What Category Do I Belong In? Find out here! [Please rate/comment!]

Re: In what category I belong? **Comments!!**

Just before signing off....I thought i'd pop in and say that 2 people have already contacted me by PM. So if you are thinking that you'll be the only one if you send in your art- you wont be ;)
 
Re: In what category I belong? **Comments!!**

Ok here we go guys.....

Please categorize every art work - if an artist entered more than one work and for example the first icon would be beginners but the second one would be more intermediate, please state it this way.




Further more:
  • Every artist wants to know whether their stuff is Beginners, Intermediate or Advanced
  • they all want to have comments why you choose the category
  • Please use constructive criticism and advices, don't come in here and bash someone's work.
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Re: In what category I belong? **New Round Open!**

Artist 1: Intermediate..but very close to Advanced.
I really like your wallpaper. The texture, coloring, and font is great. You might just want to work on your blending a little bit. Its good (a lot better than I can do!) but it could be a little better.

Artist 2: all Advanced..all your wallpapers are fantastic. Great blending, font, coloring, and text placement. Everything works!

Artist 3: all Beginners..the cropping of your icons is good but you might wont to work on the text a little more. Maybe try out some different fonts. And also concentrate on where you are putting your text, the right placement and font could take your icons up to intermediate. Also, your second icon is a little blurry. Maybe sharpen it a bit?
 
Re: In what category I belong? **Comments!!**

Just to clarify: Most of my comments might be personal preference, so if it's just me, you can just ignore me.. :p Also, I only watch CSI: LV so I might give the wrong names to the characters... :p

Artist 1: Intermediate
I liked the arrangement very much. The coloring too except I think it'll look better if you tweak Calleigh's(?) skin tone to match Horatio's(?)... Also, it's better to move the text so it doesnt block Horatio's face... Other than that, your wallpaper is really great!

Artist 2: Intermediate (for the first two), Advanced (for the last)
First - I like the coloring. But I think Adam(?) should not blend too much into the background...
Second - I like the idea very much... very "wedding-y" feel to it... but I find the orangy leaf at the bottom left corner a bit too distracting... it takes the focus off Stella...
Third - There is absolutely no question about it! This is DEFINATELY an advanced wallpaper! I loved every bit of it... from the coloring to the arrangement to the mood and text! FANTASTIC!!! You did a great job!!!
Note: It'd be great if you can use pictures with better quality in your wallpaper... ;)

Artist 3: Beginner (1st and 3rd), Intermediate (2nd)
Overall, I like your cropping... But I'd suggest you play around with different fonts and different text placement (for me, it's always "dare to be adventurous")... Also, know that textures and brushes can be your best friends in Photoshop... :D
 
Re: In what category I belong? **Comments!!**

Artist 1: Intermediate or Advanced. It's hard to make a decision based on just one piece, and this one's fairly close. The blending is very well done. The text and fonts fit wonderfully. One thing that can be improved: There is a CTV logo showing. In my opinion, that detracts from the overall image, and can fairly easily be removed.

Artist 2: Advanced. I was going to say intermediate for the first two, but after studying them, there's really nothing wrong with them. They're all very well done, and I think you'd do well in the advanced category.

Artist 3: Beginner, but very close to moving to Intermediate. Mostly what I would say is a repeat of what has already been said, so I'll just add, don't be afraid to try new things!
 
Re: In what category I belong? **Comments!!**

Oops nearly forgot about me...

Artist 1: Intermediate. I think that if you work on where you place the text you'll been very soon advanced because I think it covers to much of the charcters faces. But I love how the images, especially the bottom two, look like one :D

Artist 2: Advanced. I adore the colouring, text and image placement. I especially love how the text and flower fits perfectly into place ;) However I think that the Adam one is more Intermediate but with a few changes it could soon up to the standard of the others ;) Great job :thumbsup:

Artist 3: Beginner but soon Intermediate. I love the adam one :D However like others have said, dont be afraid to try out new styles and text etc sometimes that little something extra can make an icon look amazing ;)


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Ok Guys i'll give you untill Sunday to post comments and then i'll inform the artists ;)
 
Re: In what category I belong? Please Vote/Rate

Hi, okay. I usually hate doing this, but as a favour to Nat, I'll give it a go.

Artist...#1

For me I see beginner heading to intermediate. The wall is done nicely with great colors, but the thing that threw it off was the CTV that was not faded out. It takes away from the beauty of it. Also Horatio's hand looks to pink in the bottom picture.

But all in all it's a great wall.

Artist #2

Most definitely advanced. I love the blending, and colors you have used. They are truely gorgeous. Each one stands out beautifully.

Artist #3

Beginner's. Your icons are very sexy. *Sorry Mac fan here*:lol: The cropping is great, but the coloring is a little dark, some lightening would really bring them to life, also trying different texts will help too. Gorgeous icons though.
 
Re: In what category I belong? Please Vote/Rate

Alrighty, here's what I think...

Artist #1 - Intermediate - As I am not a WP specialist I can only comment on standard stuff. You coloring is good, but I'd say you could work on your blending and erasing the edges of the caps...and try to avoid the channel signs on the caps, just erase them. And maybe you could add some text effects like shadows or double text effects and position the text in a way that it doesn't cover too much of faces.

Artist #2 - Intermediate - Personally, I don't like the frame brush/texture? used on WP #1, but the blending is good. Maybe the text could be positioned differently and you could use another font, but that's up to everyone's liking. WP #3 is cool, like the blending and coloring, it's almost advanced I'd say. WP #2 doesn't really like like one WP, more like 2 parts put together. Not sure why, maybe because the right part is framed and the left isn't...try to fit the part os the WP together in a "smoother" way.

Artist #3 - Beginner - I see potential. Your ideas are cool and the coloring on the second icon is good but you should work on lighting/contrast/selective coloring to add something special to the icons. Some text work would help as well, maybe use different fonts and try to combine them.

Great work everyone and please don't stop making icons!!! We want to see more from you :D
 
Re: In what category I belong? Please Vote/Rate

Ok as Vera has just posted the date for the opening I will tell the artists that thye may post their work- However you may still comment if you wish ;)
 
Re: In what category I belong? Please Vote/Rate

I think we'd have to see who would be willing to do another round first ;) Anyone?
 
Re: In what category I belong? Please Vote/Rate

I suppose I could do this. How long to people want to send things in? A week? More? Less?
 
Re: In what category I belong? Please Vote/Rate

Alright then, I guess I get to choose :p

Anyone who's interested, you have until Fri July 11th to send in your stuff.

Remember, you can send in anything you like. Icons, wallpapers, and banners will all be rated separately, so it's best to send in a few of each that you want rated.

You can send them to me, DragonflyDreamer by PM. If you can't send a pm, you may use the hotmail address in my profile. Just label it clearly, or it'll end up with the rest of the junk mail ;)
 
Re: In what category I belong? Please Vote/Rate

Okay, two things:

I've only had one person send something in. I'd like to get a few more before putting them up.

Second, I'm changing the date to Monday July 14th, as I won't be able to do this over the weekend.
 
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