Thursday, April 29, 2010
Name:
Serenity
URL:
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6093/followmyheart2.jpg
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~Colour/Color [2/3]
The colour is very bland, it's mainly the mustard yellow/beige/brown. Perhaps if you had used a lighter texture or added some sort of effect it would have looked different and would have added something to the graphic.
The colour of the title font (maybe a bit lighter) would have suited the credit text well.
~Font [2.5/3]
The title font is a bit off, it's a sort of mustard colour which doesn't really match the backgrounds that's more yellow/beige/cream colour. If you had chosen another colour it probably could have stood out more.
The credit font is a bit unclear to read, perhaps if you had kept it to a simple font such as times new roman, arial, or tahoma. As well as the colour of the font.
I like the effects that you have behind the title font, the white blur effect and the white outline as well.
~Image Suitability [2.5/3]
I like the images you've chosen. You've done a good job in choosing them, mainly because of the white background. Perhaps if you had darkened the female image a bit more, and sharepened her they would have matched with the other two. Also, you can see the grey on the image of the guy on the left, this probably woulnd't have been so distracting if you had just gone over it in white.
The flowers/hearts that you've used in the graphic are blurred and don't really add anything much to the graphic.
~Overall layout [3/3]
Well done on the layout, it's simple, clean and easy to see everything clearly. The font is the only real issue on the whole graphic, but otherwise it's good.
Total= 10/12
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Serenity | 3:28 AM
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Name:
Merongg
URL:
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1322/sunsetglow.jpg
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~Colour/Color [2.5/3]
The colour is very... white. You've used the sort of clean and simple colours that most people would find bland and boring... if done wrong. But you've done just a great job with combining and incorporating the different colours and the white to make it simple, and yet beautifully presented.
~Font [2.5/3]
The fonts very bright against the white, pale background of the poster. This helps it stand out a lot and because you've chosen a simple font, it doesn't look over done.
The quote is nice, you've been able to use the italics in the middle of the words really well because they add a nice detail to it.
I would say that the credits are sort of obscure, you can only see them if you lean in closer, but otherwise it's very good.
~Image Suitability [2.5/3]
Very good images, you've used the blending of them into the white really well and it just looks very nice. Especially with the images silhouetted to the background. the only thing that I would have to say is that the image of the couple (jae and fictional), the background could have been blended for a longer span across the image, just to get a more gradual gradation.
I mean this by, you can tell where the black/green ends and the white begins. If you had let the background of the black/green go on for a little bit more into the white, then it would have been better gradation.
(even reading it, this doesn't make sense)
~Overall layout [3/3]
I love the way you've set all this out; the images, the font, the gradation and the effects on them are amazing. It looks really well done, very simple, clean and just beautiful.
Total= 10.5/12
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Serenity | 3:54 AM
Thursday, April 22, 2010
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Name:SerenityURL: http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/276/madorama.jpg--~Colour/Color [3/3]
You've done a very good job with the colour scheme here, as you've chosen black/grey for the background but for the focal point of Jaejoong you've decided to stick with the original images colour. This creates a great focal point, as its the only amount of intense colour that you have visible.
The colours are also a bit contrasting as you've got some sharp details in blue and pink/red added here and there on jaejoongs image. Although this may be from the original image or from overlaying the heart background, but nevertheless it's created a nice detail and effect here.
~Font [3/3]
You've used white for the title font and for the credits here, it works really well with the background on Jae's image and adds a brightness to the graphic. The way that you've positioned the credits as well is very creative and it's clear, easy to see and not overbearing on the graphic. You've also used full capitals on the author credits, and changed the space between the letters as well, this looks good because it just causes that text to stand out.
~Image Suitability [2.8/3]
Even though the main image is just Jae it's a very well chosen image, as you are able to do that scratched out effect with the fact that the cloth from Jaejoong goes off to the left, this creates movement in the graphic as well.
You've chosen the flourishes under the credit text, which adds some detail that looks really good against the light/dark contrast. However with this flourish you can see the edge of it, which sort of deducts from the effect. Perhaps if you had done something with the edge of it, it would have looked cleaner.
~Overall layout [3/3]
You've done really well with the layout, the position (and rotation) of the credit text, as well as the brightness of the main image works really well with the entire graphic. The background works well, as the hearts are not particularly white, so they don't draw attention away from Jae, but they're light enough to add a detail to the background. Total= 11.8/12
Serenity | 9:31 PM
Monday, April 12, 2010
Name:
Michelle - Michelleangelo (LOL)
URL:
http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/4149/delusion.jpg
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~Colour/Color [2/3]
I like the use of color in this. I also like how the green is faded in with everything. I just don't really like how it sticks out the most in
the middle. It makes it hard to find where you want the eyes to go to first. I think you wanted them to go to the big pic of the girl on
the left, but with how the green kind of cuts through some images, I don't like. I do, however, like how vibrant the colors are.
Maybe you could've done more of a gradient effect with the green to make it fade instead of cutting straight through the pictures.
Also, the bright image in the top right is also distracting. It sticks out and doesn't look like it serves a big purpose.
~Font [2.5/3]
I like the title font, it matches the curly sense with the frill in the images. There's only one thing that bugs me. The font at the top, I
don't like how it trails of onto the girl's face a little. I do like how it runs beside her face, but not over. Since it wasn't totally
noticeable, I didn't take off too much for it.
~Image Suitability [2.5/3]
I think you used images of the same person. I like them all, but the one farthest on the right, above the "Delusion" title. It's edge
stands out and doesn't fit with the picture. And then the bright blue / white one at the top right. I think you should try taking them
out and see how it looks. :] You could even just feather the bottom of the one at the bottom to make it not run over the line kind of
serving as a barrier to the other ones. And for the other, lessen the opacity a little to make it stand out a little less.
~Overall layout [2/3]
The overall layout is nice, I just think that it looks a little cluttered. Like you were trying to just fill up space. I think the blocky
textures fill up enough that you don't need that many images.
Total= 9/12
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Name:
Michelle - Michelleangelo (LOL)
URL:
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/675/allweneedislove.jpg
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~Colour/Color [3/3]
The colors are very nice. I think they suit the soft, mellow theme well. Good job.
~Font [2/3]
I like the curly font you used for the words "All" and "Love", but I think that the other font for the title is a little too simple. Maybe
you could try making it larger to make it stand out more. To make it less contrasting to your soft yet complex theme.
~Image Suitability [1.5/3]
I think these images are all good. I just don't like how different their skin tones are. Because Yunho's nearly red-orange, and Changmin's really pale. And you can hardly see Junsu. It also looks like there are too many heads. I can see you tried separating them with the frame, but I think you should've intensified the difference between the background in the frame, to get a greater difference between the background of the frame and the background of the boys.
~Overall layout [2.5/3]
Everything is laid out nicely, I just don't like the thickness of the orange on the borders. It might be how solid it is. Try using a dashed line instead. Or something more creative
Total= 9/12
Serenity | 2:54 PM
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Name:
Serenity
URL:
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8314/racingforyourlove.jpg
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~Colour/Color [1/3]
You've used very neutral colours here, with the grey background and the pink text. In this sort of combination is washes out the colours of the graphic, and makes it not very effective. This unfortunatly makes it very plain to look at, perhaps if you had used a more contrasting colour scheme, such as a deeper (hotter) pink for the font or a darker background.
The font colour doesn't have to all match, but if you had used a deeper shade of pink, and then just changed the style of the credits [soft light, opacity etc] it would have kept the colour in an analogous colour scheme, because it wouldn't have been too contrasting and thus distracting. In keeping colours around the same shade, it doesn't take the focus away off anything else, it creates a unity on the graphic as a whole.
In using a black/grey combination for the background (here you have used a dark grey/grey combination) you would have also brought out the black details on the male characters images. In leaving the white on the couple above the title you would have brought detail on the female images below, who are also on white. This would have helped them stand out more and make them more prominent.
In using the roses as the background as well, that detail would have been more effective in a darker shade or perhaps even burnt around the edges, would have created a little detail without drawing attention away from the other images used.
~Font [2/3]
You've used a very simple font here, for the title/credits, and as mentioned above, they would have made a greater impact in a different shade. But overall the font is clear, its in a prominent position and the credits aren't invisible or hard to see. The use of the border around the title text is very interesting, it helps in trying to create a small detail and focus on the title.
The graphic credits could have probably been better either near the title or (if you had added a black border) near the border. Probably use italics to just add a bit of flare to the text as well.
~Image Suitability [2/3]
The images chosen here are very interesting, as you've chosen contrasting background colours for the characters. They are high quality and you can see the characters well in the images. probably the image of the first two (below the text) could have been sharpened a bit, and the female could have been darkened a bit as well (slightly).
The image of the couple above the text is nice, I like the scratched out imagary of them both, and how they have blended in together, however she could have been sharpened a bit and darkened so that they could have blended in better.
~Overall layout [1.5/3]
The title for this fanfic is called "Racing for you love" and you have no quote here, usually when a graphic is requested with no quote it makes it a bit more necessary to try and convey what the story is about. This is difficult which is why quotes are helpfull (as long as they're not long and nonsensical) because that helps you, as a designer, cut the need of showing that on the graphic. However here you have no quote, and thus you probably should have tried to convey what the story is about more through the graphic.
The flower hints, perhaps a romance but it is unclear really overal on the graphic. The images may be conveying a type of good girl falls for bad boy type of story? But overall it's unclear on what the story is about. That's why it's good to read, even the forwards of a story that you're doing the graphic for, take your time with it and try and get into the mood of the graphic. This helps you make a better graphic and the writer appreciates the extra you've added to try and understand what the storyline is about.
Total= 6.5/12
Extra:
Most of the problems presented here are due to colour scheme, (as mentioned above) if you had chosen either darker colours for the background it would have helped convery a better mood for the graphic. Hope this helps!
Serenity | 1:47 AM
Friday, April 2, 2010
Name:
cj
URL:
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/cherrygatorade/uphoria109.png?t=1270224740
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~Colour/Color [2/3]
The blue that you've used it very light, and the images that you've used as well have either been altered to a [soft light] to try and mimic the background. It would work rather well, but if the black sections of the images had been more pronounced then they would have stood more as a focal point to the graphic. Currently the darker background section of the plants draw more attention because they are darker than the overal colour scheme.
The light stamp textures that you've used look great, and add a great source of light to the overall graphic.
~Font [2/3]
The font that you've used for this is nice and very suitable for the graphic, it has the same sort of light effect as the stamp that you've used, and this looks great because it ties the stamp and the font together, creating a sort of unity within the graphic.
However, the font does not stand out, if you had (as mentioned) changed the images into a darker colour, the title font would have stood out on contrast to the darker background.
I must also find that there was no point in the addition of the characters names, as it sort of draws focus away from the title text, quotes and the credits. If it was necessary for you to add those, perhaps near the title or quotes as "Storyling by uphoria109, featuring..."
~Image Suitability [3/3]
You've chosen good images here, as the darkened sections blend together well. The images overall look good asthetically, as you've rotated the images of gaeul and chunglim to an angle, to help them tie everything together. The image of taegoon seems cut at the top of the image, and it sort of looks odd.
As mentioned before (sorry for brining it up again) but the images would have stood out more if they had retained the darkness of the images. This could be achieved by combining the layers of the four (3 images) and replicating the layer, changing it to 50% opacity and then change the setting to [burn].
~Overall layout [2/3]
Taking into account all that I have mentioned, the overall layout is quite interesting, you've used the black leaves background as a sort of classical and simple look. You haven't gone OTT with textures and the use of the stamp creates a very elegant light effect that isn't overbearing.
Total= 9/12
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Name:
cj
URL:
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/cherrygatorade/valentine.png
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~Colour/Color [3/3]
It's a very interesting use of colour, as they are contrasting. It looks good in an odd interesting way. The small section of yellow in the graphic as well, add just that bit of detail that really defines the colour that you've used here. As they're all really contrasting colours and this makes the band that you've used stand out a bit more.
~Font [2/3]
You've used good font here, however the repeated use of lyrics(?) is a bit busy and distracting to say the least. If you had kept it simple and just remained with the main message it still would have looked good. The way in how you've changed the 'a' in "day", becomes an interesting detail in the graphic.
~Image Suitability [3/3]
You've used a good image here, as you've been able to alter it to change the colour of to a red/hot pink. There isn't much other detail that distracts from the image, and in doing this it also ties in with the font of the graphic.
~Overall layout [2.5/3]
There's not much to say about the layout, as its a very simple gift. You've used a good font, simple and no real use of textures to overbear it. The only put off is the repeatition of the text. Without this it would have made a very good gift. :)
Total= 10.5/12
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Name:
cj
URL:
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/cherrygatorade/POSTERRR.png
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~Colour/Color [1/3]
You've used quiet a variety of colour here, they're very contrasting and fluroscent. Not only that but you've used the gold, pink,grey and white, and together it hasn't really blended in to a very appealing graphic.
The way in which you've decided to colourize most of the boys in the graphic, just doesn't add at all to the appeal of them as well. They do stand out but not in the way that is appealing. If you had chosen an image that had them all as a group, you could have saved yourself a lot of trouble in colourizing them, or adding texture to them.
The images of the girls as well, I've pointed out in the section (image suitability) that the images are different, so the tones that originally appear in the images are different as well. So adding them all together without appearing to alter their tones and colours is a difficult task.
~Font [1/3]
You've used an interesting selection of fonts, from the dotted fonts, simple times new roman font, bold fonts, decorative fonts. On any other graphic, it would have appeared suitable for a scrapbook effect, however you've added just a large array of fonts, with different texts. The added font sections under the 'they're going to hunt you down', and on the far right just doesn't suit the graphic.
The addition of the characters names doesn't help with the graphic either, as it just adds to the confusion. Especially with the girls in the picture frame because there isn't enough space to be adding their names there. The title of "Seattle" also, is just a random addition. And because it is of such a different, decorative text, it draws the attention more to it than the title.
~Image Suitability [1/3]
I'm assuming that the boys characters are all from the same group, perhaps if you had chosen an image that was fun and cute that had all of them in it, it would have been easier to work with. In seperating them, you've just the made the job harder for yourself, because you have to try and make them all connect on a level (thus the colourization that you've done- which doesn't work out).
The images of the girls that you have here, don't have any texture or special effects on them, but as you can see they are different. You've kept the full image for Jiyeon, and the rest you've cropped. If you had decided to crop all of them, then that would have been more suitable, but Jiyeons image was chosen that it would have been more difficult to crop. So instead leaving them all to their full image would have been better as well, but without knowing the original background, I can't assume that this would have achieved a better result.
They are also not the same colour, as you can see that miyong does seem to be a bit more orange/yellow tones in the image. If you had decided to colourize all the images or to at least alter the effect on them [soft light, hard light etc] they would have in some way become the same.
~Overall layout [1/3]
It is very busy, it seems like you've just added a variety of colours, images and textures together, it just becomes a very messy collage. With working with so many different type of characters, you should try and collate them together, so that they don't pose such a difficulty to work with.
Try and look around other sites at designers that do scrapbooking as their main style, and see how they have been able to use a large amount of characters in a way that it does create a suitable graphic for it.
Total= 4/12
Serenity | 7:56 PM
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Name:
withlove*
URL:
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/9364/betweenusguilun.jpg
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~Colour/Color [2/3]
I think that the red color for the flowers in the bottom kind of clashes a little. I can see that it matches with the boy's red hair and the tint in the girl's sunglasses, but those appear to be accent colors. These flowers stand out a little too much to attribute to the accent colors.
Maybe you could've lessened the saturation in them, maybe even a slight gradient effect to keep a little of the red but not much. It's hard to define the mood because of their color. So maybe you could even change the color to a purple-blue or one of the two. But I do love the blue green you have going for the rest of the poster. :] I think that should be the color scheme for the flowers.
~Font [2.5/3]
It's kind of hard to see the title text because of how it blends in with the pictures behind it. I like how you put the larger faded duplicate behind it, that came out nicely. I think the font in lowercase was a good choice for the title.
~Image Suitability [2.5/3]
When I look at this it makes me see the two people as the bad, "too-cool-for-you" stereotype. I like it. X3 The two kissing in the middle is blended nicely, and so is everything else. With the added scratchy texture and the sharpness of everything, helped you pull off the blend. I think it looks kind of vintage-ish. I like that, too. :]
~Overall layout [2/3]
I like how you placed the title, maybe you could've moved it so that it didn't cover up the smoochin couple in the middle. I do like it there, but it's hard to see. Maybe you could put it in the bottom left. The credits look a little out of place, like you just kind of stuck them there. You could've put it slanted like the title and under the title.
Total= 9/12
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Name:
withlove*
URL:
http://i39.tinypic.com/iwm6io.jpg
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~Colour/Color [2.5/3]
I really like the colors you used for this. Very light and easy on the eyes, matching with the title. The only thing I don't like is that I think Junsu's hair is a little too dark and orange. It stands out and doesn't remind me of candy or chocolate.
~Font [2.5/3]
The variety of fonts you used looks nice, the color matches the theme. I just don't like the white texture of words you used behind the credits. It looks a little too messy. You have plenty of other texture and font, so I don't think you needed the texture of words. Maybe to make it look less standout-ish you could lessen the opacity.
~Image Suitability [3/3]
I like the images you chose (or if they were provided for you) either way they're both great. They're happy and the blending you did was nice.
~Overall layout [3/3]
I like how you laid everything out, I still don't like how much Junsu's hair sticks out but I already covered that. You did a great job of laying everything out. :]
Extra: I absolutely love all of the texture behind everything. Looks awesome.
Total= 11/12
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Name:
withlove*
URL:
http://i44.tinypic.com/2vif8us.jpg
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~Colour/Color [2.5/3]
I truely love the pink and light colors on the left, it's the blue that throws me off. Maybe you could've used more of a purple color.
~Font [3/3]
The title font, beautiful. And the credit fonts after it looks very nice. I can tell you like a variety in your work. When I look at the quote, I like it because of the color. But the font is straying a little from the theme. I didn't count off for it because I think the color of it makes up for it. :]
~Image Suitability [3/3]
I think the image choices were wonderful. They were blended beautifully and contribute to the lovey dovey theme.
~Overall layout [2.5/3]
I love how this poster was laid out. Nice use of light texture and color. There's just one small thing bugs me: the little squiggly piece of texture that runs into the guy's head. It distracts me from the great blend.
Extra: Great job!!
Total= 11/12
Serenity | 4:05 PM
