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[pupintheturd]

Uhmm, hi, some of you may have noticed I deleted that other thread in like, fast. Of course, not without reason, it was because I wanted to make a thread like this. Prepare to see my work that's absolute crap and my work that's actually half-decent, at the same time:

Newer stuff:
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[Original Image l BG image is from an image stock pack]

[Original Image]

[Original Image l Background Stock 1 l Background Stock 2]

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Older crap:
To other graphical artists; let these be guidelines for you on what not to do:

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Other Art:

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CnC is appreciated. Also, don't hesitate to say it if you don't like something, even if that something is older crap. Mindless praise or bashing is frowned upon though.

Yet to make something that I really love and know is right.

I do like the concepts of my older stuff. I might remake some, who knows?

Thank you for reading.

 

[Zhanton]

First post in Digital Media outside of the Graphics Contest!

Wow. You've improved immensely, let me tell you that. Your earlier graphics had text problems but your new ones, especially the first two, have the text placement nailed down perfectly. They look absolutely stunning.

The guy in this one looks a bit oversharpened in my opinion. The lighting looks great though, as does the text.

I really really like this one :] It might be because I love Toad, or because it's something so different to what you normally do. I like the simplicity :]

This banner is really cool too. It might be the unique shape, or the way the brushes look, giving a nice feel without being overdone.

I think I've already mentioned this but the text on a lot of your older works looks a bit off, unfortunately. You've definitely got nice concepts for them though.

I absolutely love this one. The text looks great, the colours are beautiful, it looks really professional. The only thing I'm not a massive fan of is the fact that the 'D' in 'Destination' gets a bit lost in the background, but other than that I love it.

Sorry if I haven't used the right terminology or whatever, but I must say you've improved tremendously. Keep it up :]

 

[Giggity...]

I'm not gonna bother commenting on your older stuff, no offense but you seem to have realised yourself how god awful some of it is- so instead of going on about the negatives lets move on to some of your newer stuff.

You've improved immensely

^This is true. During my time on the graphics forum you're the artist has has improved the most and the quickest for me. The fact that you're already starting to nail text is nothing short of infuriating.

You're newer banners are really good, you work well with negative space. i.e. your banners don't have much in them but still look nice. You work well with light to create good focal points in your banners although you're not showing all of your recent work here, I still think that sometimes you need to tone down the blurriness in some of your banners, you seem to be a fan of surface blurring and have a tendancy to overdo it. 'Destination Unknown' is nice, but the focal point is way too sharp, you can almost draw a ring around the edges of it. The prestige is nice- gorgeous text- but your choice of brushes is odd, they don't really add much to the banner, I would've used something bolder and near the botttom, them put some yellowish fractals over- nice use of colours though!
The cowboy one is my favourite, nice use of lighting, the brush looks great, well focused- all it's missing is some badass text, but I don't think you have the space.

good work, I'm sure you'll improve a lot in the future.

 

[pupintheturd]

Thank you both for the comments. :]

The guy in this one looks a bit oversharpened in my opinion. The lighting looks great though, as does the text.

You know that dust that comes up when you shine really bright light on something? I wanted to create that kind of effect. But I guess it failed.

The only thing I'm not a massive fan of is the fact that the 'D' in 'Destination' gets a bit lost in the background, but other than that I love it.

Yeah I realized that when I was making it, but at the same time, I thought: "oh, well, there's always next time". :3

I still think that sometimes you need to tone down the blurriness in some of your banners, you seem to be a fan of surface blurring and have a tendancy to overdo it.

I'll watch it next time.

'Destination Unknown' is nice, but the focal point is way too sharp, you can almost draw a ring around the edges of it

True, it was a bit of a failed attempt at creating a bit more depth.

The prestige is nice- gorgeous text- but your choice of brushes (they are actually Wireframe C4Ds erased over with a splatter brush) is odd, they don't really add much to the banner, I would've used something bolder and near the botttom, them put some yellowish fractals over- nice use of colours though!

It was because I was in love with using Wireframe C4Ds that I used them. I know what you mean but I was thinking of making my banners more simple. A little too simple, I guess.

And to this day, I still have no idea as to what fractals are.

The cowboy one is my favourite, nice use of lighting, the brush looks great, well focused- all it's missing is some badass text, but I don't think you have the space.

I added some like 'Red Dead Redemption' and 'pupintheturd' but they screwed it up so I left it out.

although you're not showing all of your recent work here,

That's true too, but I think you know as well as me that it's crap. ;]

An abstract project.

It's about how you can't win anything without losing anything. Lame, I know, but I like it, shoot me.

 

[Bhatman]

Now Photobucket doesn't see too keen on showing your graphical prowess to me, so, I'll just comment on your "James Bond" banner.

Things I love about the banner :
1.) I love that C4D, perfectly placed for the flow of the banner.
2.) I like that disintegration effect you have given to the left hand.
3.) I like the border beneath the text, nice mirror effect.
4.) I'm not a fan of long banners, but because of your lovely usage of white space, It looks really good.

Things you could work on:

1.) There are places on the banners where there is aliasing, probably caused by over-sharpening. Here's a neat trick: After you have finished your banner, duplicate all the layers and flatten them. Next go to Filter > Other > High Pass and set a radius around 3px to boost details. Set the layer on Linear Light and if needed reduce the opacity. This is assuming you use PS.

2.) I think the "by pupintheturd" is unnecessary.


Overall, I love your banner, keep up the good work!

 

[pupintheturd]

Now Photobucket doesn't see too keen on showing your graphical prowess to me, so, I'll just comment on your "James Bond" banner.

I am kinda a perfectionist so I deleted those banners... Sorry!

Things I love about the banner :
1.) I love that C4D, perfectly placed for the flow of the banner.
2.) I like that disintegration effect you have given to the left hand.
3.) I like the border beneath the text, nice mirror effect.
4.) I'm not a fan of long banners, but because of your lovely usage of white space, It looks really good.

Thankeys.

Things you could work on:

1.) There are places on the banners where there is aliasing, probably caused by over-sharpening. Here's a neat trick: After you have finished your banner, duplicate all the layers and flatten them. Next go to Filter > Other > High Pass and set a radius around 3px to boost details. Set the layer on Linear Light and if needed reduce the opacity. This is assuming you use PS.

I'll definitely try that out when I have the chance.

2.) I think the "by pupintheturd" is unnecessary.

Well, I am not too keen on people who steal my stuff so as long as it doesn't kill the banner, I am fine with it.


Now you, yes you, kid who's eating breakfast/lunch/dinner/desert, too can make this kind of banner Just follow the link and check out the tutorial!

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