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
