Jopie211

Both are nice, I really like #2. The dark piece of a C4D on the left in #1 is kind of distracting though.

Actually, paying money for graphics is really common. There are commissioned art trades all around the internet. Anyway, the pixels are really good, there's no doubt about that.

Lolwut? :? This thread = :twss:.

Not bad at all for your first graphics, the second one looks quite good. Just keep practising and take a look at some tutorials on for example deviantART. As you might know, there are many of them on different subjects and they really help a lot.

Looks great. I'd also like to see a background, or crop out some of the black space. Great job on the painting itself though.

It hasn't. Anyway, your pixels are good. I do agree about the colour count though, even though your clouds are epic, you use so many colours for them. I know how annoying it is, but maybe dither a bit more.

The signature is ok, but not your best IMO. It flows quite well, But the background colours just don't match those of the focal and the guy seems to be blended in a bit too much. I'd like to see a B&W version (with adjusted contrast/brightness maybe), I think that would look a lot better. The focal also seems ok, quite useable, but the colours are a bit boring.

I agree, it does look slightly low quality. The effects are a bit messy and all over the place too, making them flow in a certain direction would help a lot. Not too bad overall though.

Looks really good. I can't see any person though, not even un-clearly (if that makes sense). Some more depth would be nice too, the background already looks very 3D, but the C4Ds seem quite flat. Great job though. :thumbup:

^ I also agree with that. Even though that would probably mean mine won't get in. :lol:

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I really like #2, good colours and the cross works quite well here (you like them a lot, don't you?). IMO the guitar itself could stand out a bit more though. Not sure about #1 really, the big C4D in front of the render pretty much dominates the whole signature. Not really a fan of the scanline effects on the render either, but it's not a bad sig.

The pose does seems a bit strange, but the drawing looks quite good. The style is quite unique, I like that. The only point would be his legs, I think they should be more bent. There are probably some other small anatomy errors that I can't see right now, but they can't be major.

^ Same here, I'd be willing to make one of the five sigs. :thumbup:

It's not bad for a first sprite signature, but I don't really like the white cloud-ish thing either. The C4D effects/background are decent, it flows quite well, but it looks a bit messy. Trying to make effects and background look smooth and clean is usually the way to go with sprites. Also, having the focal point (the sprite in this case) in the middle doesn't work that well most of the time, use the Rule of Thirds. It's not bad though, you seem to have quite a good knowledge of the basics.

I'm not going to flame you, I'm just going to say that I disagree and that I don't think you quite understand the basic principles of critiquing someone's work. If you like your own style of signatures, then, by all means, continue making work that way if that's what you enjoy doing. It's a hobby after all. But don't post your work here asking for C/C if you're just going to be stubborn and won't listen anyway, because, frankly, you're wasting the time of people who are only giving you exactly what you asked for. If those people only pointed out the good things in other people's work, we would have a lot more one line posts here in The Gallery, because, although some more than others, everyone here has things they need to improve on. Yes, EVERYONE. If you only want compliments, ask your friends or family what they think of your work, not the Gallery community. Don't take this as flaming or a personal attack (the "you" used is just a general term), this is my message to everyone here and I hope some people will take it as advice rather than anything else.

It doesn't work for me as it is right now, but it has potential. Too many different styles of stuff in there IMO, I'd definitely get rid of the brown thing and the pixeled flame/explosion near the sprite (or is that part of it?). The Soa-style smudging is pretty good, and if you add some more of that you'd have a pretty good signature.

Looks pretty good, something about it is bothering me though. Not sure what. V2 is best IMO.

You don't need brushes only made for Mac, just download any Gimp ones from sites like http://www.deviantart.com... That being said, you shouldn't need lots of them, although some C4Ds would come in handy. As for the signature, it's pretty bad to be perfectly honest. The colours are really bleh and boring and the background/effects look messy and filter-piled. Try using some more interesting colours and don't over-use filters. The text is quite big and not great, fortunately it doesn't stand out a lot but it could still use some work. deviantART is you friend for resources (including signature tutorials).

http://rippie92.deviantart.com/art/C4D- ... k-61239702

The effects and their colours are awesome, no doubt, but I'm not sure I like the smudged background. The colours of it and the render don't go well with those of the effects IMO. Render is LQ too. :(

:( :( :( I'll miss you, but good luck with all real life stuff. And with perfecting the new style, it's not a bad start. :thumbup: Bye. :(

1: Quite bland and boring, fortunately it does have some flow. The animation could be worse, but it does seem like a cheap way to fill the empty background space. Render placement/composition needs work too. 2: Slightly better because it isn't so empty, but still not very interesting. The black line needs to go or at least it should be recoloured to blue-ish or something else that fits.

Great job on both, but the Metzo building one is my favourite. I really like how the sky reflects in some of the windows, that helps to bring it together colour-wise.

I have that C4D pack. :P Decent sig, I don't mind the slightly chaotic background, but the effects on the render are just way too much IMO.