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Saressa
Posts: 361
Joined: Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:40 pm
IGN: Saressa
Lineage: O’Collin
Graphic Artist: Ben

Wed May 23, 2018 8:44 pm

I've been staring transfixed on that Gypsy banner, it is SO gorgeous.
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time has no time but this moment to know exactly who you are.
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Florence
Posts: 20
Joined: Sun May 13, 2018 12:16 am
IGN: Florence

Thu May 24, 2018 12:17 am

I made this thing but I am stuck

What can I do to make it look less trash?
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But hold me fast, hold me fast
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'Cause I'm a hopeless wanderer
Hestia
Posts: 30
Joined: Mon Sep 25, 2017 1:59 am
IGN: Hestia

Thu May 24, 2018 5:12 am

Florence wrote:
Thu May 24, 2018 12:17 am
I made this thing but I am stuck

What can I do to make it look less trash?
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A couple things that really stand out to me are...

The head seems pasted on. The more I look at it, the more confused I am about where his neck went. I think you could fix this by moving the head up and to the right a bit + making it a hair smaller, and matching skin tones a bit better. Reduce the redness levels and vividness in the face. Try a black/white gradient set to luminosity to kind of smooth things out.

The colors are kind of all over the place for a banner; you may want to pick a palette/theme and stick to it. There's not much pink in the actual photo, so shades of pink around it just seem kind of jarring. Also, decide what you're going for. You can definitely do a nice collage banner, OR a solid photomanip. Right now, it's kind of a mix between the two, and the flowers just seem too big, considering they also exist in the background. If you want a surrealistic manip, push it a bit farther, if you want a collage, make it more collagey, if you want a seamless manip, remove the flowers entirely and make it more realistic.

If you plan to add text, make sure you have that set for placement at the start, otherwise you end up with things potentially a bit too crowded. I don't really see an obvious spot for text right now; you'd have to make one.

Hope that helps!
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Guillemot
Posts: 48
Joined: Sat Mar 24, 2018 5:20 am
IGN: Guillemot
Graphic Artist: Lyric

Thu May 24, 2018 10:11 pm

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Jenny
Posts: 472
Joined: Mon Sep 18, 2017 10:06 am
Location: Steel and 45th
IGN: Jenny
Clan: House of Silence
Lineage: O’Collin
Graphic Artist: Harv
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Thu May 24, 2018 10:13 pm

I love Guillemot’s! Minimalistic and clean.
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Sable
Posts: 89
Joined: Wed Oct 11, 2017 4:59 pm
OOC: Katie
IGN: Sable
Graphic Artist: Megatron

Fri May 25, 2018 5:14 pm

IDK if I like it, but I made new things... :x

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Angel Face, Devil's Thoughts.
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Seppuku
Posts: 143
Joined: Fri Sep 22, 2017 4:17 pm
OOC: Megatron
IGN: Seppuku
Lineage: Corvidae

Sun May 27, 2018 4:07 pm

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in the company of birds
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O R N I T H O L O G Y
Lucky me, I see ghosts.
Dae
Posts: 266
Joined: Sat Sep 16, 2017 10:18 am
IGN: Dae-Hyun
Lineage: Kim

Mon May 28, 2018 4:19 pm

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| Aki ~ My Salvation | Sacrifice ~ My Heart | Gir ~ My Soul |
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| Let him who would move the world first move himself - Socrates |
Satavia
Posts: 29
Joined: Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:34 am
OOC: Tiffany
IGN: Satavia
Lineage: Cartigan

Mon May 28, 2018 7:00 pm

Seppuku wrote:
Sun May 27, 2018 4:07 pm
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Omfg.. I'm so glad I checked this! Absolutely beautiful and captured her perfectly! <3 Thank you soooo much!
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Airey
Posts: 460
Joined: Tue Nov 07, 2017 5:01 pm
Location: Ailes D'Air
OOC: Rini
IGN: Airey
Lineage: Aydolette de Novek
Graphic Artist: MEGNIFICENT
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Tue May 29, 2018 7:02 am

Because Megatron Can't Stop Won't Stop.
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I'm in love.
"Look both ways, before you cross me, I tell you "
"Look both ways, 'cause if you cross me, I'll kill you"
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