SOTM 2010 - April (Touhou!) - Entry Thread

[Haladflire65]

Originally Posted by Ichigo-Sora

My try for this month:



Character is Medicine Melancholy ^^

Oooh, so pretty! My only problem with it is that it feels a little too chaotic, I think there's too much going on in the background.

[Marina]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

@Marina I would rework the sub-text (it's rather hard to read almost as hard as your name )

It's actually intentional to make the subtext hard to read. Other sigs with that text style can make the font size even smaller. It's more for effect and design than for actual readability. Some people even put a bunch of dribble in there; I just chose to put something that makes sense.
Maybe I'll make even smaller, or erase altogether :S

Originally Posted by Sciel

This might probably be my final entry >< . Added a lot of contrast , glow , etc . Really too lazy to do anything else now.
PS : thank god for PSD files >>;

Overall image looks good, but I agree in saying that the text still needs fixing. The outer glow on it, as well as the color and brightness is distracting and draws my eyes away from the render, which should be the focal point. And I don't know if it's a photo filter or what, but the yellow tinge on everything is also making her skin a bit too yellowish, so I'd do a tiny bit of erasing on her features.

Originally Posted by Ichigo-Sora

My try for this month:



Character is Medicine Melancholy ^^

I disagree; the background is nicely balanced and does not overweigh the render. I also like the shortness on the sig length...I might take a page from your book and chop off a side of mine since it feels empty.
Awesome work as usual ichigo-sora ^_^

[escimo]

Originally Posted by Marina

It's actually intentional to make the subtext hard to read. Other sigs with that text style can make the font size even smaller. It's more for effect and design than for actual readability. Some people even put a bunch of dribble in there; I just chose to put something that makes sense.
Maybe I'll make even smaller, or erase altogether :S

First of all it's a very nice entry. But... (the dreaded one )

For the love of ... don't make the text smaller. It's mean enough as it is.
I've had my encounters with nonsensical texts, usually involving my head, a wall and a whole lot of perpetual motion. Either way I think it's better if you're quite clear on whether it's supposed to be read or not. If you can guess right away what it is, like your nick or a name of a well known character, you can get quite creative with it. If it's just some text I'd rather use something else instead. There are a whole bunch of alternatives to using actual letters, bar codes, shapes, braille (it's redundant enough in a picture, albeit it has a slight undertone of inconsiderability).

As it is, it's just an unnecessary tease. It balances the main text nicely though so I'd rather consider options to the text rather than removing it altogether.

To nitpick a bit more the initial "P" could have better coloring. Now it get's a bit lost in the background. Slightly more contrast would be nice.

There's something in the coloring that's bothering me a bit as well. Towards the edges the coloring seems to turn a bit dull. The brighter blobs (what ever they are ) seem a bit too gray. Dropping the saturation works quite nicely but I'd give them a slight hue, maybe bluish or purple to spice up the color scheme a bit.

[ganbaru]

Haladflire65 I would go with ver1
Bea Rabbit I have to agree with Moonie on this one.
Sciel I would rework thre render, Reimu's skin look yellow.
Ichigo-Sora the only thing I could say is about the last e of Medecine, it could be more visible.

[katiemirmo]

Originally Posted by Bea Rabbit

First draft.



Feed please =.=
and also tell me who is the character so.. maybe I can add her name..

try erasing the lines that are blocking the text. and also, it's over the sig file size limit.

[Sciel]

Final entry.

[Bea Rabbit]

Originally Posted by katiemirmo

try erasing the lines that are blocking the text. and also, it's over the sig file size limit.

etto, it's 400 x 160 and the file size, what's the maximum size? I dont know. OTL

btw, I made a second version.

[imbehindyou]

Originally Posted by Bea Rabbit

etto, it's 400 x 160 and the file size, what's the maximum size? I dont know. OTL

Signature has to be under 48.8 KB.
Also, her name is Yakumo Yukari.

[Solace]

Originally Posted by Bea Rabbit

etto, it's 400 x 160 and the file size, what's the maximum size? I dont know. OTL

Entries are required to follow the Forum Rules. I've also listed the size requirements in the opening post's rules.

Since I'm nice I'll save you some time looking it up -

50,000 bytes or less: Maximum of 500 pixels wide x 160 pixels tall

[pspkimpoy]

hi im new here! and i want to join this event. .

here's my final entry

Hina Kagiyama
Master of Warding Away Bad Luck (TH12.5)

[Bea Rabbit]

Originally Posted by Solace

Entries are required to follow the Forum Rules. I've also listed the size requirements in the opening post's rules.

Since I'm nice I'll save you some time looking it up -

now?

[felix]

^ The entry is fine. Your signature isn't though, at 75,843 bytes over the limit (switch it to jpeg to save a lot of space).

Originally Posted by pspkimpoy

hi im new here! and i want to join this event. .

here's my final entry

Hina Kagiyama
Master of Warding Away Bad Luck (TH12.5)

You must write "Final Entry" in bold like this: Final Entry
Or, you can just pm it to Solace.

[Haladflire65]

Originally Posted by Bea Rabbit

now?

It's looking better, but the render still looks jagged

[Naoto]

well, I don't know anything about Touhou, except Momiji's name and her... appearance
ah, and here is mine.

can you give me some advices, plz?

[Endrance]

Updated a little with komachi..changed those spots ganbaru mentioned..Final Entry

[Cyz]

Originally Posted by Marina

It be Hakurei Reimu ^_^ I prefer the colors on this one more than on the previous sig (which I think featured Kirisame Marisa).
While I do get a sense of depth, I think you could still touch up the lighting.

Okay....



^ Version 2 of the sig......hm, epic fail.

[Bea Rabbit]

Originally Posted by Haladflire65

It's looking better, but the render still looks jagged

what part looks jagged?
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k...ahs/Touhou.jpg

@felix I think I am doing it right, it's 34,742 bytes

[ganbaru]

Originally Posted by Bea Rabbit

what part looks jagged?

Some of the hairs higher than the lines especialy those at the left.

[Bea Rabbit]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

Some of the hairs higher than the lines especialy those at the left.

how bout this?
version 5

if I'd failed at the render again, I shud try another image, OTL.

[pspkimpoy]

Originally Posted by felix

You must write "Final Entry" in bold like this: Final Entry
Or, you can just pm it to Solace.

sorry about that

FINAL ENTRY: