Well, I feel it's about time I do a real comment.
I mean I have started 3 threads to this subforum
(one thread was moved) and yet haven't posted single opinion as far.
Problem is that my comments will mainly be negative...
Don't take me wrong. I don't wish to insult or troll. These sigs are great! You clearly have lot practice of making them. And I doupt I could produce anything even near this good.
I just.. try to be serious. I think criticism should always be very negative. How else can we get forward? Or improve?
I feel that best way I can respect Vent is to give my most honest and cruelest opinions. And I hope you will some day do the same to me.
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-2 Psyren signatures.
I dislike the art style in these signatures. So I can't criticize them. This style isn't for me and that gets me stuck. Completely stuck. So I can't make any opinions of them as signatures.
-World Embryo.
Now, this style is totally for me.
I love the art, and not just because there a hot chick in there.
Nice action, nice self-assured look on her face, nice clothing.
But artwork on girl has a internal conflict. The hair clashes with blades. Meaning those blades concentrate attention while hair is spreading it.
Let me show you what I mean: (With crudely edited example.)
I don't mean that pic would look better without hair.
Because it doesn't. But conflicts like that are poison. If only those blades were set differently...
Then there's a second conflict with jacket and the background. The background itself is great! I like this round shape and it's border decoration. I also like the way girl and jacket come out of that circle. But we can't see
enough of the background. That jacket and hair cover it almost completely! I can't quite describe why, but it really bothers me.
(Another crudely edited example:)
-signature from
reply#2Absolutely beautiful. I tried to find something significant to complain but just couldn't. Your choise of artwork, colors, glow, even that little kid, all beautiful.
So I shall complain about something not so significant. I think your being a bit shy with contrast or saturation editing.
(Yet one more crudely edited example:)
Why not blow peoples minds? Saturate until it hurts. Blind us. Especially with magenda...
I don't like the used border in this case. It stands out strongly and therefore steals attention from artwork at edges.
-your current signature.
Mostly same as above comment except this time your choise of border works! Nice feathering. But there seems to be some jagged line in the feathering... I know I'm being anal-retentive here, but that's only thing separating you from perfection.
