TheShinje Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 I was mucking around in photoshop the other day when i though, "hey, it would be cool to make a matrix reloaded banner out of this! (I Had made the outside frame first) So that's exactly what I did, I didn't have the matrix font on my computer, don't know what's happened to that, so I just used Times new Roman for the "reloaded, and cut it up. I found a few good pictures and threw them all together, and added a green motion blur background as well as some glassy styles to thee "buttons" for lack of a better description. I would have liked to something more metallic with the metal frame, but I guess I'll just have to learn some good metal effects sometime. edit: - fix spelling, could a mod PLEASE change the title? thanks. :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaiyanPrincessX Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 I love the idea but I think it could use some work. I like the frame but a more metallic look would suit it better, but I guess you'll have to learn that portion. The images are too spread out and look sloppy, Neo seems squeezed in. 6/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegitto4 Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 I would agree with the princess. Maybe do some fades, or bring the fill opacity down a little bit on some of the pictures in the banner. Maybe even the metal border itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShinje Posted October 24, 2003 Author Share Posted October 24, 2003 Neo does seem a little squeezed in, and besides, he's "the Onte" perhaps he should be in the center. I have the .psd file, so I might muck around with the opacity of the border and backround, and try a few blending styles. Thanks for the critique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syn Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 The bevel is too big, it just looks n00bish and messy >>; I think the green glow on the text should be darker aswell. 3/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Samedi Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 It is OK. The metallic border is Ok, but... it just doesn't sit right with me. My advice for the people: Move the ghosts to the edge, put Morpheus where the ghosts were, and put Neo where Morpheus was. Aside from those points, it looks cool. Particularly, the "cut" TImes New Roman font. Heh. Very cool. 8/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 [color=#707875]Well, I guess that my current tastes influence my feelings on this banner. Lately I've become far more interested in very basic manipulations of images. So, if you look at my banners...some are very mildly edited while others are more heavily edited. I love experimenting with colours/shadows/midtones and adding or removing bits and pieces here and there. I also love the whole idea of Mik Sang photography (capturing the essence of something by taking a small portion of it and showing only that). Also, I generally prefer 2D work over 3D work...which means that I tend to dislike bevels. I like bevels if they're thin and tidy, or if they're deliberately very soft and plastic-like...but that has to be accompanied by good use of lighting and texture. I like what you've done and what you've attempted to do here. I'd say that the bevels could probably do with being a bit lighter and sharper. And, maybe, rather than showing everyone in a plain line...maybe you could just crop out the details of one or two characters. In my avatar, I kinda did this with Niobe (though it looks better on my homepage at myOtaku). I also changed the colours a little and edited the shadows. So, there's a lot you can do, even with a few basic effects. If I had to give this a numerical score...I'd give it maybe a 4/10. I like where it's going...I just don't feel that it's arrived at its destination yet. ^_^[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unleashed Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 It's ok not nothing i like alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShinje Posted October 25, 2003 Author Share Posted October 25, 2003 Thanks, I like the points brought up in this thread an I'll definately be trying them out. If you are wondering what I was trying to emulate, was a matrixfans.net type experience. I don't think I quite got there though, ^^ I agree, it's not quite there yet, it's a start, [spoiler][color=lime]Time to free my mind_[/spoiler][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syk3 Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Unleashed [/i] [B]It's ok not nothing i like alot. [/B][/QUOTE] Unleashed, your posts thus far have indicated one thing to me -- you do not know how to present [url=http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?threadid=32738]Constructive Criticism[/url]. If you keep this up, you will be banned. And warnings are out of the question now that you've turned off your PM service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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