Clash

[Dr. Jesus]

So, getting started on graphics again since I have some time over winter break.

I now work on all tags at twice the resolution of what I want the end-result to be, so when I post I will post the large version (so you can see the details), and the small version (how it is meant to be viewed).



V2



V2 Textless



V3 ZomgSooMuchText



If you are going to post please...
1. Honestly critique these tags. I'm not looking to acquire fanboys or impress /gfx/critiques, I'm looking to improve. What do you honestly like about the tags? What do you dislike about them?
2. Don't just rate X/10. That doesn't help me at all. You can rate me X/10, but if you do, please explain why. Rating me on a scale 1-10 only tells me if the tag satisfied your personal tastes, but does nothing for me. I may have a different style / taste than you. However, if you tell me what mistakes I made, where something looks out of place or where two colors clash against one another in an unattractive way, I can use these details to further pursue the style I'm aiming for.
3. Be polite. Else I'll probably just ignore you.
4. If you want a tag, give a good critique of this one. Tell me in at least a paragraph what is good and bad about this tag, and then PM me. In return, the next tag I will make will be for you. (No, you don't get to pick the stock / render / style, etc. I don't mean to be rude, but I like to make what I like to make. If you want a particular stock / render / style, I'll take note of it and make tags ad hoc. If I happen to make one that isn't already promised to someone else that fits what you want then I will give it to you.)

[Old Crow]

Nice work. My critique is some of the colors like the green in the background as well as the blue spots around the same general area.  They don't seem to match well with the rest of the color palette. The green especially doesn't really feel like it fits with all the black, red and white.

[Dr. Jesus]

Nice work. My critique is some of the colors like the green in the background as well as the blue spots around the same general area.  They don't seem to match well with the rest of the color palette. The green especially doesn't really feel like it fits with all the black, red and white.

Understood.

This was a bit of a reintroduction piece, and I was trying to play with a couple different effects that I used to use just to see if I could get the hand of them again. I tend to go with either a plain white background, or a gradient as you see on the right.  The left was meant to be a bright, high-contrast vector style, while the left was going to use more C4Ds & sparkly effects (best word I could think of for it).

Regarding color choices, personally I feel that if anything I should have gone with either a darker green and don't quite see why you dislike the green / blue. I used blue as a bright highlight in several location (lens, some sparkles, glasses), so it's used in that manner a fair bit. That is the only place the green was used, and perhaps I either should have either used it more or simply removed it. Iunno.

I've made a couple modifications to this tag in V2 & V3, as many people told me they disliked the text. At first I just removed it, and in V3 I plastered text everywhere with mixed results. I definitely think I need to reconsider my color choice on the text, but I think it's interesting and could be used to some success if I bother to make a V4, though for now I'll likely just use the textless V2.