The Graphics Rating Thread [READ THE FIRST POST. D:<] Page 71

Started by Loki January 3rd, 2008 11:11 AM
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Rockets | I only noticed the skull after I read the spoiler. Even without noticing the skull, the banner is still pretty cool with the smudged out sky and all that. The skull would be a nice touch though.

Erebus | The banner is really plain and uninteresting. The render looks blurry compared to the splatter brushes, which really are too opaque and sharpened. Needs a lot more effects and depth, and also do something to make a focal point of the banner.

Punk Rocker | Well it looks cute. XD; Don't know how to rate something like this, but I guess it's good for what you seem to be aiming at.

Froslass_Maniac | The edges of the render are too sharp and pixelly, so I recommend you go over the edges with a soft brush eraser to fix that or just use the pre-rendered image at GTSplus.net. I have no idea what those light blue ovals are doing on top of Froslass's face but it doesn't look too good. The background needs work as well, because it's way too plain. You need to really use more brushes, add more flow, and not be so monotonous in your colors. The border is pixelly as well, and the text doesn't blend well at all. Use more brushes and add more effects primarily; I suggest looking at a few tutorials to sharpen your skills.

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Dukey:
Very busy tag, a little too busy maybe..
I think those square filter things are too hard. They are kind of masking the background effects and making it look a bit blurry.
I also think sharpening and adding some more light to his hand in the front would give it some nice depth too.
Try adding some text as well, it just looks like a pile of effects and you don't really know what to expect where text helps by giving a direction.

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Ok, tag made using a C4D as the focal point. Tried something new, smudged a lot. What do you think?
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noxious.

If you're using the C4D as the main focal point, it needs a little more sharpening. The smudging looks good, so no need to improve there. As far as the text goes, I'm not really feeling it a whole lot. Try to make the text fit with the flow of the tag, or scrap it altogether. Other than that, looks good. It just needs some minor fixes here and there.

Mind rating this? It's for the SOTW for this week.


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Ok my main issue here is the fact that I can't see the Joker's face all that well. That is the focal point and the text is really drawing away from it. On the topic of his face, I feel you should erase the smudges which made it onto his face. Don't want to cover the focal point!
It is lacking a bit of depth but that can be fixed when you clean up his face and blur the background a bit and add some more light onto him.
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Hm... I like the use of c4d, especially the one in the background, perhaps the text could be placed on the other arm? I dunno... Your smudging looks solid enough. It's a pretty solid tag, i like it.



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Good use of clipping masks (are they?) there. Also love the sided text and the glow around the guy. Also, it's blue, one of my favourite colours~ But I think you could use some adjustment layers out there, or some light textures? I don't know.

Banner for rating is the one in my signature.[/back into the themes thing after a Photoshop problem]

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The signature looks good, and I like the theme overall. Although I think the image could use a little hint of blue to give it some contrast. Seems like there's too much yellow going on. Also, the text seems a little out of place, and could be placed or rotated to go with the flow of the image.

8/10

Mind rating my current signature? Trying to experiment with stuff right now. This lack of using photoshop has really hindered my skills. xD

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Ryusheika: As much as I love Tear, I feel that she's the biggest problem of your sig. She's really distracting me from Luke, who according to your text, is the focal of your banner. I do, however, like those vector brushes in the back and how you placed your text.

8/10, mainly because of that Tear thing.

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Gummy: 8.9/10

+ Focal Point is great
+ Flow = Ridonculous
+ Text is simple, yet brilliant. Brilliant Simplicity.

- Half-clip border would be much appreciated [this isn't a time to go without it]. D:

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You don't have a signature to rate... so I'll rate someone else:

@TF[i]: Nice to see some friendly faces! =)
I think I've seen this one of yours before but I'm not sure. I like how one side boarder is slightly larger than the other one, nice job. You have a really interesting, plain, focal here and I think it looks good. Your text, though bold, somehow doesn't bring my attention away from the focal and has some fairly good effects.... I do agree with PandA CharadE- you need maybe just ONE more color in their. Maybe bring out the yellow some more (good work using a flare of complimentary color over your text). Loving the splatter effects.

Here's mine, probably not as good as I could have done. For some reason my Ctrl+Z wasn't working and I couldn't use the menu undo either, so the swirly effects on the right side of Snake look awful (at least to me)



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I don't really see anything wrong with the first one.
For the second one, i think you should blend the images and the text more.

No sig? That's weird.. I just put up a sasuke sig in there..Guess i'm doing something wrong..

Edit: I see. You need to upload it from the internet...
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I only posted one. Are you thinking the one in my sig was part of the post?


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Why not just put it in your post?

Well, it's a bit plain. You kind of overdid it with the splatters, so maybe some other types of effects, like maybe some swirls or c4d. imo your text placement is horribly wrong: I'd suggest either the top right or bottom left. It might just be my gamma, but overall it looks a bit washed out...
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Actually it's just my first try at making a sig so you can expect that. Thanks:) I'll try to improve on that,

About the signature...The smudging looks a bit..weird but overall it's great! :)

Oh yeah..Just to ask, is it allowed to post off-topic things here but still post something on-topic? Sorry. I'm new here..
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GAA! I don't want my sig rated! I want the Orange Islands banner rated lolz

I figured you were new.
It depends on what you're talking about. Unless it's a rate or a banner, I wouldn't post it. They guys in this thread can get pretty tough


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Panda did rate your banner...
"About the signature...The smudging looks a bit..weird but overall it's great!"
Did you bother to read the whole thing or did you just stop at signature?
I don't see any smudging in your current signature.

Anyways, I do have to agree with Panda.
Your smudging makes it look weird.
It's too bright and has too many effects for me.

Also, maybe a better placement for Pikachu.
It looks a bit weird, too.

It could do without the black splatter.
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About your signature Kanye...that is if you're having it rated.
I think you need to balance the effects if you know what i mean..There are too many effects on the render but it's not really that obvious. Overall the sig is great :3
Rate mine? This is my second sig ever so expect lots(maybe) mistakes....
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@Kayashi - I like how you have the bright complimentary colors off of Neku's shoulder; the banner could use more of those other than blue and orange. The flow is also all messed up. The flow is clearly going \\ while your's is going \ and \/. The half tone and beams don't really go together. I'd stick to either one or the other or use the halftones in moderation.

@Dukey - The Haseo render really blends in too much with the background and the dupe isn't doing much for the tag as a whole. The grid brushes are unnecessary and look bad. The cinematic borders can be scrapped. Easy on the colors as well, as always, I recommend ColourLovers. Grays > reds in this case. Overall, I'd scrap this tag.

@noxious. - This isn't a horrible green tag but they never really work out. Overall it needs to be sharper and that text is blurry out of my freakin mind. I think the execution would be stronger if you darkened the area under the render(s) rather than having it be the same lightness as the render. It would add a lot of depth. Then maybe you should switch the darkness on the left with the light on the right.

@Ryusheika - Since you already submitted it, I won't rate it. ^^;

@RyuKun - Would look a lot better if it was a bit longer in the height department. Would also look a lot better if it was less grainy and had less tans and more reds/pinks to match Pidgeot. Can also do without the duplicate. Other than that, the effects are actually pretty nice and compliment the flow of the stock beautifully. Pretty nice job.

@Dukey - Man I'm getting sick of seeing this stock. -_- There's no flow going on; it's just splatter brushes + clipping mask/clone stamp. :\ Obviously it's lacking the basic aspects of a tag; depth, light, and flow. Light is all over the light source which is clearly false. Scrap the text and the black bar behind it. Truthfully, scrap it, unless you want to get some ideas from Conman's tag.

@Medieval - I really like the background but I'd like it even more if it was shades of blue so it complimented the stock and didn't blend perfectly. The random flowery texture doesn't do much for the tag as a whole unless it's implemented into the background. The overlayed border doesn't look so hot and the scanlines don't really either. The white stripe should also be scrapped and the text can be changed as well.

@Gummy - The first thing my eyes go to is the text, which I'm sure is not the intended effect. The stock's body gets lost in the background. The background could have a bit more attention paid to it rather than the effects. While the effects do look nice, it's not all that makes a tag.

@dewjr - I don't think you made that yourself, and it doesn't belong in here anyway.

@TF[I] - Interesting composition. The uneven borders is driving me nuts along with the text. It would be best textless and borderless. It's not really even a vector tag. A vector tag is something like this. The effects are pretty random and don't cohere together. The grid in the background is whoa random. It would look a lot better if you kept the effects on the bottom and got rid of them on the top.

@Swampert - The first tag is not too great. It's way too dark (LEVELS!) and the effects are bland and simple. The text is also sub par and should be scrapped. If you want the focal to be the barrel of the gun, make the effects there brighter and slightly blur Snake so your eye goes there instead of all over the tag. As for the second one, it kind of makes me want to cry. The text is also sub par here. I don't know why you decided to blur Pikachu but honestly, it looks bad. If you're trying to get a sense of movement/flow... that's not the way to do it. The black splatter over Pikachu needs to go. Basically... scrap this. Or read some tutorials or something. We have a sticky. ;_;

@Kanye - There's a lot of effects going on and Jack gets lost quickly. The colors need some work (COLOURLOVERS!!!!) and it could use more of a background. The depth is fairly decent and the flow is good but the light is everywhere. If you changed the colors and got rid of a few of the effects it would be pretty nice.

@Panda - I'm not really understanding the sheet music in the background if this isn't about music. Having the stock on the side of the tag detracts attention from it because the effects start to dominate the canvas. Your colors need work and the tag overall is lacking basic concepts (light, flow, and depth). I already posted a depth tutorial, maybe people should read it. :x Try reading some tutorials to boost your skills.

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Just a little something to help Ryusheika~ I'd still like to get it rated. I'm tired of doing all these rate sprees with no benefit.

I want more than one rate on this one!!!

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Just a little something to help Ryusheika~ I'd still like to get it rated. I'm tired of doing all these rate sprees with no benefit.

I want more than one rate on this one!!!
Woahtf, CME. What a fricken post. I had to spend more of my life deleting half of it. Ok, so first off, I'd like to say that I love the idea you have going on in the background with the swirls and rainbows and stars. It's really cute. However, I'd like to se a little more of it. What I assume to be x's on the right side of the stock look a little too hidden to me, and I'd like to see them out some more. The tan-gray background seems a bit dull color wise, and I think some color soft brushed on screen or lighten would be a nice touch. On a much more positive note, I love the blurring on the left side, as it brings the image out a bit more. While I'm befuddled by the small light source in the middle, it's perfectly placed and brings a bit more contrast into the image. It's not one of my favorites, but it has some really nice stuff going on. GIVE ME YOUR BRUSHESANDTEXTURESANDTALENTOHMY

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@Panda - I'm not really understanding the sheet music in the background if this isn't about music. Having the stock on the side of the tag detracts attention from it because the effects start to dominate the canvas. Your colors need work and the tag overall is lacking basic concepts (light, flow, and depth). I already posted a depth tutorial, maybe people should read it. :x Try reading some tutorials to boost your skills.[/size]
Thanks a lot CME. Is there any tutorial for colors? And could you mind posting a link to your depth tutorial? I can't find it anywhere.. And the sheet music, i thought of putting it there since her hat has a note XD