Kalli's Epic Critique Thread

Discussion in 'Signatures' started by Kalli, Jul 18, 2007.

  1. Th3DarkCloud

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    Here's after I followed some of your C&C. I did this last night at 3:00 a.m., so I couldn't even remember how to do effects then. I just did some slight ones on the sprite, but not much.

    However, I did try working on the light transition by darkening the bottom more and brightening a bit around the middle.

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    I know you said to stick to simple fonts, but I just felt this one looked best with the tag. Oh, and I only use default fonts... it's just Vista has so many to choose from. o_0


    Oh, and thanks a lot for the C&C. I really appreciate it.
     
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    Hmm, I like this kinda thread.

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    Thanks.
     
  3. Hulka

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    Was gonna post last night but decided to sleep.
     
  4. Kalli

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    Th3DarkCloud -

    I like that one a lot better. However the text could still use some improvement. The simpler font looks better, but maybe not do a clipping mask over it and even more subtle. The effects and colors I like a lot more. However, the lighting transition is still going dark too fast.

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    Very nice tag, however there is one small thing that I think if were fixed would make the tag so much better. That would be the amount of blur. You have so much blur in the tag, yet it almost seems as the only thing that is sharper is the render. I think that if you were to get some more effects around the render and had them a bit sharper it would look very nice. The blur looks good because it adds the depth, however the blur right next to the render is looking a little odd. I am not sure if part of the render got blurred or vise versa but something is odd there. But I think it would get fixed and look better if there were a few more sharper effects up front.

    Next is it seems that all the effects you do have up front are all on the left. I don't think that it looks bad this way, but I think if maybe a few effects crept over to the right it might look nice. Not a lot, just a small amount, maybe even just kinda slanting downwards from the right to the left. It just seems a bit crowded on the left, which might also be the cause of the small canvas size. The lighting is pretty decent but there are a few problems. You have the direction of the lighting pretty much perfect. However behind the render on the left you have a light source which seems kinda odd. Also the light source coming from the right is in the back....so I am not sure how that would get light in front of him. Maybe using the dodge and burn tool and adding a small light source up front on the right might look nice.

    The last two things are the text and the colors. The colors are pretty nice, but to me, maybe it is just my monitor or something, but it looks like there are some blue dots or purple dots or something in the background. Those should not be there, especially since none of the rest of the tag has those colors. They kinda just don't seem to belong there. Then last is the text. The text is nice because it is subtle and it blends in. However, after I actually looked at the text and saw it, the font choice seems to be a bit off from the rest of the tag. Meaning that it does not fit too well imo. However, it is is so blended in, it is a very small thing..nothing to even worry about.

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    Yea I was wondering where you went. I had this open for a bit longer just waiting for you to come post. Anyways, now let's get to your new tag. I am actually not liking this tag at all. I think the two main reasons are the text and that stupid render. It is either the render or the effects you have over the render. Either way it looks of VERY bad quality. It looks as though it is fogged over and needs more contrast to it. There are also a few spots that almost look boxy. So I am not sure what happened with that, if it is just rhe render, the effects over it, or even just the attempted render blending. That though just ruins the overall tag.

    The next two things that I am not liking at all are the text and the border. I hate borders so that is no surprise at all, but these borders are the worst. These borders just need to be like banned from all tags, they do not look good at all. Then for the text. The font does not fit this type of tag. You have that large pixelated text, however, this is not that type of tag. This is closer to a grungy smudge tag. So in this type of tag, I personally think that the simplest text is always the best, not some fancy or weird font.

    Then we get to lighting and effects. The lighting in the tag just seems to be random. It does not seem to just be coming from one direction. There are also, at least it seems, like 4 or 5 light sources. The most you should usually have in a tag is 2 light sources, and one of them should be much less brighter than the other. So I would suggest working on that, getting maybe just one light source in there, and getting what direction it should come from by looking at the render. Lastly are the effects on the tag. The effects, along with the colors of them, just seem to be random. You have some dark spots and the some light spots, but they are just in random places. Then on the right you have like some flat spots...meaning it looks like there are almost no effects in that spot at all. You need to get some flow and some depth with your effects. Flow meaning it is going kinda of in one direction or multiple directions, but it flows well with the render and rest of the tag. Then also you need to get some depth into the tag by either getting some dark and light spots with visible effects, or getting some blurred and sharpened spots.
     
  5. Hulka

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    Yeah I need some work :/
     
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    Thanks :D

    Think i did this a year a go. I <3 it just for the pure significance of who it is, and how well it portrays him.
     
  7. Kalli

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    Haha I do not even know who Jimmy Page is...haha. Anyways as for the tag, it is way too monotone. If you do not know what monotone means, it means that there is not enough color in the tag. It looks like you just took one color and said this is the tag's color. You never want to do that. You always want to have a color variation in your tag, or at least lots of different shades of one color. So that is the big thing on this tag that it is too monotone.

    The next couple things are the text and the effects. I will first start off with the text. The font in this tag is not bad, but the placement, size, and color is not the best. The Jimmy Page text imo is just too big and would maybe even look better in a different position. Also it looks like you have effects within the tag, that is not always the best, and here it might look better solid. Also it looks like you have drop shadow on the text, dont do that, haha. Also it looks like you have small text on the side going up and down, just get rid of that text. Then for your effects. You do have flow in the tag, which is something a lot of new tag makers never really get in their tags. Yet you are still missing depth. Your overall tag seems a bit foggy like, which is not good. You need some more contrast in the colors of the tag. Since you have that foggy look, everything is just faded and the effects do not have their full potential.

    The last two things are the render and the lighting. The render itself is not too badly blended. However, you have more than enough effects going over the render. Since you have it so blended in, it was not necessary to have all those effects on the render. Especially the ones over the middle of the render and over his hands, those just do not look good at all and would be better if removed. Then the lighting in the is not bad except for one problem. The lighting is pretty good, a little strong, but nothing to really worry about unless you put more contrast into the tag. However you have the lighting coming from the bottom left, yet the lighting on the render is coming from the top right.
     
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    Sorry m8. I limit each person to only one tag a day in here.
     
  10. tester101

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    lol? So post it tomorrow?
     
  11. Kalli

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    Yes, you are welcome to post another tag tomorrow.
     
  12. Kalli

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    lol, wth .

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  14. Kalli

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    Sorry, I thought I looked in here. I did not see anyone post. My fault. Ok anyway, now for the CnC on the tag. First off, it is a pretty good tag, I actually like the idea of it. However, the first thing I noticed when I was looking at it, was the flow of the tag. The flow seems to be a bit off. In the back of the tag you have the flow going one way but in the front you have the flow going the opposite direction. I think in the front, if you maybe had the fog type line thing going the other way, in the direction of the background, that it would make it look better.

    The other thing are the effects. The effects just seem a bit too minimal in this tag. I think it would look better if maybe there was a tad bit more going on in the tag. I mean I see the effects, but I can just picture in my head it looking a tad better with a few more in there. Also the kinda of cloudy effect on the right just looks odd. I am not sure what layer type opacity or what not you have it on, but it just looks weird. The lighting is decent but it is bugging me with that dark spot in the right corner bottom and the top right. Also I am not really seeing an actual light source, which might also help with the tag.

    One other thing is to the right of the render it looks like a bubble circular effect is right there. That to me is just looking completely out of place. It just does not seem to belong there. I like how it has the effects near the bottom of the render, which I think would look good if there were more in that area, but that one just looks out of place to me. Then lastly is the colors of the tag. I don't know honestly about this because I am colorblind, but I still do see colors. The colors in this just looks kinda weird and are not appealing...but that might just be to me.
     
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