My new sig

Hmm that was supposed to be in the main art forum /ponder

Wasn't me that moved it but it was correct, this goes in 2d. I like though, nice spell effects! What level of c/c were ya wanting?

5 please, can't really hurt my feelings on these.

Sorry jinks. posting art for c/c goes in the digital 2d/3d/traditional forums. Crayonics is for TAC events, and Crayon box is for general art dicussion, not the discussion of specific pieces.

I apologize for the confusion.

NP at all, was just confused and thought I misposted. Gotta tell me I'm a screwup, sometimes I forget! LOL

I did it again. Thought of some c/c and assumed I actually posted it. /bonk self

c/c:

I like the text but the placement for your website and guild could be a little better. I for one usually tuck my weblink into the border so it doesn't distract but still whores my site properly =D Serra could be tucked underneath or on top but it's so small you could just drop it off all together.

Your spell effects are interesting but maybe intergrating some different colors, similiar to the pink hue would make it look more magical. The highlighting on your daggers dont reflect the same lightsource or if the skeleton is the lightsource, it doesn't reflect it.

Your skeleton hands look almost blurry but I dont know if that's just me and my glasses. I like the background but it takes away from your skeleton. That could just be personal preference since I'd go with a darker theme with the skeleton. Dark woods or a dark dungeon with highlighted areas that pop.

That's all I can think of right now. =)

Thanks for the feedback Mae!

I actually wanted the skelly to look like it was posing for a goofy snapshot in front of the statue, since the pose itself looks like it's hamming it up for the camera :)

the pink seems out of place.

i think you could use some practice on doing lighting. It seems very "flat" to me. not any shadows or dimension to it.

Sorry it's taken so long to reply...been nutty at work and haven't really had a chance to sit down and really look at it :)

The two things that really pop out at me is the border looks uneven... it seems almost like you meant for the blue portion to be transparent and for the last yellow line to be the end of the border. I'm not sure if that's where you meant it to be or not, but if you go that route (with the blue and yellow border) I think it would look best if it ended there. The blue and yellow doesn't really go with anything else in the image and seems like kind of random colour choices though.

I dig the spell effects...I even like the pink :) Actually I'd probably remove the little swirlys around the daggers and leave the larger pink in the background which I think looks really hot. But I agree with Mae, it should be on a darker, more morose background. Maybe something that still incorporates the pose of the skele...like he's partying in the graveyard or something. It really is a cute pose!

I'd also try something jazzy with the lettering in similar bright colours. Go with the neon pink and maybe a bright blue as well...against a dark background it will really pop...especially if you try for a shiny look. If you can shine up his daggers as well, they'll look both more menacing and add to the whole "dancing/posing" look.

On the other hand, if you want to pursue the idea that he's posing in front of the statue, maybe you can change the border/text to look like a photoalbum or scrap book...with the picture kind of to an angle in one of the corners and the text in a "handwritten" font.

Just some ideas :)

I like the skeleton. He looks like he's having a great time. Its also nice that he comes out of the border.

There is a lot of grey in the background which doesn't do all that much to attract the eye.

The character in the back needs to be smoothed out in a few places so that he doesn't look so pixelated.

I have to agree that the pink doesn't work for me either, perhaps its that it doesn't work with the border but I think its more that it doesn't work with the background.

I think I would move the text off your center character.

I hope that makes sense, I have a huge headache so I'm not even sure I could spell my own name right at the moment.

Still diggin the skele though. *pats him on the head*

I agree with the suggestion to make the background a bit darker...I think from there it's most important to just be consistant. I dig the pink, but agree that it would go better with brighter text and border colors. Or go with the snapshot theme idea and maybe more muted or more varied colors for the spell effects, or sepia tone it.

Ok I get y'all don't dig the background :) How is this for a second try? I think the theme goes better with the skellie's pose.....



Now, as you can see there's no border. Dunno if I need one with the top and bottom of the curtain showing as it is.

c/c 5 on this puppy too? Is the faint orange wispy spell fx at the upper right and lower left too much or does it look ok?

*grins* I dig! Only thing I might suggest is to give the text some shine for that art deco feel. Perhaps make the "now playing" a bit smaller and bring the leading down as well; something about the placement makes me uncertain if that should be a V or a Y, so maybe give the V some room to stand. I might also play with the url, the font is a touch hard to read. I think borderless works and the orange smokey effect is not too much at all.

:yeahthat but as it is...

THAT IS AWESOME! He cracks me up. *pets the skele again*

hehe I like that one!

now presenting the skeleton of glenn miller!

/sings

trying hard to look like gary cooper, super duper!

Putting on the ritz!!!!! i love it