My Professional Opinion

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  1. Clash

    Clash The Go-To Guy

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    You must be looking to strike a nerve.... kidding...

    But if you read through the post... I think you hit all my peeves.

    Not a fan of centered compositions, blown out highlights, or sigs without text.

    However...The finished pieces here are cohesive, well thought out and well executed. Wonderful job with the coloring.

    6/10
     
  2. Clash

    Clash The Go-To Guy

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    All 3 have their ups...and downs. Nothing really applies to all 3 of them. Just some key points

    - Keep cut-outs away from the center.
    - Make type the focal point by contrasting it with the imagery.
    - Be careful when you use a lot of highlighting. Pure white should be used like sugar...sparingly. Tint your highlights with color.

    Cut-outs are nice and are well matched with backgrounds.

    All in all...not impressed, but god job.

    5/10
     
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    Clash The Go-To Guy

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    1/10
     
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    Not a fan of abstract art?
     
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    Clash The Go-To Guy

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    Abstract art and random art are different. Abstract art has a composition to it, and sometimes even balance. The skill in abstract art is taking the random out of random. The company I work for deals with this issue every day. Our brand is often referred to as "clown puke". (when not properly executed) But this piece redefined it.
     
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    Like I said, there's abstract, and then there's random. Your sig has no composition.
     
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    Well sorry about that :P and one did have text!! <3 Just I still had blurring over it, I still haven't fixed that sig like I should have. =\

    I did these on a different monitor, it was darker so some of those highlights never looked so bright.

    I also agree on the centering for the 1st one I should off center that, but I think the 2nd would look weird if I didn't have it centered, ideally she's surrounded by the forrest, I do have some fixing I'd like to do to that. So i will look into that since it is your peeve :)

    Appreciate the crit sir infact, I have one more for yah this one might be a little better for you :) I don't mean to hit your nerves this time <3 it's the lastest




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    I'll be adding this to my list of favorites.

    Beautiful type, great coloring. I do love the contrast you have between the landscape and the cut-out. Great blending without fading (really getting tired of seeing things blended that way)

    Not much else to say on this one. 10/10
     
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    Both my sigs, I like my first one a lot better but I wanna see what you think.
     
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    Clash The Go-To Guy

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    Excellent piece here. Centered...but interesting enough to be centered. Great framing, great use of simplicity, great job with color.

    Type...tracking on FELGNING could be tightened a little bit. Other than that, it's wonderful.

    9.9/10
     
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    Mr clash!! I have yet one more signature for you sir!

    The Skull

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    :) Have Fun :)

    Edit: BTW clash you should go view my actual post on this too :D it's an awesome transformation for my old signature I took this from <3

     
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    I really like the composition here. Something feels off on the right side...Can't quite put my finger on it; might just be off balance. (or my coffee hasn't kicked in yet)

    Very creative use of type. I do like that you integrated it into the image, yet kept it legible. Points for that.

    9/10 - Good work as usual.
     
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    michigan please stop using this thread to attack him verbally, it's impolite and unnessary. To begin with you posted your work on here to receive his opinion of your work. He told you his thoughts, and you could either take them into consideration or brush them off and review your other responses on your own thread. If you have a quarrel with him please take it to the personal messages, we all don't need to see your fight. Thank you.
     
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    Here's the comp for my current sig.
     
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    I don't mind. I appreciate other designer's criticism.

    michiganice91 - If you are going to criticize, please keep it to the art, and keep it constructive. If you would like to review my work, you are most welcome to do so.

    What can I do to improve?
     

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