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The tag looks pretty nice overall. Though I think that the bar under the text can be done away with or at least thinned. The squigglies look a little too sharp in places (like at the top) but that can be remedied by erasing with a soft brush. I would have liked to see more reds in there though, to match his hair and pants. But just small subtle touches of red, thrown in there with the purple.
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But then that'd mean I couldn't get my stuff rated if I didn't rate yours, and I actually want to get better as an artist because I want to major in graphic design.
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And I don't? Just wait till someone else put up theirs, the rate it and put up yours
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But I like helping people. I don't understand why you're giving me such a hard time over this. If you don't like the way I critique, too bad. You're going to have to learn to deal with it because I don't change who I am for anybody.
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I said nothing unkind. I merely said that if you do not wish to rate my posts, then don't/ You don't have to, just wait until someone else posts.
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I think you should both just kind of... simmerrrrr. <_<
SwampertTrainer, I think you should take some time to rate CME's stuff if you get the chance. Because when you reply to her crits, some other idiots who haven't actually read and understood the rules might see your reply post as a free rate, which isn't the way things work. It's just kind of a give-give thing, you know? :< And, both of you, this isn't a discussion thread. <_< If you really must continue arguing over this subject, there are two very convenient forms of contact on PC known as private messages and profile messages. Please utilize them. |
Sorry. I think we're over it (for now...)
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My apologies, Loki. Don't kill my prz, I just want some rates. D: ;_;
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Wow, haven't been here in forever. :/
@ YOOM-TAH: It looks pretty decent. I like the c4d you used right beside her arm; it seems to flow perfectly with it. I've only got a couple of beefs with the banner: 1) As I said, the blue c4d looks really nice. However, the red... "thing" beside it kind of screws up the flow. The way they intersect isn't very appealing at all. 2) Behind the render, on the right hand side, it looks as if there's a really blurry c4d, or a motion-blurred bit of background. ... yeah, no. That totally ruins it. It seems to be the only thing going to the right. But yeah, it's a pretty nice banner. It kinda looks a little plain, but simplicity is still beauty. --- I'm kind of rusty, I guess... but no excuse. How's it look? http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t334/_freakGFX/freak-DestinyBound.png |
Slightly too blurry on the left… makes you stare at it more. .o.
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.freak;; Nice banner overall, as Fails said, a bit blurry on the left and a bit blank. The text could be smaller, (so could the whole banner) but good light source, great use of effects. Nice job (Y) 9/10
Wow, I haven't been on PC in a while and I haven't made a banner for months so here it goes >< http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/2772/finalfantasybannermq4.png |
@Kaiyori
Took me a while to figure out that it's a picture of Yuna. There's too much effects which make it a little hard on the eyes. Text placement needs work, but I think the effect is pretty nice. Overall, it's too busy for my own personal taste. Something I did for this week's SoTW. http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/4070/sotw24copyqd9.png |
It's nice, but seems kinda rough and messy. Also colors aren't too great IMO. The effects are great, but just seem out of place/sloppy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/2189/signatureffxiii01notexthl6.png My SOTW entry for this week, and yeah I know it's hella bright. I was going for that, but due to other comments I've gotten I regret it. But I really don't feel like going back and redo most of it XD Anyway...CnC? ---------------- Listening to: Gorillaz - Every Planet We Reach Is Dead via FoxyTunes |
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here's mine. The text in this one is meant to be the focal, so don't ding me for that. I got the inspiration from the fact that my state is kinda all on fire right now... http://attachments.wetpaintserv.us/NnuNU4hi3iAn0Knz0biYrg%3D%3D97395 This one I made a while ago, and at the time I thought it was really good... now I'm not so sure: http://attachments.wetpaintserv.us/3eKNFgtHIQ0BhWKbUhSk2w%3D%3D1190280 |
@Utami - The colors are really washed out, so that hot pink squiggle stands out like a sore thumb. A little brightness/contrast and saturation would do this tag wonders (leaving the hot pink alone of course; just make some adjustment layers under the hot pink layer).
@Conman - So bright. ;o; The rest of the effects are pretty nice, but I would like to see a tad more depth above her right arm (the one in the air). It's pretty bland and flat compared to the rest of the tag. @Swampert - You have flow going in all different directions. Since you're being inspired, you should add more red/orange/yellow instead of purple. The weird gray splatter looks funny and out of place. Maybe if you got rid of the purple and gray splatter, used the burn tool on the background and smudged some orange-ish hues, it would look more like a fiery blaze. Made another LP for my portfolio. Link took soo long to vector. Especially because I couldn't find any stocks of him in his purple costume, so I had to use the one of him in green and make my own colors. ;o; http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/3783/laviako8.png Vectored the lotus flowers too. D: |
I redid it:
http://attachments.wetpaintserv.us/eSkLQfCFYjvWnyGRHt%2BU2Q%3D%3D95449 Also, what about the second one? (it's in a link, since it's bigger) |
That looks a lot better. It would look even better though if you didn't have fuzzyness above the text and kept it the same type of style as on the right side of the tag. Now can you rate mine? ;o;
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You didn't rate both of mine
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Even I'm starting to feel sorry for CME, SwampertTrainer. xD; I'd just suggest that if you don't want to rate CME's stuff, stop posting after her, okay? Otherwise I'm just going to change the rule so that you have to rate something above you if it's there no matter what.
And I'll say it again, though this time it's just to your SwampertTrainer: This. Is. Not. A. Discussion. Thread. Honestly, you people make me want to turn on post moderation in this thread. :| And SwampertTrainer, CME did rate your banner. She not only rated it, she replied to your revision. <_< I'd say that counts for something. Just take some time to rate, jesus christ. xD; Next time this becomes a problem, rating will become mandatory if there's a piece in the post above yours. /walks off grumbling about how much trouble this thread is. CME: Wireframes. |D Reminds me of the prettiful theme you made me so long ago. However, I honestly hate how they look in this LP. D: It just doesn't really... mesh, in my opinion. :| Maybe if you got rid of the wireframe... and the yellow background... I would safely say that I adore it. :D The vector job is amazingly clean; colors are great, and the lotus flowers are amazing. Those purple dotty-things are really cute too. So pretty much, everything in the far background, I don't like at all, but everything in front, I adore to pieces. <3 |
Fine, I'll PM in the future...
it just seems like CME and I are the only ones who post here these days, and everyone else has vanished... |
... I see so many people other than you and CME on this page. :| Patience. Patience. They're coming. This thread is just a little slower than it used to be is all.
In the meantime, for the third time, this isn't a discussion thread. Which means you don't need to inform me to your new course of action; and you don't need to reply to my post unless you are rating one of the banners or LP's above. ~ This an old piece, but I thought I'd post it anyway. Even though I gave CME such a terrible rate. Dx *apologies for the crapped out comments, CME* http://i520.photobucket.com/albums/w326/zetsu-bou/c4dtheme-1.png |
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A bit too dark on the edges, but good effects. The text looks nice half-hidden in the murk. And here's another one by me: http://attachments.wetpaintserv.us/hnsm7yVl7W%2BXocD6f4TaGg%3D%3D117624 |
@Loki - That's okay, Loki. xD I appreciate any and all crit. : D I wasn't so sure on the wireframes myself. I was looking more for a bubbly kinda wireframe but I couldn't find any so I used what I had. D: I just need something to put in my portfolio. xD Anyways!
The tag's got a great feel to it, it reminds me of the airships from Final Fantasy. :o The only things that bug me are the render on the right that sticks straight up. Smudge that out and it will look a lot better. The other thing that bothers me is how quick the negative space in the top left corner randomly transfers from the blue/green. A bit more blue green blending into the black would make it look a lot nicer. The whole thing, with the text, kinda reminds me of Halo. :o @Swampert - Thanks for your ever-so-thoughtful 2 sentenced crit. I didn't count the last one. Anyways... There's absolutely no sense of flow in this at all. Tags with eyes never work out usually. The coloring of the eye is a bit sloppy. The color of the brushes don't match the tag at all. I gave you a link to a color palette site and I didn't post it to fill space. Colors are usually a problem for you and I posted it so it would help you. If you want something with a flowly, swirly feel, there's a bunch of brushes on deviantArt that you can use and you can easily create a "creation" tag without the use of an eye. Text isn't so bad and the outer glow kind of works. |
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As for your banner, what I don't like the most is the flower on the far left. It's so out of place, and it doesn't match with your stock. And whoever too that photo forgot to airbrush out that creepy vein in the eye. xD; I like whatever it is on the right; looks like a stock to me, but I don't think you blended it well. The biggest problem with this is the canvas-stock ratio. Your eye doesn't take up enough space, so it gets kind of buried under everything else. Or should I say it more like, I tend to look at everything else; and not the eye. Your text is okay, but I'd suggest maybe picking a stock-picture with both eyes in it next time; and putting both eyes in it, if you're going to do a wide canvas banner like this one. CME: Ah yeah, everyone's jumped me on the color transition on the upper left. xD! And wow, didn't even notice those straight things. o_o I'll smudge it out next time I get the chance. <3 |
Cause no one posted a tag before me...
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/3961/42485103pe6.png Didn't even bother saving the PSD. ._. |
Once you get used to a big canvas it's hard to go back to a smaller one. Although the link lp is ehhh…the flowers need more detail, also maybe blurred the c4d too much. xX
Loved the concert one though. The effects on the sig don't seem to flow with the sprite. Too blurry near the focal and sharp away. .o.' |
That's why I didn't even to bother to save the PSD. xD I know it sucks.
At any rate, here's the Link vector. I'll probably never use it again so y'all can abuse it to death. Just credit me when you use it. ;o; http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/5259/linkfw8.png |
So then I guess I'm in the clear to post one?
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u54/Ooka_100/newbanner-6.png |
Hey everyone! ^_^ Hows graphics?
@Ooka: I really like it ^^ its outline is good and te background + effects look awesome. for some reason, I think the image has a bad quality outline. mabye it has something to do with the blend. So yea. Not really back, but Ill be on =| http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z227/ataylan/TheFeaurome4NEW.png |
@.Kai
There are some mistakes that you need to address. I'm not sure what you were trying to spell with "Feaursome." Shouldn't it be "Fearsome"? The W on Waterman needs to be a couple of pixels higher so it works with the others. Try to center every character with their names so it looks cleaner. @/.*Ooka.*/ Looks pretty cool but I would try blending it more so you can't really tell that you used a sort of low-quality render. I like the whole look overall but it would be better if you blended it and made it flow a little better. |
.Kai- the huge versions of the charectors looks..erm...too wierd/pixely to me, the color doesn't go very well with everything else, the text stands out wayy too much,noticeable errors as Utami pointed above and altogether it doesnt looks very good, try to fix it up a bit.
anyhow,here's my 2nd photoshop creation so far,dont be too hard on me X_X http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3448/edwardelricex7.png |
@Feerce - For your second, it's not bad at all. However, it's lacking some basic aspects. The background sharply transitions from pink to black with no warning. You need to add some depth in there, and the colors look great. I won't get too specific cause I don't want to kill you with PS speek. xD
Another LP .-. http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1143/fatestaynightet0.png Comments please, another LP that is portfolio-bound. : P |
CME:
Oh....wow! This is amazing! :) The text matches with basically everything, the random balls of light actually sorta blend in O_O everything you added is pretty much amazing, the effects and everything are awesome...ooh and I also like hwo it gets lighter from the top left to the bottom right! Nice job 10/10 |
I guess I get a free rate!
First banner in a very long time. I tried something new practising using C4D's and whatnot. Rate please! http://i38.*.com/sd1gd1.png |
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It's ok, but the colors to me aren't smooth enough. Seems like some colors like green and yellow/gold appear in only one small spot. That was the main thing that threw me off. But that wasn't it, it could some more depth and better overall construction. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V1 http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/9018/signaturelaharl01lz8.png My newest tag of Laharl from Disgea series. It's similar to my Wanted sig in some ways, but I didn't follow the same steps or anything. |
@Kuggles - I agree with Conman, take out those yellow/green blots. They clash with the colors you already have. It's also lacking flow and a light source. Well you have lots of light sources, but they're all over the place. Flow is going every direction and depth is lacking as well. Instead of setting a purple blob to lighten, I found that hot pink works best.
@Conman - At first glance it looks good, but you're missing some stuff. The light source you have, for one, is waay out to the right side of the tag, while the stock indicates the light is coming from just above his head and moving in a / (down left) direction. The splatter you have in front of him that has the stripy things are throwing me off too. It looks like they cut off while the splatter keeps on going. Soft brush eraser ftw! The whiter smudging in front of him also contradicts with your light source but that can easily be fixed (burn tool, new smudging etc). Reposting cause I want more rates. ;o; http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1143/fatestaynightet0.png |
CME - The main problem is all the effects have a decent amount of "realism" look to em, crisp and clean, but the stock looks like a painting. And so it kinda clashes. It looks like it has depth until you get to the guy, and then it looks flat.
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Thanks for all the help on how to fix that then.
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Harde Har free rate! :O
First LP...... Hope it isn't to big. If so notify me so I can edit into a link. OOh yea. The skull is all my vector work. Everything I made from scratch except the c4d. http://www.boostupload.com/files/image_841_SKULL_LP.jpg |
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A bit of reduce noise may make it look more paintish. Also, take the blending mode off the text. CT. xP Too much empty blue of the right? And the pink looks slightly out of place, maybe a bit dull. Still nice work. |
Free Rate much?
This banner was made for Pokemon_Fan14 in the Official Request Thread. http://i33.*.com/30ur3ic.png What do you think? |
Kuggles: I am not really sure about this one. The text should be moved closer to the focal to make it less distracting. Also the tag is terribly flat and has no depth unfortunately. I can't say that is a bad tag because it has some great smudging in there, so great job on that. But the effect that really kills the banner in my honest opinion is the whole pixelated thing. Try and find a better effect to replace that one, because it really does kill the banner.
rates please! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k284/andytoe/Ryouki.jpg |
@Kuggles - Guassian blur + lighten = fail
@Capitan - The stock gets lost in all the same colors. ): You're usually pretty good with colors but not so much here. The stock gets drowned out in a sea of brownish red. GRADIENT MAPS FTW! And it looks like his arm is amputated. Also, blur that render on the right side of the tag, it's competing for attention with the stock. |
I smell a freerate. I usally would still CnC something but I'm pressed for time... http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/3188/signaturelaharl01v2hc0.png I took your advice CME, so what does it look better anyone? |
Conman:
I liked this banner even the first version of it but you just improved it! Lovin' the smudge, C4D stuff at the bottom right. That stock in the background is great and suits the render very well although I think that it needs a little something in that empty space. http://i37.*.com/23tjtyp.png My entry for the SoTW "Cityscape". |
Conman: Your banner is pretty good, but for some reason, I seem to little-y dislike it. Also, I think you should have resized the focal, because a disemboied head is very um, disturbing. And, I think the background should be darker.
Oh, and don't take my comments seriously. I'm bad at making comments since I don't know what I'm talkin' about. --- Anyways, Guess whocommnted in my profle, it was Loki! She was sooo hilarious, but that made me thinking, I'm getting a compliment-slash-sarcasm from her fo getting my Photoshop back, and yet, I didn't make anything? I decided to make a banner. Though, it probably sucks. Agree with me people. Due for me reading a Naruto Manga, well, you know what I mean. I would have done a Naruto or Sasuke one, but I can't find a good image, well, I think Sakura is better than Tenten right? xD http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa48/Ryouki-kun/Themes/sakura-saan.png I chose the same styling as the one I made from the other dreaded banner which Shira-chan seems to humour that it was great, Oh, and Loki too. ROFL. |
Woah, it's been a while O_O;
Conman: Eh..... I like this tag of yours, it's got a nice balance in terms of simplicity and colours; also, the transition and concept are both awesome. However, I suggest you do something about your light source. That was what most of the feedback you got was directed at, but you don't seem to have changed it much~! XD; Anyhow. The top right section of his hair looks horribly contrasted because of the awkward lighting, smooth it out with a soft-brush light source and some rays, and you get graphicgasm. <3 It's very very good overall, in my humble opinion. :3 Kuggles: Eh..... this one's tricky. You had a good go at depth, but it doesn't really fit in, yeah? I would recommend (this will be time-consuming, but.... D:) cropping a few buildings and placing them between the person and the background, less blur (btw, use LENS blur, it's much more accurate) and also use a bit of dodge/burn. The C4D's good, I like the colour, it seems to complement the overall colour scheme as the bolder choice. I would also recommend shrinking the render a bit, right now the banner's staggeringly close to being infected by FHS D: Ryouki: SAKURA. <3 ...sorry. :x Hmm. Firstly, there's a bit too much contrast. Some of the splatter-reminiscent effects are too anti-aliased in comparison to the rest of the applied effects, and there aren't enough varied colours. I mean, it's quite flat as well, isn't it? That duplicate-effect you did on the Render is good, but you should have positioned the render a bit more to the left. Maybe consider applying the duplicate-effect to more aspects of the banner, then you'd solve the colours problem and achieve a bit more depth? -shrugs- XD Hope that helped a little D: And here's one of my own graphics, been a while since I've made one O: I tried something new XD; http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/4118/btfbac3.png |
I suppose this is a reply post...
Epik I followed all your instructions so is this any better? http://i38.*.com/4jlzf6.png |
I'll rate Jae's before someone forgets. ._.;
Epppiiiiiiik; I really like the colours. :3 And the style is really eye catching and how you've brought out the picture of the girls is really good too. :3 Um.. I don't see anything you could work on really. XD; *fails at rating* x___x; --- So like, here sumfin for sumwun to rate. :B http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/Akari_Productions/GFX/grimmjow__0.png |
Really nice. I love how you used the c4d to give the siggy flow. The clipping masks are a nice addition as well.
I ended up making this one, and it wasn't good at all, but I still want it rated :/ http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u54/Ooka_100/Blood.png |
Ooka: I think you have done waay better than this. Everything is feeling a tad flat to me. Depth is not coming into play here at all. Also the effects are weak. It is ok with that bubbly thing to the right of the focal's head, but the right side is just flecks of........well...... I am not sure. And I don't like the lighting, it just looks you took a 100px soft brush to her face, set it to soft light, then lowered the opacity.
But remember, you still did a good job with some effects so It is a good concept. The clipping mask on the right is working. But the text could use some work, but we all suck at that! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k284/andytoe/TeddyBearHood.jpg rate please. |
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El Capitano: Hmmmmm.... I don't really like the fact that the pores on his face are so clear... maybe some airbrushing is in order? Anyway, I don't really like the pink on the bottom; it's color just doesn't agree with me, especially when incorporated with the dull colros of the rest of the tag. I think a blue or yellow would look a lot nicer. And then the clipping mask or whatever it is; I don't like it when I can tell that one piece of the banner has been repeated on the other. So that arc and pink star thing at the bottom and the middle are really really bothering. I mean, in general, I like it. Effects are good, and the dulled muted colors are really cool, but the pink is really irksome. xD; I don't really like the negative space on the left either. The black piece ends too abruptly. http://i520.photobucket.com/albums/w326/zetsu-bou/CMEStut.png |
El Capitano: c4d's look too sharp. Not too fond of the repeats… And I think you shoulda done more with that kuma and green chibi thing pattern.
Loki: look at your gallery xD Stocks used: [1] [2] [3] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/munna170488/gallery/amarh.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/munna170488/gallery/amarhv2.png Stocks used: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/munna170488/gallery/imac.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/munna170488/gallery/imac-s.png |
Hey i'm back and attempting to make banners. riginality Fails: Your Doctor Who signature is great, I like how you made the images fit onto the Macs nicely. The 3D image of the Macs look brilliant, it looks very realistic. I'm not so keen on the "Amar" signature, the main reason is because I don't like the image you have used. Although I think the background looks fine. But I think you could maybe make the image flow more with the background. My Attempt http://www.pokemonvalley.eeveeshq.com/Admin/marioav.png http://www.pokemonvalley.eeveeshq.com/Admin/mario.png Thanks Pikachu Trainer~ |
Well, Im not so good at rating so ill skip to the good stuff. Well, I like it, and how it matches, i think if you erased the scanlines a bit more and maybe added something to spice it up a bit (c4d?) overall i like how it blends. 8/10 :)
Here my 5th banner yet. http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/8373/godofwarbanncopybm3.png |
Feerce_Kitty; I like the colours, but the CD4's doesn't really flow too well and seems to be all over the place. D: Also the lighting is off, seeing as how there's a random dark bit in the light area on the right of the banner. :x And the left side is a bit empty. ^^;;
--- Rate please? XD; http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/Akari_Productions/GFX/mia_banner.png |
MALYKA. <3
You rate mine, I rate yours. >:3 Aiiiizuuuuke: Great colour scheme. The red down the bottom is good, it adds a bit of focalisation; however, the transition seems to have resulted in some graininess, unless you intentionally added some noise there, or oversharpened it. Whatever the case, it needs some remedial attention, methinks. D: Not overly fond of the ball of orange floating in the far right corner, it just seems a bit detached/random, and is detrimental to the focal. Lastly, I would suggest toning down the blue blotches you have in the middle left and middle right sections of the banner, not so much the right side, but the left is far too overpowering. It takes away from the focal, and just isn't overly appeasing to the eye. No particular qualms with the text, but I think it could be better if you had made the glow a gradient, going from Red -> Blue. Sorry if all that sounds very negative Malyka D: but then again, I could tell you everything good about it all day and it wouldn't be of much help at all. :/ And it probably would take a day, because it's a nice banner. I'm just being picky, K? :3 ~Jae. |
Well, I guess since no one's posted, here's mine (all up for rate):
http://attachments.wetpaintserv.us/FjAzlT%2BbDjw1sbTwz%24A9XA%3D%3D75263 http://attachments.wetpaintserv.us/AQAro1MHTNRWELSJKV1UHQ%3D%3D96257 http://attachments.wetpaintserv.us/dqGxLlC6XmbJZ%247R7s08Ng%3D%3D85378 http://attachments.wetpaintserv.us/B3PEeHWq%2BaMTC2puwbkqKg%3D%3D37990 http://attachments.wetpaintserv.us/ePkWYl4USqCfA1Ajj79F2g%3D%3D96262 http://attachments.wetpaintserv.us/H1Y78eYRPi%24VT5UM1i5n6g%3D%3D119313 |
Argh. There's too many. DDD:
I don't think I can rate them all. DDD: But, I'll just make a brief comments 'cause I don't know how to comment well, and I have a short attention span. The banner I most like is the Shedinja one, since it's the banner I think is very 'clean'. Though you do need to blend it more, or hide it behind one of the c4d or brushes behind. The other banners, I think is very so-so. You hid Scyther on the first one, I don't know what's the focal on the second one, the text or the image?, the text standout more on the fourth one (unless you intended that?), the bannerdoesn't fit theimage on the fifth one, and the image on the last one is very low-quality. Argh. Don't make me explain because I don't know what the heck I'm saying! DDD: --- Quote:
Anyways, I made another banner, I think I sorta like this outcome, but I realized it's crappy like all the rest of my banner. http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa48/Ryouki-kun/Themes/hareyukai-banner.png Yes, I know it's crappy. Thank you. |
SwampertTrainer spend more time on one banner rather than chugging them out at light speed.
Transformation is good though. Text needs to be lowered. Ryouki Move the text closer to the focal… and get more colours in there. __________________ This doesn't give you the right to a free post. Rate someone else's. |
Alrite I guess im in the clear.
Mh dont really like this one, might as well be my best but something about the colors bothers me... http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/8266/ironmancopyog3.png |
is it just me, or does everyone give shorter rates than they used to?
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Everybody just rates the one above them cause they're lazy. If there's nothing above them, they don't bother to rate. How do ANY of you expect to get better if you keep doing that?
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Feerce Kitty: Nice blending with the render and background, nice colour aswell, even thgouh its too similar to the render (but that doesnt matter),
also nice effects used, cant really see any more things as im a newbie myself xD Please can someone rate this =D http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/1857/ffivlo9.png Appreciated |
Alrite seriously, no offence, but after 60 long pages of people writing huge paragraphs of 5 or 6 banners at once they get tired and lazy. Why is it so bad this way anyway? It's still rating,isn't it? and It clearly states in the rules that you needn't rate somebody else's should the person above you not post something to be rated.
I dont see why I caused all this trouble over 1 measly post in which I didn't rate somebody else's work because It was late, I was tired, and I "CLEARLY HAD THE RIGHT NOT TO." Now, just so this isn't complete spam ^^ Can I please get my banner rated? Repost: http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/387/ironmancopyog3qi4.png EDIT: MUKKAMOTO: HMM this looks like somehting that would come out of a tutorial i read once! BAH! It looks nice, and i Like how YOUR render matches,too. I tthink your light source is also great but would be better had your ball of light be concealed behind the renders head and set or Overlay, or something close to it. I like the mini scanlines at the top and the west side of it..meh i like it all overal,the effects are great. 8/10 |
My first appearance here =D
Mukkamoto: The light source should be at the left side of the render. You should pay attention to those little things. The background is nice. But I don't like those colours... Meh. Anyways. I give you a 7.5/10. Feerce_Kitty: Pretty good. The background is great and the colouring matches well. Those C4Ds are well put in there. But there's a little green thing at the bottom that bothers me a little. Hmm... 8.5/10 Alright, here's a banner of mine. Could someone rate it please? http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f109/Katalyst_12/HitsugayaBanner.png |
The colours dont seem to go with the render. The border puts everything off, but the smudging is good. The text ould have been a little more blended, though. Good work.
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Then don't you think YOU should also abide by what you say? You really post the bare minimum, Swampert.
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One of my latest rates:
"I agree, way too bright. It's a bit hard to tell the position of the render, or where anything on it is. The top arm looks like it's been dislocated from the rest of the image. Again, this probably the excessive brightness. Aside from the brightness and the render, the sides of the image are good." You call THAT the bare minimum?? |
Lol your rates have NEVER been that good. Whatever, just follow your own advice.
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*sigh...* yeah, they have...
~ENDS DEBATE~ I guess through all of that, no else has posted since the last rate, so: http://attachments.wetpaintserv.us/OGvVfMtsizxT14wFrRcRTw%3D%3D101023 The fire is a good tutorial I found, Boba was made by someone at my school in Flash |
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Sorry swampert trainer, i didnt see your edited post. okay, the render doesn't match so well with the banner, or should i say it's colors dont? you should try making it blend a little bit more by >> trying a 5/9 px softbrush and gently erase the outlines of the render, that way it sorta blends in more.The Text is pure black and also stand out, I can't tell if thats a good thing or not since a quarter of the banner is black. Oh yeah, olmost forgot. This is just an opinion but I think the text should be closer to the render, even though it might ruin the effect you added at the bottom right. Not seeing much of a light source except the bottom left, but from what the render is suggesting, it should be coming from a higher point on the left. The effect are nice overall, and I like that border! 8/10 Okay, now that we are done spamming, I'd really love to get back on track and post something. This one hasn't been the best but what the hey, a banners a banner. This time I tried erm...exploring the use of c4ds. I got side tracked halfway and...well...now i call it "Clash of the C4DS!" http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/8757/clashofthec4dsavvyvq9.png http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/7908/clashofthec4dscopybd5.png |
Thanks Feerce! Now that's the kind of rate I'm talking about. Something in-depth that I can learn from and improve :)
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And people can learn from your 5 sentences? Take your own medicine...
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Huh? I don't get it... *??*
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o u guys. :|
Would it make you guys happy if I: 1. Forbade SwampertTrainer and Color Me Evil from posting after each other/talking to each other in this thread. 2. Made a minimum of how much you have to rate for each banner above you, like I had to do with the kindergarteners in the roleplay section, and 3. Forbade any talk about anything but the banner above you in this thread? I personally don't really like any of those three ideas. So. For what better be the last time: This discussion is over. Next time either SwampertTrainer or CME decides to blow their guns at each other, the one who started it will recieve a three point permanent red infraction, and if the other is so very wise as to shoot back, they will also receive the same punishment. Is that enough to please everyone? Or should I make it four? Y'know, just to emphasize how old this is getting? Yeah. And if anyone wants to complain about the length of the rates, I want to see you get down and dirty and do a rate-spree. If you don't know what a rate-spree is, shut up, watch, and learn. Anyway to any GRT veterans that still remember this: Feel free to jump the bandwagon. Newer people, just the same to you. I'll drag up some tradition and do a demonstration of a rate-spree, but I'm only doing the banners that I like. :| Usually I'll do the entire page, and some on the page before, but I have homework to be doing, so this'll be a pretty short rate-spree. Out of all the ones you posted, this is my favorite. I'm kind of conflicted on how to begin, because I want to give you some 'gratz for nailing depth, but you only have good depth on the right side, in that spirally thing. Depth is kind of like, how 3D it is, for example, a banner with good depth would look like it goes away from you into your monitor. (Sorry if you don't need explaining, but you don't seem to know many graphical terms, and I figure this is a good chance for you to get acquainted with them. xD) Basically, everything on the right looks awesome. I love it, and it's definitely your best work so far, in my opinion, but when we start moving left.... The text detracts from the focal. (The focal would be where you want viewers to look FIRST, and it isn't usually text, unless the banner is a typography banner, or unless you're Originality Fails. :x) Basically, it sticks out waaaay too much, and I tend to look at the text way before I even consider the red thing on the right, which in this tag, would be the more likely focal. So I'd suggest maybe toning down the opacity? Anyway, the gun-aim-circle thing behind your text is SWEET. Excellent effect right there. The splatters aren't too great, because they make the banner look flat, which really... contrasts the depth on the right. It doesn't look good, so I'd suggest getting rid of them entirely. xD The little starry things in the back are cool, but they're a bit too sharp. (They don't really look like they're glowing.) So maybe add a really light outerglow on them, or lower their opacity. I can't say I like the yellow-ish orange lines on the bottom left corner either. :| ARGHHHH, HARUHI. <_< Anyway, I like it, but… I’m not 100% sure about the surplus of sparkles. I read in a tutorial with starry brushes, “Be careful not to go overboard with sparkle/starry brushes, because it’ll look tacky if you do”. And it really shows in this particular tag. I’d suggest getting rid of all of them. And after they’re all gone, go back and add them again, making them a lot more spread out this time. The colors are great, the placement is awesome, the text reminds me of Shiranui for the lulz, and I love the uneven borders. I’m not really sure about the blending, either. The smudge doesn’t really seem to fit Haruhi’s obnoxious personality. I liked the one you gave away in the GFX Giveaway thread better, but this one isn’t so bad either. Just needs some touching up. Maybe burn the edges, so that your focal works a little better? First things first; Not a fan of the muted colors. :| Second: The light source is… alllll wrong. See look how on Ironman’s mask the shine is on the upper left? That would mean the light is coming from the upper left. Just something you might want to pay attention to next time, since your lightsource is behind him on the right, which is like, on the opposite side. o_o You could probably keep that effect by putting a satin over him, actually. That’s what I did for one of my tags that was in the same situation as this one. Anyway, the green thing at the bottom is gross, like someone else said. xD; It doesn’t match your warm colors at all, so I’d suggest maybe changing it to yellow? Since you’ve already got quite a bit of ‘red’ in there… Oh, and I’d seriously suggest you do some brightness/contrast, levels, or curves on either Ironman himself, or the background, so we get a little variation in the shades of red. Because the thing is, he’s blended well on the left, but not so well on the right, so might as well make the whole thing unblended; it’d probably help with the effect that he’s kind of like, flying out of an explosion anyway. I think you need to do a little burning on the upper left, as well. And I don’t really like how that cloudy yellowish-white that I think might be smudging ends so abruptly on the right. Maybe smudge it out more, so that the transition to the negative space is a little smoother? (Not too much, otherwise it won’t look like he’s flying out.) And I’d suggest erasing whatever it is over a little of the left side of his mask and his left eye. That red… thing. :| I vote it off the island, because it doesn’t look good, and it’s getting in the way of your focal. Or what might be your subfocal, actually, since the light is so painfully strong. Speaking of the light, I’d suggest you either add some more colors to it, or turn it down. It kind of hurts my eyes. xD; Well, before any rating gets done, welcome to the GRT, where people are frequently tearing off others’ heads over the stupidest reasons. :D [/me included.] But yeah, read the rules of this thread, be cool, and we’ll be savvy. Anyway, as for your tag, I would’ve said you have focal down, due to the concentration of darker effects on the outside and brighter ones in the middle, but I don’t really like the fact that Hitsugaya isn’t obviously behind the green-brown border things. I’d suggest doing a really really light drop shadow on the green effects encircling Hitsugaya. And then, I’d suggest cranking down the brightness of everything behind the green effects down about, oh, a lot. xD It’s very blinding, as a whole. And then I can’t say I’m a fan of those random little flecks of red on the right side. Anyway, yeah, your subfocal (the sword, I presume) would be great, but I can barely tell it’s a subfocal because the whole thing is just so bright that the light on his sword is impossible to distinguish. :| Turn the lights off, and then I’ll have more to comment on. :< Oh, and the text opacity needs to go way down. :| It’s too conspicuous as it is now, and it’s annoyingly distracting. xD; Give me paragraphs, or don't complain. Don't be a n00b and reply to this message here, thus defeating the purpose of this post. If you want to say something to me, do it on my profile. That way I can chew you up and not look like a witch to the rest of the forum, mmk? <3 No more mention of this, or somebody gonna get a can busted up their butt. 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The opacity of the sparks should not have been lowered. It gives them an ugly color and feel that doesn't go with the rest of the image. The circles around the focal are a bit distracting to the focal itself and should either be moved to one side or the opacity on them should be lowered... The small render in the bottom right looks a bit out of place, and so does the gloved finger- it looks utterly flat and a bit disfigured. Some dodge or burn tool could easily fix that. the black block in the top left irritates me for some reason, but overall excellent blending. Not my best- I was trying out some lighting effects to see what happened. the images are a bit cluttered, but my client wanted all the pokes from his trainer card, so... =/ http://attachments.wetpaintserv.us/OJqGIXjNNZkiP4TFDE7njw%3D%3D117652 |
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There's no render at the bottom right, it's a texture. xD; But I could probably get rid of it, if I decide to edit it. And I can fix the orbs, and yeah... Although the glove/finger stays, and so do the circles; If I burn the glove, which isn't too close to the focal anyway, it'll look strange on the rest of his jacket. And I like the circles. :B [/shot!] But yeah, thanks for the rate. ;D Original stock, which I rendered for this tag: http://i520.photobucket.com/albums/w326/zetsu-bou/Minitokyo_347593.jpg ^ You can see the finger and the other arm in the original more clearly, so it'll probably make more sense now? ------------------------------- Anyway, your banner... The light effects are good, I think you generally pulled off the basic gist. But I really.... really don't suggest cramming in that many renders, if you can help it. xD; Because then you lose your focal, and it just gets really messy. The text is also kind of... Well, in general, I don't like the effects, (Like the bluish-white stuff inside of it) and it doesn't fit with the rest of the tag. It almost looks like someone pasted it on in paint. :| You should pay more attention to your color palette, like CME said awhile back. But text takes awhile to nail, so I'd just fiddle around with it for awhile. Er, and I don't suggest using the stroke effect unless you're making a vector tag. It usually looks pretty bad if it doesn't match the rest of the tag. xD; The border is alright, and the background is a bit plain, but if I ignore the text, this one's not too bad on the eyes either. Of course, my ratings for you are a few notches down from stuff I'm really fond of, but I think it's a good practice tag for your level. ------------------------------ http://i520.photobucket.com/albums/w326/zetsu-bou/stein.png Another tag, this one a request by someone from a different forum. Stein! <_< Why are you so monocolored? [/dies] |
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Well the blending was great, well according to me :P
and the web/wire like frames were really good especially putting the text on it, and the text is hidden within the background so not giving too much attention to it, which i like doing =D overall i liked it Now to my one =D http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/5844/happybutterflieshq0.png this isnt my finished version, there are some mistakes with this none like the black lines in the middle, and others which i have changed but yet not uploaded, but its pretty much similar so ill let this be rated |
Ok, most obvious point is too many subjects are places in the tag. Also they are pretty crammed together too. I personally dislike anymore than three subjects in one tag. Now lighting is pretty nice, but only good point I see in the tag. There are barely any sort of effects, especially the most needed area: Over the focal. Text isn't good either, I personally think the simplest font style is the best. BG is decent but like the rest of the tag, pretty boring. I like the overall style and construction of the tag. The text is ok, personally I don't like it though. I was never a fan of big text. The colors are cool, but I see bits of green. I feel you could have had more of it spread around. I noticed some nice particle effects under his face. I think you should have more in the tag, like in the top left area. Last thing I'd like to mention is that the lighting seems off to me, but IDK why. Ewww...I hate pink, but I'll try to ignore that aspect of the tag. Lighting seems good, but I'd more the source a little more to the right. Just seems it would appear better there. Other than that, the tag looks kinda messy and unorganized. It has nice effects, but it's just not neat. Too many of the lines and butterflies coming from every direction. Other than that, another note worthy thing is that the right of her looks plain and really dark. Seems out of place. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/8422/signaturethegazette01gi2.png Here is tag I threw together while in Atlanta on my mom's laptop. So I didn't have as many resources as I usually do. Overall I think it's my best real life tag. |
Don't post if you don't have time to rate the post above you. :< Come back and post your banner when you have time to rate the banner above. (And if you didn't see that Conman had posted a banner to be rated, I suggest you spend more time looking over the posts above you. You can learn from other people's rates, not just your own, y'know.)
I've decided that I'm just going to start deleting posts that don't follow the rules as spam when I see 'em. It'll save a lot of confusion, and it'll make me feel better. <3 Just a heads up, if y'all wonder why your posts disappear from now on. Conman: Even though this is technically a mod post, I'll rate it anyway. First of all, love the colors, love the depth, love the stock. The white on his shoulder and shirt could really be toned down a little, that way it'll look less pixelly, since that always irks me, but it might be a personal preference. The red c4d's (probably...) look amazing, they fit and mesh really well, and I admit, this is my favorite color combination for RL people stocks. Red and Gray. |D But I hate the text. :| It's not so much the text itself than the fact that it looks really hard, and a little bit out of place. Otherwise, as usual, this is one of my favorite-est tags ever. You really have a knack at making banners that I absolutely adore. |D |
I did see he had posted something for rate, but when I posted mine, I had to go all of a sudden.
I guess since you didn't post anything after, here's mine again, now a legal post :) http://attachments.wetpaintserv.us/jLyqGExvywlt7eCPqF0KyA%3D%3D105252 And here's another one (not much activity here these days...) I can't say this is my best, but I kinda liked the effects on the eyes. I might do a little bit more with it later... http://attachments.wetpaintserv.us/pR0YSEpbixN9jz7%2Brc8OuQ%3D%3D1768624 It's a bit big, so I just put the link |
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With that attitude, you have absolutely no right whatsoever to be fishing for longer, better rates. You realize that I rated Conman's banner because you failed to do so? And then you go and use my post as a free ticket out of rating his banner? Wow, that is about as rude and irritating as it gets. Just thought I'd let you know. Course, since your post is "legal", I won't delete it. I'm just here to tell you that you're treading thin ice dude. Seriously, keep pushing my buttons, and neither of us will be happy customers. I've had it up to here with this thread, guys. Basic forum etiquette. I suggest you pound it into your brains, because I'm this close to blowing a fuse. And if you thought I'd been blowing fuses, then you better hope to god I don't really get pissed. |
Permission to rate one, Loki? <33 ^^;
I just hate jumping in the middle of the action. ;x Buut! Heh, I want to critique all your work <3 [first rates here, but I view them enough, so permission to shoot me if I've done something wrong] Quote:
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^^" This one's really hard to compliment (or critisize) actually. It's awfully busy. I guess I like the position of the pokemon though, and the background's fairly simple which is a wonderful choice, considering all the renders you've got <3 I like the sliced text, but the color throws it off~ It's a nice team banner though! Good work~ Quote:
My favorite thing is the border! It's just really unique, and I think the cross lines give it a great perspective. Anyways, it's very serene~ Quote:
Awe, I think Ash looks good in green. Then again, I'd admire him in blue, pink, and yellow too. But the recolor looks great~ Ah, I dislike the splotchy-ness below his elboy though, and May's hair, although pretty, sticks out much too much. The text is a cute font, but placed a bit awkwardly, I think it should be lower or more centered. But that's just my opinion. But the colors do fit. It looks like a forest~ <3 --- I don't know how to rate the second one. It's interesting though. The color of the eyes are mighty beautiful~ They make me think of vampires. The target circles around the left eye (right eye? O-o) are a nice trinket. I think the whole canvas is too wide though~ Quote:
Out of Order! Sorry about it. ^^; I love this tag though. The colors are so beautiful. I think the background's blurred really well, and everything just comes together so nicely. The bubbles are my favorite part, It'd be cool to throw a bit of red on them too? The text is a great color, but, it looks too, plain or blocky. Just not-so-"stunning". Ah, I think Loki mentioned that already tho. Ah, but I really like it, that I do~ It really it a stunning piece of work~ <3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^^; Ah, that's all I have to say for now. Sorry they're all so short! They didn't feel short... D: Eh... I wasn't going to burden you all with putting up a tag. But here. http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j71/MiSsKoN/Bannerkakaruka.png It was my first GIMP banner. It's not very good, but that's okay. Photoshop I no longer have available~ but aw well~ I know it's yaoi, sorrysorry ='< n_n |
@Loki (Gino tag) - The banner looks pretty nice, but there are some obvious flaws. For one, the white circle brushes you have are throwing off all the flow you created. For future reference, circle brushes really only look best in icons (see here. Icon credit to me. xD). Flow in a \/ or \ pattern would be best for this tag. You have light sources all over the place which is throwing the balance off. I'd like to see the opacity on those light textures up'd and I'd also like to see some more blues in the tag more than greens. Blue + yellow = complimentary colors, which are key. : D I'd also like to see more of a foreground and more depth added as well.
@Swampert (bajillion Pokemon tag) - Where do I even begin with that text. .-. It sticks out so much. Black stroke + pattern overlay = crap, never do it again. The line through the text looks equally crappy. If you want to try cutting the stock with an overlay effect on it, look at this: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/para/Banners/Pressies/For%20Peeps/Crow.png Tag credit to me. The multiple stocks also poses a big problem. If you want to have multiple stocks, that's fine, but you better know how to pull it off, and this is not the way. You could have one stand out in the center and blur the other ones (at about 30%) to create a sense of depth and also create a focal point. In this tag, there's many focal points and my eyes are going everywhere. Depth is also another issue. I posted a tutorial made from Ray at KHI on depth, and I suggest you look at it. It will help a lot. @Loki (Broken tag) - It isn't that painful to color in manga scans. xD I do it frequently enough with my icons to get the hang of it. This one isn't so bad, but I'd get rid of that border ASAP. The border wouldn't be so bad if you didn't have those light textures on the bottom that sharply cut off with that border. If you got rid of the border, that problem would be solved (dur) and you would have much more flow. The colors aren't so bad, but the stock's hand that's on the right gets lost and it looks like it blends right into the background. The render that comes off of him looks funny at the opacity it's at, only because you have it in front of the stock. If you reordered that layer to behind the stock, it would definitely look better. Tag looks washed out too, crank up the Saturation on it to about +30. +30 usually gives me the results I'm looking for. @Mukkamoto - So much pink! ;o; Gradient maps, FTW! Really though, throw in some gradient map adjustment layers on that puppy and selective color a lot of that pink out. Either that, or because pink is so hard to match and compliment, you can keep the stock the same and just have a black and white background. Green and pink do go well together though, so green, pink, black, and white would be your best bets. Although, since you have yellow in the tag, yellow and pink also work. But I would stay away from that since both are bright colors. The effects are out of this world too, and not in a good way. There's so much going on here. Take away most of those effects, and add a foreground. Depth is needed, as well. And were you trying to make it look so that the tag is raised? Because instead of having two borders for that (which is ugly), there's a nifty Bevel and Emboss feature if you go to Layer > Layer Style or something. Gets the same effect and you can have as much or as little as you want. As a positive though, your light source was dead-on, which is hard to do! So kudos! @Conman - Cinematic borders FTL! This tag is pretty good and you definitely know what you're doing. Depth is good. I think you having that red light line on the left is unnecessary and it throws the tag off. So get rid of that one and keep the one on the right. That big bubble that's around the two smaller ones in the bottom right hand corner caught my eye right away. Rid the tag of that, please. The text is good, but I don't like how the "G" lands on that dark building and the contrast kills me. I'd move that over so all the text is on the light gray and is easy to read and easy on the eyes. @Swampert (Amazon tag) - The stock's quality makes me QQ. Looks like too much Unsharp Mask. The low opacity text looks bad and the font isn't all that great either. The splatter brushes stick out like a sore thumb. I really only think splatter looks good when it's clone stamp'd and set to Linear Dodge. Try it. It will most likely look better than what's there. And low opacity stuff rarely ever looks good. Stop dimming them and straining my eyes, I need them. And, TOO MUCH GREEN! Green tags NEVER look good. NEVER EVER EVER. Don't use green unless it's an accent color. Green as a primary color in a tag always looks bad. Always. @Swampert (Eye banner) - What's with you and eyes. -_- The tech theme is an interesting approach but you used bad brushes to try and pull it off. Custom made vectors (ie your own) are usually best for tech stuff because you can get what you want. And, answer me this: When the left side of the face is darkened so much, why is that eye almost as bright as the one in the light? Sure you see it in movies but it looks funny and unrealistic. It makes it seem like the light is hitting that eye, which it is not. The stuff around the eye would be good if it was thinner and had more rotations, kind of like an atom model. Some kind of tech stuff like -------- coming out of the eye would be nice, kind of like: http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x196/booniesicons/auron001.png By me. It's an icon, but the same type of thing. Also, since the eyes are so bright, saturated, and contrasted, it would only be fair to do the same to the rest of the image. If it's too much yellow, change the color of the eyes. @melo.dii - The banner is interesting, to say the least. I don't approve of using fan art in tags, so you're lucky to even be getting a rate out of me. But everything about this tag is low quality. And, where did that guy's arm go??? ): The flow is everywhere. You have spirals on the right and lines going ) on both sides. Not okay. ): The little circle bits of the tag aren't too hot either, especially since they're off in the middle of space and they're rainbow. I know it's yaoi but come on. ): If you're going to have bits of the tag hanging out, that's fine, but have the border be solid and have it match the colors in the tag. I usually like to have a hot pink (hex #ff005a is my favorite) soft brush, brush once on the copy, and set it to lighten to set it apart and make it stand out, but subtly. Colors are all over the place as well. Stick to a basic color scheme if you're just starting out. ------ Guess what? I don't even have a tag to be rated. |
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The border is... not good. :x It just doesn't go well with the tag. That's as plain as I can put it. Overall, I think you might need a little practice, Feerce_Kitty. 3/10. Quote:
Anyway, those patterns behind him are awesome! I love the way they kind of fly in, then zoom off. Good job. Next, the colors. Perfect, as usual. Even consulted my color-wheel. :B So, in conclusion, this is a pretty good banner! I'm going to give it a 8.2/10. Quote:
It's a litte ironic how you're so eeger to post new banners that you barely take time to read the feedback everyone is giving you. First things first, bud; backgrounds. You really need to stop using stocks or whatever as backgrounds, and I don't care if you took the photo yourself or not. It makes the background way to plain. Why don't you try looking at a few tutorials or something online. That's where I figured out how to do most of the backgrounds I use. Next will be the text. Yeah... no. That just sticks out waaay to much. Stroke and solid colors rarely ever look nice on text, and you've just combined them both into on. :/ I do rather like that split you added through the center, though. Nice work on that bit. The lighting is alright. I can definitely tell where the light source is, but look closely at the shadows and highlights of the Pokemon. See how it doesn't exactly match? That's something you should always pay attention to. With that all out of the way, I can finally give you a rating... I think 5.2/10 is fair. Quote:
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You have the render on the right side, and from then on we have butterflies, twirls, flowers, fractals, florals, some scarf thing, scanlines and more. It just seems like there's a bit too much going on. The scanlines around the border can go, too. Just a friendly suggestion. :D 4/10. Quote:
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Anyway, I sorta like this one. You payed attention to the lighting which is always a good thing. Might a suggest you make the light source a little more noticable, though? It's hard to notice unless you actually try to find it. I definitely having some serious issues with those splatters. They throw the sig of center, if you will, and distract me from the render. Speaking of distracting, you should change up the text a little, too. For starters, a different font would be amazing. A different color would help a lot, and possibly a different layer style? I don't know, though. I can't tell exactly what it would look like. So, all in all, I'm giving this banner a 7.5/10. An improvement from your last one. Quote:
First of, the 'feel' doesn't quite match the message, if you know what I mean. It that background, we have what appears to be some type of grunge-ish background that kind of gives off a dark/grumpy kind of mood, while what's happening with the render itself gives off more of a romantic/fantasy type feeling. The smudging around the render makes it stand out too much. It looks as if it's popping off the tag. Last but not least, the text. It's not horribly by any means... it's just not great, either. I can barely make out the word 'first', and the font for 'Kiss' is not very attractive. I'm going to go easy on you though, seeing as it's your first Gimp banner. I'll give you a 7/10. Oh, and the circle things are waaay to distracting. I'd take those out if I were you. /end of totally biased rates. :O ---------- Wow :| Those rates become more and more crappy towards the end. Sorry, 'yall. It's like, 9:30 here, and I'm exaughsted. Haven't made anything for a while, but I'm slowly creeping back into the graphics community. Made this from a stock I found on dA. Suggestions? |
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Well one would be the problem that I had to sweep my eyes over the entire thing before I finally figured out what was face, what was body, and that "body" was more or less "shoulder". Basically, your render looks like your background, which of course, isn't good. To fix this, I'd suggest sizing down your guy. The colors are a little washed out compared to the red on the right, and I think you should switch it around, so that your stock pops out more. :< The font is not.... agreeing with me. xD Effects are good, but "Alright" is hard to read, and the right-align makes me cringeeeee. D: And it looks like marvel art, which is disapprove of. Dx I do like the blood-like splatters around the middle though; those are sweet, because they really have movement and action, with the blurs and stuff. Maybe blur a little on his lower shoulder/chest, for more depth? I dunno, this isn't my fave from you, for sure. ;< ~ I did a different Gino tag, and I think I'm going to submit this one for the competition instead, since I'm way more solid with this style than the one I used on the other Gino tag. http://i520.photobucket.com/albums/w326/zetsu-bou/GINO2-1.png Better than the other one? :O edit: After some comments from Useless... http://i520.photobucket.com/albums/w326/zetsu-bou/gino21.png I kinda like the wireframe, I just think it's a little too... POP. Maybe turn down the opacity a bit... |
Loki: I think this one is better than the other Gino one (Don't exactly know why, maybe because I love green), but yes, you could lower the opacity of the wireframe to some, uh, maybe 70-80%s? I don't know O.o. But it would look somewhat better that way.
And, you added a fractal or whatever in the sides, right? The first one looked a bit empty on there. I love the background and the effects you added to it. Also, you did a good job on blending the Gino render with it. I give it a 8.7/10 (I'd give a 9 or more if the wireframe had a bit less opacity). A'ight, here's mine. http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f109/Katalyst_12/SaberBanner.png Smudge ftw. :D |
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Anyway. I love the render. it's a bit hard to tell what she's holding in her hand, but everywhere else the glow is beautiful. Good light source. I don't really like the font too much- I'm guessing it's one of those monospaced pixel fonts, which don't look good... at all. The style of the font is good, so maybe try to find a similar, but higher-qual font. the background is nice and simple, and everything draws your eyes directly to the focal. Excellent job. This one I made to try to get Pokemon Epiphany to use as a theme, but so far I haven't gotten any responses... http://attachments.wetpaintserv.us/TXiuuJes3ei1FSYziz8FSw%3D%3D95783 [image shown at smaller scale] |
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Everything blends into the banner very nicely, giving it an overall firey effect. Nice. ^.^ I thought the text could have had a bit more effect. Maybe a glow or shadowing... But that's just my begginer opinion, but I hope it helps. (I sound like a complete know-it-all... >.<) Here is one I tried my best on: http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5652/finallydonekr3.png |
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The fir looks chopped out badly- if you want to extract fire, use the eraser tool with an airbrush effect brush. Chaos Sonic is good, but the black line is really choppy, just take a normal paintbrush eraser to erase a little bit from around the edge. The anti-alias will made it much smoother. The text is fairly unreadable, especially with the glow. I'll tell you early- glow only works well on text once every about 1000 years. I like the background- it's not too complex or distracting, but the colors kind of clash. if you don't already know what Ctrl+U does, it's really handy. |
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EDIT: whoops, sorry Super Sonic, didn't see your post, but I'm kinda too tired to edit my post~ D: sorry again x_x; |
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http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/tarshark/epichax.png I'm torn. Is this good, or junk? |
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And here's mine. A bit plain- I was experimenting with the pen tool a little and some tutorials... http://attachments.wetpaintserv.us/GqMXdyVFS8e6jbJnLj%2BTsQ%3D%3D94056 |
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