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[artisticmelodies]

here is some new stuff i've made i've really been working on blending the renders better and not making everything so bizzy so overall let me know what you think plez.. i like feedback ;]

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oh yeah mucho more stuff on the next pages so plez look at them there better! well i think so :]

Reason for edit: Please use [thumb] tags instead of [img] tags when posting large images. - Mike

[Maccabee]

I agree with mike a little but even though they are basic they are really good! As designers we will criticize them for being to basic but to the average person they would love them.

[jiyong]

i think you could add a little more to the text to make it POP and stand out more. the first one is low-quality, and the last one looks slapped together - the images and text don't flow. the other three are pretty good.

[Mikeplyts]

I agree that they are a bit too basic and that it just looks like some text and images slapped on, well at least that's how the 1st and last look like. I think that the actual good ones are the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Although, it seems like you used the same font for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Otherwise, nice try.

[manny-the-dino]

Like everyone said: they're a bit too basic. My favorite ones are numbers 3 & 4. Most of the images are low in quality though "/ Try & use higher quality images. Instead of cobbing images & pasting them onto backgrounds why not make a blend? Speaking of cobbing, it's a tad choppy; make sure you use a hard brush versus a soft brush. But nice job.

[artisticmelodies]

okay thanks for the feedback i've been trying diffrent things with blending and this is a new one i tryed blending plez let me know if it looks any better..

[artisticmelodies]

okay..well could you exsplane to me how to blend renders? i have no clue how to do it and all the tuts i've tryed make no since i know how to blend images together just not renders so could you or somebody else tell me how to? it would help out lots and lots

[artisticmelodies]

haha okay sounds good :]

hmm heres another one tell me if its better or worse then the last one so i know which way of blending i should go..

okay heres one i just made....let me know whatcha think

[Mikeplyts]

It's still really blurry on the edges. And when they said blending, they meant that if you have two or more images, instead of just clipping them out, you have to blend them together. Just keep trying.

[artisticmelodies]

i duno i guess i'm just dumb i try to blend them together then it looks like a little kid drawing outside the lines..

[manny-the-dino]

Blends are really easy to do. And can be fun. Here are some examples of blending. The graphics you just posted aren't blends. The first one, the cob has soft edges & could use some work. Remember to have the eraser's brush's hardness set to 100 like I said before. But your "Love" banner looks cool.

[artisticmelodies]

okay so i did what you said and went around it with a hard brush i know the left jawbone looks really weird cuz something happend when i walked away and it wont go away but other then the deformed jaw how did i do? plez let me know!!

[manny-the-dino]

It looks A LOT better now. I don't think his jaw looks weird at all. Good job.

[artisticmelodies]

i'm so exsited! thats like the first thing that someone told me i was doing right YES! dunndunn movin on up :] haha....yeah i see what you guys do know its starting to make more since before i was trying to like smudge it in and it looked weird...so now i'm getting the point of blending

[Mikeplyts]

It's still pretty basic and plain though. You should add like some kind of coloring to it and maybe some effects or something.


":thumbusp:" <---LMAO.

[artisticmelodies]

mmk theres a new one ^^ up there at the top plez let me know whatcha think :]

[Mikeplyts]

That's definiteley much better! Not really much bad to say.

[manny-the-dino]

I think the one you just added is cute. Not sure if you meant for the edges to be a bit choppy but it works. :)

":thumbusp:" <---LMAO.

Watchu talkin' about, Willis?

[Mikeplyts]

Watchu talkin' about, Willis?

Oh, I see what you did tharr...

[artisticmelodies]

I think the one you just added is cute. Not sure if you meant for the edges to be a bit choppy but it works. :)
Watchu talkin' about, Willis?

why thank you

[Datrooper]

If you have ps cs3, there is a feature called "Refine Edge" I use this for my blends, and it lets you: smooth, feather, contract, expand the edge of your selection. It works great for blends, give that a shot. Just keep trying man, you'll get it

[artisticmelodies]

aww no i have gimp..there's something like that on gimp but its kinda a failer and it doesn't work very good..or maybe its just the user :] ha

heres a new one...the before picture is just them with dark skys behind them...soo plez let me know if you like it and how i did on my image blending...i know the text isn't put together very well but i'm learning how to do more text stuff so one day it'll look better... ;] but over all let me know how i did

[Mikeplyts]

Wow, this one is nice! You definiteley did an improvement! The blending and background look pretty good too. Awesome job!

[manny-the-dino]

You did a pretty good job on it. I don't have any criticism. Very nice :)

[artisticmelodies]

thanks :]

[artisticmelodies]

mmk..soo i have my icon that is new and my sig..i know the icond is kinda plane and i used the same font on both of the taylor swift things..but i really like that font :] but let me know whatcha think and here is my lastest thingy of taylor swift..plez let me know what you think :]

[Mikeplyts]

Ooo, they look pretty nice. Although, the image kind of has low quality. Good job though.

[artisticmelodies]

thanks..yeah its the only ones i could find google isn't giving me very good pictures to work with

[Mikeplyts]

Well, you should try sites like Photobucket or Flickr.

[manny-the-dino]

Cute idea but I agree with Mike that the image quality is low. Google IS NOT a reliable place to find images. Along with Photobucket. Use Flickr instead.

[artisticmelodies]

oh my gosh thank you! flickr has so many better pictures! :D

[artisticmelodies]

mmmk i haven't posted anything in a wile been bizzy..kk well heres a banner type thing i just made sooo plez plez let me know whatcha think :] oh yeah if you look at the image bigger it looks better i think :]

[Mikeplyts]

It looks pretty nice and the image quality is definitely better, but it's still a bit plain. I'm not real fond of how the "sub-text" is covering them, maybe put that text behind them and leave the main title as it is. Also, maybe do a bit more with the images, like blend them or add a texture or something. Overall, good job.

PS: I like how you did that Taylor Swift signature. -(The other one. The one that isn't your current sig.) That's really good. :)

[artisticmelodies]

thanks :] yeah i tryed to do some kinda texture stuff to it and it didn't go so well so i just kept it how it was but thanks for c&c ;]

[artisticmelodies]

mmmk new band one right now i'm hooked on doing band banners! soo let me know whatcha think!!! :]

[manny-the-dino]

I like the idea but I think it would look better if you lowered the opacity on the green background so we can still see the background. If that makes any sense.

[artisticmelodies]

umm yeah sorry that makes no since to me haha...yeah the green is the background theres nothing behind it...

[artisticmelodies]

heres a we the kings banner i was bored so here it is and if i could plez get some c&c on this and my latest work :]



and heres the original:
http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo93/sk...ethekings33.jpg

[Mikeplyts]

It looks kind of nice but it's really busy with all that text in the background. (Note: You don't always need to have text in the background if you're the background looks dull or too plain/simple. You could also try textures or brushes instead of text.) The main title - "We the Kings" - is a bit hard to read, so maybe you should darken the font some. I like the cobbing though. Oh, and, the background image that's behind them seems to have a bit of low quality, but that could just be that texture you used so idk... Otherwise, good job!

[artisticmelodies]

mmk this picture is all one picture i just blured around them and yeah the we the kings text is kind bright i had one that i fixed but i put the wrong one on later i'm gona put the fixed one on and yeah it looks kinda low quality cuz theres a grude textur over it and the computer i was working on the brightness on the computer was really dark but now that i'm at a diffrent computer everythng is really really bright so yeah i'll fix that stuff as soon as i get home :]

[artisticmelodies]

mmmk i was messin around with some texture stuff let me know whatcha think! ;}



oh yeah this is the original: http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo93/sk...tro-station.jpg

[Mikeplyts]

Ooo, it's nice. Just tone down on the brightness some and lower the texture's opacity just a bit. Everything else is pretty good. I like how you were able to "remove" the guy with a blue shirt in the background of the original. Good job.

[artisticmelodies]

mmmk heres la new one of BOYS LIKE GIRLS!!! i love them so much...soo i'm really exsited about this one!! so plez give me c&c!!! :]

[Mikeplyts]

Ehh...it's a nice try but it looks just like you slapped them on a background with paint splats. It's not really anything special. It's pretty basic and plain so you could do more to it. Try a texture and maybe give the band like a drop shadow or some kind of effect. Otherwise, good job.

[artisticmelodies]

mmk so i'm making this website type thing and this is my new headers i'm workin on what do you think? i know the text is kinda washed out looking i'm workin on that but other then that what do you think?? plez give me some c&c on it :]

[Mikeplyts]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!!! I really like it, esp. the second one. All I really have to say is that you should kind of darken the text on the first one because it's kind of hard to read. Otherwise, it's really good!

[artisticmelodies]

why thank ya :D

and heres a rough draft of my blog header let me know whatcha think!

[Mikeplyts]

Nioce. Again, the text should be a bit darker but everything else is good. Excellent job.

[artisticmelodies]

thank you, thank you!

mmmk heres a amber pacific banner-small wallpaper type thing plez let me know whatcha think!



and heres the original

[Mikeplyts]

Woah, awesome! Nothing bad to say! Great job!

[artisticmelodies]

thanks!!!

[Maccabee]

The latest one looked better before. The background with the music symbols is over their bodies and I don't like the filters and lighting changes you did. So since that's everything you did I dont't like any of the changes.

[artisticmelodies]

okay "mr. rain-on-my-parade" i'll work on the lighting and stuff but thanks for thee idk criticism i guess

[artisticmelodies]

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[manny-the-dino]

The concept's cute but the blending and coloring need some work. For the coloring, it kind of goes from faded to completely black and white. Try blending your images first, merge them layers, and then do the coloring. But it looks nice so far.

[artisticmelodies]

thank ya