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they are ways to big.... and plainish....

yay... another grunge sig makers.... woot :roll: (hint, sarcasm)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

realy... if you need stolen pictures to make your sigs look remotly interesting than i wouldn't call it good.... not that they are good anyways.

dear o dear o dear

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(another useful post by ran)

Please guys, don't be so harsh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recently I was talking over what art boards are friendly/helpful, with Keiphus and Firefreak. We were looking for communities to judge our upcoming competition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We all had impressions of ones that were friendly, and ones that were ...um...less so.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These impressions are not even always true, but they do make a difference when people decide wether to stay or not, or whether to check us out in the first place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When new artists are continually embarrassed, beat down, etc. it makes us look bad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am not saying that these particular sigs are fantastic. But there has to be a better way to say that and still encourage him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lately this board has been unduly harsh. In fact, one of the same ones who used to criticize witty, Keiphus, etc. for being jerks is now being a jerk himself. Obviously nad I mean you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes witty might have accidentally motivated you. But it was an accident. He would have just as soon seen you run from the boards never to return. It is not a good method to emulate. No one on these boards is good enough to put the kind of things I see on here all the time. And if they were good enough, they would have only gotten there by hard work, and would realize that this is the same thing that these new people need. There is no reason to beat on these people. It makes you look pathetic, and them feel worthless. How does that help anybody?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now I am not promoting blowing past glaring errors. But I am promoting telling them errors in a way that makes them want to grow. And try throwing in some strengths too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As to the actual artwork, the best thing I see about it is that you have some understanding of lights and darks. The backgrounds show areas of contrast well. The pictures themselves are decently cut out and worked in to the images. I would say take that brushing and start working on more advanced portrayals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you do wish to use pictures in your sigs, it is best to avoid using artwork from established artists, as it is ALWAYS copyrighted by its very nature. On these boards we try to respect other artists, and so it is requested that you do not use other people work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you do wish to use pictures to obtain a look you are not capable of otherwise, consider using stock images. Here is a very nice free stock site. Note that individual pictures may still require compliance to various procedures for use:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.sxc.hu/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good luck on your work, and I hope you do indeed stay around.

yes, you are right Tttia.. i have been acting like a "wagon" (censor thing..) latly. I guess in a way they might have... however, i realy have been trying to control my self.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I mean... well i guess that maybe too much is getting to my head as of late as well, and i'm bossing around people a bit more. or maybe its just the fact i rarly ever flamed for quite a while, and its all building up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Either way, i'll try and act nicer to newer artists.. or perhaps artists that arn't that great. And that doesn't mean just Terragen artists, which also as of latly i have been giving a ton of C&C to, however, i'm not ever going to reply to a post, where i know the image is bad, and say its good. ( i know thats not what you mean... just kind of getting my point across) but instead try and point out what can be done better...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But yes, i have been very harsh, and very sarcastic latly. I am sorry to anyone that happens to be at the end of my....post's (the not-so good ones) and i'll probaly try and get up into shape some. If i flame majorly again (well i mean.. i'm still going to flame within reason, you know.) just remind me about the past. Because realy, i've just set that side of my graphics past and time on these forums back then aside. I guess i've bleeped out the bad parts, and just try to remember the little good i had back then.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So anyways... sorry "Uno" , and all the others that i have flamed with out reason.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(btw, i will still flame the people who i have tried to help, and just even don't try and improve. *cough*Cingular*cough* )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To start it off:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uno- Now, i can say that most Grunge artists at least have some skill in brushing, even if it is just random. What i recomend is to work on is to not just "randomly" brush around. Instead, try and get a focus point, perhaps if you have a 3d rendering program (bryce 5, c4d, 3dsm, ect.) create a render, and brush on that in a logical fasion. Or i could say don't just start randomly clicking, but get an idea, and work on converting that idea onto a canavas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, the stolen pictures in the sigs arn't realy tolerated here. Will they make your image look better? Posibly, they might fill up space, what ever.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But... will they make you, as a graphical artist, look better? Definitly not.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Like tttia said, if you are hell-bent on using pictures in your sigs, get a stock photo from the site he gave, http://www.deviantart.com is another good one. However, be sure to give credit, and all of that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, for the most part, you have colors down in your sigs. some of them i'm not much a fan of (the colors that is, i realy am not a big fan of them right now, because i don't like just random brushing stuff) So work on that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyways.... if you do work on what i said, try some more logical, and not random, brushing onto a 3d render or such, and you should hopefully make a big improvement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~Nadril

No problem, we all have our off days.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry to single you out by name.

No problem, we all have our off days.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry to single you out by name.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No, thats fine. but you are right, i have been acting well.. not nice as of latly.

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