Creative Work That Doesn't Deserve A Thread V6 <3v3ryb0dy Hypocrite Critiques Edition>

[KorJax]

[QUOTE=Smeetin;29130420]Your welcome, and as for my logo not having any connection or personality, well it makes sense since I know nothing about you :P Either way, its good to have your own ideas, and I respect that because its for your own personal logo, but if you are ever designing for a client (corporate, rather than private) then just know that a logo needs to be simple. (Aside: Simple != minimalist)

For me, implying meaning with simple marks and shapes, is the real challenge of branding or logo design.
Good luck though.[/QUOTE]

Thanks :)

In my class at the moment I'm going to be designing a logo for a real world church, so I definatly be in that situation. We'll see how it turns out.

Reguardless you are right, there is a lot to be said in simple marks and shapes and there are designers out there who do an excellent job at it. I'll be honest that it's something I tend to neglect at times. The part in design that I really love is the practical expression of complexity or a design that lets the viewer "experience" something, especially through the use of color and textures beyond basic shapes. I know some people might say that borderlines on "art" rather than design, but some of my favorite graphic design pieces were always very artful and designs you could get lost into. Not that a logo should always be like that of course. And the challenge with trying to design along route is that it's really easy to make something look tacky or cheesy versus practical and "artful".

Anyways, I'm making some tweaks to my logo that I'll probably post here later tonight. Going to try and lighten up the boldness in the shapes and pick a different typeface as I don't think it works as well as I thought it did at first.

[strider]

Been working on this
[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/StarWars360NoStroke.jpg[/img]
It's very much WIP, the grunge and shit is all over the place and will be changed. And the title is fucked up as well (look at the 'C' lol).
But what I want to know from you guys is what you think of the overall colors and placement of everything. And any other criticism obviously.

Edit: now that I posted it I noticed the third 'landscape' layer (the one furthest back) is very hard to see, anyone else have this or is it my monitor?

[Detlef]

[QUOTE=strider;29132952]Been working on this
[img_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/dl/StarWars3.jpg[/img_thumb]
It's very much WIP, the grunge and shit is all over the place and will be changed. And the title is fucked up as well (look at the 'C' lol).
But what I want to know from you guys is what you think of the overall colors and placement of everything. And any other criticism obviously.

Edit: now that I posted it I noticed the third 'landscape' layer (the one furthest back) is very hard to see, anyone else have this or is it my monitor?[/QUOTE]

well I can see the third background layer pretty good.

But, I don't like the stroke around the poster

[lexus04]

I can see 3 layers just fine

[strider]

[QUOTE=Detlef;29133154]well I can see the third background layer pretty good.

But, I don't like the stroke around the poster[/QUOTE]

Stroke is just there because of the white background on FP. It won't be there in the end.

edit: replaced it with a version without stroke to avoid ~confusion~

[Detlef]

ah looks way better

[theLazyLion]

[QUOTE=strider;29132952]
[img_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/dl/StarWars360NoStroke.jpg[/img_thumb]
[/QUOTE]

That grunge looking brush stroke texture, anyone know of any kind of custom brush thing that would let my brush strokes actually look like that? As in the shape, with the feathering split ends.

[ADT]

[img]http://www.pixenli.com/images/1302642717072350500.jpg[/img]

Should I send this drawing to him? y/n

and nose everywhere:

[img]http://www.pixenli.com/images/1302642735006152000.jpg[/img]

[Mr. Scorpio]

gabe has developed quite a manly chin

[ADT]

[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;29134882]gabe has developed quite a manly chin[/QUOTE]

Because he is a real man

[Chickens!]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/8z68C.png[/img]
I dunno

[Detlef]

someones been using harmony I see

[kevlar jens]

MediEvil!

[KorJax]

Updates:

[IMG]http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb134/KorJax/logo-01.png[/IMG]

and

[IMG]http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb134/KorJax/logo-05.png[/IMG]

Still unsure if I'm getting the colors right or am completely off base, though I do like it better than my previous effort. Working with pastels for the darker BG is a bitch when I've always avoided them in the past.

I stole your "s" idea within your compass concept smeeten, I hope you don't mind :p

[stupid07er]

from my final project for my 2d design class. We had to do some sort of series of 3 pictures.

[IMG]http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/3894/final1resized.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/3/final2resized.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/4051/final3resized.jpg[/IMG]

[razzums]

[QUOTE=KorJax;29141312]Updates:

[img_thumb]http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb134/KorJax/logo-01.png[/img_thumb]

and

[img_thumb]http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb134/KorJax/logo-05.png[/img_thumb]

Still unsure if I'm getting the colors right or am completely off base, though I do like it better than my previous effort. Working with pastels for the darker BG is a bitch when I've always avoided them in the past.

I stole your "s" idea within your compass concept smeeten, I hope you don't mind :p[/QUOTE]

First off my initial reaction is that the compass is too detailed for the text.

Second, the compass doesn't contribute at all to integration with the text. As in if you look into a lot of popular logos or what ever, they tend to be integrated into the text.

Third might just be me personally, but with the compass pointing to the top left, my eyes are constantly being drawn up their if I like it or not.

Just my 2 cents.

[Love]

[QUOTE=stupid07er;29142987]from my final project for my 2d design class. We had to do some sort of series of 3 pictures.

[img_thumb]http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/3894/final1resized.jpg[/img_thumb]

[img_thumb]http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/3/final2resized.jpg[/img_thumb]

[img_thumb]http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/4051/final3resized.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]

Reminds me of Joshua Allen Harris.

[Smeetin]

[QUOTE=Mr_Razzums;29143173]
Third might just be me personally, but with the compass pointing to the top left, my eyes are constantly being drawn up their if I like it or not.

Just my 2 cents.[/QUOTE]

Great point, lines are another thing that must always be watched in design. They are usually purposely used to guide the viewers eyes.

[Rusty100]

[QUOTE=strider;29132952]Been working on this
[img_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/dl/StarWars360NoStroke.jpg[/img_thumb]
It's very much WIP, the grunge and shit is all over the place and will be changed. And the title is fucked up as well (look at the 'C' lol).
But what I want to know from you guys is what you think of the overall colors and placement of everything. And any other criticism obviously.

Edit: now that I posted it I noticed the third 'landscape' layer (the one furthest back) is very hard to see, anyone else have this or is it my monitor?[/QUOTE]

this is very nice

[theLazyLion]

It's good, very good, although there should be a clearer difference between the two in the back, seeing as how they're at different distances, one on the left should be darker than the one on the right seeing as how its further in front. But the center one should be the darkest which you nailed.

[Rusty100]

yeah i think i will look for some better brushes rather than being lazy and using photoshop default ones

[editline]13th April 2011[/editline]

prorsters
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1482927/dirty%20harry%20poster.png[/img]

also cover
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1482927/blu-rays/dirty%20harry%20v2.png[/img]

[Goodthief]

did this while waiting for chemistry past papers to print, am I getting better?
[img]http://cl.ly/3N0q2j222g1R3m28300m/Ball.png[/img]

[Detlef]

[QUOTE=Goodthief;29144830]did this while waiting for chemistry past papers to print, am I getting better?
[img_thumb]http://cl.ly/3N0q2j222g1R3m28300m/Ball.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]

Don't be afraid to use contrasts, it looks really flat now

[Goodthief]

like this?

[img]http://cl.ly/080P4244120N0c0g0s1z/ball2.png[/img]

[Mr. Scorpio]

[QUOTE=Goodthief;29144830]did this while waiting for chemistry past papers to print, am I getting better?
[img_thumb]http://cl.ly/3N0q2j222g1R3m28300m/Ball.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]

The way you have the shadow set up, the light source is coming from behind the sphere and to the left. However you've highlighted it as though the light is coming from in front.

[Goodthief]

[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;29146625]The way you have the shadow set up, the light source is coming from behind the sphere and to the left. However you've highlighted it as though the light is coming from in front.[/QUOTE]

that's what was off! now I see it.

[sergeantsmiles]

[QUOTE=Kecske;29109190][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/Gv09J.gif[/img_thumb]
And that's how you can waste A LOT of time for a picture which is likely to remain unfinished.[/QUOTE]

That's very weird, it looks like the area that I live in, just around the corner in fact.

[KorJax]

[QUOTE=stupid07er;29142987]from my final project for my 2d design class. We had to do some sort of series of 3 pictures.

[img_thumb]http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/3894/final1resized.jpg[/img_thumb]

[img_thumb]http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/3/final2resized.jpg[/img_thumb]

[img_thumb]http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/4051/final3resized.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]

A little rough but I love the concept. Would really shine with great pictures (i.e. the first picture is a little compositionally weak plus over exposed). The last picture is the best I feel because it has good composition and the picture itself isn't too blurry/overexposed. Some of the shadows seem lacking though on the actual figures.

[Kecske]

[QUOTE=sergeantsmiles;29147633]That's very weird, it looks like the area that I live in, just around the corner in fact.[/QUOTE]

[media]http://i.imgur.com/etA2p.jpg[/media]
So this is the place where you live?
Also kudos to anyone who knows which ingame building was inspired by the one in the background

[Goodthief]

[QUOTE=KorJax;29148034]A little rough but I love the concept. Would really shine with great pictures (i.e. the first picture is a little compositionally weak plus over exposed). The last picture is the best I feel because it has good composition and the picture itself isn't too blurry/overexposed. Some of the shadows seem lacking though on the actual figures.[/QUOTE]

yeah they're meh photos but the art is cool