chromophobe;

I apologise if this is a crappy review... kinda new at this, but here goes:

For the most part, I really like it. It's bustling with activity but I was never distracted by any one thing; I was always looking at the image as a whole, which is impressive given how expansive it is in size and activity. I like how there are a variety of different ocean-dwellers and your use of colour, especially at the top of the image. My biggest issue is the use of light at the bottom of the image. At the top, you have the sun beating down on the water, and light filtering through and as the eye wanders lower, it gets darker but the fish seem to look like they should be higher up than they are because they're too bright. The turtle, for me, is the worst offender in this regard. The jellyfish are good as they're clearing producing their own light, but the other critters at the bottom could do with being a bit darker to reflect their spatial position. You mentioned the text in your write up: it's fine in terms of font and colour, but maybe it could do with a little spacing out. The 'r's especially look cramped in comparison to the whole text. But, on the whole, I like it. It's aesthetically pleasing and manages to convey a nice sense of place, with the text providing a nice ironic touch.

I want this to be mine.

Oh, and hi. I like your art. I should write more about it! Expect this to be edited soon with actually substantial comments! :)
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Oh my god. Your graphics are absolutely amazing! <3 I got bored and decided to come to Graphics & Phototagraphy, saw your thread and though, "Oh hey, his graphics are pretty sweet, so I'll go check them out." AND I'M IN LOVE WITH YOUR GRAPHICS. :DDDDDD

I really like this one and the icon of the fox. :3

The thing that instantly catches my eye is that the focal blends too much with the background, I understand the whole 'contemporary' route that you took, but it seems that the focal is too weak. I reckon you could have probably broken it up more and only inverted certain parts of the focal to still maintain that focus. I also think that the image is weighted too much towards the right or too close to the center I guess, I think you need to bring the text in a little closer and then move the text and focal a little to the left. Other then that though I'm glad you've chosen to try something different :)

I've been trying to experiment a little myself recently but they all turn out the same :P

Man, I used to be so good at making sigs back in the day. Then that whole brushing thing started which I could never grasp, and now it's ridiculous. Your pictures are awesome man. Keep it up.

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee207/mattimogalli/rockhead-1.png

Have been wanting to comment on this for a while now, but just haven't gotten around to doing so :P As for colours and composition I don't find anything wrong with it, not exactly my mix of colours but that doesn't matter. As for that light on the right of the image, I don't know if that's supposed to be coming out of the 'missing' piece in the background if thats what it is, but it seems to round and end too soon before the image which is something that catches my eye. If it isn't supposed to a sort of beam of light, then I think it's a bit awkwardly done because the focus for me seems to be too far to the right of the render. It also seems that that light doesn't match up with the shadows on the render which seem to be at more of a 45 degree angle, and not so much coming from the side.

But otherwise, good piece! :)

Wow the third one is just....
Awesome.

The colours and composition in both images are nice, but I'm going to have to say that the focals are too drowned out. It took me a solid few minutes to even realise there was a figure in the first tag, and there seems to be too much floating infront of the person in the second causing it to loose some depth. Thats really all I can say at the moment.