XGC NUGGET APPLICATION

TheRealMrNUGGET

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1) GT and user name

RAIK MORALIS.

2) What type of program are you using?

Photoshop Cs6.

3) How much experience you have with your program and making sigs

About a year now.

4) Would you be interested in transferring to XDC to be in a clan with other, like-minded members who also enjoy designing?

I wouldnt mind much if it came down to it.



Here's the first of the test images. i decided to leave it with no text since i wasnt really sure what to write.

Design+application+1.jpg
 

TheRealMrNUGGET

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Design+application+2.jpg


i realized that there were no gif images, but wanted to show you that i have the knowledge to work with them, so i dug this one out for you guys. (if it looks familiar i posted it to my tumblr and facebook pages when i first made it [probably 3 weeks ago])

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XGC Radioactive

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hello Raik!

Sorry for the long silence, I work hellish hours!

Frist off, Welcome to the design team application area!!

You seem to have a good handle of things.

I'd like you to look up "the rules of thirds" and apply that to your design techniques.

I'd also like you to try and make your text smaller, it takes away from the image.
 

TheRealMrNUGGET

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hello Raik!

Sorry for the long silence, I work hellish hours!

Frist off, Welcome to the design team application area!!

You seem to have a good handle of things.

I'd like you to look up "the rules of thirds" and apply that to your design techniques.

I'd also like you to try and make your text smaller, it takes away from the image.


can you explain what you're looking at when referring to the rule of thirds for my work. i understand the concept and use of it, but always have trouble utilizing it in my work.

and dont worry about the silence lol its fine
 

XGC Radioactive

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can you explain what you're looking at when referring to the rule of thirds for my work. i understand the concept and use of it, but always have trouble utilizing it in my work.

and dont worry about the silence lol its fine
Specifically the size and placement of your text. Tuesday night I'll post some things for you to work on in regards to backgrounds.

If ANY OTHER DESIGNER could help, that'd be great.
 

XGC Radioactive

New member
Depends. If you're doing a focal signature (meaning you're using an image to be the focal point) you want your text to be much smaller, as to not draw away from it. You also want it closer to your focal so the viewer doesn't bounce between the two and strain their eyes.

Signatures need "flow". Flow is defined as the moment eye pattern of the viewer. You want it to be a single direction. For example, we read left to right, so your eyes start to the left and then trace right. We look at images the same way, though it doesn't have to be left to right.
Flow is established using the background, effects, and lighting.
 

TheRealMrNUGGET

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Depends. If you're doing a focal signature (meaning you're using an image to be the focal point) you want your text to be much smaller, as to not draw away from it. You also want it closer to your focal so the viewer doesn't bounce between the two and strain their eyes.

Signatures need "flow". Flow is defined as the moment eye pattern of the viewer. You want it to be a single direction. For example, we read left to right, so your eyes start to the left and then trace right. We look at images the same way, though it doesn't have to be left to right.
Flow is established using the background, effects, and lighting.

ok. i think i've got it. ill try another image and see if that comes out better
 

Jupiter

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DESIGN+APP+4.jpg

hows this one?

The placement is good and the text size is better but your focal should be the guy, not the text. He seems to be a little blurred around his face & chest area which is the area you definitely want to keep in focus. As far as the color choice of your text, I would go with a tannish color from your background rather than bright white.
 

SYN STANG

General
I think the text is standing out more than it should only because of the focal being blurred, i personally feel the text is fine if it wasn't drawing my attention, maybe faded a little. this is the great part about designers and designing, we all have are own style.
 

TheRealMrNUGGET

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The placement is good and the text size is better but your focal should be the guy, not the text. He seems to be a little blurred around his face & chest area which is the area you definitely want to keep in focus. As far as the color choice of your text, I would go with a tannish color from your background rather than bright white.

i was actually going for the text to be the focal point of this rather than the character, so thats most of the reason why. ill change it up for the next image
 

TheRealMrNUGGET

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The placement is good and the text size is better but your focal should be the guy, not the text. He seems to be a little blurred around his face & chest area which is the area you definitely want to keep in focus. As far as the color choice of your text, I would go with a tannish color from your background rather than bright white.

hows this?

design+ap+5.jpg
 

Jupiter

New member
My apologies for not responding, I've had a busy week.
I do like the anime one you did. I like the placement of your render, the placement, size, and color of your text, and the design is nice a clean. Nice job on that. Your most recent one could use some work. While the text and color flow arent too bad, your render could use some work. He looks like he was just pasted on top of a background. Work on blending in his edges a little bit. You can accomplish this by using multiple effects such as smudging and gaussian blurs.
 
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