The Graphics Rating Thread [READ THE FIRST POST. D:<] Page 17

Started by Loki January 3rd, 2008 11:11 AM
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PikachuTrainer: I actually like this. Quite a bit. The text does need some work, and over all, I think it's looking a bit plain, but I like how it's obvious what the focal is, and it totally draws your attention to Lucario. The colours are nice as well, and match with the render used. Nice use of cinematic top and bottom borders, as well. One thing that bugs me, though, is that although it has very nice depth since the background blurred, it seems to look a little bit too blurred, perhaps? Almost making it look emptier around Lucario. Otherwise, it really is a nice banner. Simplistic, yet visually appealing ^^

Akari: Bright sparkly things, yay! xD The main thing I don't like about this is that everything looks far too cluttered and a bit messy. Also, it's looking a tad bit too bright, especially with the light source just floating beside her head like that. Everything else about it is pretty much a-okay~ Try drawing more of the focus to her face, though...? Oh, and is "Masscare" supposed to be "Massacre"...? :x
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Two request banners to get rated...lol xD..



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Uryū; I like the first one. The blue and the smudging goes well together and the sparkling effects make it all pretty. ;D

As for the second one, the effects on it are a bit much and take too much space on the banner. And the render doesn't blend too well. :x

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Ishida: The first one is kind of cool. I don't think that the orange C4D effects on the staff/rod thing look good, though. And you could have used the smudging to help emphasise the flow. But it looks alright. The sparkly things add to that 'magical' feeling of the banner. And the light source draws my attention to the staff/rod thing, which I'm hoping is the actually focus xD

The second one has too many empty gaps, like above Piplup's head. The light effects seem a bit overused, as well. The colours look quite meh, in my opinion, and the render could have been blended better. But space is the key issue in that one.

Akari: I don't like how the only bits of colour visible on the banner is his face and the little bit of yellow from... gosh, I forgot its name :\ Er, yes. The effects are nice (I always like 'em sparkles xD) and the text seems to be appropriately placed, with a nice font as well. Oh, and the large band of white at the top of the banner, behind Allen's head, looks a bit, weird o____o

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Master Dookie:wha- a monkey with a suit? now thats just plain weird.. but i like it how you make it look like he's a Monkey of Importance
and now for me... only rate this if youre an extremely experienced graphics maker, because it is extremely good.
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p.s this took ages to upload as it is extremely good and deserves a medal for its excellence in modelling...
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poke'd;; BAAHAHAHHAHAHAH!!!! you make me laugh xD, well im super super super non-experienced so i wont rate it xP

Akari;; Hmm, for some reason i like scanlines more, i think it adds a bit more to the BG,
it is a nice smudge, i'd like to know what settings you used xD, but it is a bit bright behind zero, maybe try duplicating the render and smudging that??

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MasterDookie: HOLY SNAPS, that looks really cool. No, really, for some odd reason, I really really really like that one. It might just be because it has a monkey in it (eheh), or it's different from the usual stuff I see here, but that is really cool (how many times did I say 'really' within the first two sentences...?). The effects are cool, from the lightning to the bubbles... well, yeah, it all looks great. I don't really like the colours too much, though, and the monkey's face could use some sharpening. Great job, though. It's aawwwwwwwwwesum :D

Poke'd: lulz, I don't think I'm worthy enough to rate this. It made me laugh, though...

Akari: I prefer the scanline-less version, as well. The only thing I don't really like about this is that it looks a bit empty, since the background behind Zero himself is just white. Then again, it does make it look like he's coming through the smudged bit, which are almost like clouds, and it looks quite cool xP But yes, it is a pretty nice smudge. And try not to use pure white for the lighting ^^
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rawrrr, I haven't been around lately have I? :D

Yes, I know. Shame on me, running off to other graphic forums.

But, behold! I come with what I think of as my best/favorite tag, evarz!


I'm very pleased with the outcome, I must say. :D I tried to do some work with depth, lighting, and color after being lectured on it five posts in a row. x_o; I rather like how the lighting and color went, but I'm not seein' any depth, unfortunately. xD I'll be picking up a tutorial one of these days~!



Master Dookie; LOL I USED THAT SAME C4D IN THE BACKGROUND IN THE BANNER ABOVE MAIGAWDLOL. Yeah, it looks a lot better in yours though. The contrast is just a tad low for my tastes, but the c4d's work brilliantly in this tag, color, lighting, it all meshes really well. All I'd say is maybe to add a very very low opacity (barely visible) c4d on the right, where it's just massive blackness, or move the big yellow one behind Mr. Monkey a little more over to the right so that the blackness is a little more balanced. It's a great outcome though. <3

Shiranui; Ohh, Haruhiharuhi. I like the colors, but it'd be really cool if you could blend the left side of Haruhi a little more into the banner somehow... the text definitely isn't my favorite, but I love the style nonetheless. The splatters are amazing, I love how you pull it off so easily. I don't know if I really like the border.... It seems to be too bold and bang compared to the faded colors of the banner itself. :/ It's definite eyecandy, but I don't really know if I like it as much as your other ones. The effects are really cute though. ;D
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Loki:
I really like yours! In all honesty I think there might even be a little bit much.. But I do like my things simple + I'm a learner Photoshop user.

Now for mine!
I got a few cause I've been experimenting and I'll submit in order of when made. So hopefully they get better as they go... =P


The Storm Bringer was my first banner I used a C4D with.

This one is the first part of an entire collection of Super Smash Bros Brawl so I might post the rest when I do them!
Enjoy!

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Massimo; They're pretty good for a beginner. You should try and blend your renders in with your background, renders look better if they blend into their background. Experimenting and playing around with the tools on photoshop is the best way. Or you could find tutorials, which teach you how to use the tools in a certain way to get a certain effect.

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Loki: asdhdsgahrgtritrawr. That. Looks. So. Awesome. <3 It probably is your best. The text is ohmigawd, as usual, the effects are looking really great, and I think that the colours are nice and bright. I like the colours a lot. Like, a lot, a lot. Like, "I'm very jealous about it since some of my most recent banners look really eww and just on the edge of being monochrome" a lot. I think you get the point >.> The lighting is cool, too. Also, very nice... smudging? I can't really tell, but it looks cool anyway. However, as you have said, there is no depth >: That's the only bad thing I can say about it, really. And it's just a minor thing, seeing as everything else just about covers up for that.

It almost makes me want to go and make a real banner. Almost.

Massimo: Firstly, clean up the renders. The edges look very rough on the two Pokémon banners. Secondly, if you've just started using Photoshop, don't go directly to using C4Ds. They are tricky little things to use, and it takes practice to get it right. And they're not just for backgrounds, either. I posted up a little thing in the Graphics Q & A on C4Ds, but it got deleted after the whole 'going back in time' thing >.> I might re-post it when I have the time. Anyway, the main thing you need to work on is image blending. Try to make the render go together with the background more, so it doesn't look pasted on. As Akari has said, tutorials will help ^^

Akari: It's looking a bit too bright for me D: Actually, very bright. Or too contrasted/oversaturated/something. I can never tell the difference between those things. Also, it needs colours. I mean, the render has colours, but the rest of the banner is lacking it, or at least the colours used are too fade-y. The whole mixture of spatters and light textures doesn't really work for me. All-in-all, it just seems a bit too messy. The border seems appropriate, though. Oh, and work on spacing. There just seems to be quite a bit of space left to be taken over by the effects, and it just looks... empty.

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I wish I can rate the others above Shiranui because the school blocked your banners so I can't see anything ;;

Shiranui: The image coloring layers is amazing, I love that part. <333 And the brushes and smudging makes it perfect. The text is good too, it fits with the mood of the banner.


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Shiranui: You've got a to many c4ds thingyies blended onto the blue c4d looking bg. Tone that down as it seems the left side is the focal and not the guy. Also need to erase the stuff off his face and neck. The shine behind the e I think needs to be less bright. Don't worry I don't think that's crap, I wouldn't comment on it if it didn't spark an interest in me.
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@ Hazuki: I like it! Nice lighting, the X is a nice touch. I dunno what to add. Mabye a color layer? If you already have one i can't see it.

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Okay, so I was bored today. It's not fantastic, but it's my first time trying something like this, so...
Anyways, I have four different versions with minor differences (colour + scanlines). Basically, I was screwing around for practice. XD









@Kai.: It's nice. I'm not exactly fluent in the graphic lingo though, so best wait for someone else's critique. XD

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David:

1st post. You. Go now. D:< jeez, why are you an admin? D:<

Anyway, the film strip border is a bit too thick for my tastes. It takes attention away from main banner. It has excellent depth, though the depth is the only way the render is blended into the background. The text definitely looks better on the B&W banners, but I personally like the colored ones better overall, because the render doesn't have enough colors to pop out against it enough, IMO. I like the scanlines, but I don't like how they don't cover the render as well. It depletes from the blend. Lastly, I dunno about the font and color. Maybe turn down the opacity for the color, and as for font... eh. :/

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Kai.; Ahh, I actually liked the other banner above better. This one's background is too monotone, it makes Mario seem like he isn't really supposed to be in the banner. I don't really like the c4d over him either, it's kind of watery. D: I think you should've moved the 'Bringing' text line over to the right so it wasn't covering his nose, either that, or put it behind him for the disappearing text effect. To me, it looks like a c4d on a black background with a render and text. D: Not really my favorite, and it could really use a border.

Shiranui; Holy fackz, I lyk [email protected] 1. *shot'd* The blue spacey effect is really awesome, and the stock is really cool. :D I have to say I don't like that blue streak across his cheek. xD;; It looks like he got in some grease or something. The positioning is excellent, and I really like how you made one side blurry and the other side focused. :3

And, aye, that be smudging. The same smudging I used on the Kanda, Yuki, Yuna/Tidus, and 'heretosaveyou' Ichigo banner. :P I use those smudge settings too much. *fish'd*



Talking about depth, I took another shot at it. Instead of focusing on lighting this time, I focused on doing some depth. I don't think it worked out here either though. xDD I did pay some mind to lighting at the same time though. :B I love how I've never played Persona 3 yet I'm so obsessed with the art. Maybe I'll read the manga just to give myself an excuse as to why I have such a big Persona 3 eyecandy collection. *facedesk*

Would you believe I actually rendered this myself? Yes. Yes I did. I became this much more un-lazy. *pinches forefinger and thumb together*

Also, if you've an extra moment:


Just something quick I made for Kai. Been a long time since I used the pop-out effect, but I like how it turned out. :D

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The girl with a masculine username Loki: The Laharl one reminds me of DDR with the arrows and such. XD And I like the Minato one - although, the light source seems to be here there and everywhere, to a point where the render doesn't match the lighting.

Anyways, I redid the Pit banner using the suggestions.


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Perfectionist- It seems kind of harsh ;/
Since red and green are opposites on the color wheel, they're not the best or easiest colors to combine. If you have to though because of a certain image, like Yoshi (I think thats Yoshi XD ), then make the red a little less harsh. I'm not saying that you have to blend them a lot; that would look awful. All I'm saying is that the red is very... ermm.. bright and such. Your brushing is ok for your level, but the text is missfitting and also harsh, with the green outer glow looking too different from the background and the font not fitting.

Keep working on it you seem to be able to improve really easily.

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That one guy over there who usually has a girly theme Animadversion: I already told you everything I have to say about your new version. :D


Gosh, I'm just crankin' this stuff out ain't I? xD


Made for a sig contest. I'd love to hear any suggestions to make it better. so I can win. xD