James Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 [color=#707875]Well, here I am again, with a new avatar and banner combination. Nothing fancy, mind you. But I needed the change. In particular, I wanted to do two things with my avatar. I wanted to make it colourful (since my stuff has been monochrome lately). And, I wanted to include plenty of [i]yellow[/i], since it's an unpopular colour here. :D The banner is far more simple, and I'm not entirely happy with some aspects of it...but right now I can't be bothered changing it. So, I guess I'm relatively happy with how it came out. I really wanted to make the Meiko's lips stand out, by making her face monochrome and keeping her lips bright red. The theme is actually "Ikaruga". The text comes from the game's logo. I wanted a kinda Japanese theme to go along with it...and since I'm a Geisha nut, I thought I'd use one. :drunk: [/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkey Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 You should add a little yellow to the banner, for the sake of harmonizing with the avatar. But, if you are to change something, it should be the transition from the letters to the face. It's pretty uneven. Ps- I love the red lips! Really make her look even prettier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted July 15, 2003 Author Share Posted July 15, 2003 [color=#707875]My goal was to literally cut the face off the photograph and have its edges stretch across the page. So...the text isn't meant to blend in with the face at all, as such. And you'll notice that the area around the face kind of clings to it gently, so there are no sharp edges there. But, I feel that the edges on the left need to be softened further and stretched across a little more. It's a bit jarring, compared with the avatar. That's what I'm not too happy with at the moment.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patronus Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 [size=1][color=000066][b]Nah, don't add yellow to the banner. If nothing else, take the yellow/green away from the avatar, but that's what I would do. If you like it, keep it that way. But anyways, very good! 10/10 -L/Z[/b][/color][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 [color=orange] Ahhh! Man I liked the monochrome, James. No offense but the yellow (in my mind) has to go. It just doesn't work. Adding the yellow and green to the banner won't help it either. Take the yellow out and keep it grey like the banner and, perfect! That is just my idea. Man you were right about yellow being an unpopular here!:)[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chris Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 [color=#707875][b]the banner i really like. it's got a good color scheme and blend well. the only thing i don't like about it you already mentioned (which is what i think turkey was also tring to say). i hate the avatar. the colors clash and they make the face look distorted. heh. banner: 8.7/10 avatar: 3.4/10[/b][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syn Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Eugh, the banner looks tacky to me. The avatar looks nice but looks odd at a quick glance, but I really do like the avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkadyz Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 [color=skyblue][font=times new roman]Its looks great James...Just like all your banner/Avatars very clean cut and elegant looking...Personally im gonna buck the trend here and say I like the avatar more then the banner... Personally I like color more then monochrome...heh... And whats wrong with yellow and alittle green hun? ***Looks at his own Av*** I think it looks very good james :D [/color][/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boothten Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 [color=darkblue][size=1]The banner is really good, I like the effect you sed to make here face kinda' blend into the rest of the banner. The lips are good too! ^^ I'm going to agree with almost all the people here though and say that the avatar's color scheme is to.. bright. It doesn't match with the banner. The yellow doesn't match. This is going to sound corny but... it doesn't really synchronize with the banner. Other than that, good job James! Banner: 10/10 Avi: 6.3/10[/color][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 [size=1]The first thing I thought of when I saw your avatar was: "Yay! Yellow!" I like it. It's different. *joy* and there's nothing really wrong with it. Unless you hate yellow. The banner, I can see what you mean by face cutting off...suddenly, or whatever you phrased it. Still, looks good.[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaiyanPrincessX Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 I really like the banner. I see what you were going for and it looks great. I like how the lips stand out. The japanese helps stablize the balance without adding any extra color. The avatar is also good but a bit too bright for my tastes. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted July 16, 2003 Author Share Posted July 16, 2003 [color=#707875]Well, I went back to change the banner...and found myself redoing the entire thing. ^_^;; I focused more attention on getting a nicer blend this time. I think I was successful in that sense (I hope I was, anyway). I wanted to maintain an interesting colour, so I included some pink. I didn't want it to be [i]all[/i] blue. I also layered the atmosphere effect and used some brushes on it. Then, I just made a very simple border. I tried something different with the face in the banner this time...showing only the face underneath the eyes, and showing the shoulder. Any better? ^_^;[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkadyz Posted July 16, 2003 Share Posted July 16, 2003 [color=skyblue][font=times new roman]Well I LOVE the colors that you used...Im not crazy about that border however...Not sure why :p And I liked it more when you saw her eyes and mouth...Just looked better...But its still a beautiful av/banner...very nice james :cool: [/color][/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinmaru Posted July 16, 2003 Share Posted July 16, 2003 I like the avatar a lot, it's very stunning. I'm not too fond of the banner for some odd reason. I think that it's the dark blue at the bottom of the banner; it just bugs me for some reason. Oh yeah, Arkadyz, you're distracting me with your great avatar. It's kind of hard to rate James' work when you have another great avatar just below lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~*vixen*~ Posted July 16, 2003 Share Posted July 16, 2003 i really like it. its calming and elegant. its good the way it is! you don't need to add or take off anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chris Posted July 16, 2003 Share Posted July 16, 2003 [color=#707875][b]i like this set a lot better. very nice. the only think i'm worried about is how you can give into the antichrist so easily. but the banner and avi are still very nice. not too crazy about the boarder though.[/b][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted July 16, 2003 Author Share Posted July 16, 2003 [color=#707875]Well, I actually intended to change the first banner anyway; I wasn't very happy with it. But I ended up going overboard, as often happens with me and art. lol The border...well, I wanted something different. I originally had plain black borders, but I wanted something else. Actually, I did have something more elaborate planned...but I didn't really have time to do it. I'm glad that you guys like the changes though.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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