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First Time GIMP!

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Niihyl

Posthuman
This is my first try at making a signature. I took the Absol image from the wiki (Official Art, Fair Use), to make it.
I'll probably continue uploading into this post as I make new stuff... If I don't get crushed by mean people. :) Jokes.

So, what do you think? How can I do better? This was... hard. I kept messing up the layers. And spent maybe 30 minutes trying to fix transparency issues... Gah, this isn't as easy as it looks... Advice please!

AbsolSignature.jpg



Now this here, it's my first attempt at Sprite Recolors. I figure this might go in the Sprite thread, but since this one is already made, and I did it digitally anyway, I'll put it here. If that's not okay, I'll get rid of it. Sprite from PokemonElite2000

Accelgor.png


I tried out a few shades of black/purple. It looks kinda dark, and my color palette was more limited than the original... It looks alright to me... Critique? Suggestions (how should I do better).
 
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As a starter, never use those font. They look horrendous. I understand though, first-timers tend to have a difficult time with choosing the right fonts. It just doesn't compliment the composition at all. Its too over powering due to it's unnecessary add-ons. The colour eats up the composition way too much as well. It almost looks like that's your main subject, when really its the Absol.

That being said, I do like the colours used with the background as it somewhat compliments the Absol.

Good work for a first time, and by using GIMP aswell. (:
 
Here's what I think:

I think your over-all idea that you were shooting for was nice, but you didn't pull it off. The Absol should be the main focus of your banner but because of the position you gave it, Absol isn't the main focus. Instead, the focus is the word, "Niihyl." Now, I don't think that the font you chose was hideous. I think it would work quite nicely for a creepy banner. Using the sparks brush for to make what look like creepy floating lights is a nice idea, but the you color you chose doesn't work well with the rest of the banner.

Over all, not hideous, but could use some improvement. One suggestion I would make for text placement is to use the Rule of Thirds. (A quick Google search will help you out with this). Anyway, hope to see more from you!
 
Thanks all! I'll do better. I like that font... but yeah, I see your point. I'll try again... if I ever get time off doing homework... I hate the end of the year... *sigh*

Hooray for GIMP. I'll keep using it until I get rich enough for Photoshop (...never)
 
Commenting on your new sprite recolour here...

I think that it's not too bad, but the dark colors and the white background make it hard for me to tell how well you did on the shading.

I know what you mean about the homework...and the rich enough thing! But there is hope! If you go to this site, you can get an amazing discount on the latest version of Photoshop if you are a student.
 
Wow, thanks. $ 800 off. Still, $200 is pretty pricy.

What other background could there be? MS Paint doesn't have a transparency feature (at least, mine doesn't. I did shade though, with darker colors of purple.

Now to get some more GIMP brushes for a secod attempt at that sig...
 
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