I like both. Though I think the lines on the 2nd should be white.
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I like both. Though I think the lines on the 2nd should be white.
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You can actually, I'll show you!
1. http://i.imgur.com/vxnQM.png
2. http://i.imgur.com/8ZYqj.png
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You can't... Really... I have no idea what weird thing you are doing but here is an example.. To the left is a selection with a regular drop shadow.. To the right is one with a white coloring.. Oh wait... You cant even see it... So yeah.. You can't..
http://i53.tinypic.com/6jj61e.jpg
I've been using PS for 5 years. And I've used 3 different versions over the years including CS5. Soooo. Yeah. I'll get @Serated 's ruling on it later.
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Well, we do have different things, I see you are using elements there were I have CS so the layout and everything will be different. I'll agree it isn't technically a shadow if it's white but I was just saying you can make it white if you want. It's just my honest opinion. I myself have been using PS since 07 and I do know a thing or two, I wish you'd trust my opinion but I can't stop you from getting a second opinion.
I'm sorry if it bothered you.
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It doesn't bother me. But I know full well that a white drop shadow isn't visable... Unless you do some crazy thing to it I guess. I've had PS longer and I know more things than you... As a fact... Jus sayin'
I went to school and used CS5 and my projects as a Ginnie pig and got the same result. I even displaced the 2 selections used so you can see them. Center image: Selection to left = Drop shadow black.. Right= Drop Shadow white.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49...titled-1-1.png
As to not get too off topic. My latest work.
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And you're being rude, jus' sayin.
I just gave a suggestion is all. I'm not trying to start a fight or see ~who is better~ I was just showing how I made it white by setting the blend mode to normal as opposed to multiply. That's all. Does it really matter how long someone did what? It's not my intention to insult or anything, I'm not claiming to more than you.
But I'm sorry, I won't post here again.
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I went through all the modes and it still doesn't show I just so happened to end up on Multiply when I took a screen shot.
You told me they would be better white. I told you they were drop shadows and they can't be made white. That simple. A helpful tip would be to know your effects :/
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^^^ Tried it with a solid black color. Mode set to normal opacity to 100 and everything.. What the heck are you guys doing to make it work because the obvious "Make selection>New selection via copy>Dropshadow>White" Doesn't work.
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Hmm, that is odd :/
It looks ok when I do it.
But sorry for this blue! I like the vert tag anyway :3
And the latest is very nice!
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Here's the lineup I've been dreading for a while. Most of these were experiments so yeah they are pretty bad again.
^^ My sig for SOTW: Summer theme. The text bugged me so I didn't enter it.
^^ Trial number 1 for BOTM: Text also annoyed me. Did something else.
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I know it probably isnt my place to say this, but you can make a Drop Shadow white, the fact you cant isnt your fault, its PS Elements. It doesnt offer as many functions as any regular version of PS, because its 'Baby's first Photoshop.' And just for the record, if you DID know anything about Photoshop, you would know that.
Anyway, I am starting to get a hold of your style. You use a lot of external reference materials to put your stuff together. You use a lot of the Texture based style (I use that term very lightly).
What I am seeing if you are bogging down a lot of your work by having too much going on in them.
Like, lets take the BOTM tag you didnt enter. Why so much stuff going on? Why the rose in the bottom? Why the clock to the right? Why the strawberry? Why the long paragraph of utterly meaningless text taking up so much space? Do you tihnk anyone's going to take the time to read that?
And for that matter... do you remember what I said in my earlier post about Hierarchy and text organization? Your doing the same thing! Here's how I read the Alice tag: Its a Pool Memory sdrawkcab (backwards) end. I wont even both looking at Lewis Carroll or AG.net for the reason that its fluff text used to fill a space. STOP IT. Please organize your text or dont use it at all.
Here's a challenge for you, the next 3 signatures you make, you can only use a stock image and the basics in Photoshop. As in, aside from the stock, you have to make the 3 signatures from scratch. No source images, no roses, no nothing. If you're as good as you say you are to insult both Zenister AND Aiacos, this should be a walk in the park for you. Good luck!
Um, I feel kinda bad because I can't go in depth as the other posters, considering I'm still pretty new to this stuff and I have no idea what other options are on PS because I use gimp. Anyway, I will critique these individually.
1st sig: I couldn't tell at first that the leaves of the pineapple are underneath the box (at least I assume), and I at first thought you just went and put the line through the leaves (I'm also a bit slow when it comes to noticing things...). The signature itself seems way too bare. When you blend the yellow into the white, it kind of makes it looks like you just had nothing to put there so you decided to fade out. "Animegalleries.net" should probably be moved down a bit because the shadow of the box is making the text hard to read, and I would also make the text larger. That pink square on the left doesn't add to the signature at all. It almost seems like there's too much pineapple showing compared to the rest of the fruit, so I would move that back a bit, which would also allow the leaves to get out of the way of the text. On a positive note, except for AG.net, I love the text and the yellowish summery feel of the signature.
2nd sig: The roses aren't working for the sig, especially since they're bright red and have a more realistic look which clashes with the rest of the sig. I agree with Serated on the text part. Text should be kept to a minimum on a sig (most of the time), and make sure the text is organized in a way a person will understand. I'm not a huge fan of the font choice, and it seems like it was just used for filler. That peachy semi-circle on the bottom seems randomly placed and doesn't help the sig. I actually like the clock on the bottom right as it's blended nicely, and I do like the bluish tone to the left.
3rd sig: I love the right side of the sig, but the left is not working at all. The text is hard to read with that font and color, and why just the black? I think a gradual change of light to dark with a faded evil-looking Sebastion at a medium low opacity with the text having a gradient effect in an eerie font.
4th sig: This sig also seems a bit bare. I like how the character takes up most of the space, but something needs to be done with the background. Maybe add some blue brushes or some elements from that character (I'm not quite sure what character this is otherwise I would give better advice on that). The text works for the character, but I would like to see it a bit bolder. The upper right seems way too bright and takes away from the focal point.
5th sig: This is probably my least favorite sig. The background seems too pixelated and too busy. The only way the character seems blended to me is by the roses in front of her, which isn't very effective. The top flower part seems kinda out of place with the rest of the background, and the text just isn't working at all for me. I would make it go horizontal instead of at an angle, and fade from Desert to Rose.
Sorry it was so long, but I always do better critiquing individually...And sorry about some of the phrasing, I have a bad habit of phrasing things kinda weird. And I realize these are experiments and that you even stated you hated them. Sorry if I pointed out what you already know...
Last edited by Archaic Devices; 05-07-2011 at 11:04 PM.
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I'm going to start with this. Make up your mind Serated. I stated those were just random experiments like you ALWAYS preach. To experiment. Yeah I did that. Experiments don't always come out perfect. Hence why I didn't really use them. I even stated I hated the text. You say to experiment then bash them like crazy. You just can't wait to pounce on something bad can you?
Because..
Ever read alice in wonderland?
Ever read alice in wonderland?
trippin on acid? There isn't a strawberry there. And because It's a quote by L.C. Dealing which backwards. I was well aware of this thus why I didn't use it. I'm well aware my other one was too light but you are the most pickiest and crappiest and hypocritical mod I've ever met and how you manage to keep your position I have no idea.
Fine... In return I want you to make something oh great king. Don't use anything PS doesn't come with. Including outside brushes too. For your next signature. I came up with this for a first try.
Last edited by blueangel06661; 05-08-2011 at 07:15 AM. Reason: I'll curse if I want to.. This guy needs to be yelled at..
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You know, I wasnt going to before [nor had I intentions to] but I'll add my own critique.
Despite Serateds tone, he has a point. Though, I really cant blame his tone, as he was sticking up for Zenister and Aiacos, who you were -very- rude to both.
Yes, his critique was on 'failed' sigatures, but its still on how you couldve improved your failed attempts.
But I digress-
I'll focus on the new one you presented as your entry to Serateds challenge.
Honestly, I like it far better than your other work. Its clean, its simple, and the text is effective. Im not too sure about the wavy lines, but I suppose its still visually appealing. I just have no idea what its supposed to be. Maybe use the pen tool to draw little flowers on it, and it could be a floral vine? It would add to the 'gift of flowers' concept.
Overall its a good piece.
I will say this though- what kills me about it, and all your other work, is your overuse of gradients. Very few of your pieces have little to no gradients, but I could be wrong about that, it could be more than I think it is. From the looks of it too, it seems theyre all set to "lighten" too.
The only thing that sticks out in the piece is the text, because the pink/red is a deep color [probably set to overlay or soft light] which gives it a pop. The stock blends in with the bg to the point where its as if shes just part of the bg, not a separate element that is in the space of the bg.
And thats my two cents
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I was not. Infact I didn't really say anything to Zenister except I tried something and asked them what they were doing to make it work. And I even apologized to one of them. Least I thought I did. I was really frustrated since I used 2 programs and neither could get the effect working.
I don't know that's the artistic feel I like.
This is the person who inspires me. But I can't translate their tutorials so I'm just doing things my own way.
http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/20...ui-d3a628j.png
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I really like how you got it going in there. I'm super crazy with the pink colours and how unique it is. I know you're trying to do something simple but maybe you can put a little more things in the background, but at the same time keep the simplicity in it. <3 I also think that a light border would be nice on it as well, but overall its cute and lovely in my honest opinion.
Yeah, I would have posted the following comments in that "Rate the Signature and Avatar Above You" thread, but of course Chiichanny beat me to it, XD so I thought, might as well simply "forward" my comments to your own Avi/Sig thread instead (or rather, this is just a lousy excuse to waste not what I just typed XD)... So here goes my comments for this avatar and this signature.
Avatar
For: Good composition; font legibility and colour; simple yet effective colour scheme.
Against: Extreme left alignment of font makes avi look cramped a bit (Could use a few nudges to the right); slightly over-sharpened look to visuals (i.e they look jagged slightly).
Avatar Rating: 6/10
Signature
For: Good positioning of main subject; decent character focus point (barring slightly intrusive text); better sharpness level.
Against: Too many instances of 1 username used (Why?), one of which is unnecessarily large and spoils some nice character details; visuals look busy in places; choppy colour scheme (Last 3rd of sig looks too bright and a little bland compared to rest of image, otherwise scheme complements avi well); little sense of depth.
Signature rating: 5/10
Set
For: Images work well as a set in general; consistent colour scheme and design for the most part.
Against: Slight inconsistencies of sharpness between images (mostly due to over-sharpened appearance of avi); one 3rd of sig unbalances overall colour flow.
Set rating: 6/10
Overall rating: 6/10
Last edited by .:neuko:.; 05-15-2011 at 08:25 AM.
I actually really like The Fruits of Summer signature. I like where you placed the box, with it cutting between the pineapple leaves, because it's like you have the light leaves within the box, and the darker leaves outside the box.
First one isn't really anything. I was just addicted to The Ready Set's: Young Forever song. Plus he's hot @_@
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T____T Sweet baby Jesus... I went crazy when I saw this one: http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49...c/colorful.png
Its my favourite so far and I can't stop spazzing over here about it. I love it I love it~ After my current set, I'll use this one buddy. srsly <3 I want a love button instead of like.
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I used the 3rd ones image previously in this line up. signature #5... Did I get any better from the previous attempt? :]
Last edited by blueangel06661; 05-24-2011 at 03:26 PM. Reason: added a set
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I really don't like the first one, the character should really be moved more to the left to add more focus to it, also the thing behind the girl looks like it's been over sharpened. Also the white dots could be a but more darker.
Moving on, I absolutely LOVE this one, the colours are so very nice and everything seems well organized, 1 pixel border maybe but other then that I adore that signature, it's pretty amazing. *-*
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