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#1 fs_amia

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Posted 29 July 2010 - 21:48

Uhh hey there, just wondering if you guys could judge/rate my first avatar. Its too anime-y for me, but i'm not exactly sure. Would like to know pros and cons :D

Oh btw is this the right section?

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Thanks for taking the time to check my avatar out - it's also the same as the one as im using right now
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I made it in about 10 minutes, so I kind of rushed it. [I used to use a bean as my avatar, lol]

P.s lol using the font colo
ur thing is fun


EDIT: I made a second version - not many edits but trying to following some of what people have been saying
Changed name text
put another layer with slightly bluish texture, can anyone notice the difference?

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Hope its better then the first :)

#2 fs_abhishek11

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Posted 29 July 2010 - 22:00

Nice flow. probably a more blueish background would have been better. Keep the text font a bit simple looks too mingled to me. Try adding a 1 px border if you change the Bg to a bit blueish one.and some lightning too. probably from the top right where the flow originates :wink: and yes this is the right section :)

#3 fs_grunty07

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Posted 29 July 2010 - 22:07

For your first, that's pretty nice.

Try not to put too many effects over the focal, first of all. Work on the colors of the effects. In this case, make them blue-ish for a color theme, to match the focal's hair. You can add C4Ds to define the flow more. Text is jumbled up and unreadable. Use simple fonts, such as Arial and Century Gothic, and simple colors at first, and then you can look up tuts or ask for advice on more complicated text. :)

#4 fs_amia

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Posted 29 July 2010 - 22:08

Nice flow. probably a more blueish background would have been better. Keep the text font a bit simple looks too mingled to me. Try adding a 1 px border if you change the Bg to a bit blueish one.and some lightning too. probably from the top right where the flow originates :wink: and yes this is the right section :)



I was asking a friend of mine if the text looked too confusing, deciding not to change it, I left it as it was. And thanks for your reply :)

#5 fs_amia

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Posted 29 July 2010 - 22:09

For your first, that's pretty nice.

Try not to put too many effects over the focal, first of all. Work on the colors of the effects. In this case, make them blue-ish for a color theme, to match the focal's hair. You can add C4Ds to define the flow more. Text is jumbled up and unreadable. Use simple fonts, such as Arial and Century Gothic, and simple colors at first, and then you can look up tuts or ask for advice on more complicated text. :)



Thanks for your advice :) Did you make your signatures? Amazing.

#6 fs_grunty07

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Posted 29 July 2010 - 22:12

For your first, that's pretty nice.

Try not to put too many effects over the focal, first of all. Work on the colors of the effects. In this case, make them blue-ish for a color theme, to match the focal's hair. You can add C4Ds to define the flow more. Text is jumbled up and unreadable. Use simple fonts, such as Arial and Century Gothic, and simple colors at first, and then you can look up tuts or ask for advice on more complicated text. :)



Thanks for your advice :) Did you make your signatures? Amazing.

Yep I did. Takes practice in Photoshop, lol. What program do you use, btw?

#7 fs_amia

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Posted 29 July 2010 - 22:28

For your first, that's pretty nice.

Try not to put too many effects over the focal, first of all. Work on the colors of the effects. In this case, make them blue-ish for a color theme, to match the focal's hair. You can add C4Ds to define the flow more. Text is jumbled up and unreadable. Use simple fonts, such as Arial and Century Gothic, and simple colors at first, and then you can look up tuts or ask for advice on more complicated text. :)



Thanks for your advice :) Did you make your signatures? Amazing.

Yep I did. Takes practice in Photoshop, lol. What program do you use, btw?


Photoshop CS3 - im a nub at it though, lol. I havent used any program like it for a couple a years, stopped for a looong time xD

#8 Dark Archon

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Posted 29 July 2010 - 23:17

Why hello there! It's always nice to see a new name amongst these boards! ^_^

As for your work, that's really good for a first image; but in the future, you want to knock out the viewers with a demonstration of a strong understanding in visual effects to give them exactly what you want them to have. A piece of art, if created just right, can inspire emotion and inspiration within an individual. :]

As for your avatar that you posted, I think the hair color, (that cyanish bit,) is far oversaturated; and therefore burns attention from the eye. As mentioned before the text is too crazy and hardly legible; stick with 'clean fonts' like 'Arial' 'Candara' and other "Sans-serif" fonts. Ex: http://www.dafont.co...eme.php?cat=501.

Off the bat, normally, I'd explain a bunch of visual elements and teach you how to incorporate them; but to save myself time, and to prevent myself from iterating the same thing over and over again, I have compiled them into this thread a long time ago: http://forum.fallens...hp?f=21&t=59751. I recommend you go through the thread and absorb as much as you can. IF you have any questions, feel more than free to ask here in response to this post; if I can't answer them, someone else should be able to help you out.

Good luck out there,
Xel.

Ps: I should add as a note, I should only be active here for a few more weeks when the currently running grand graphics tournament is over; though I don't think I'm gonna make it past this round right now, so I may be gone sooner.

#9 Dark Archon

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Posted 30 July 2010 - 01:31

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EDIT: I made a second version - not many edits but trying to following some of what people have been saying
Changed name text, put another layer with slightly bluish texture, can anyone notice the difference?
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Looking at it again, I notice that there are 2 layers of text. The one stays the same throughout. Only use 1 layer of text, preferably only 1 line/word as well.

Anyways, I tried to make a small modification to it in terms of removing some of the excess saturation and removed the dual text thing you had going on; I also slightly blurred it because it looked too sharp to me, this is what I ended up with:
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Xel.
Ps: I also notice that your avatar was 223x223px, when making avatars for this game, keep your canvas size 200x200px or your quality will suffer.

#10 fs_amia

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Posted 30 July 2010 - 01:53

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EDIT: I made a second version - not many edits but trying to following some of what people have been saying
Changed name text, put another layer with slightly bluish texture, can anyone notice the difference?
Posted Image

Looking at it again, I notice that there are 2 layers of text. The one stays the same throughout. Only use 1 layer of text, preferably only 1 line/word as well.

Anyways, I tried to make a small modification to it in terms of removing some of the excess saturation and removed the dual text thing you had going on; I also slightly blurred it because it looked too sharp to me, this is what I ended up with:
Posted Image

Xel.
Ps: I also notice that your avatar was 223x223px, when making avatars for this game, keep your canvas size 200x200px or your quality will suffer.


Oh it was? I tried to make it 200 - 200, i guess i must have cropped to big when I was cropping it. My bad :P and thanks for your advice - I like the edited version you made. I'll take this to my next project, not making images so sharp.
Thanks again!


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