My first wallpaper!

POurab

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

Allies of Inverness

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12 Sep 2005 at 15:01 - 1

This is my first wallaper, i made this one for my guild.

Maybe u think the text looks a little weird (Demonic Redeyes text), but i have a answer.

I created the text and then I made it bigger, low texturized...

Pls, dont diss this totally, have in mind this is my first one

Notice the red eyes on the skull^^

Edit: i dont have a thumbnail or anythin, don get mad for the big size, maybe any MOD can fix this

Draco Hunt

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Netherlands

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A/Me

12 Sep 2005 at 15:10 - 2

Pretty cool for your first one. Still need to work on the texture though.
But i think u will manage when having some practice.
Great job

POurab

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12 Sep 2005 at 15:39 - 3

Thank u, that really is really motivating!

NekoZ

Krytan Explorer

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15 Sep 2005 at 04:19 - 4

Well seeing as this is your first, just know all constructive criticism lol.

First thing is color. The grey/purple/yellow/red clashes with each other, so it is always better to do a bit of research and testing to see what looks right. A helpful site for that- http://www.liquisoft.com/colortheory.html The cloud effect for the background would look better if it was also purple, or a matching shade.

Typo is the hardest aspect of designing at first and usually still is to most pro designers. To get the text to look right and flow with the entire image takes time so don't let the discourage you too much. With the text you chose, being red and vibrant, doesn't really match the cool, purple backround or the image itself. Also the By- lkdfdf and address at the bottom (don't take this too hard) looks dredful lol. The image itself would look a whole lot better if you simply left the two out all together. Also, text doesn't have to have every effect photoshop has to offer, simple is ALWAYS better!

Haven't critiqued graphics in a long time soo take my advice or not, all constructive criticism

PS- www.deviantart.com You will see some of the best graphics and designers on the web there. Browse around.

asd334

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15 Sep 2005 at 04:21 - 5

not bad looks good for a first run

d4nowar

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Mo/

15 Sep 2005 at 05:04 - 6

Well if you want it as a wallpaper then you need a few more things than just an appealing picture. You need to make sure that your icons don't intrude on your picture or become hard to read. Whenever I'm looking for a new wallpaper I often decline the cooler looking pictures in favor of a well laid out picture.

I guess you could always use the Start Menu to its full potential.

POurab

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15 Sep 2005 at 05:46 - 7

i don't need to see icons. I use objectdock

TY nekoz, i'll keep that in mind... thx for the "good" critism

Maxiemonster

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Mo/

15 Sep 2005 at 12:09 - 8

No offence, but everyone could make this.

POurab

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15 Sep 2005 at 14:35 - 9

i guess, it's my first one, "a everyone can do this" thing... i got the critisicism and I will make much better.... duuuuh...

Gerbill

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

The Frozen plains.

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Me/N

15 Sep 2005 at 16:06 - 10

About the layout:
the idea is good. If I were you I'd make the top and bottom part an equal height and I would make them slightly transparant, or brush on them with some nice brushes instead of just using a "render clouds" filter.

Colors:
I would give it more color, or more matching colors, the top and bottom parts have a yellow stroke, yellow doesn't really fit in with the rest the only yellow thing is the outer glow on the "Only one hting still shines in Tyria" and "by" text.

Also the red and purple clash, changing the font color is easiest I guess, the easiest way to find a color that is similair or doesn't clash is just go to the color picker in PS and select a color similair to the other ones, just like select the purpler color in the background, and make it a bit lighter or darker purple for the text etc.

I would also decrease the bevel on that "Demonic Redeyes" font.

I'll make an example of what I mean XD

POurab

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15 Sep 2005 at 16:44 - 11

good, w8ing for that example!

Gerbill

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15 Sep 2005 at 17:39 - 12

Since it's against the forum rules to post a pic so wide I'll link it.

I've just whiped it up in like 10 minutes so don't expect too much of it.
Example can be found here

What I did was cutout the Necromancer image.

Then put a background behind it, also a GW one, on top of that I made a layer that I linked to it with a similair purple color, and just changed it's opacity. You can also go to adjust the layer and choose color balance.

Then I made a layer on top of them all with the 2 bars, both 150px high, I changed the opacity to a slight bit lower so you can see the necromancer underneath it slightly. Then I roughly brushed over it.. that's prolly the worst brushing I've ever done but oh well..

I put a pattern over the Necromancer of a scanline (simply made by creating a new image 2x1, one pixel black other transparent, define pattern) and lowered it's opacity to like 20%.

The font, chose a font changed blending mode to overlay, use scanline pattern on it aswel to make it slightly darker, a black 2px stroke and inner glow to make it slightly more clear.

as for the quote chose the visitor pixelfont, I like it personally with quotes, and just gave it a color and a 1px black stroke.

hope this helps >.>

POurab

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15 Sep 2005 at 18:03 - 13

OMG! This is super... may i upload it to my guild website as an official unofficial gerbill made super wallpaper??

One little noobish question; How do u cutout so nice? do u use magnetic lasso or something? And u said, 2x1 something one pixel black and one transparent, but how do I cover the hole main picture(wallpaper) with it??

Gerbill

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15 Sep 2005 at 18:08 - 14

lol sure.. but if you want to learn all the wallpaper photoshop stuff.. look at the tips and how I done it, that should give you some general ideas on how to make stuff look fancy in a short time.

POurab

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15 Sep 2005 at 18:17 - 15

well thank u very much! Soon u will see some results, but i dont have time today or yesterday, but on sunday a wallppr will be shown!

POurab

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15 Sep 2005 at 20:39 - 16

i lied.. XD

Here's my newest wallppr! Hope it's good Gerbill, tried all ure tricks

http://web.comhem.se/~u18227669/dddd.jpg

Gerbill

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15 Sep 2005 at 20:58 - 17

It still needs some tweaking but it looks a lot better than your previous one in my opinion.

when you're in adding the pattern to a layer, lower the opacity, now they're a bit too stripey.

grim peirce

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15 Sep 2005 at 23:35 - 18

POurab

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16 Sep 2005 at 05:20 - 19

okey, got it. What font did u use for the qoute??

Gerbill

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16 Sep 2005 at 06:53 - 20

"Visitor" font, works best at fontsize 10 and anti aliasing on "none"

www.dafont.com think that site has it.

UltimaXtreme

Frost Gate Guardian

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16 Sep 2005 at 07:17 - 21

gross >_>

keep trying youll get better, if u see something wrong edit it (in the mesmer picture the top overlays the mesmer face, things like this must be fixed!)

and if it looks bad, do something until it looks good, lower opacity, delete extra stuff etc.

Arvydas

Krytan Explorer

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W/Mo

16 Sep 2005 at 20:08 - 22

the second one is not bad. i'd make the guild name more obvious and lower the brightness of the quote... and the quote font seems too techno comparing to the rest of the image.

this site also has nice tutorials http://psworkshop.net/psworkshop/Category.asp?CatID=5&

POurab

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18 Sep 2005 at 10:07 - 23

Here's my newest creation!!

Gerbill

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18 Sep 2005 at 11:20 - 24

Tips:
- Try and make the colors match better
- Do something more with the text especially the quote, put like a 1 px stroke around it at least.
- Try brushing instead of just putting pictures in, or brush over them, often makes it look A LOT better.

POurab

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18 Sep 2005 at 12:11 - 25

okey, i will redo this one. But, be4 i must play GW^^