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Apanthropy

PostPosted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:48 pm


Yase. I've always wondered what other people who are into the awesome art of graphic artsing would have to say about some things that I've made that I'm proud of. So, here they are. Feel free to give any suggestions or comments, whether good or bad. Everything's done in Photoshop 7. Everything but the obvious anime drawings in some of them are done by me. X:


Black Sphere Logo 1

Black Sphere Logo 2

Reo Fena

Signature for Tsunamii

Desktop Numero 1

Spikey spikey

Zomg desktop

Website Layout for an old gaming clan
PostPosted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:30 am


Hm, the logos are very "computery" (thats not a word right...? stare ) - meaning they look well in many colors and big, but if you tried to put them on a buisness card, or letter paper or something in few colors it would be nearly imposible.
so as computer/internet logos they are more or less ok, as a traditional logos - not

but looking at them from a computer point of view: the first one has a great idea in it, bu the sphere could be more accented and obvious; the second one is a little to abstract, my eyes don't focus on any point.... ; third - maybe the text is a little too much to the left

The sig is my fav, but the blackness at top and bottom, don't like them too much... the wallpaper - maybe the anime chara and it's "ghost" would be better somwhere in the left part or the just the ghost moved somewher more left - to ballance the pic more...
abstracts - don't really know... sweatdrop
the design: ok the top bar has an idea and right part of it seems perfect, the left - the logo is "too little condensed"* (can't remember the word... xp ) and maybe some other font for the name... - too fit the antique idea from the right...; menu is not bad, maybe a little more space on the left of the letters; the borders, between frames, if darker color would show more the lines going from the logo...

ahh well hope i helped

* spacious...?

Catani


Sam Skip Sam

PostPosted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:35 am


The website layout is beautiful!!

The rest of the logos are okay, just some are not well balanced, which makes them unattractive to the eye. Plus, always make sure that your text is not blending with elements in the background, or it makes it hard to read. But overall nice work 3nodding
PostPosted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 7:22 pm


Hrm... some things seem off about the Black Sphere logos, but I can't pinpoint what it is sweatdrop

I think the text on the Reo Fena pic is a bit hard to read, and the space between the letters (kerning?) seems too large.

The Tsunamii sig pic has a lot of empty space that doesn't serve a purpose.

The background in Desktop 1 is too full on with the filters, and detracts from the main focus rather than enhancing it, in my opinion.

The spikey thing is cool looking ^-^ The ring's perspective looks strange in some places to me, but I don't know a lot about 3d abstract (sorry, not sure what the genre is called) so I can't say much else. Same with the next wallpaper.

I really like the website layout 3nodding The black bg will make things harder to read, but it doesn't look like it will have huuuuge amounts of text in it, and and the black suits the theme of the site.

Sorry if any of that is overly harsh, just my opinions 3nodding

Chisa
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kywai

PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2005 10:18 am


I think the thing that's bothering me about the Black Sphere logos is that they seem a little disjointed: they don't feel so much like as composition as several images stuck together. The first one's composition feels a little too heavy on the right, while the second one just seems very dense and shapeless as a whole (like, the shape of the logo as a whole is ambigous).
The Reo Fena thingy I like, but the stuff behind the text makes it look a bit too busy and also feels a bit unbalanced. Maybe make is more faded and scoot it to the right so it ties Lime right into the whole graphic.
The Tsunamii sig, I really like the fadey stripes in the background as well the watery stuff, but once again, there's a need to balance the composition. Perhaps make the right watery stuff a bit more complex and move the text a touch to the left (though personally, I don't care for the font. Just in my taste ^^; )
The first desktop, as was mentioned, is dominated by filters and very, very busy, which takes away from the focus of the anime girl. I'm also not crazy about the whiteness of the background - maybe fill the bottom layer with a colour?
The website is quite nice, I really like the fadey text on the right top bar ^_^ The little thingy in the top left feels a little bit big to me, I don't think the font used for "legends" is very suited for the layout, but otherwise, 'tis very nice ^_^

Please don't be offended because I mostly just pointed out things I thought could use improvement and not so much the stuff I liked ^_^; Good job overall, though, keep on making stuff <3
PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:37 pm


Here's two different variations of something I just made recently.. I think it's awesome.. but.. I want another opinion as well. >_>


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/apanthropy/hoshitstars.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/apanthropy/blacksphereelementcopy.jpg

Apanthropy


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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:53 pm


Sam Skip Sam
The website layout is beautiful!!

The rest of the logos are okay, just some are not well balanced, which makes them unattractive to the eye. Plus, always make sure that your text is not blending with elements in the background, or it makes it hard to read. But overall nice work 3nodding


yeah, I liked the websit...
PostPosted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 5:54 pm


The first graphics you posted...the 'zomg desktop' one was pretty good, and I REALLY liked the website layout. As far as the logos, I think to be brutally honest they don't work at all as logos--unfortunately, the text seems to get lost in the design, and the title of the logo needs to stand out more then what it's hovering over.

"Spikey Spikey" has an interesting design, but I REALLY don't like that effect on the oval around the spike. The white stroke coupled with the overlaying effect you have on it just really doesn't work for me.

The first desktop didn't work for me, as the picture you'd faded into the background didn't look so good due to the background you made--the background was pretty bad sweatdrop

The sig you made worked well, I enjoyed how you faded the avatar into the background and the background itself came off really good. The font choice was nice and the effect, though a bit bold, seems to work well with it.

The design on "Reo Fena" is a bit simple--which could work, but all the glowing effects seem to kill it. Lines over the white are a bit too bold, and the stroke + the glow on the text are just too much. Also, if there were just a liiiiitle bit more in the background--perhaps a type of glowing design in the center to match the box effect you have, it'd look better.

Regarding your recent two graphics however: REALLY nice, I *LOVE* how they turned out. The whole design and layout on that first one is amazingly well done, and the font for the second one is a goodone with a rather nice effect used. Definitely the best two of the batch of graphics you've presented, and I do encourage you to keep making web layouts too. If that one you showed is any indication o your talents there, ou should definitely continue.

All in all, I'd say you fell short with a few of your graphics, but the ones that were good I liked and those recent two blew me away. I look forward to seeing more works from you 3nodding

NorrisScott


Kunama

PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:15 am


*copies and pastes from notepad*

Black Sphere Logo 1 - everything else looks smooth/slick... those weird worm things behind "Black" (is it supposed to be an imitation of a water fountain?) don't really fit in.

Black Sphere Logo 2 - heart *is herself a thing of chaos*

Reo Fena - her mouth makes her look like a cat... and her breasts are droopy and saggy, which looks... odd for a girl of that age... >_< For some reason, she looks like she was badly coloured in. I think there's a fair amount of noise in the colouring. (Is that deliberate? Makes it look... sort of old-school, I guess...)

Tsunami - The topless avatar just looks... wrong... >_< Perhaps it is because the breasts look... rectangular? eek Love the background, and yes, there is a lot of empty space. Understandable if she asked you to put a wishlist or something there though.

Desktop Numero 1 - Oooh, pretty. Higher quality .jpg would be nice, once again the colouring in the anime character looks not-good.

Spikey spikey - I WANT!! heart

Zomg desktop - The center circular thing looks flat. I would comment that the lines coming out from it (the ones with the light blue glow) are also too thick, but I think that is an optical illusion because the circular thing seems to ruin the effect.

Website Layout for an old gaming clan - I like! The logo font feels a bit off though..


The two pictures are really really nice! *likes sparkly space-ness* Some hopefully constructive critism:

hoshitstars.jpg - the big triangular thing looks out of place.

Black Sphere Element copy - Really like the font. The R in Sphere is difficult to pick out as an R though. Be careful about the flash of white at the bottom of K - it's difficult to read. Perhaps just leave it as a very light blue.
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