What we are doing here Welcome to Icecikle's and Hellsrequiem's CnC thread. This is a thread for all artists new and old to get full CnC for their work. For new artists its a way to make themselves see whats wrong or what doesn't quite look right. For old artists its a way to make sure they aren't losing their touch and to get some new opinion on their work. We will be giving around two or three sentence CnC for your work. Very in depth, and thought out. What is CnC? Well here we would prefer to call what we will be doing CnCC which stands for comments and constructive criticism. This means we will be telling whats wrong or doesn't look right, and then giving ways to fix it, or general tips on the matter. Instead of just saying this sucks, or this is great we will be telling you why. Our Experience Hells' experience: 4 1/2 years Photoshop Series 5 years graphic art 13 years art experience Art club Photography club Ice's experience: 1 year gimp series 1 year graphic art 5 years art experience 3 year art student General rules for the thread Only I and Hells can CnCC works here If you feel one person didn't give your work correct CnCC then you can repost and suggest the other take it Give us time, we both have lives leave at least a week to repost(Only if we have posted other CnCCs since then tho) Please post the work you wish to have CnCC'd in your post Be polite, don't get mad if we say your work isn't good, we're try to help Template for posting Your work (Your sig, picture, drawing, ect.) This is required to be in your post, not in your sig or a link. Program you made it with (Since I use gimp and Hells uses ps this will help you) Anything else you want us to know Want to learn more about signatures?Then visit the Signature School Well, lets see some work!
My sig. No one posted a good CNC in the thread Its a depth sig, if you want to know. Just a decent CNC will make me uber happiez. Photoshop CS4 EDIT: Its IN my SIGNATURE
Well, I like the smudging. Your problem with it is that there is just to much of it. The sides are bland, although I have to say, the middle has suburb flow and blending. I also think this is an ok signature in B&W, although a color version would be nice to see. So just a recap, lessen the smuding, or add some texture/c4d/substance to it. also, some of the edges of the smudging look over sharp, up and left of his head and arm.
Well, I'm new at all this. But, I decided to follow some tutorial on the internet, and here is the finished product...BTW, I freakin hate the text here, i know it sucks balls, i wish i didn't save it, but desides that tell me how i did... I'll probably be a frequent poster here :happy: andd GIMP is what I've got.
Gimp extra comments: I personally think that the noise pick messed it up, I should have kept it simple btw is it ok if i have more than one sig reviewed?
v1. v2. since I posted a thread an hour ago and no one has posted yet... EDIT: And may I be the first to say... I only just got it, but LOL at your name. Very clever lol... EDIT2: Oh and just re-reading thread... I use PS CS4
Well, I see clipping masks, they're ok. But the blue brush strokes that are right below the text. they're horribly out of place in that none of that color shows up anywhere else in the signature. Also, you could tone down the color change, it would bring the whole thing together more. The focal is good, and the blending is good, the text is good IMO, but you should really talk with Hells about that. Well, your bg is ok, but you just slapped the render on. That makes it look unprofessional and noobish. Try some more tuts, this is improved from your past works that I've seen. Although the text is odd and distratcting from the focal. Just keep practicing you'll get there Yes I agree the noise pick did mess it up. I like the nice simplistic style here, although is is bland it is also appealing. I would change the noise pick thing, and try text, never be afraid to experiment with text and other effects. To anyone that I skipped, it was because you use ps. I'm going to let Hells catch you tomorrow, or next time he is on. Also, thanks for picking us I didn't think this would be so popular 7 posts in 30 min! EDIT: Yes EGP you can have more than one, but try not to over load us, and thank you Pigglez on the name comment.
Well thanks, I know I ****ed up the letters =] But i got one more, then I'm done for now cause i gotta get some sleep. So here's my next shot, I actually think i did well, I messed around with the blurring tool so I have 3 different versions... V1(Normal, without the blur) V2(I used the blur tool) :happy:
Better version. But do you see the white line around Mario? That really really ruins it. Double focal isn't very good for beginners either. Another problem would be the bg, its a fractal or c4d can't tell, either way, its bland and depth less. The splatter on 1up also ruins the depth. I can't say they're are any special strong points to this sig...Sorry, I really don't mean to sound so mean, but thats what I think... Ok, just to clarify, Hells needs to do: aMoeba Pigglez
Yeah, I see what you mean. I haven't really been focusing on the depth portion, but I will from now on, I've just been trying to get everything else down before I move on to the harder things. But thanks for your help.
I still think it should be Hellcikle. But anyway: PS CS4 First signature using a render in a while mind you.
I think I did pretty good, I followed a tutorial and ended up with this after a little tweaking. Tell me what you think!
Nice depth but I don't see many things going on, but you did a good job, I like the use of the minimal effects to give the signature more depth. Nice lighting as well, maybe try adding text and see if it works well with the entire composition of the piece, or add it in the background and then blur it, that would look real nice. Personally I think this signature is really contrasted in the main focal and the text is a little distracting, the balance of effects was nice though even though some parts are distracting like the blue in the eyes and the text. To improve on this in my opinion, you should lower the contrast on the eyes because it looks really bright with blue and pink on the left eye, and maybe tone down the effects on the left, a use of a bigger canvas might work out too.
thanks. yeah, idk what happened with the eyes, when i was adding some effects it just was there and i couldnt get rid of them so yeah
Well, as you say id does have good depth. And the color of the planet is also pleasing. The only thing I would say is that the explosion is causing a double focal, and that some places it looks lq or maybe even over sharpened. Better version. This has ok flow although the text disrupts it and is kind of distracting from the focal. I like most of the c4ds or what ever in the sig, except for the white one above the text, it stands out to much. I remember this from a while ago. I really like the blending and the middle and right sections. However, the left section is lacking and bland. Also the lens flare or bright white cirle is no good, but the lines you have coming off of it are great. Yes