AnimeSuki Summer 2014 Banner Contest - Collaboration/Discussion Thread

[milan kyuubi]

Originally Posted by Krytonis

Haven't touched Photoshop for a while

Draft:

I like the banner! But you should clear the left side of your banner. Since it doesn't match with the rest of gradient! See here!

[Krytonis]

Originally Posted by milan kyuubi

I like the banner! But you should clear the left side of your banner. Since it doesn't match with the rest of gradient! See here!

Ah thank you! I forgot to test the banners! That was silly of me. Here is the edit:



Anime: Nobunaga the Fool
Character: Jeanne Kaguya d'Arc
Artwork: Official

Beige/Blue

[ReinZwei]

Is it just me, but I think the left side still do not blended to the background.

[Krytonis]

Originally Posted by ReinZwei

Is it just me, but I think the left side still do not blended to the background.

Yes it does seem that way, it was very hard for me to notice. Thank you! I have edited my post.

Draft of Second Banner:



Darker:



Darker2:



Artwork: Danbooru
Artist: Riichu
Character: Flandre Scarlet (Touhou)

Beige/Blue

Please give me some feedback! Any feedback is welcome!

[rikikai]

@Krytonis: your two banners are very nice! We really can feel the summer!

[Frailty]

@Krytonis
the only problem I have with the 2nd banner is that it's too bright. Above that, it's pretty good

[Ryonea]

Originally Posted by Pellissier

Regarding this, I'm pleased to announce that there's been a further extension of the deadline, now set to June 25, 00:00 (12:00 AM) UTC.

We're still short of entries and the new participants need some time to adjust their works. But be aware that this is the last extension, so be sure to submit your entries before the expiration date.

Oh, that's good to hear. maybe I can tweak mine further too.

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@Auxilism: Well, it is slightly more visible I'd prefer it to be a bit more visible than that, but if this is enough for you then go ahead.

@blaze0041: I see, I've never seen font like that before. I don't think it's a good idea to brush the white in the BG like that, though since it blocks the BG too much.

Now that I think of it, you can go with the white stroke as in your draftC r6 and when the text edits are final, rasterize (right click on the text layer and choose "rasterize type") the text layer (so the text is rendered as an image). After that, you can erase (or maybe soften) the sparkles around it. It can be quite a work for sure since they're everywhere but you only need to erase the most visible ones IMO.

@Krytonis: way to go to nail both of your banners in 1 try! they're looking great. As for your 2nd banner I think the first "darker" option is the best among the three.


Sorry for the late replies... I've been quite busy these days.

[Pellissier]

Originally Posted by Krytonis

Draft of Second Banner:

Please give me some feedback! Any feedback is welcome!

All three versions of second banner are excessively bright in the part between the character and the text, I suppose it's a sun. In the original version you linked, the colour is much more faded out, you should consistently reduce the sun's brightness because as it is the colour is very clashing with its surroundings when tested at the top of the forums (in addition it's too strong for the eyes).

[blaze0041]

Originally Posted by Ryonea

@blaze0041: I see, I've never seen font like that before. I don't think it's a good idea to brush the white in the BG like that, though since it blocks the BG too much.

Now that I think of it, you can go with the white stroke as in your draftC r6 and when the text edits are final, rasterize (right click on the text layer and choose "rasterize type") the text layer (so the text is rendered as an image). After that, you can erase (or maybe soften) the sparkles around it. It can be quite a work for sure since they're everywhere but you only need to erase the most visible ones IMO.

Sorry for the late replies... I've been quite busy these days.

You're not the only one. I've been feeling pretty darn tired lately, so it's not helping my motivation in the little spare (night) time that I have at the moment...

For this revision, adding a vector mask did the trick quite nicely, I think. I still like r7 a little more though.
DraftC r8: Reinstated text stroke.

Preview: Beige | Blue

DraftB r3: Changed secondary text font and gradient, reduced opacity of BG and side transitions.

Preview: Beige | Blue

[Krytonis]

Originally Posted by Pellissier

All three versions of second banner are excessively bright in the part between the character and the text, I suppose it's a sun. In the original version you linked, the colour is much more faded out, you should consistently reduce the sun's brightness because as it is the colour is very clashing with its surroundings when tested at the top of the forums (in addition it's too strong for the eyes).

I have tried to make the area between the character and the text less brighter. This is the result. However I'm not too sure whether it is quite appealing since I'm constantly looking at it.



Beige/Blue

[Frailty]

^did you just lowered the opacity of the layer of the lighting?
I suggest playing with the burn tool to darken some spots. Hope it helps

[Pellissier]

Originally Posted by Krytonis

I have tried to make the area between the character and the text less brighter. This is the result. However I'm not too sure whether it is quite appealing since I'm constantly looking at it.

Still too bright imho in the sun and text area. I probably can't accept it as it is, since I have to look at how much colours clash with the homepage and this one is clashing too much.
As suggested in the post above try to darken up some areas, whereas just decreasing brightness isn't enough.

[milan kyuubi]

Am I the only one who did Kairin-chan this time?

[Ryonea]

Originally Posted by blaze0041

You're not the only one. I've been feeling pretty darn tired lately, so it's not helping my motivation in the little spare (night) time that I have at the moment...

For this revision, adding a vector mask did the trick quite nicely, I think. I still like r7 a little more though.

I guess it's a good thing that we're quite settled with our works then since we can't fully utilize the extended deadline.

Both of your latest revision look better. the text workaround looks nice, and I'd really go for that version if I were you (although if possible, lower the thickness of the stroke). But it's up to you if you prefer the previous one. The Ritsu one also looks nice with the new fonts and alternating color.

on overall I think they're good to go as they are now.

[Pellissier]

Did everybody submit their entries? This time the deadline is for real.

Now allow us a few days to give the entries a last check, prepare the poll and then start the voting phase.

[ahelo]

Submitted mine just now (wasn't able to edit it anymore huhuhu) it's still ok right or no (since the thread wasn't locked or anything).

[Pellissier]

Originally Posted by ahelo

Submitted mine just now (wasn't able to edit it anymore huhuhu) it's still ok right or no (since the thread wasn't locked or anything).

Both of your entries need fixing. This one has a problem on the left corner, it doesn't blend well with the background.

See here

The other one has a bad banner to background transition:

See on the left of the red bubbles.

Please fix them both ASAP.

[ahelo]

Updates:

[Hiroi Sekai]

Originally Posted by ahelo

Updates:

Still got the problem, mate. Looks like there's some lingering borders on your banner designs; I'd reopen the PSD and take a closer look at the left side of both.

[ahelo]

Are you sure?? I checked the banner tests these ones seemed fine. Are there still problems??