Preserved Topic: graphics critiques wanted

http://members.tripod.com/~Babamba/services.jpg the mouseovers aren't in yet. lemme know what you think.


~Aaron

It looks real nifty. However I would like to see the Website & Graphic Design sized and spaced to the three bars. They way it is now, it kind of looks pasted into place, like it doesn't belong there. But that is only my opinion.

i fixed the text that F1 suggested. thanks

~Aaron

I dont particularly like it. Its just not my type of an image. Im not a big fire guy and Im not too kean on the lighting. It doesnt seem to practical to me either. Its sorta big for what its supposed to do. You can do the same thing but much smaller. Well thats just my opinions...

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it looks better than the last one.. but it still doesn't strike me as something web design related. i dunno, it's just not clean and solid.. but that's your choice.

cheers.mikey.milker

As a general shape and idea, I think it's ok, and has promise. Lemme point out a few things just from a composition point of view.

First off, the graphic itself is kinda "heavy" compared to the text it holds. Maybe making the bevel a little less thick (2 pixels instead of 4 or 5) would make the metal outline a little less bold, and give you some more surface area for the important stuff, the text.

Next, I assume that your main title words are meant to be 'part' of the metal center, and not just layered on top of it. You may want to make the words and their 'glow' (which you might just want to turn into a stroke by the way.. the glow is a little intrusive sometimes) a little smaller, so that they look as though they are imprinted on the metal, and dont cover the beveled edges. Right now, the words just hang on top, and actually obstruct the metal grate instead of being part of it. Another way to get rid of that problem would be to set the color mode of the glow to an overlay, which would give the impression of a sprayed on color instead of a graphic floating on top. (did that make sense? probably not, its a little tough to explain <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/frown.gif">

I also noticed that your fire texture actually intrudes on the edges of your metal outline.. you may want to make sure that your metal piece is on a layer above the fire, so that it doesnt get discolored around the edges.

The last thing is just aesthetic, but I think the image has a little too much open space. tightening up the 4 corners and bringing them in closer to the center might make the whole image look a little more tied together, and not so floaty. Your 4 links are kinda small, and not quite as integrated with the piece as the center area is... tightening everything up and maybe finding a better way to represent those links on the outside would really bring the image together.

Just some quick little thoughts. Most of my comments are kinda aesthetic and picky, but thats just who I am <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/smile.gif">

I like how its progressing, keep working!




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