ganbaru's little bookshelf

[rikikai]

I love your precedent set! I like how you play with the contrast of the image

And really like your actual set too!

[ganbaru]

Time for the weekly update:
A new set of signatures and avatar:

2 others attempts for the signatures:

Spoiler for saving room:

I can't really say if the second attempt is better than the used set or not.

And some freebies, still modifiable at request:

[rikikai]

For me the better version is the one you are using! it's very nice
And I really love the second freebie!

[Rennir]

I really like what you did with the lighting for your second to last sig! I think if you dimmed the lens flares a bit and added some more shadows, it'd be even better Keep up the good work

[Suomi]

Not really a fan of the style of your current set, but I love the first freebie I'll be using the sigs Patchy/Godlike made me a while, but I might ask you for it eventually.

[ganbaru]

@ rikikai, I am glad than you likeit. I was rather unsure about this signature, it's a rather unusual renders for me to use, all in solid colors insted of shaded ones, my usual way to make background wouldn't really work out with this one so I have to try something else, which is the goal of the whole serie...

@ Illusore, no problem. And just to say, your name is on my chiristmas list so,you will get something next month.

[Suomi]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

@ rikikai, I am glad than you likeit. I was rather unsure about this signature, it's a rather unusual renders for me to use, all in solid colors insted of shaded ones, my usual way to make background wouldn't really work out with this one so I have to try something else, which is the goal of the whole serie...

@ Illusore, no problem. And just to say, your name is on my chiristmas list so,you will get something next month.

Oh thank you! I'm happy I'm on your list, I always love your sigs

[ganbaru]

Time for a weekly update:
A new set of signatures and avatar:

A previous attempt for the signatures:

Spoiler for saving room:

And some freebies:

[rikikai]

Your new sig of this set is really awesome! Very nice work as always!

[ganbaru]

Thank, but to be honest, there isn't as much photoshop-work in the signatures of my set of this week and the previous one. I reused the same picture or part of the picture used for the render to do the base of the background:

Link to the picture on Danbooru (warning, the second ir rated questionable)
http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/...lower-funakura
http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/...r-bubble-cage-
If the signatures look good, it more because of the artwork than photoshop.

[ganbaru]

So,it's time for the weekly update:

A news sets of signatures and avatar:

A textless version of the signatures:


And some freebies, still modifiable:

[rikikai]

love this set too!
The second freebie is very nice, i like the atmosphere

[Bila]

I preferred the old set, but still i loved the new one, and the frist frebbie ~

[Endless Soul]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

So,it's time for the weekly update:

I like them all but I feel I like this one the most. Perhaps because of the florals and the contrasting colors.

Very nice work, ganbaru.

[ganbaru]

Time for another weekly update.

The last set of signatures and avatar of this serie:

A textless version of the signatures:


The whole serie, based on the poem ''Hymne à la beauté'' from Baudelaire,using artwork from Funakura:

Spoiler for saving space:

And some freebies/ experiment related to the serie:

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C&C would be appreciated.
BTW,if someone is wondering about it, the ''Xmas Update'' should be next week .

[Suomi]

Ok CnC it is.

Spoiler for CnC:

The last set of the series is beautiful, stunning even. I wouldn't change anything.

First: I like the black and white with the single red rose, it pops. I like the positioning of the text and the girl better in the French one though, it's a little less tilted and less disorienting.

Second: I like the colors and the lighting, but the girl is somehwat oversharpened especially on her face.

Third: Not personally a fan of it, but the soft look is nice.

Fourth: I feel it would work better were the text not covering her. Also, perhaps you could put more of those feather-things throughout the sig, small ones, but take the cloud-shape away that's on the bottom right.

Fifth: very interesting...what are the shapes coming out from her, the brown fishlike ones? I like how the ribbon draws the viewer's eye across the sig to the focal point, the girl, and is brightly colored against a neutral bg.

Sixth: Very nice choice of colors and of render/stock. However the girl is too bright, I think, in the sig and avatar both. If you darkened her some and helped some color there (a pale tan perhaps) it would work much better.

Freebies:
1 and 2: I like the composition, and how on the second one the colors swirl in the bg and create more depth, and in the first one the red and black has the same effect.

3: tbh I don't like this one so much. The far bg is nice, but the bold blue ribbon (?) and the look of the girl don't really mesh with it.

4: good concept. I like how the black butterflies accentuate the theme (to me) of her suffering and pain, but I think they should not cover her face.

5: Nothing really to criticize. I like the red and blue against the grey bg.

6:Excellent job with brushes and swirls and neutral gray/black here. There is good depth and blending, and it looks like wind/snow almost, very appropriate. But what is coming out of her mouth?

7: the sharp/stark edges and solidness of the umbrella take away from the soft, fading feel of the rest of the sig (which is done nicely), so if you could soften those edges and maybe lower the opacity a bit that would be good.

8: The brightness is too much for me, it makes for sort of a harsh light and takes away from the definition of the girl. Also her hair and the left side of the sig should be unsharpened some, to match the smoothness of the right side of the sig.

9: beautifully done, love the "fills the frame" composition. Nice.

Good work as always, can't wait to see the Xmas ones.

[ganbaru]

@ Illusore.
About the fifth one, thoses shapes aren't supposed to come out of her but they are part of the background, I didn't erace it enough. The sixth, I wanted the girl to be such overly bright, to make her a ''beacon'' out of the background.
The butterflies over the girl on the 4th freebie was already here on the original picture, so I couldn't really remouve them.

[Suomi]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

@ Illusore.
About the fifth one, thoses shapes aren't supposed to come out of her but they are part of the background, I didn't erace it enough. The sixth, I wanted the girl to be such overly bright, to make her a ''beacon'' out of the background.
The butterflies over the girl on the 4th freebie was already here on the original picture, so I couldn't really remouve them.

I see.
As for the sixth, I do think you could make her stand out while still making her a "beacon". But if overly bright's what you're going for, go for it.

I particularly like this set

[rikikai]

Very nice set! I love the colors
And I really like the 4th freebie!

[Endless Soul]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

I like this one the best. I think it's because of the earthy, muted colors. Plus, her face, and especially her eyes are different.