My New Set

[antiaircraft]

Well I was bored enough to go and spend a few hours putting together a new siggy and avvie. They aren't really that good, since I didn't put that much effort into them, but I'm looking for some critique on the set anyway.

 

Feel free to rant on for several pages if you like.

[Guest Levy]

The sig is too dark to be seen unless the brightness on your screen is set at 100% You might want to look into that, I like to set my setting to around 60%. I am sure others will agree. This is something graphic artists have to keep in mind, how other people will see their finished work.

 

Avatar's good though, a little pixelated though.

 

Overall, 3/5

[Zac]

Meh. 4/10.

 

It's much to dark. I had to lean forward to my screen and squint just to read the words. I wouldn't have put the text "Now you see me, now you don't" with a picture of plane on it. Doesn't make much sense to me. if you hadn't overdone it on the transparency, and kept the words white, it might have been better. ;)

 

The avatar is really nothing special. Isn't it just a picture with a border? I would suggest at least putting your name onto it. :)

 

There's my rant. Hope you like it.

[antiaircraft]

Hmm... I was actually trying to make the text hard to read. :P I guess I'll reduce the transparency a bit and brighten the image (my screen brightness is usually set around 50% somewhere... maybe I just have a brighter screen).

 

As for the "Now you see me, now you don't", I would have thought an F-35 Lightning II (a multi-role stealth fighter) flying at low altitude in low light levels would have been relevant enough.

 

The avatar isn't just a picture with a border by the way. It's two renders and an edited background with a border. :yes:

[Zac]

Okay....that makes sense... I think. I'm not much of a "fighter plane person".

 

I think its kind of obnoxious for someone to make a graphics with hard to read text. I mean, you might as well not have any. You know what I'm saying? ;)

[antiaircraft]

Unless the hard to read text somehow incorporates into the theme of the graphic (like your siggy for example :) ). But yeah, I get what you're saying. :yes:

 

I updated the siggy, so the text should be easier to read now (clear your cache if the change isn't showing).

[Zac]

Much better. (If you haven't guessed, I am extremely picky. Just ask Xepha.) I would also suggest that you choose a different font, the font you chose just doesnt match the "theme" of your set. You might also consider adding tex t to your avatar.

[antiaircraft]

I'll add that to my list of things to do 'sometime' (probably in a month or so :P ). I think I might also try running the avvie through a sharpening filter.