The Graphics Rating Thread [READ THE FIRST POST. D:<] Page 31

Started by Loki January 3rd, 2008 11:11 AM
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Loki

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Akari: His name is Miharu, and he's from Nabari no Ou. ;D But yeah, the crying thing isn't an issue, actually that's good, in my opinion, but I erased it out for ya anyway. xDD

Anyway, in regards to your D.Gray-man banner, first things first: Yes, it is quite bright, and if you turned down the light, I’m sure the focal would be much easier to get to. xD You might want to lower the opacity on the text too, and maybe next time choose a word that’s easier to wrap one’s head around instead of buffoonery.  Text flow is important. ^^ The rest of it looks really cool, and I really like it, the blending is nice and if there wasn’t any text, the depth would be great too.

The white dots at the bottom left corner need to go way down in opacity, because they stick out way too much as they are. The dots on the right are a really nice touch, but it’d be even better if I could see the without having to look for it. xD So the number one thing I’d suggest is maybe burning the sides, or just turning down the brightness. It’s so bright and contrasted as it is that Allen looks almost oversharpened. ^^;

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This is the fifth, and most likely, last version of this banner. I got most of my original advice from my Graphics Guru, and this is the latest product, going by your guys’ comments.

I chose to forgo the fractal that simulates light rays, even though that was to make it seem like he was falling back and being caught by the light. I decided that it impeded on the flow too much, and made it kind of messy. I didn’t get rid of the criss-crossing lines in the back however, because I like them. xD; So I replaced the light rays with just more white soft-brushing and lowered the opacity on that, and added a photofilter to help the white look more natural.

Does it look better?




And then I fixed the Badou one as well, turned down the opacity on the red overlay, fixed some things on his left shoulder, fixed his yellow hand, and got rid of the ‘Badou’ text in the upper right hand corner. :3


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THey are both really well done. And yes, they both look better. Without the text and the yellow hand on the second one, it is amazing. I really like it. But I think it may still be over crowded, but that is what gives it it's charm...
The first one if perfect in my opinion. I don't know of nothing else you could do to improve it.

But... this is coming from a beginner... so.. it doesn't really count. ^^;

This is one of mu first attempts at grunge:

Remember the way I was, for me.

Aizuke

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Loki; Yup, the first one looks fine now. XD Flows perfectly. And your second one is awesome, but I'm not too fond of the light texture thingies on his shirt, but does add a good effect to it. ^^;

YunaDances; You shouldn't really erase out the render's outline and make it a lower opacity because the background doesn't suit the render much, I guess it's because the render lacks blending. Try and work with colours that match the render, the blue is too bright compared to the colour of his shirt and hair. And yellow is such a bright colour, so it's best to try and not work with it. ^^;;

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Okay did some adjustments to my Allen banner. :<


Doesn't seem right to me.. I suck at lighting.. :x
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@YunaDances: The background seems to attract more attention than the render. It should be the other way around. Yeah, the background is way too contrast-ish. I don't really think the background suits the render much. The render looks like it should have more of a sleek and shiny look rather than a grundge look for the background. The colors hardly match at all. The colors from render to background differ greatly. A plain black doesn't seem like it would fit on this render. Not many things were done besides the soft-edge brush to blend the render in. So all in all, the background is far too distracting. The render always should stand out from the background. It needs a border too. I really dislike this one. 4/10~

@Akari: Shouldn't his face get the most lighting? It looks like the light is going off to the side. XD Otherwise, niice. :D
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@ Hazuki:

I don't like this one so much. It seems almost a little bit too plain. I like how you used the texture, I just don't like the texture itself. Maybe some text would be nice, too.
I have a thousand words running through my head for this banner, and some text would really add a feeling to it.
Anyways, good job "teach"!
7/10.
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This is my third and final entry for SOTW. I haven't submitted anything yet, but I think this is the best out of the three I've made. I took the advice I received from you guys and payed more attention to the placement of the SOTW text. I also add my own text to it.



Anyways, like I said in an earlier post, I'm trying to pick-up a new style. Please rate! ^^;

Thanks;
Motsuko

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I like this one. But I think that the text should be more...pretty... I guess...
And the gird squares in the right hand corner throws me off... I don't really like them. 7//10

Ok, so I really like this pic, and I took my time to render it so I wanted to use it as a theme... Tell me which position of the render you like more and what you think of it... I only put a border on one of them so far.





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Twinx

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@Motsuko :O It's so prettyfull!
Colors : are very harmonious and warm.. but I'm not sure whether it fits the render since they all look afraid.. but then again it's a love theme... so keep it.

Background: I couldn't help but notice that the background looks like it's motion blurred. If that's what you did, try using displacement layers to add more detail to your background. (learned that from Shiranui's tutorial) And ya loose the grid.

Text placement: I'm not sure about where you placed the text... It's right over the light source.
Try placing it near the render on the right.
SOTW is fine I guess :/

Overall 8/10
Good job ^^

@Yuna: This is a great improvement from the first version. Yay for progess ^^

Render:
It's not a very good cut.. since at some places you cut out the black outline and at other places it's gone. Decide on which do you want and stick with that.
Hey I'm no better at rendering but just some friendly advice =)

Text: So you went with no text? That's usually ok if your banner is too busy, but in this case, it's a simple banner, so you should put some text.

Scanlines: BE GONE SCANLINES hehehe. No seriously, those scalines are too much.. if you still want to keep them put them on 10-20% opacity but no more so they don't stand out so much..

Background: I honestly don't know what works in the vector world.. Can't rate this.. But I can say that this time, the colors match with the render. Good job with that..

Anyway, 7/10 for progress ^^ It still needs some work though..
I like the second placement btw..

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My turn xD
Please rate this:

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Posted October 19th, 2009
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DarkChild: Well you got a nice result from the class, which is a very good thing. ^^ Um I would suggest to make the render stand out and some lightining effects so there's more contrast on the main point, which should be the render. If there's no main point, then what's the point? XP Overall, nice job, looking forward for more. ^^

I told you I would do some more! =O

Version 1


Version 2


Version 3


Version 4
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Hazuki
I like version 4 the best because it is brighter and the colours stand out more. But that is coming from a colour fanatic. =)
I think the text in the top right "Music and Soul" is a bit hard to read in some areas. Maybe play around with the colours or the positioning 'til it is easier to read.
All in all it is a great banner. 8.5/10

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Now for my nooby vector skills.
First real vector banner and edited from last time I posted the incomplete version.

Yet to stick a border on it, but what do you think?

Loki

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Crappy ratings are a-GO!

DarkChild: I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT- EXCEPT THE BORDER. xD; Dashed borders very very rarely if ever look good on a banner. It's especially dangerous to use the dashed border when the color of the dashes are so dark. The textures are great, positioning is great, could definitely lighten up the places the render isn't at to bring the focus back, but the text is really pretty and it's a great stock manip. ^^

Hazuki: NOOOOO. ;; I LIKED THE ORIGINAL THE BEST. Disregarding Haruhi, you must hop onto MSN sometime and teach me how to do that. I absolutely adore the style used in the original one. xD The texture doesn't look too great on top of Haruhi though, and the render most definitely is the most degrading point of the banner. And no, this isn't just me being anti-Haruhi, this is me saying that the shiny-shoujo-thin-lines look doesn't really flow very well with the vectory-grainy-pop-edgy background. xD

Perfectionist: THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR! |D

First things first: You're right, this banner really did turn out rather well. The brushes are adorable, and the placement is pretty nice. With arrow brushes, it's usually good if the arrows go in the direction of the flow, in this banner that's vertical. However, they do deplete from the flow here because they're not vertical. xD; If you're working with a vertical render, arrows aren't usually your best bet.

The brushes at the bottom are great, and I hate you all for finding all these heinously adorable little dotty brushes while I'm sitting here wondering, "WHERE DO YOU PEOPLE GET THESE AWESOME BRUSH SETS?! D:<"

The color is great, but I think you definitely could've added just a little touch of that yellowish beige somewhere. Of course, you'd want the yellowish beige to be lighter in color than the actual color you'd extract from the render so that it didn't clash too much with the background. The scanlines are great, I absolutely love them. and want them.

Again, there's an issue with the thin-lines clashing with the vector style. I try not to use renders with really thin lines in these types of vector banners, because then it's very very awkward looking.

And there's no depth or lighting in this banner, which would definitely add that last bit of pizazz that the tag needs. ;D

No border > border in this particular banner, IMO.

Twinx

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DarkChild: I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT- EXCEPT THE BORDER. xD; Dashed borders very very rarely if ever look good on a banner. It's especially dangerous to use the dashed border when the color of the dashes are so dark. The textures are great, positioning is great, could definitely lighten up the places the render isn't at to bring the focus back, but the text is really pretty and it's a great stock manip. ^^
@Loki, lol why does everyone keeps thinking that my banners are manipulated stocks?
hehe here's the render:
Spoiler:

I should really go back to smudging ^^
oh I'll fix the border and the lightning. 10x guys.
coming back looking delicious

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Ive got some stuff here I forgot to post :).

A little icon:


And a banner (two version duhh :P)



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Decypher:
I like the colour version the most. But that's just cause I like my colours. =)
I like how it is simple and complicated at the same time. (If that makes sense..)
I would suggest lowering the opacity of the background colours in the colour version. Kinda distracts the eyes.
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Ok, I tried something which I normally would avoid but I thought of an idea and wanted to test it out.
I am thinking of tweaking it and entering it in SOTW.

Anything I can improve on?

Azonic

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Perfectionist: Well, yeah. The render is more of a greenish tone while the background is more red, and they don't go well together. But its hardly noticeable anyways. The text might need some tweaking, but thats it. Its plain, but its good. ^_^


Yay for emptiness. \o/
I have no Idea what to put in the middle. T_T
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Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaade.: Arggh! i luv it! emptinesss is what makes it looks so cool! nice lighting there, good brushes, although you kinda used the same colour scheme as your beautful wings one.
mee!

shira-chan's tut is used here.

my first banner using textures. you learn something new everyday!
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@Poke'd - Well ill rate the second one. That c4d on the right doesnt fit especially when it doesnt fade in that good. colors arent really all that good either and that white thing in the top left corner is mehish.





rate the best one so i know which one to enter in the sotw. the transperency can go way on the sasuke one.
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EvilCheese:
I like the Sasuke one the best. However I don't think that the curved sides suit it that well.
The font is nicely placed and looks great.
The cracks look awesome! Makes it come alive!
Nothing wrong except those curved sides but that is just my opinion.
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Now for mine. I tried using a different style once again and I like it.
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evilcheese: ... make the transparency on the Sasuke one go away, and I would probably like it more xD I love how it seems, er, dynamic, and you can almost feel the movement to the banner. The lighting source is definitely good, but I think you should stroke the Chidori lightning with some light blue soft brushing, because it looks somewhat awkward how the center bit is glowing, but not all the lightning bolts. Oh, and additional lightning bolts might look cool -shot'd- The effects are cool, in my opinion, but that blue effect on (the lines where you placed the text on) should be tilted just a bit more, so that it looks like it comes from the Chidori.

As for the text itself... better font, pls :x I'm one to use mainly default fonts, so it's probably just me who has something against those kinds of fonts, but whatever. But the placement has definitely improved, so I give you props for that~

Colours need a bit of work, though. I’m mainly talking about the gray-ish purple in the background. The blues in the Chidori looks great, though. And the orange-y yellow coming from behind the render looks like the sun emerging from the horizon… -shot’d- Oh, yush, and everything seems to be a bit over-sharpened. Especially the render. It looks quite pixellated.

On the second one, a nearly centrally placed focal is a no-no, even though I tend to do it at times :\ But I think that the background on this one is really good. The style reminds me of that guy… I forgot his name >.> He used to post in the G&P… He’s pretty good now, though. I’ve seen his work in PR. Anyway, I just think I’m a sucker for those space-y type backgrounds. I think that the colours here definitely look better. It also doesn’t look quite as messy as the other one.

What I don’t like about it is the blending. I think it’s just because in comparison to the colours of the background, the stock/render/focal looks a bit too monotone. It’s also pretty much empty towards the sides, despite the cool effects. Ah, and I think you need to define the focal more. My eyes always drift away towards the pretty lights o.o

Perfectionist: It sort of looks cool… but I think that it looks a bit too similar to the banner in your signature :x The scan lines seem a bit unnecessary and overused, though. Oh, and a darker, ‘truer’ black might look better instead of the faded gray, as banners with vector brushing tend to look better with bolder colours.

I also think that it needs moar colours rather than just the black and the yellow. The red in Electivire’s eyes and tails (at least I think that those things are his tails) seem a bit isolated. Try adding a touch of red to the background, and see how that goes.

Ah, and the text looks… isolated as well. Make it an effect, rather than making the effect and the text two separate entities –shot’d- I didn’t steal that from anyone >.>.

What I do like is that you have a good flow thing going on with the diagonal brushing behind Electivire. I’m unsure about those arrows, but the brushing in general seems to look alright.


wait... why am I posting here again? -shot'd- -Is meant to be revising-
A wild PIKABLOO has appeared!

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@Perfectionist: You really need to download some fonts or something. It's the first thing that throws me off when I look at that banner. Also, a border, that banner would look better with a border. The concept is good, but it still feels empty in the bottom right. It's good overall, though.

I hate it, Loki likes it, so hey, guess I'll post it anyways. XD





EDIT: And another simple one. it's not that great, but boredom spawns things. XD


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Well, I have no intention of rating myself, so I'll just throw my newest one in this post...





EDIT: Geez guys. Nobody on top of ratings today?





EDIT2: I'd really hate to be the next person to post, since you have 5 to rate now. >.o Ignore the horrible rendering job! *shot*


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Loki

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David: Yeah... um.... I already commented on like... all of them. xD; But, you actually never showed me the finished product of that Cloud Banner, so I'll tell you what I think of it.

+ Those wavy lines are an awesome touch, they definitely make the empty bits of the WIP you showed me disappear!
- The scanlines kind of conflict with the direction of the other lines though- I think you should pay some attention to not adding too many lines. :<
- Only having the wavy lines on one side is throwing it off balance a bit, everything seems heavier on the right because there's more lighting and effects on that side.
- Your text really needs to be curved to flow smoothly with the curves of the line if you're going to put 'Cold' and 'Killer' where you've got it. xD You can just use the text warp tool and use like, bottom arc or something, and it would look 100x better.

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Would you believe this started out as a Yoite banner?


...Yeah me neither. *SHOT'd* This is my first attempt at working with/rendering a real-life person render, so... xD;;

Stock found in Ender's Resource pack. I may use this banner for the SoTW instead of my Throne Eins banner. I'm still debating.