The Graphics Rating Thread [READ THE FIRST POST. D:<] Page 83

Started by Loki January 3rd, 2008 11:11 AM
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Exiled~Shadow

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I hope this belongs here... I'm not to sure what kind of art it is but i did this earlyer today cos i was bored.



What do ya think?

Original artwork: http://www.serebii.net/anime/characters/pics/cyndaquil.jpg
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An untold tale of the high seas...
A tale of the dawn of exploration...
A tale that spans time...
A tale, never told before...


Pokémon: Age of Exploration
Coming Soon...

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Yume Tsuki

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I hope this belongs here... I'm not to sure what kind of art it is but i did this earlyer today cos i was bored.



What do ya think?

Original artwork: http://www.serebii.net/anime/characters/pics/cyndaquil.jpg
looks great nicely drawn



heres my work.. (looks really stupid .. -,-'')

Loki

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Woah woah wait just a second.

Exiled Shadow, your art actually belongs in the Art Gallery, not in the Graphics section, and not only that, you didn't read the first post, and as a result did not rate Ezzo's piece.

Next, Froslass Maniac, that was a very very poor rate, and I hope that if you happen to post here again, you will give the above poster a rate worth their time. Otherwise I'll have to take action. ;<



Anyway, I find a few things wrong with your tag in my opinion. First of all, you've covered up your focal. I understand you're probably trying to blend in your png with the rest of the effects, but covering it up with that soft-brushing is a no-no. Especially since it's all in one solid color. The background looks completely copy-paste, since there's no action in it. It's just the same thing from the left to the right. And finally, the default font, the gradient, the lack of blending: All that points to the fact that the text needs work.

My suggestions are, first, remove the blue... whatever on the pokemon. Second, nuke the text entirely. It's unsalvagable as it is now- it has no 'place'. It's just floating there, impeding on the rest of the tag. If you want to add the text, put it elsewhere, change the font, do something to make it look less MS Paint.

Although I don't think there's really much you can do to make me like this tag, since I hate the background and focal placement. xD; The only thing I really like about this tag is the white orbs, and those look a bit over-contrasted.

My two cents. <3




Ezzo, that "K" is it a k? is waaaayyy over sharpened. D: I don't like how dark he is compared to the background- makes him feel like he's standing out too much? Kind of hard to look at if you know what I mean. There's this weird distortion across the entire tag, like, it's blurry here, but oversharpened there, but none of it has any relation to depth or anything. It's confusing. xD I do love that pinkish, reddish, orangish color, the letter I think is a K, and just that general thing, I love. Everything else I can't say the same. D:
but you know I love all your other stuff, so. ;D





I sorta kinda tried imitating parallelines' style. Er, I ended up deviating at about the fifth layer, because at that point it looked fine in terms of imitation, but I have this... weird need to have a million layers. So here we are at twenty-one layers. xD;;

Exiled~Shadow

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Woah woah wait just a second.

Exiled Shadow, your art actually belongs in the Art Gallery, not in the Graphics section, and not only that, you didn't read the first post, and as a result did not rate Ezzo's piece.

Oh... ok sorry about that, I'm new to this section...
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An untold tale of the high seas...
A tale of the dawn of exploration...
A tale that spans time...
A tale, never told before...


Pokémon: Age of Exploration
Coming Soon...

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R a c h e l

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Loki -
I hate to be the sort of person that gives no constructive criticism whatsoever, but I'm not skilled enough to find any fault in that banner (or it just doesn't have any). I love how well the green and the blue compliment each other, and if it makes sense, it's great how the slightly blurred background accentuates the over-the-shoulder pose of the girl. The simplicity of the colour scheme is extremely aesthetically pleasing and the blue of her jacket is gorgeous <3 I'm reviewing this from my phone and so I only just realised that the brown image on the right is a shrunken rotation of the focal, which I also love. The brown just makes the blue stand out even more. Again, I apologise for not being able to offer a more helpful critique but I really do love the banner :)

Edit: My only tiny criticism is that the brightness of the white rectangle above "Ciel" seems to distract slightly from the focal - I mean obviously no one will think that the rectangle is the main feauture of the banner, but it caught my attention so I thought I may as well point it out :)

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What's it been now? Like, three or four months? Yeah, I'd say I'm due for another rate. I'm obviously a little rusty though, so it may not be too great.

@ R a c h e l:

The basics.

There's really no focal point at all on this. You can sort of tell where it's suppose to be, but you've ruined it by the way you've positioned the text. not to mention my eyes seem to keep wandering off to the top-right for some odd reason >___>;. Depth could definitely use some work. Even just blurring that creature thing running towards her would make a big difference. Unless of course, the creature is suppose to be the focal point. In that case, blur the girl. Remember, just about anything in front or behind the focal should be blurred to some extent, depending on how much distance there is between it and the focal. Next would be flow, I suppose. I don't see any in this banner. I'm gonna be honest though and say that this was probably not the greatest render to use. I mean, there's NO flow. Maybe it's just because I'm so out of date, though. Either way, flow could use some work. As for lighting, it's fine I guess. It's hard to incorporate proper lighting without a focal point, so start with that and lighting should just come naturally (more or less).

Overall it's not bad. Could use some work, but whatever. We can only get better, right?

R a c h e l

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Much appreciated :) It was a request - I haven't worked with a render like that before but what you've said has clearly emphasized what I need to do to improve it. Again, thanks for the critique :)


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@ Loki:

I'm really having trouble finding anything worth pointing out in this tag, so I'm guessing this is gonna be a short rate. :B

The only thing I'm disagreeing with is that greyed-out, upside down version of the render. I actually JUST realised what it was when I looked closer, and now that I have, I'm not so sure I like it. Can't really tell you to take it off though, 'cause then it'd just be really plain and unbalanced on the right side. :/ I don't know what to do about that. I mean it doesn't look BAD, I'm just saying that if you come up with something better to put there, do it.

Overall, great tag. <3

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Two days back at PC and I'm already jumping into PS again. :D Not gonna lie, I actually kinda like this. But hey, I'm here for some C&C so have at it!

Color:


B&W:


P.S.
The text says Illuminarium if I didn't make any typos. *thinks back to 2008 "gAUrdian" signature*

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Two days back at PC and I'm already jumping into PS again. :D Not gonna lie, I actually kinda like this. But hey, I'm here for some C&C so have at it!

Color:


B&W:


P.S.
The text says Illuminarium if I didn't make any typos. *thinks back to 2008 "gAUrdian" signature*
The coloured version is better than the black and white one, to begin with. I really only have one small complaint, and that's the amount of negative space. It doesn't look bad the way it is, but I dunno, you probably could have filled the background with something other than just colour and a lighting effect.

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One of these is a bit older, but I haven't had my banners rated in a while so meh.






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parallelines, those are really colourful and creative. I've always enjoyed that kind of style, it's real easy on the eyes and pleasing to look at. Your composition is spot on. =D



Here's something I made the other day. I know I suck at text. ><


Well i like the blend of colors you used for this one, I also like where you put the lighting it adds more depth to the tag. The text is kinda off and a little hard to read [Like you already said/] I recommend you learn a bit of topography, it will help with your text. 7/10


Well i made this tag for a request here recently. I'm not so good at using pokemon renders





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Well i made this tag for a request here recently. I'm not so good at using pokemon renders





Well I think it turned out pretty great :P
I like how you used the lighting but Mewtwo could use a bit blending. Maybe the text too but thats just my opionion :P

Something I made earlier when i was bored~~
I actually havent touches photoshop for around a year now :/

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Well I think it turned out pretty great :P
I like how you used the lighting but Mewtwo could use a bit blending. Maybe the text too but thats just my opionion :P

Something I made earlier when i was bored~~
I actually havent touches photoshop for around a year now :/
I like how the color scheme matches Link.
The text matches, but there is something i dont like. Ithink it is the border.


What do you guys think of my latest Batman banner?

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What do you guys think of my latest Batman banner?

I think its good but the render looks a bit funny to me :/
Maybe you could have resized batman a bit more?
I really like, it but the little rectangle at the bottom doesn't seem to fit in very well.

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Rate my first GIMP signature/banner please :)




The main thing that distracted me from the tag is the text, it's way to plain. It's just slapped on there, you could have used the overlay effect or something to spice up the text. Now the yellow star thing, i don't think it needs to be there, it takes away from the original mario render. Which brings me to the render, it's not blended in well at all try to lower the opacity some. 6/10



Well i tried the cloud style today, this is the first time i have done this, so yeah.


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I think it would look better with the normal color scheme.

It is good in all, but it is really hard too see.

5.8/10


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Very nice but the flowers coming off the signature don't look smooth enough to me ;)
9/10

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Very nice but the flowers coming off the signature don't look smooth enough to me ;)
9/10

Rate this please:
I like it.
the blue behind Glaceon could be set to overlay and it would lok much better.
7/10

Rate?

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Kayla Ann: Argh, so... much... Haruhi. X___X;;
*puts bias aside*

The pentooling is really cool.
That's pretty much all I like about it. Like, by no means is it bad, by no means is it ugly, it's just not my cup of tea. The purple-orange gradient map you've set to screen or something along those lines is my least favorite effect in the entire world, and your stock hasn't been blended in with the rest of the tag like, at all. :/ You need some more foreground effects, and I'd say it'd probably be a good idea to to lose the clipping masks too. The random eye floating there is creeping me out. xD
Not sure I like how you did the border either. Maybe overlay would've been a better option than just lowering the opacity.

DMartin, about your evangelion tag, all I can say is that when someone thinks that they see a solid block of cyan the first time they glance at it, it means your focal and effects are pretty much nonexistent.
Which is never a good thing.


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Well, I do have ot admit it's better than when I fool around. When I fool around I end up making someone's eyes bleed, so I just stopped messing with thing. And when I do I don't save them. xD

The color scheme is pretty cool and the reder is well cut out, if you did it yourself. I just don't like how his right had looks. Something about it that bugs me...

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Edit: Okay...

You did a good job on the coloring and text, and ypu've chosen a good render, but the lighting is harsh on the eyes. You should try and find lighting that looks sharp, but not at the cost of some people not liking it for that reason. The size also leaves something to be desired for. All around good, and I still like it. As I said 7/10.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g200/salanos/ArLug.png

A friend and I made this for the guy who made me my avatar and sig. Could you rate those as well?

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No Autumn Star, not if you don't rate Fishyman's graphic. My post was simply for moderation. In those cases, skip over my post and rate the above post.

Seriously, if I have to make another consecutive mod post, I'll be whackin' my infraction stick around. D:<