Art Squiggles' Art [IMG HEAVY]

[Skye]

[size=1]Yes, I am finally making another thread. ^_^ Although I still only have MSPaint, I'm using better and better pictures, so hopefully things will turn out a little better. They all look nice to me, though. I'm mostly doing this just to get it out here where everyone can see.

[b]Falling 1[/b]
[img]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=24103&stc=1[/img]
My new, current banner. A falling angel.

[b]Falling 2[/b]
[img] http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=24105&stc=1[/img]
My new and current avatar. Falling angel series.

[b]Mischievous Chaos[/b]
[img] http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=24106&stc=1[/img]
My favorite so far. Same picture used as Falling series.

[b]Mischievous Chaos[/b]
[img] http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=24104&stc=1[/img]
The avatar that goes with the MC banner.

:) C&C wanted. (I warn you, I just used a picture, and picked out pieces I wanted. I didn?t do the text on any of them.)[/size]

[Retribution]

[SIZE=1]Sorry I didn?t reply to your thread earlier, but better late than never!

[b]Falling 1[/b] I love the colors to this, and how she looks so serene. The light blue you added does calm things down significantly. I don?t like how the boxes branch out into blank, open space though. Finally, I think some typography could?ve pulled everything together ? maybe white cursive ?Falling Angel? in a small size in a corner. Good job overall.

[b]Falling 2[/b] Nearly perfect, I?d say. Nothing to critique here the colors are clean and calm here as well. You might want to consider a sharpening of your stock; upon closer observation it seems to be slightly grainy. No worries there, though, it doesn?t really detract from the overall goodness.

[b]Mischievous Chaos[/b] This also has calming color to it. However, the name would lead me to believe that this would be a more ? chaotic piece. Cleaning up the stock in this banner is essential, as it?s difficult to make out the focus of everything. I can see wings? but that?s about it.

[b]Mischievous Chaos[/b] Again, I can?t really see what?s happening in this. The avatar feels constricting and very limiting. Maybe next time consider using a subject that?s easier to focus upon.

[B]EDIT:[/B] *coughs and chokes on anonymous beverage* Goodness gracious, Squiggles... MSPaint? That's amazing! I had no idea *string of apologies* Heh. Kitty's right, you do deserve a medal. I'm wondering how long it took you to make that box with the curved corner. Wow...[/SIZE]

[Kitty]

[color=blue][size=1]You managed to pull these off with MS Paint? o_O You deserve a medal just for [i]that[/i]! Jeez. If you can do this with that kind of program, imagine what you could do with Photoshop or Paintshop Pro?

But onto the rating..

Honestly, Retri has summed everything up. All of them are very well done. My only problem is that parts of them are a bit blurry, but it's probably because of how you saved them. I tend to save them as .PNG's to keep blurring/smudging to a minimum. Just a bit of advice from one graphics-er to another (bleh.. that word is so stupid <_<). One more thing. Your images rock. :3

Overall, I give the four of them an [b]7/10[/b]. Well done, but not perfect. ^_~[/size][/color]

[Skye]

[size=1]*chuckles* didn't make the round corners, dearest. I told you, all I did was pick out the peices I wanted out of a picture and added a border - plus cleaned it up a little bit. Hmm... *is searching for her other banners* But thank you for your comments. ^_^ I have never been artistically challenged.[/size]