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

[Michael Allison Is Not I]

@Loki: PNGs can be horrid quality due to bad settings. but anyway, i was just being too lazy to right click and see what format it is. :P

Contrast wouldn't make the render look bad quality, at least not like i'm seeing. i just think the render was bad, if that's a PNG

 

[Loki]

@Loki: PNGs can be horrid quality due to bad settings. but anyway, i was just being too lazy to right click and see what format it is. :P

Contrast wouldn't make the render look bad quality, at least not like i'm seeing. i just think the render was bad, if that's a PNG

Maybe I sharpened it too much...? I think that's probably the case, because I didn't turn down the opacity on my sharpen layer like I usually do...? :< I thought the render was pretty good, so I don't think it's that.

 

[Zathura]

I like it but too be honest, you sort of need to work on the blending.

ugh, not much of a color variety.

 

[Comic Tragedy]

@Zathura: Wow beautiful tag. I am loving this whole tag and style. I love the stuff trailing of of the Akatsuki cloak. Everything is realy cool, especialy the whole ghetto style of the tag. The onlything you could fix though is the text. It definately looks a bit squashed, no? Anywho good job!


Rates please!

 

[Michael Allison Is Not I]

Even if squashed is the style, the text just... doesn't fir the signature. Sorry.

 

[THIRTY-SIX]

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B/W

While I was in Atlanta I did two tags. The first was the "Stunning" one, this is the second. I got the idea while helping my cousin make a tag using the same stock. Sadly GIMP crashed when we were almost finished his, and we didn't save often. Owell, I still have mine XD
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Made in gimp? No idea about that program, although all I was gonna say is why is his hair look like they are clouds? Quite like the colours on the first, but the effects look better on the b&w. :<

I like it but too be honest, you sort of need to work on the blending.

ugh, not much of a color variety.

Blending looks fine to me… although don't use gradient maps on everything. … Actually you didn't since the sprite thing has a bit of red. That wall would look sweet in colour… also if the render wasn't in colour… make it in colour… Arial Narrow not a good choice. Well it looks like Arial Narrow. Akatsuki.

 

[Gabri]

@Conman: I agree with riginality Fails. The guy's hair looks like it's part of the clouds. I like the background, and I think the Colour one is better than the B&W one. You added a nice light texture (is it?) on the center, I'm talking about those red flicks.

@Zathura: The only thing that bothers me is that little red thing on the sprite. The rest, including the text, looks fine to me.

'Kay, here it goes:

Smudge ftw. Again. :D

 

[Zebra Thunderhead]

Do I get a free rate cause it's my birthday?~

 

[Comic Tragedy]

I think you should ;P I made a thread for you ;D But I will do the rate for you so you can birthday girl!

@Katalyst: This banner looks great! You did a great job smudging, and all the effects seem to be great. I also think the depth is good too. Things you can work on though, are lighting and color. For me the lighting being that wierd white spot doesen't work. So try and fix that. Also try and make the colors less, dull and boring. That would make the sig 100% better imho.

 

[Conman]

@Conman: I agree with riginality Fails. The guy's hair looks like it's part of the clouds. I like the background, and I think the Colour one is better than the B&W one. You added a nice light texture (is it?) on the center, I'm talking about those red flicks.

Well it looks like a cloud because...it looks like a cloud. His afro is that long and wavy. I hardly did anything to his hair excluding adding effects in it and coloring. Also I used a fractal for the spark's from his joint.

Woah, I really like this tag's style and overall look. Nice smudging and and BG effects. Light source is right on to, always a nice thing to see. The depth is pretty good too, but personally I'd sharpen Haseo a bit more. Though I fear if that is done it may lose the smooth look I like so much. Another think is, I'd wanna see this tag with more lively colors. It seems it would even look better that way.
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Here is my first vertical tag, which I made when I got home from Atlanta. I went there to evacuate from a hurricane. Sadly I had no internet, cable, or air condition when i came back, which resulted in boredom...and heat...then this was made. The original stock was of Amy Lee of Evanescence.

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Listening to: Madvillain; Viktor Vaughn - Fancy Clown
via FoxyTunes​

 

[Motsuko Live]

You must always rate at least one banner. If the person above you hasn't posted a banner to be rated, and it is not a reply post, then you may choose, but otherwise, the one above rule still applies.

<:O !

I'll just rate two this time, then.

Not bad. Not bad at all. I like the perspective of this tag. You could have made the focal point stand out a little bit more, but it still looks good the way it is.
... *stares*
Ok, so I'm going to go back on my words a little bit. I really do find the perspective interesting, but something isn't right. That wall on the left hand side just seems sort of... out of place or somthing. It might help if you nudged the background a little to the left.
The lighting is perfect, so it would be quite hard to critique even if I wanted to. I will start a lil' su'm su'm with that text, though. It's not that it looks bad, it's just that there's so many more places you could have put it that would look better.

Great job though.

Not liking this one all that much. Those twirly brushes smother the render, and make it seem too closed in, nawmsain? There's not really any flow, either. I mean, there's definitely potential for flow, but with all the brushes and what not you've thrown in there, it just seems to make everything seem frantic.
Lighting is alright. A bit too bright, but that's just my opinion. Ask somebody who doesn't fail at lighting, themselves; you might get a better answer. ;>
I do really like the text. I've always been a sucker for multi-colors with text, even though I've never quite figured out how to use it effectively. Dx
My advice would be too use less brushes and effects next time. Brushes are nice, but it's not hard to go overboard with them.

Oh, and it's a little monotone, too. Less gradient maps perhaps? (Or more, depending on how you use them :|) Just putting that out there.


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Kind of had a little "slip up" regarding SoTW. I let El Capitano slide for what I prosecuted munna for. Dx
After discussing this with him, munna and I decided on an appropriate "punishment" for me: enter SoTW #27 with a Pokemon based banner. xD (only munna could think of a punishment like that). For the win, munna... for the win. :D

Which looks better;

Without a border...

With a border...

or even...

WITHOUT A BORDER! >:D

Refernce to the ringer, there, for all the movie buffs like me (even though it's rather sad if you haven't seen the ringer :x)

 

[Comic Tragedy]

nawmsain?

Oh mee goosh you made my day .freak.

@.freak: Ok lets see hear. I just want to say of the bat beautiful idea, composition, concept, and work. Really I don't see any reason why either you or munna shouldn't snag this weeks SOTW. I just want you to know that I really love this piece, and I don't have much to pick at....... One thing I would like to though is (haha) the text. It is a great idea that the text toppled over with the car, but if it is sitting on top of the car and the light is coming from the other side of the car, the text should look less blurry, and more like a silhouette, no?

Anyway that is all. Keep this up man.


New sig, new style, its all new new new! Rates please!!!

 

[Gummy]

Hey guys, miss me? Heh, stupid question... OF COURSE YOU DID! You all seem to be improving while I've just been getting rusty. Sorry El Capitino, but you have the misfortune of being my first rate since my PC return.

I find it weird that the side where your light source is coming from is also very dark. It may just be me and my graphics noobiness but it just doesn't seem right. Also, I'm not liking whatever is on your render's right shoulder. It just draws too much attention. But hey, still better than anything I can conjure up.

*****

Go easy, I having made anything in a month...

 

[Tensa Zangetsu]

-Gummy: I like the style you gave to banner, I also like orange and I think it suits the banner nicely. I love the crop outs, but you might have done too much I dunno it just looks a bit too 'fake' and 'technical' one or two is just fine.

Other than that, It's nice for something you've done in over a month of absence of Photoshop (I take it anyway :P)

Guys, I'm sure you dont know me, that's because I'm not a graphics maker - until today. I recieved my Photoshop CS3 today (Actually It's my dads but I can use it; yay ^^) and I started making a signature with a tutorial I found on Deviantart. This is my first signature banner so please tell mt how to Improve just not on the sig but on my style overall.

Well, here it is:

 

[Vkazuic]

Yes I am Aizuke, and I'm rating with this account, due to my stupidity of my other account and having 777 posts which I want to keep as long as possible.. XD

Anywho.. Let's get this show on the road.

Without a border...

With a border...

Aha, that is awesome. I really like the concept of it, but I do prefer the one without the border, not sure why though. XD; Placing of text is good, not more I can crit about it. Woo~

For some reason, it looks like the head is just.. Floating there. XD Obviously, the right left side is a bit empty but I guess if text were added there, it wouldn't be so empty. I'm not too sure about the lines on top of the render, they add a good effect to it, but they don't really seem to fit with the rest of it for some reason. I suppose it's because they lines aren't as smooth as everything else.

The monotone-ness gives it a nice effect to it, and simple banners are simple. XD; The 3 dots on the side seem out of place though, might look better without them, I'm not too sure. Clipping mask effect is food, it just looks like the middle one is bigger than the one at the bottom, which I'm not to sure if that was intentional for you.. XD;;

Hello graphics newb!

Anywho, leeeets step back for a minute. Not too fond of the monotone colours in this, and the red does kinda make it seem a bit bright and bull. Text is.. Yeah, I don't like the text either. D: Doesn't really go well with the rest of the banner, black text might have suited it more.. Background effects are okay but the black lines on Ichigo, I'm not too fond of either. And.. The quality of the image you've used isn't so grand too either.. If this seems kinda harsh for your first banner, I'm really sorry.. XD;; Just doing my job?

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I know, my criticism sucks, which is why I tend to avoid GRT a lot. :x I guess I'll post something to rate..

 

[THIRTY-SIX]

.freak:
I prefer the bordered one better gives it that 'action' feeling also it makes it more widescreen which makes it more like a movie. xD
Oh yea there has to be one pokémon based sig in a sotw on a pokémon forum… it'd be unnatural if there wasn't. xD
Hisoku:
Fix the contrast and colours. o.o' Destroy the right side.

 

[Postman]

Well I'm not the best rater... since I really don't know what I'm doing myself ^^;

I like this but, the right side looks weird.
It is also very bright.

I agree 100% with Hishoku.
Simple, Monotone but nice :)
The 3 dots do look out of place.

The right side, imo, has way too much effects.
And except for that, I like this one.


Sorry for the bad rates ._.

I was going to use this for SOTW. :3

 

[Motsuko Live]

Had to rate Hishoku, her banner being the best on the page and all. (IN MY OPINION! ... in my opinion, guys.) :O

@ Hishoku: I thought you seemed familiar. ;>

Not bad, not bad at all. not your best, but definitely not your worst. I love it because it reminds me of that old, grungy style you used to over use. xD;
Anyway, in all seriousness, great job. I love the way the render blends in with the rest of the sig, but I don't like that orange bit on the left side. It's not so much the concept, it's just the color... not diggin' it, nawmsain? [/gotta stop using that word ._.] But text is good (a little... black maybe, but it's still fine), lighting is great, and you actually used a one pixel border effectively. Lol, I didn't even notice it was just a plain, one pixel, black border until I actually looked...

If that last sentence just made any sense, I'm a fish or something. >.>
I'm going to stop rating this before I embarrass myself anymore. Great job, though.

Alright, first things first. Lose the border. A little too thick, and wrong style. In my opinion, that type of border only looks good if you've got some kind of depth in your sig. I don't see any depth at all in there.

Second, wtf is that tail thing?! Lol, sorry... but it's kind of tacky. Y'know, that think right above the 'T' in SoTW? It kinda curves around his arm and stuff... yeah, that could go.

And lastly, the flames are a little too much. I mean, it wouldn't be disastrous if you left them in, but it would definitely clean it up a little if you took them out.

Not horrible, though.

 

[Postman]

Thank you for the rate freak.
I'll try to fix it up.
BTW, the "tail thing" is actually part of the render =o
I think it's supposed to be a chain.

 

[Gummy]

Well, .freak has covered the top two banners pretty well (as usual), so I'll just take this free post for myself. ^^