Azara wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 11:55 am
I haven't done text in a while because I keep having my computer reformatted and never get around to downloading/reinstalling fonts. >.o I'm out of practice, and I feel like it's super off balance/too close to the right edge, but I also like the idea I was going for with the little pointy thing coming off the border, so... halp?
i wouldn't worry too much about the size or the shape. mine are always a little bit off: i don't always use the maximum amount of pixels available. in fact, i usually don't, because i feel like there's something i can crop out for the sake of the overall image. the text is wonderful, despite you saying you have a lack of fonts on-hand. it looks like it's glitching and gives a sense of movement complemented by the 'fade' of the church, candles, and blood. the contrast, saturation, and the choice of highlight and shadow colors (or lack thereof all work very well together. it's beautiful. i'm always excited to see you make things.
as far as the balance goes, i think it's fine. because the left side of the image is so bright and detailed and busy, the right side of the image being darker and less busy gives the benefit of not over-stimulating the audience, and the thick font and busy text are enough to make up for the darkness. because you made the 'subtitle' darker and smaller and used an even smaller embellishment to balance and centralize the font, there's no visual issue. the 'VEX' is positioned well: it's all in the bottom, right hand 'rule of thirds' area.
Greyce wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 7:32 pm
I think the only thing I've noticed more than anything, is that the left half of his face is hard to distinguish from the light beside it. I know it's a very clean cut-out job that you've done, so I know his face is there. It looked like a floating eye and eyebrow at a quick glance.
same.
this is an example of what 'backlight' does to a person.
Greyce wrote:I wasn't going to post these, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
even though you weren't going to post them, i'm glad you did. i'm so freaking picky about images i use for grin that i can't make anything for him, ever, so i'm really excited that somebody's done it for me. the edits are great. thank you for getting so involved with it: the man's dumb fucking hat tan line and the paleness around his eyes from his sunglasses, the color of the eyes, his jacket's collar, even the texture of each little individual hair. your backlight edge looks great, and you were right: it looks better without the font.
ft. greyce photobombing tho. you were right: it looks better without the font.
amara's is smooth and gorgeous. the hair on that one and the hair on willa's are equally as impressive as the hair on grin's, even though i'm aware you constructed the hair on grin's head out of a lot of different various hairs (from experience i know it's a very time-consuming task, unless i'm just doing it wrong and making it more complicated than i should). amara's background is gorgeous and gives the impression of theatrics and fireworks, which really speak volumes about the character, herself. i love the colors you chose and how they're so girly (like the feathers and the lights and the pompom earring) but her expression is almost aggressive/smug/proud (aries tho) like the handwriting chosen to write her name.
Greyce wrote: ↑Sun Dec 02, 2018 8:54 am
the contrast and sharpness of her eyes / eyelids / hair are gorgeous and i love sad bubbles. the stark whitness of the highlights and the lack of deep blacks are nice. i love it.
Seppuku wrote: ↑Sun Dec 02, 2018 9:01 pm
That Willa banner is fantastic.
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i really appreciate your title choices, in general, but i think this one is really elegant / exceptional. the milky opacity of the 'holder' for the font is really nice and the stretch of the letters with the all caps indicate a closed-off introverted individual who operates from a stoic perspective, slightly formal with tons of walls. the lightening of the milk glass and the change in color/contrast effectively draws attention to the font. i don't know the character, but if that's him, then you've really done the text right. i appreciate the different cropping perspective. it makes me want to try out new cropping perspectives, myself.
i do feel like his shoulders get lost a little bit on the left and right sides. the glow on the cigarette is beautiful and i love your chosen color scheme.
Marias wrote: ↑Sun Dec 02, 2018 10:42 pm
please don't judge yourself too harshly. you're doing great and just the fact that you're making something, at all, already means you're doing good and making progress. even if you're not where you'd like to be in quality (who ever is, though), he's cut very smoothly and precisely and you caught individual hairs which isn't an easy task, so you're already a leg up.
your lighting is cohesive and your colors match wonderfully. the rustic wood background and the home state and the landscape inside the home state cut-out are all character representative. i noticed you have a 'backlight' glow around your model. i think that if you changed it from a glow to a shadow, it might be a little more cohesive, for this image, but i also can't be totally sure. thank you for sharing.
please can i stop talking about backlight effects, now. christ.
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i'm not sure if anybody else struggles with the issue i mentioned i was having a while ago.
but!
this is the answer for computer-to-computer image viewing and how the contrast and colors often vary between devices. using the EMBED COLOR PROFILE method of saving your images is supposed to reduce the integral incompatibility between all devices. now, people can see what you see on your screen instead of viewing your work the way that their device interprets the output. at least that's what i've come to understand.
if i remember to do it, i'll post an example of my two differing saves next time i make something, because the quality of the images between my devices seems to vary so heavily. that isn't to say what you guys see is necessarily bad or i'm down on what i've made because of these subtle differences, there are just things that don't translate between devices.
if you're having trouble figuring out the steps to do this, tell me and i'll explain.
with that being said, WHOO. i talk a lot.
tl;dr??: you did a good job; thank you for sharing with me.
