Nobe - What can I say about this tag....oh yea duh...it sucks!!! Haha just messin' with ya! Hehe! Anyways, remember, it's been a few months since I did this. So I am not gonna be pulling out the BEST critique as of right now...give me a few days though and hopefully I should be back. But I will go ahead and try my best. Well first off I would like to say that you have definitely gotten better than I used to remember you as. I think that the lighting in this tag was decently placed, however there is a part that is bugging me with it, but that is because I pay attention to major details when it comes to lighting. It appears as though you "main" lighting source is coming from the bottom. However, if you look at the girl, under her hat is shaded, which in terms means the lighting should be coming from above at more of an angle. Aside from noticing details like that, the lighting was well placed. It definitely works with the two people in the background because it is really hard to tell where it is coming from with them. However, the two people in the back are what I want to look at next. They definitely bring some depth into the tag, however the person on the right could be better in the sense of the effects. The person on the left is fine because there is really nothing on him, but there is that big splotch and line across the right person's face. I think if those were taken off and maybe the render darkened a tad on that side it would bring better depth into the tag and not so much focus on the effects over the face. The effects are the next big thing in the tag. I think that the bubble C4D's (if not used please correct me) were placed very well with the outside lining on them in a good position. However, I think the effects are a tad too random in this tag and that creates chaos instead of the nice flow you would normally look for in a tag like this. Also another detail with these that might be helpful with your depth is adding some darker effects or maybe faded and blur them a little so it looks like there are effects in the back with the other renders instead of there just being some in the front. Then lastly also are the speckles you have spread out through the tag. I think they are a nice touch but there are a few that could be tossed out or maybe faded a tad so they don't stand out too much. The one that I notice the most is the one on the render's hat. Well I hope this helps somewhat...like I said, I need some time to get back into the swing of things with my critique.
Nasuul - Pshh why would I do anything for you, you are nothing but a big piece of something I can't say because it doesn't make any sense...unless you think a big pile of yamacas make sense. The first thing I would have to suggest is using a smaller canvas size. With a large canvas size it is harder to get some of the nicer effects in the tag. Such as a good lighting source, some good flow, and occasionally even depth in certain cases. With this it doesn't appear you have to much of a problem with depth, but I do see some problems with your lighting and your flow. The lighting at the focal point seems to be pretty decent but there is no good transition out unto the rest of the tag or even just lighting flow out in the tag. It seems to be kinda random and makes the tag seem a tad blah. With a smaller canvas size it is much easier to control that. Next is the flow in the tag. There really seems to not be much flow in this tag. There is a tad bit around the focal point but even there it is not too strong. The whole tag seems to be a tad bit messy and just random it quite a few places. The next thing would be the overall effects in the tag. Most of the effects seem to be too blurred when I look at the tag. If you had some sharper areas it would look much better because that would also create some good depth. Plus it would give more for the eye to focus on rather than having blurred vision almost. The colors of the effects seem to be pretty decent, however there are a few areas of like a bluish color that seem to be random. I think it would look much better without that in it because it just seems out of place in my eye. Then the last thing is your text that I can think of. I usually like the text with large and small unreadable text. However, here you added an outline to the text and made it extremely bold. I think if the text were to just be toned down a tad bit it might look much better.
RSS4560 - Oddly enough I think I am gonna have to say almost the opposite of what I said to Nasuul. I would almost suggest using a slightly larger canvas size. I am not saying go a lot bigger, but just a tad larger would probably help you out a lot. With this small of a canvas size it is hard to get everything you want in a good tag shoved in there. What usually happens here is you miss out on things, you get chaos, and it just seems to usually be over crowded. In your case I would say a lack of effects here with a slight randomness added into it. The lighting here seems to be pretty decent, however, it just seems as though something is missing with it, or something just doesn't quite fit. I can't really help here though because I can not quite place my finger on what is wrong in my eye. Also there seems to be a lack of depth due to a lack of effects. I think the background is nice, but I think that there could be some more depth added into the tag. Also the effects in the tag just kinda seem to be shoved in there to add some effects in general. They seem to be kinda just trying to create flow more then trying to get some nice effects in the tag. I think that flow is more along the lines of something that should just kinda appear in a tag, which in turn means you know that you have a very well layed out tag. In this case it seems as though that is what you were going for was some flow so you angled all your effects and what not and didn't really plan to much with the effects in general.
