Oopsies forgot I said I was online....ok everyone sorry about that. I will be starting to CnC them RIGHT now!
Faith.09 - I just gotta ask...why are so many people using such large canvas sizes! It annoys me!!! Grrrr!! Hehe! Anyways, for your tag that for some odd reason you want me to Critique...hehe. I am going to start out with the first thing that I noticed in this tag. That would be the render blending that was used in this and the effects mixed in with it. The effects and blending here are just not used to well together. The effects going over the render just seem to have no flow within that, and that it was just a quick blend and not very thought out at all. The worst part is the bottom because it looks like literally all you did was erase the render with a splatter brush or used an overlay layer with the splatter brush. Two other areas that need some cleaning up as well are on her hair and around her neck. I think if you were to fix that it might look a tad better. The next two things I want to point out is the lighting and the color contrast between the background and the render. The lighting in the tag does not seem to well planned out either. I am actually having trouble finding an actual light source within the tag. If you look at the render there is a large light hitting the render from the left, however there is nothing over there. In fact, as you move over it gets darker. This is one of those cases, that if the canvas was a smaller size, it would be much easier to work with the lighting. So I would suggest working and trying to get a light source in there, and this is actually where the color comes in. If you were to stick to your current color scheme the light source and the render would not match. The render's dress already clashes too much with the colors you have chose. Although the colors might be nice, they do not go too well with the render you have chosen in my own opinion. You might actually try a black and white tag and see how that comes out. The last two small things are the depth and the text. The depth is well, odd I would say. You do have some depth, but in areas I am seeing some definite forced depth. I am seeing some blurry areas but then some sharper areas with the background. That should not be. If you are going to use a blur technique the whole background needs to be blurred and have some sharper effects up front. Do not just have some random areas away from the render blurred, that looks too forced. Then the text is not the worse, but it is not the best either. I usually like random text because it works, but this just bugs me because it is chinese and the girl is totally american.
Vendetta357 - Haha! Don't murder you? You totally came to the wrong person to ask a favor like that. This is like the death thread of tags, all tags get ripped apart in some way or another. Yes, that means even the hottest of tags I will tear to shreads. So let the slow, painful death begin! Ok so well actually this is gonna be a tad short of a critique, because sadly I am gonna be able to break this down piece by piece very fast for there is not a whole lot going on. So I am actually gonna start off with what is missing from a tag like this. This is definitely a vector type tag, but you made the mistake of just using random pre-made brushes. Unfortunately it is very simple to spot these, and once spotted it detracts from the tag very quickly when they are all that is being used. The only true thing in this tag you can say you did was add the text. The tag itself is very dull and there is nothing going on, which in turn becomes something most would not want to look at. The text also seems to be very poor quality and as if you tried it make it match too much with the brushes. Do NOT do that. Use text that looks good whether it matches or not. More often than not, the most simplest text is the best. I would definitely suggest that you look up some of our tutorials we have on the site. Those will definitely help you with using some better effects and even how to use multiple images as backgrounds that turn into even abstract.
Cheap_Indian - Yea sorry, I don't like Indians. No way in this lifetime am I giving you a good critique!!! Meh!! Hehe just messing! I actually personally like this tag. I tend to like b.w tags more than color, and the contrast in this tag is quite nice. Anyways, for a full on critique now. Ok well I think that the contrast in this tag is very nice. I mean I love b.w tags, and this is one of those. The light to dark transition I do believe is a bit sudden, and there could use some more in between, but the way you have it set up actually gives it some good look into it. I think the effects look nice, they actually look like falling stars/galaxy type effects which looks nice. However, I was noticing some wireframe c4ds in there. I do not think the one directly behind the render looks too bad, but the wireframes on the left side do not really fit in with me. Then bringing in the left side, I think it might be a little too dull over there. On the right side, you do have effects in a small proportion and I actually think it should be that way on the left, or maybe just even crop out a tad bit of that side and make the tag have less width. Next thing I was taking a look at was the lighting in general. I am not really seeing and overall light source. I do not think you want a large one in this one, but maybe a small light source might add to the tag. Also, over the render I am seeing what looks like a fogged spot that I think if darkened up it would look a tad better in that area of the tag. The depth of the tag is not the greatest in this tag, but not the worse either. I think if you had a few more darker spots in the lighter area and vise versa that might add a bit of depth or even adding a few more sharper effects to give that type of feel. Then lastly is the text in the tag. It looks like you just slapped the Linkin Park logo on there and said done. Also the placement is not the best either. I do not think the logo looking type text is bad, but since it is so on the bottom it looks a tad odd. It almost looks at times like it is going below the bottom of the tag. So maybe a higher placement, even if not that much would look somewhat better.
Oh doodle cakes with snappers! I left my status as online!!! Oopsie...ok well since it said I was online I will CnC everyone who posted. But I am DONE for the night....so after this post I will not CnC anyone else's who posts for the night....sorry guys!
I'm posting, but you can just do it tomorrow. Hope it's ok that I post now. I want critique on my Dreams one in my "newest" section and my current sig.
