Wallpapah WIP

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  1. Noxiw

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    This has been on my desktop, ever so slowly working it's way toward somewhere I think I want it to go. Probably be done soonish, granted I have time to work on it.

    Thoughts? It's shrunk down right now, it's natural size is 1920 x 1080.

    I plan on adding more lighting to the coloured line things, so, don't say they're awkward currently, cuz I know that. :D

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  2. Rorak Kuroda

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    The crazy-fractal-line thingies would look much better if you could give them more depth using lighting. You've done that already, obviously, but the more nebulous they look, the better they'd look. At least I think so.

    To be honest though, it looks amazing as-is. I'm actually going to use it right now. :p
     
  3. SargeantSarcasm

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  4. AceOfSpades

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    Goddammit, I literally made Saviir my wallpaper like an hour ago.

    It looks ****ing awesome right now. I'm super happy you're still doing abstract art.

    Edit: Needs less colored smoke, or at least that color. Yellow smokey stuff might look good.
     
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  5. RightSideTheory

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    I... I really can't tell if I like it or not. It's the whole mixing Vectors/ Smokey C4D's I'm not sure about...
     
  6. Jex Yoyo

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    The smoke looks vertical while the rest is oblique, which is weird.


    I don't think I need to tell you that its cool for the tenth time, but I do kinda side with RST as well.
     
  7. Monolith

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    Not a huge fan, but it does look good nevertheless. The colored line things look... hairy and detached
     
  8. Noxiw

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    This is exactly how I was feeling... I'll make it work, just have to figure out what to do.

    Thanks everyone.
     
  9. Xun

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    I was going to say, the coloured smoke in the middle kind of looks like random pieces of balled up, smoldering cotton/pocket lint. Needs a little more uniformity, but it looks cool, none the less. Maybe if you ditched everything apart from different hues of yellow and blue, it might come off better. But with the red and green (which looks like its coming from overlapping blue/yellow lines) it draws too much attention to them and doesn't gel with the rest of the image.

    That said, you should probably take what I say with a grain of salt, because I haven't done anything graphic-y for quite a while. ;P
     
  10. ChronoTempest

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    It looks like two good wallpapers clumsily smashed together.
    Ditch the fractal-looking smoke completely and stick with the lines and circles. You can mess with the colors of these lines if you want, perhaps changing one of the overlapping yellows to the greenish tone you have on the far left.
    The fractal pattern can be adapted for a completely different wallpaper, and it can probably stand alone if you have a good background and color choice.
     
  11. Noxiw

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    Using fractals and vector shapes together has always been something I've done though, I enjoy meshing the two. And you have to remember this is still a WIP, it'll see a good amount of change before I'm done.

    I'm not opposed to the idea of keeping fractals and vectors separate, I've done it before, and I'm sure I'll do it again, but I do like meshing them.

    Why don't the two work together in your opinion? Is it the way I have them currently, or just the two 'genres' together in general?
     
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  12. Miraj

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    Uggh, I really really hate fractals. Probably just me.
    Id' love to see it with just the vector, looks nice and clean.
     
  13. ChronoTempest

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    They are typically independent genres for a reason. I love the unassuming, textured grey as a background, and the crisp lines of the vector on top make for a solid but simple wallpaper that many people gravitate toward. The addition of abstract colors and effects appears forced, as though the piece can't decide what kind of background it wants to be.
    Perhaps there are other situations where the two styles will work together more smoothly, but due to the sheer number of possibilities, you could only determine that on an individual basis.
     
  14. Titmar

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    i think the depth is the only issue, IMO

    youve got blurry thing in the foreground, its confusing to the eye,
    and then like the middleground has parts that are in focus and parts that aren't
    so idk it just kind of throws me off when im lookin at it.

    awesome design though, great colors.

    i always LoL when people say "C4D's"
     
  15. Noxiw

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    Fair enough everyone, thank you for the specifics. I'll definitely keep them in mind, and honestly consider dropping the fractal.

    I've posted this on FH before, do you guys think I incorporated the fractal and vector work well in this one? Other than simply being a fractal, they're not stylistically similar. I would like to have the mixed genres, so maybe i'll toy with trying to get a different style fractal that works better.

    Thanks everyone. :)
     
  16. Titmar

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    ^ absolutely.

    look at the difference in depth like i was talking about comparing that one to this one.
    the only thing i dislike about that one is the text "resonance" i just feel its unnecessary.
     
  17. ChronoTempest

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    It's better, and I've even used it as my desktop. The similarity in color means less conflict between the various elements of the piece, and the fractal aspect is also limited to the backdrop.
     
  18. Noxiw

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    Alright, thanks guys. I'll update this thread when I've put a decent amount of work forward.
     
  19. Xun

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    Resonance looks better because of the recurring theme of shapes and colour. The fractals look better because they complement the image as a whole, and don't distract the eye to too many different places. The vectors are good too, again, because they mix well with the colour theme. And the colours themselves are excellent because they're all cool (cool as in temperature wise, not "awesome" cool ;P) and don't clash. I can see why you consider it to be your strongest work.

    Desktop'd! ;)
     

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