I can't tell. I would use it more? oo It's good as it is anyways, so I don't think there should be any adjustments. ^^
.fate: I really don't know what to say because I suck at rating these types of banners. The text placement is amazing, I love it I love it I love it. You should add more stuff to the right, it's jsut that wierd blue thing and that's basically it, that and black. Add a light source somewhere on the girl, I think it would look a little better. Use selective coloring if you have to! Really that's all I can say because there's nothing better than what I think just said, so it's a good banner. ^^ Edit: Icon timeeeeeez~ =D http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n164/SoulEternity01/sammi-avatar.png Made for nappo fairy/Sammi on her birthday, featuring some dude from.... KHR (I'm too lazy to type the whole thing xD) http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n164/SoulEternity01/lelouch-icon.png Featuring Lelouch from Code Geass, because I found such a high quality pic so I just had to do somehting. =D http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n164/SoulEternity01/ouran-icon.gif Featuring Tamaki and Haruhi from Ouran High School Host Club (Cause animation is fun, whee~) |
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Wow, those are amazing. I myself love icons, and those are some pretty amazing ones, especially the animated one. Well, I've never made a smudge banner before, so this is my first take at one. :/ http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u54/Ooka_100/sorabanner.png P.S. I think I overdid the smudge, and I think I did it wrong too xD |
Ooka: Is pretty, and fluffly looking ( airy ) but its kinda empty in my opinion. I think you can keep the style you are going for but add some more effects. Try some lighting, or texture effects with some c4ds for an easy fix. Just think about adding cool effects withought losing the style you were going for in the first place.
Sorry for my sad attempt at making a comment. >_0 Ok here was my SOTW entry. This was my first sig in a LONG time so go easy. I got photoshop for my bday! [email protected]!11 http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k284/andytoe/5.jpg o and my new theme sig http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k284/andytoe/mgs.jpg |
@el capitano - cool you have photoshop. now join my shop >.< anyway i kinda get lost in you banner because it's too contrasted. i don't know but a border would be a nice go. I also don't really like the text. It looks like you made the "sotw" bigger when it was small. and the insane is kinda hard to read. also the render looks like he should be in a dark place but that's not a big problem.
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@El Captiano - The SOTW one is pretty good but kinda flat and crowded, and also those colors seem a lot more jolly than insane to me. Though I guess I can kinda see the insane side of em.
The MGS sigs is pretty sweet, but the little boxes are kinda out of place. It could use a little blurring in the background on the left to add to the depth. @evilcheese - It has decent depth, and the lighting is okay but could be better. The green dots look really bad to me though. Also his eyes kinda look weird. The light you have over his head just makes the render look kinda LQ there. |
evilcheese: As YOOM-TAH said, those green dots really kill the banner. And his eyes look like he's about to go Hulk, especially the right one as some of the green is on the skin.
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@Gummy - It's not bad, could use a bit more darker areas maybe to add to the depth, and it's a bit oversharpened in areas. Text could be better though it's not TOO bad.
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@ Gummy: It's interesting. I don't think I've ever seen you use that style before. I like how it's rippled, but it seems a little too rippled. Also, you shouldn't have covered the render.
Yeah, I know that was a horrible rate. That's why I'm not going to submit a banner. |
Gummy: Wow it's pretty good, I like the ripple like effects.
I made a quick little thing: http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj45/Dragonzilla25/Dragonzillasword.png |
Dragonzilla: I have to admit, that is a really cool style. The only thing I have to suggest is that you work on the text. It is... terrible. >>; It should blend into the background more and have more effects on it rather than just slapping on Arial Bold. Try Overlay or something. xD;
http://imageknight.com/images/1215799199.png SOTW#17 entry, please rate. <3 |
@Raikazu - I love it, honestly. Probably my favorite banner ever in the SOTW. Really great job. The render blends in nicely with the background, and the text is blended, yet readable.
~ http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u54/Ooka_100/NewLightYagami.png |
@Raikazu - Don't really like it too much. I think the colors should be more washed out to look more like sand, and pretty much the face takes up way too much of the sigs. Most of the effects dominate the focal point so I don't really know what to look at in the sig. The text could be a lot better too. And it's quite flat, not a lot of depth.
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Ooka: I think the banner is way too dark, especially since your light source if fairly bright. Colors aren't the greatest, but I wouldn't go as far as to say it's horrible. And, sorry for the pickiness, but there are a lot of green pixels/dots on Light's shoulder and arm. Might want to get rid of those.
~~~~~ http://i35.*.com/5pjzvt.png |
@ Gummy: The render seems to be little grainy, if you know what I mean. It might be because you resized it to such a small size, but I'm not entirely sure. I like the background. Nice and plain, but it doesn't really match the render. I mean, the render has so much going on, and the background is so boring xD. But yes, sometimes it is better to have a boring background, just not in this case.
I'm not sure what that is under the thing he's holding, but it looks like a C4D. That can go. lol. It seriously doesn't have to be there. Now, the text... Mmm, I think it sort of needs to be redone. In my experiences, simpler text is the way to go. Especially when it's so small. Anyway, not a bad banner, but not a spectacular one either. 6/10. ~~~ Found a few good comic book character renders. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll36/Motsuko/UnleashtheEnergy.png Maybe the text needs to go? |
Thanks Motsuko, I was really just trying to bring depth to a banner with that last one. I think I do it better with my next one, though.
Motsuko Live: As usual, your banner is super-special-awesome. A few pet-peeves though: I have no idea where the light is coming from, as there are a couple of bright spots in the sig (my best guess is the bottom right). And while on the topic of the bottom right, what is that image? I've looks at it sideways, upside-down and with one eye closed, but I can't figure it out. xD ~~~~~ http://i35.*.com/5agxg.jpg Might trash the meteor and text and add a border. What do you think? and yeah, I don't know where the light is coming from either xD. |
Motsuko Live:
Nice banner, I like the positioning of the render and the background looks good. The text is okay, but then again I am new to Graphics and wouldn't know very much anyways... =P I think the text is fine, but maybe move it down a bit? Gummy: This banner looks kinda blurred. I'm sure you meant for it to look like that but it just looks over blurred. ~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+ Ok guys, here is the moment of truth. I have created my first banner ever and plan on entering it in the the SOTW "Swords and Blades" week. I am unsure about the text so any advice is happily taken. Here we go... http://i38.*.com/24b6x3p.png ~ Kuggles ~ |
Kuggles- There isn't much detail in it at all besides the render. Not really anything else to comment on :/ Nice for your first though.
~ http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u54/Ooka_100/sword2.png Just figured I'd get mine from the SOTW rated. I used the same color scheme as my last. |
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