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Utopian

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Utopian

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updated. kinda messed up on the bordering but oh well :]
 
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pupintheturd

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Your renders are very blurry. Create depth by sharpening and blurring.

I think the flow is boring, it's just straight lines to indicate the direction. You see the cloudy effect on the claw of the Thundurus in your signature? That's great natural flow of the render, you should have used it.

I feel like pointing out that most of your signatures have a very obnoxious light source. A little shading to create a contrast goes a long way, it'll make a little seem like a lot, you really don't need that much lighting.

But I actually appreciate what you've done so far. The Kisame one in particular definitely has a style I'd love to see more of.
 
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Utopian

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pupintheturd said:
Your renders are very blurry. Create depth by sharpening and blurring.

I think the flow is boring, it's just straight lines to indicate the direction. You see the cloudy effect on the claw of the Thundurus in your signature? That's great natural flow of the render, you should have used it.

I feel like pointing out that most of your signatures have a very obnoxious light source. A little shading to create a contrast goes a long way, it'll make a little seem like a lot, you really don't need that much lighting.

But I actually appreciate what you've done so far. The Kisame one in particular definitely has a style I'd love to see more of.
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hmm i never tried to sharpen it, i'll try that thanks (and i do blur)

yeah im still working on this flow thing, and what do you mean on my thundurus sig ._.

i would answer the next response in a non-noobish way if i could. idk how to shade.

and thanks man, i was just messing around with Kisame :p
 
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Badass

HIGH FIVE!
What he means is that the trail of cloud coming from Thundurus' hand creates great flow naturally, you shouldn't made that the flow of the banner rather than the whole render.

Shading 101 - the Basic thang.

To shade, use a feathered black brush, and set to soft light. Lower the opacity if necessary.
 
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pupintheturd

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hmm i never tried to sharpen it, i'll try that thanks (and i do blur)
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When using the Sharpening tool, something like 25% strength usually does the trick. It differs though. But it's pretty precise, sometimes I find that that one percent makes all the difference.

yeah im still working on this flow thing, and what do you mean on my thundurus sig ._.
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I was just saying that establishing flow by using straight lines when you have wavy flow (the cloudy part of the claw) doesn't look too great. Something of a wavy effect to go with the claw would be cool.

That said, you shouldn't look too much into it. As I said, I am a fan of the Kisame one and that one has some flow going on and I think that improving the way you established the flow in that would be a good way to experiment.

idk how to shade.
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I use a soft black (or dark colour) brush (something around a 100 pixel radius) around the parts i want darkened, then lower the opacity of the layer i brushed on until it looks like i want and erase the parts that look bad with a smaller soft brush.
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that's what i do/think is a pretty decent way to go about things.
 
U

Utopian

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Alright thanks for the feedback you two, I might try the shading technique later :p
 
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_Snivy

Lover
I really like your style. I just love those banners without any text on them. :eek:
 
U

Utopian

faults & feats
experimenting with cs5 (used to use cs3). i dont have any brushes yet gah

art above the line is cs5, below is cs3 :]
 
U

Utopian

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alright my cs5 disappeared somewhere... so i downloaded new brushes and did whatever!

updated again!
 
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Juice.

SO JUICY!
So...are you using cs5 or what?

Kingdra is my favourite banners, very simplistic but great flow, lighting and colours - Don't change a thing.

The endless banner again has great colours and lighting but the render lets you down a bit on flow. Text is a bit unnecessary too.

Blastoise banner is too big and too dull, me want more pwetty colours. I like the use of the vector brushes from the cannons though, very creative.

Your new stuff is miles better, keep it up.
 
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Utopian

faults & feats
Yeah I'm using cs5

updated and thanks alot Juice :D
 
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