Joypool.

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[spoiler='V1'][/spoiler]

 

[spoiler='V2'][/spoiler]

 

A simple, comic-book style tag. I went vertical as I felt it worked with the render. I wanted a blue tone to contrast with the bulk of the red; and the text sort of added to the idea of a graphic presentation. This is a lot bolder and cleaner than my last attempt. Feedback is appreciated, as always.

 

EDIT: V2 up. A few improvements, although I really need to start on something new.

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Bump. I need a bit of cnc before I can call it a day with this one.

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Tip: Don't use a drop shadow or a glow around the render. I learnt the hard way from NW. It makes the render stick out of the tag. Unless it's to add depth, but in a fitting way.

 

Black bar on the left is a little unfitting, the blending isn't really good and lighting is non-existent. It's fairly boring, but it's not very monotonous compared to how my tags usually turn out. Going for a vertical tag is a pretty bold move. I've tried, but never been able to pull one off. Your render choice for this piece is really good. I like what you were going for. A bit more practise and I reckon you'd be able to pull it off. The flow isn't terrible, but the drop shadow kind of eliminates it.

 

To summarise, drop shadow is a no-go, try to work on your basics ,and your choice of render was great for a vertical tag. Just keep going at it and I reckon you could be really good at gfx.

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Tip: Don't use a drop shadow or a glow around the render. I learnt the hard way from NW. It makes the render stick out of the tag. Unless it's to add depth, but in a fitting way.

 

Black bar on the left is a little unfitting, the blending isn't really good and lighting is non-existent. It's fairly boring, but it's not very monotonous compared to how my tags usually turn out. Going for a vertical tag is a pretty bold move. I've tried, but never been able to pull one off. Your render choice for this piece is really good. I like what you were going for. A bit more practise and I reckon you'd be able to pull it off. The flow isn't terrible, but the drop shadow kind of eliminates it.

 

To summarise, drop shadow is a no-go, try to work on your basics ,and your choice of render was great for a vertical tag. Just keep going at it and I reckon you could be really good at gfx.

Thanks, it's little tips like that which really make a difference to tags. I can definitely see what you're saying about the general lack of blending/lighting. It feels very flat now that I've taken another look from your perspective. I'm surprised at how well the render worked actually. I thought it was best to have a shot at a vertical tag early on, so I can improve more quickly. 

 

I might have a single post for my early experiments at this stage in my working, as I don't want to lower the high standard of the board, and it might be nice to get a feel for how I'm improving. 

 

Thanks again, I really appreciate your insight.

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Thanks, it's little tips like that which really make a difference to tags. I can definitely see what you're saying about the general lack of blending/lighting. It feels very flat now that I've taken another look from your perspective. I'm surprised at how well the render worked actually. I thought it was best to have a shot at a vertical tag early on, so I can improve more quickly. 

 

I might have a single post for my early experiments at this stage in my working, as I don't want to lower the high standard of the board, and it might be nice to get a feel for how I'm improving. 

 

Thanks again, I really appreciate your insight.

No problem. Always like helping out.

 

And I think you should keep posting one tag at a time. That's what I did when I first started, and look at me now. From the CnC on the forum I went from this:

 

 

to this:

 

 

Posting one at a time let's you get various opinions from different people, and if you try a new style you get cnc for that tag in particular, instead of getting 3 cnc'd at the same time with less effort in each criticism.

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No problem. Always like helping out.

 

And I think you should keep posting one tag at a time. That's what I did when I first started, and look at me now. From the CnC on the forum I went from this:

 

 

to this:

 

 

Posting one at a time let's you get various opinions from different people, and if you try a new style you get cnc for that tag in particular, instead of getting 3 cnc'd at the same time with less effort in each criticism.

Well if it worked for you, I'm sure it will work for me. It's nice to get an in-depth analysis, so I will continue in this vain. Your advice is invaluable :D

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It's better. :3

 

The flow in this piece still isn't too good, and neither is the blending nor the lighting. Also, I don't know if it's just my eyes playing up, but the C4D looks fairly LQ for some reason. Also, there is a bit of an excessive amount of space on the top half.

 

Just keep working on your basics and you'll get there. ;D

(by the way, you'll hear "basics!" a lot from me and nw. he's my mentor so i think him screaming it at me made it rub off on me.)

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It's better. :3

 

The flow in this piece still isn't too good, and neither is the blending nor the lighting. Also, I don't know if it's just my eyes playing up, but the C4D looks fairly LQ for some reason. Also, there is a bit of an excessive amount of space on the top half.

 

Just keep working on your basics and you'll get there. ;D

(by the way, you'll hear "basics!" a lot from me and nw. he's my mentor so i think him screaming it at me made it rub off on me.)

The blending was really half-arsed, and I sort of didn't add any lighting... Also, it isn't just your eyes, that C4D is bad quality, but I sort of blocked it out, mentally. Basics is a word I can deal with. I'm going to start something new, as that should hopefully refresh me. 

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Go for it.

From now on I'm going to be looking at all of your threads, haha.

 

I'll cnc when I wake up, if it's posted by then. ^-^