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 Post subject: Re: The PPT Graphics Academy III - Round One [Grading]
PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:37 pm 
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DM was on fire! - I actually really like the concept behind this overall, though there a few things that could have been executed better. The biggest problem, for me, is the subtext. I can understand how the subtext being sharp would not have worked, but it's still too blurry for me. Same for the avatar text. Actually, I think this graphic would be close to perfect if there was no subtext at all, but that's a personal choice. Anyway, I like your coloring and main text very much; no complaints there. 8.5/10

Bluez - The image you used was, in my opinion, awfully difficult to deal with. And you dealt with it just fine! You managed to get everyone to fit just fine without each individual character looking out of place. The text is great for the graphic - noticeable, readable, but not overpowering. The coloring is alright, but... for lack of a better word, odd. For example, you have Claire at the bottom looking all dark and regular, but then Nikki is standing there looking like she glows in the dark. I like the partial scanlines, though, and overall I think you did well. 8.75/10

Laryxle - Looking at it closely, I think the coloring would have been fine if you had just toned it down, so it wasn't so bright. I think you would have had a much better time if you had gone with the dark, shadowy feel of the original image rather than try to make it colorful. It would have been harder, I will admit, but in my opinion more visually pleasing. However, you did not do a bad job by any means. It's obvious you worked hard on this, and your hard work does not go unnoticed. You had the right ideas, but I think you just had trouble with the execution. The text is at great placement in the signature, and the fonts are fine, but the coloring takes away from all of that. The gradient in "baby can you" detracts, I think, because none of the rest of the image is grey except for that one part of the text. I really like where you put "bleed like me", but I think the color is a bit too bright, and blends into the rest of it. Overall, like Rage said, you have some good ideas in there, but there are also a few weak points. 6.5/10

Zilary - This is a very beautiful, and very good set. The coloring is nothing short of superb, and the text is right on. The only thing about this set that irks me is the small text that covers a good deal of the signature. I don't think it was meant to be visible (and if it was, it's much, much too small). The biggest problem about it, I think, is that it is too big to just be decoration, and too small to be readable. If you had gone for either of those alternatives, there is no reason why this set wouldn't get a 10/10 for me. But for now, it's a 9/10.

Apex - The coloring on this would have been, very, very good if it wasn't for the fact that it's too bright. You don't notice it on your first glimpse, but after staring at it for a couple seconds, the colors are way too saturated. That, however, is easily fixable. The signature border is too bulky- I think if you had made it the same as the avatar border, it would be fine. Also easily fixable. The main text is just fine, but the subtext bothers me. In my mind, I read it is "Blue, honey dive into the" instead of "Honey, dive into the blue". However, I can't offer you a better placement of it, because I don't think putting it on top of the text would be a visual improvement. Overall, such as with Laryxle's, you had a lot of good ideas, but did not execute as well as you could have. 7/10

WIS - I think this is excellent. You combined the images flawlessly and I absolutely love how one side of the signature is bright and colorful, and the other side is in greyscale. Definitely not easy to pull off. Your text is well placed, colored, and chosen. All in all, I wish I could offer you something to improve on, but I've got nothing. 10/10

Medli - The one problem with this set is that every aspect of it is too strong. You have an image with bold color, a thick border, a busy background, and large bordered text. Is it okay to have strong aspects in a set? Of course; I don't know how you could have a good one without some strength. But if everything in a set is screaming to be the center of attention, it's too much. I like how you chose to do a script font and a regular font - those two together can rarely go wrong. I think the text would have been much better if "you" had been in the same size as the rest of the regular text, just to balance it out a bit more. The avatar is fine. Overall, if you had muted one or more of the aspects of this, I think that you would have a great set. 7.5/10

Neko - The coloring of the image is beautiful, definitely. Your brushes, your effects - it's all very good. I love the butterfly in the signature- to me, it really helps link the bolder text to the very soft picture. The one thing that really bothers me about this set is the bar behind the text. In my opinion, bars are really only needed if your text is going to be unreadable without it, and that is definitely not the case here. Other than that, not much to complain about. 9/10


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 Post subject: Re: The PPT Graphics Academy III - Round Two
PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 6:13 am 
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Dues to the many people who were unable to finish the round, no one will be eliminated.

I will figure the points out later.

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Round 2 Assignment:

Set:
- Create a Blog
- The entire blog must be visible in 600 by 800 resolution without resizing or having to scroll in either direction.
- You must use one of these images:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/24610952/
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/8653973/
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/27849327/
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/8967746/
http://www.gaming-memories.com/images/w ... 00x600.jpg
http://psych.wisc.edu/gradstudies/grads ... 314%5D.jpg


Maximum of 2 people may be eliminated this round.

All blogs are due by July 20th.


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 Post subject: Re: The PPT Graphics Academy III - Round Two
PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:28 am 
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May we use other images in addition to those images?

Also, when you say the entire blog must be visible in 800x600 resolution, does that include the forum? Or just 800x600 pixels as a general rule?


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 Post subject: Re: The PPT Graphics Academy III - Round Two
PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:57 am 
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you may not use additional images, though you may use multiple supplied images.

Good question, It does not include the forum (I'd prefer if you would link your blog to the page, instead of posting it directly to PPT). So slightly smaler than 800/600 at the largest, as you need to account for navigation bars and other things.


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 Post subject: Re: The PPT Graphics Academy III - Round Two
PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:23 am 
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thanks for the comments judges, I think that my computer screen is quite bright for a screen, and so I can pick up words and colours more easily, and things are more visible than on a darker screen, so sometimes the image I make might cause a problem for you that I can't see on my computer, but i'll keep that in mind. You may not be able to see the lighter area where the text is meant to go in the blog though, but on my computer I can see it perfectly, but if you'd like me to try and make it more visible for a darker screen then please tell me :)

Also, i've done my blog moogie but do you want us to show what it would look like with text?

and note that for mine any darker text colour would look best.

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 Post subject: Re: The PPT Graphics Academy III - Round Two
PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:51 pm 
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Errrrrrrm... not my best...


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 Post subject: Re: The PPT Graphics Academy III - Round Two
PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:28 am 
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 Post subject: Re: The PPT Graphics Academy III - Round Two
PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:21 am 
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Yay, I finished mine!!

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 Post subject: Re: The PPT Graphics Academy III - Round Two
PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:49 am 
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reminds me of windows media 11...
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 Post subject: Re: The PPT Graphics Academy III - Round Two
PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:00 pm 
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Eww.

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 Post subject: Re: The PPT Graphics Academy III - Round Two
PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 2:50 am 
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Note: Blog with text is actually pre-resize. I forgot it had to fit in 800x600 screen. Hopefully it should be okay now.

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 Post subject: Re: The PPT Graphics Academy III - Round Two
PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:35 am 
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Blog with text

Here's my attempt to code this blog, for some reason I can't get the text box to move more to the left.

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 Post subject: Re: The PPT Graphics Academy III - Round Two
PostPosted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:55 am 
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Laryxle wrote:
note that for mine any darker text colour would look best.

Blog - http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d114/i_like_trains_/PPTGAblog.png
Images used - http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/27849327/
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Kitten Medli wrote:


Apex wrote:


Zilary wrote:


blueZ wrote:


DM was on fire! wrote:


WIS wrote:
BLOG
Image: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/27849327/
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/8967746/
Blog with text
Note: Blog with text is actually pre-resize. I forgot it had to fit in 800x600 screen. Hopefully it should be okay now.

Neko wrote:
Fixed. I can't believe I didn't notice that.
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Blog with text: (I tried to code it, but I forgot how, so I gave up.) ^^;;;
Blog with text
Here's my attempt to code this blog, for some reason I can't get the text box to move more to the left.
Coded Blog


Please rate these blogs out of ten, professors.


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 Post subject: Re: The PPT Graphics Academy III - Round Two
PostPosted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:08 pm 
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Fixed. I can't believe I didn't notice that.

Blog

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Program Used: PS CS2

Blog with text: (I tried to code it, but I forgot how, so I gave up.) ^^;;;

Blog with text

Here's my attempt to code this blog, for some reason I can't get the text box to move more to the left.

Coded Blog


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 Post subject: Re: The PPT Graphics Academy III - Round Two
PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:06 pm 
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I'll try to keep things shorter this time.

Laryxle - 7/10 - It's pretty. I'm not sure if I'm a fan of the tree being centered like that, but since I've been looking at it I think it would look odd if you cut part of it off and I can see how, if you had empty space off the the side, people wouldn't see the need to like that so in conclusion this last run-on sentence should just be ignored. I really like the subdued, aged look of the whole thing. My biggest problem is with the text. It's dark enough that I can see it's there, but it's still light enough that it's trying very hard to blend it's way into the background. I think it just needs to stand out more, or get softened to blend in more. It doesn't really matter which way you approach the situation, but right now it's just sort of riding the fence. Also, I honestly have no idea what it says. I don't know if I could read that font in a large size, but I can't read it as it is. Also, I think it looks a bit odd with the centered tree and the uncentered text. I'm not saying you should just throw everything in the middle, but it does come off as unbalanced to me. It might just be the small size of the text as well, it doesn't feel like it's own element that can contest the tree it's just floating off to the side. I have to say though, and I think I already said it actually, I like the soft aged look. It's a great mood that you've set. The two bigger background 'drips' at the top are a little distracting to me, but really the idea works well. The space for the text is narrower than I like, but the blog is still functional and more and more people seem to like then that way so I couldn't really hold that against you.

Kitten Medli - 5/10 - My eyes keep bouncing around this blog. I think that I like the idea behind it, but the way it's executed and especially with the image you chose (and I know you were limited in that so I let that mostly slide) it almost hurts to look at it. And I really don't mean that to sound so harsh or insulting, it's just that when I say my eyes keep bouncing around, they literally do. I don't know what I'm meant to be focusing on and for something that is meant to hold text and be read, I'm not sure how well that would work out. I really think you did a good job of blending the images together. Just as I'm looking over it I don't notice when they end and begin without taking the time to look. The words you used fit nicely, but I'm not digging the font you chose. It's just a little too busy in an already chaotic environment. I also have to say that about the border. The broken, dotted, dash-ity-- I do not know the good technical terms for these sorts of things-- border is a good design element, but I feel like here it's just adding more noise where there isn't a need. I like that you did manage to calm things down some in the text area. I can't seem to keep my focus there, but maybe with text that would change. One thing I love about your blog is how you added a little white heart after forever. It seems like such a little random thing, but touches like that always draw me into a piece. And if I focus on that I can calm my head and enjoy what you do have going for you that much more.

Apex - 7/10 - I like the overall look of this one. I like the color. I like the layout. I don't think the 'true to myself' necessarily flows with everything else you have going on, including the other font, but I can read it and it really doesn't bother me any. The only thing that I can really say is that I think you maybe should have added more color. I like that it's all matted and everything, but the picture to the right, that actually looks like a picture laying on top of a surface, could have been given more attention by changing the color of it, even slightly. As it is, while it still looks nice, it loses the impact if could have had. I think it looks really nice and I don't have too much to complain about, but it just doesn't quite manage to grab me in a way where I'd get excited about it. It looks washed out. Still, it's a good job overall.

Zilary - 5/10 - I like how you combined the two different images. It gives the feel of a nice romantic memory. The sparkles you added give it a very, sweet feeling and I like how they flow around the image. The only thing that is really something I would consider a problem is the text. I know that it seems to get said again and again in these types of things, but the blog has to be functional. The text area is small, but it's fine. There isn't anything wrong with it, but the way the text runs down the side, and more so the way the font reaches toward the left significantly limit your space. The scroll bar is either going to cut off your text or it's going to get shoved so far to the left that you hardly have any room for text left. I feel like maybe visual design should play the bigger part in this, but if it won't function for what it's needed, then it doesn't matter how pretty it is. It's still a nice design. There isn't anything that pulls me in, but it's nice. The font isn't my favorite and while I like the simplicity of it overall it doesn't really do anything for me, especially to make up for the space issues.

blueZ - 9/10 - I love your blog. It's so simple and it works so well. I love how bold and dramatic it is. I like the tiny text, because honestly I didn't even notice it at first, but when I did I thought it added some nice texture to that area. I'm not sure if it says anything and if that is why it's limited to the length it is, but I feel like it would have been better if it started higher and ended lower (maybe like where it hits the part that became the border) simply because once I did notice it, I see how abrupt of a start it has at the top. It's not even such a big deal where the little text comes at the bottom because the background is lighter there and it sort of fades in. I love the text. It's simple, it's bold, it works. It looks a little rough, though, especially against the soft glow, I'm not sure the setting it was at, but I might have adjusted that just a little. I also don't feel like the swirls were necessary on the right half of the blog behind the text. They are wonderful on the left and I can see how you might want to connect both sides like that or just add more interest, but I think it would have been fine, even better without it. Still, it is a great design and I love it.

DM was on fire! - 8/10 - This blog is very simple. Maybe I over use that word, but I like it. I feel like you don't need a lot to make something look great. I would have liked to see it without the swirl in the text box. I understand that it's adding interest, but I feel like, with the text being there, and with it already having such a beautiful soft reflection of the shoe, it just draws away too much attention. I love the heart after converse, but I think it's too big. It just looks off next to the text in that size. I am very much loving the soft textured look the background has. It just... works. I think 'converse' might have fit in a little better if it wasn't white. Something darker, even a slight grey would have made it feel more connected to the image in my opinion. Simply because of the position it's in, resting in the shadow of the shoe, it think it would have looked more natural that way. The text area is small, but it still seems functional for someone to use so it's not a problem at all.

WIS - 9/10 - This has such a great feel to it. When I first looked at it I though it was tattoo. I love that though, because it looks like the ink of the picture just sinks into the paperish background. The text is a little all over the place, but it somehow never bothers me. I can read it, it goes, it works. The only think about this that bothers me at all is the weathered edge. I love the idea, I just don't feel that it's quite right. Especially with the burnt part at the bottom. It's just too delicate. I mean when things get worn down there are areas with small bits like that, but you also get larger areas with chunkier movement. When I look at it, it just looks like a brush was taken around it to erase and it doesn't feel authentic. It's by no means bad looking. It still works, it just doesn't quite hit the mark for me to make it absolutely amazing. Still, it's beautiful work.

Neko - 6/10 - I love the coloring in her face. It give off a very cold feeling, but without making everything look dead and boring. The text is okay, but it feel, underwhelming. It fades in, but then it's bold to stand out. I'm just not sure where it's going. I like the idea of the splash of color in the butterfly, but if feels disjointed. It doesn't connect to the text or to the picture, it's just sort of there. I like that it's sectioned off, but I feel like there isn't anything to connect the top half of the picture to the bottom. I understand it's going to have text, but it just makes me wonder why the top part is even there. It's very pretty, but what does it have to do with the bottom? I don't like the inside border or whatever you might call that. It looks great on the top, but because the bottom is so dark visually I assume there is an outer border so as I come up and see it's actually more on the inside it feels like a mistake. I think this was a fabulous idea, it's just that none of the elements seem to be complimenting each other. They just soft of exist on their own, all put together in the same small space.

Sorry, judging with numbers is hard :( Still, good luck to everyone :D


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