Baron Samedi

Excellent work there Dagger. Very impressive. Your cropping is marvellous and the layout is great. The quote works really well, and I love the banner itself. It make it feel more authentic with a real life graphics merger in the background. The border suits this banner perfectly. One little tiny gripe however, as per usual. The text is too close to the banner edges. Move the DNAngel text in and up, and move the quote down a bit, and perhaps more inwards. Aside from that, it looks wonderful. Aesthetics: 8.5/10 Technical: 8/10

*claps* wonderful. I love your work on this Hittokiri. I see what you mean about the pages, that does look a bit strange. Two problems with it I feel. One: the preview is too small. Make the image larger. Two: The magazine's proportions seem a bit off. It seems too long for the width. Either widen it, or shorten it. The dimensions just look off to me. Aside from that, I have no gripes. The font and colours used for the Mag Title are great, the layout is terrific, the picture great, the use of graphics and positioning of text.... it all combines to make this a very well designed and interesting piece. Aesthetics: 8.5/10 Technical: 8/10

..... Ha. The sheer incredulity I felt as reading this piece was enough for me to give this a comment. Harshly put together, this piece reaches it's climax in that last sentence. Wonderful. Very clever and... we walk right into it. Lovely piece there. The harsh grating overtones of it just fall away in that last sentence. Extremely clever. ^_^

Haha. I will be getting a lot of Python videos out soon, so we'll see... hope I get in. Name: The Good Baron Who Isn't French Or Even Knows One IX. Age: Between 15 and 16. You know the kind of age where they're always whinging and complaining and being sulky? Thats it. Appearance: Feeble, weak, unappealing. Pockmarked face, red rimmed eyes from too much drinking. He also has a luxurious beard... consisting of a few hairs on his chinny-chin-chin. When wearing his armour, he uses crutches to get around. His legs are too spindly to support his wait with it on. His armour has a French flag emblazoned on it, with a big [BANNED] symbol over it. Bio: The Good Baron Who Isn't French Or Even Knows One IX's birth was celebrated throughout the duchy of Theirhouseistheircastle. Finally there was a son. Now the insane baron could be disposed of for good. He was going through the carpets at a ghastly rate. So, they caught him, skinned him, cooked him, seasoned him and fed him to his son for the son's third birthday. The Good Baron Who Isn't French Or Even Knows One IX didn't have a normal life. His mother was always coddling him, and as such, he didn't learn to walk until the age of ten. His limbs are weak, his face is feeble and he is gerneally unappealing. His mother finally died one evening, turning blue at the dinner table and suffocating. He was free. He went all out, and is now a depressed alcoholic looking for solace on an adventure.

Unless you are critting it, the star looks wonderful and smooth. Overall, this set is quite... deliciously crisp. Kind of like... lettuce mixed with fairyfloss. Crisp but fades away. Nice work. I think you should just have an 'M' somewhere on the banner. That would be very stylish and cool and fit in nicely. Especially if you found a good font, and faded it in. Nice work Aesthetics: 8/10

For some reason I don't like this one so much. I think that if you really wanted the images separated, then they should be further apart. I feel that they need to be meshed together some how. It just doesn't look right to me, especially with the 'd' looking like it has been scrunched up to fit in. I personally would prefer it if the 'Charmed' logo was removed, and you instead just wrote 'charmed' beneath the banner. It just feels unbalanced as is. Aesthetics: 7.5/10

o.O That is amasing Kaisuke. I love it. Your border style is awesome, and always looks really good. The actual piece itself is magnificent though. I think it could have more of the purple in it, as the white is rather shocking- which may of course be the effect you were after. I think the text could be moved down a smidgeon, but I'd like to wrap this up by saying- this is a magnficent piece, and I wish I could achieve anything on a par with this work. Aesthetics: 9/10 Technical: 9/10

Lovely animation work Jenn. The animation is very smooth and very cool. Very smooth, and the text.. ah. Funny stuff. Don't know much to comment on, but the work is good. I lvoe how it just... 'shloops is the only word that comes to mind, in, as the slides chage. Wonderful stuff. I just had a closer look at it... in the second slide, is that his [i]dick[/i] we're looking at? Eeeww. I'm freaked out now.

Geez. You're all so damn picky with the wording. Sheesh. This banner seems to be intended to be a command. How lax does 'Don't be a hater' sound, when compared to 'Do not be a hater' How much more forbidding does the latter sound eh? A lot more. More Arnie, less smarmy. I think it is good. However, it needs some definiton. The faded Xbox picture is a good idea, but I think you should have a white border within the banner. Or a faded green line. Within the banner, so it goes black border, green border, centre. I think that would be immensely effective and add necessary focus to the banner. Good piece. Love the font and the idea. Centering would be good as well >.>

I didn't like the beginning of this one as much. It didn't seem to be as well written. However, as you obviously got more into the swing of it, the story got back into rhythm. Hope to here more of the Boards' history- especially in such an innovative way. Good work here. Can't wait for more chapters.

Charles... that was astounding. The imagery was fantastic, the whole feel of it was a collage of different feelings. It was dark, it was sweet. I didn't understand all the real story, but the subtext was very definitive. I loved all the dark images in this story. It was a very good piece indeed. It was a look into the dark world of the upperclass, and a very fascinating one. Good work Charles.

I hope you're all happy. I read every single post so far. -.- ... Bleeaargh. So hard to choose. And how do you remember all this stuff? I can't. Anyhow. Here goes [size=1] [u]General Awards[/u] Overall Member of the Year: Dagger IX1 Honorable Mention: James Male Otaku of the Year: Charles Honorable Mention: Poisontongue Female Otaku of the Year: Babygirl Honorable Mention: Raiha Staff Member of the Year: Semjaza Azazel Honorable Mention: Desbreko Funniest Member: wrist cutter Honorable Mention: Dragon Warrior Most Opinionated Otaku: Mnemolth Honorable Mention: Poisontongue Member most likely to be here in two years: James Honorable Mention: Dagger IX1 Best Newbie: terra Honorable Mention: Arcadia Best Oldie: Shy Honorable Mention: Piromunke Most likely to become a Staff Member: Dagger IX1 Honorable Mention: Poisontongue Favorite Banned Member: Phoenixflames. I love him now he is gone Honorable Mention: Taylor Hewiit- Bye Bye. Most improved Member of the Year: Annie Honorable Mention:-- Thread of the Year: An evolution one. Adahn's or mine. Honorable Mention: -- Silliest Thread of the Year: Charles can I be a mod Honorable Mention: Past life lovers [What was it called?] [u]Random Awards[/u] Avatar Award: James(Best Avatars Overall) Honorable Mention: Charles Signature Award: Kotr(Best Signatures Overall) Honorable Mention: Syk Best Location: I just saw this- Cloricus's 'United States of Australia'(Best Specific Location) Honorable Mention: Whoever had 'Throwing landmines on the highway' Best Otaku Couple: Piro and Asuka Honorable Mention: Syk and mei Best looking Otaku: Babygirl Honorable Mention: Queen Asuka Otaku clique of the Year: R-E-S-C-U-E [Sara] Honorable Mention: Drix is a pimp [Me] Best MyOtaku: James Honorable Mention: Dagger IX1 [u]Otaku Writers[/u] Poet Laureate: Mitch Honorable Mention: Poisontongue Writer of the Year:Poison tongue Honorable Mention: Mitch Orginal Story of the Year: Mitch's '411' I think it was. Was talking about it yesterday. Honorable Mention: Solo's 'Otakuboards- Enter the Net' Role-Player of the Year: Raiha Honorable Mention: Kotr Brawler of the Year (sparring):-- Honorable Mention:-- Role-Playing Game of the Year: KOTR's 'Black Horizon' Honorable Mention: Charles's 'Body Language' [u]Social Otakus[/u] Otaku Social member of the year: Shinmaru Honorable Mention: Dagger IX1 Entertainment Otaku of the Year: Dragon Warrior Honorable Mention: Charles [u]Anime Otakus[/u] Otaku of the Year: (Best Anime member overall) Shy Honorable Mention:-- .hack//SIGN Member of the Year:-- Honorable Mention:-- DragonBall Guru:-- Honorable Mention:-- Digipeep of the Year: "Two failed Digimon RPGs and still going strong!" Give it up for BEN! Honorable Mention:-- Gundam Member of the Year:-- Honorable Mention:-- Yu-Gi-Oh Member of the Year:-- Honorable Mention:-- Least Disappointing Yu Yu Hakusho Member: [Love the title] Frorm what I have heard- Dagger IX1 Hnorable Mention:-- [u]Otaku Gamers[/u] Gamer of the Year: Shinmaru Honorable Mention: Poisontongue Nintendo "Mario" Award: Shinmaru Honorable Mention: James The Sony Award:-- Honorable Mention:-- Xbox Gamer of the Year: Poisontongue Honorable Mention:RPcrazy PC Gamer of the Year: Cloricus Honorable Mention:-- [u]Otaku Artists[/u] Best Graphic Designer (Banners, wallpapers, etc.): I am going to leave this. I have four who I think all excel in different areas. They are Kaisuke, James, Syk and Hittokiri Zero. I can not choose. Honorable Mention: -- Best "Traditional" Artist (Drawings, paintings, etc.): Sara Honorable Mention:-- Best Spriter:-- Honorable Mention:-- [u]Series Otakus[/u] Series Otaku Member of the Year:-- Honorable Mention:-- Square/Enix Member of the Year:-- Honorable Mention:-- PokéPlaque (Pokemon):-- Honorable Mention:-- The Triforce Award (Zelda):-- Honorable Mention:-- [/size] I missed a lot of people I would have liked to credit, but oh well.

Excellent work there DW. I am so happy. I starred in a movie!! Excellent work. "Hi, my name is Zidargh and I'm badly drawn' There were lots of other parts I wanted to mention, but that was all I could remember of them. I loved Sennen. though. Very funny. Where do you come up with all this stuff? A genius piece for sure, plus you're drawings are pretty good IMO. Nice stuff. I am so happy. I'm Toad! For about half the movie I thought you were James. Had no idea who the greenhaired guy was. lol. Should have read the Starring Cast better. lol. 10/10. Wonderfully funny.

I think it is fine as is. My only gripe is... no. Scratch that. I have none. I think this is superb. I love the character, I love the text, I love the airbrusihing. All superb. This is a masterpiece of work. I can not find anything wrong with it. Or anything that I find wrong. Excellent work here. Aesthetics: 9.5/10 Technical: 9/10

It's not the hip as such, more the inside of the thigh. It just seems too much wider to me. I know they shouldn't be even, they just looked a bit too [b]un[/b]even. Geez. I'll never say it again if you don't want me to ~_^. I like this new girl ^_^. She's definitely hot. Plus she doesn't have strange ears >_>. lol. The scarf is excellent. I basically love all of her. I think her hips could come out a smidegon further on the right, but thats just me. Heh. I'm not sure how much I like the socks/legwarmers but I suppose it is Autumn/Winter so she needs them. Impractically short skirt considering she is wearing a scarf though

That's great work Sara. Especially the socks- that is real professional work. I am mucho impresso. A few problems with the drawing though- One I don't like her round face. Two, the shoes are a bit strange o.O Three- Her hips aren't even. One looks like it has a balloon under there. lol. Four- One 'boob' is a tennis ball. The other a soccer ball. lol. Hilarious. Also the hands aren't right. Lovely drawing though. The colouring is impressive to say the least, and your work on that is excellent. I love the character idea. Very cute- your drawing is quite excellent, marred only by a few small things. Overall, good work. Aesthetics: 7.5/10 Technical: 9/10

Ruben awoke as the first ray of sunlight peeped over the horizon. Ruben stirred, and let out a little yelp as he felt a crick in his neck. Sleeping up in trees was never particlarly good for your body,but at least he had gotten to sleep. Tying the blanket arond his arm, Ruben dropped down from the tree to land lightly on the dew drenched glass. He gasped as the cold dew wet his feet. Damn, that was almost frozen. Skirting around the edges of the town, Ruben found his way back to the Inn without being spotted. Finding the pair of shutters he had escaped from last night, he opened them and was about to climb in when he remembered his feet- if he just climbed straight in he would leave wet trails all over the oaken floors. He hoisted himself up to the window sill and sat on it, drying his feet. Eventually he was just sitting there, watching the sun rise. Someone tapped him on the shoulder and Ruben let out a yelp as he overbalanced with fright to fall backwards [i]into[/i] the hall. 'Oh geez, I am so sorry' said the person from behind Ruben. 'Yeah yeah' muttered Ruben as he got to his feet. 'Don't worry about it'. [Who will this be?]

I would try to decipher it- but I can't read it. XD As for the banner- I would add a border. Always add a border. One day when someone doesn't add a border to a banner that really needs one, I'll beat them. lol. Just a plain black line would be good for this one I think. Just to give it the tiniest bit more definiton. The text is blurred, which could be fixed I think- sharpen it up a bit. Also, the text appears to be on a slight angle. Who knows... maybe my eyes are set at different levels. But that really bugs me anyhow. Was the original image straight? A good idea for sure, but the banner could be improved upon. Aesthetics: 6/10 Technical: 5/10 [8/10 for making your own code]

This has been done really well Dagger. I think it is appalling of you to call this an 'attempt' at colouring- this is a really good job here. The one thing I think could be improved colouring wise is the hair. But you told us to ignore it, so I will. Everything colour wise seems to be done very well. I think the eyes could be a bit glossier as Semjaza suggested, but thats about it. Without going into it too far, there are a few things I dislike about the actual drawing, such as the pointed chin and a few other minor things. However I love how you got the colouring to give the drawing a very three dimensional look. Good work here Dagger. Much praise. Aethetics: 7/10 Technical: 8.5/10

Haha. Now, I am Australian, so I can confirm exactly how vicious and devious these supposedly 'cute' creatures are. They're like... like the Australian mafia. Very funny banner- I love it. Especially at the bottom... 'A Dragon Warrior Banner'. Just one thing to improve on- now I know this banner isn't supposed to look really good, but at the bottom of the koala picture, the line isn't exactly straight or something- there is a black part going in under it. Fix that, and I'll be happy. XD Aesthetics: 8/10 [Humour] Technical: 3.5/10

Hhmm. I think it might have been better if you had made the banner according to height regulations- i.e. within 100 pixels height. This would crop out part of his face, but if you chose the right part it would totally cap off the effect you out into this banner. I don't like it 100% mainly for two reasons- One the boxy look. It is almost a square... it just looks odd to me, and I don't really like that. Two- Border. Border. Border. Must have a border. A very thin blackline border would be wonderful on here I feel. I absolutely love the effects you put on this banner, it looks so awesome. I would also change the positioning of the text- I read it as, 'To seek Is to Seek, revenge, purpose.' Which makes no sense XD. I think it would be better if you could find another, innnovative yet easy to read method of displaying the message. Overall, good graphics work. There are just a few layout things I think could be improved. ^_^ Aesthetics: 7/10 Technical: 7/10

Good piece there. The rhyming isn't too bad and the theme is good. A good use of words, and... lol. I find the subject matter amusing. No-one could accuse ths of being spam. This is what you need to do- good pieces like this, and ask for crits. You're getting on the right track. What you need to do is post stuff that other people can respond to, in depth. I think you're gradually improving and will perhaps even end up thanking Mitch one day. We'll see. Good work.

[Thanks for this Azurewolf] [i]One loop to read the text, one loop to see it, one loop to get the message, and in the darkness read it[/i] ^_^ Anyhow... I like the banner. I think it should be slower and smoother- fill in more frames. Take some time with it. I can read it fine- what I want to do is study it closer and look at the details. Thats where the problem is. However, my favourite part is the text at the end 'Or at least America' teehee. Very good idea. I like it. Just slow it down and fill in more frames.

You're quite welcome Hack Helba. If I feel that a banner thread is good enough to deserve ratings, I'll be harsh on it. Picture me as a slightly friendlier Simon Cowell, but from a different genre ^_^. lol. Anyhow, down to business- I thought most of your previous banners were quite good, but I was [figuratively] asked to rate so... I did so. I was only being nit-picky. This banner for Lord Prozen... At first glance it seems quite good. It looks nice, good colour schemes and toning, suitable border. The font is awesome, I love the 'breaking out' from the rest of the banner feel. The background for the banner looks good indeed. I am really impressed by it... and finally I move on to the character face. *screams dramatically* Shock horror. Am I seeing double? Do I need those funky 3-d glasses? No.... I'm not drunk. That just looks horrible. I can not stress how much that double overlay shocks me. I intensely dislike it. Please, I beg of you- remove the overlay. Make it one image. Were it not for that face, I would have to give a 8.5/10. With the face... 6.5/10 Aesthetics: 6.5/10 Technical: 8/10

I'll rate them separately. OK- the first one. It isn't the best I have ever seen, and the stock image could be better, but that isn't your fault. I think the wispy dragon flies/whatever they are would look better if they were smaller, slightly transparent and had less bulbous heads- were more flowing. I actually really love the idea though, but these ones are too pronounced for my tastes. I also feel that you have two many of them- just a little bit overdone. I think the background could be re-worked, I don't think you are too far off the mark with the general idea, but it doesn't quite fit... try a different colour scheme perhaps. With the snowflakes- stick to one style of flake. I absolutely hate the use of different types of snowflakes. Sometimes, uniformity and solid rank is better than random abstract. I also don't like the quote, or the effect on it. The edges should either be all completely dim, or bolder- I'd go bolder. Some of the edges for this are brighter, others are faded. Bad combination. 'Is it snowing?' I just think you could have come up with a better quote than that. Mayhap 'The frosted tears', or something else. Just something more interesting. That quote of yours is so blase, I just don't like it. Edited version- PUT THAT DAMN LOGO BACK DOWN WHERE IT WAS! Thats all I have to say.