Graphics Crit, please
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- hardface_00
Hello,
I am with this promo material and identity for a buddy, he is a minimal/dark tech/good energy music productor:
http://www.placidosalazar.com/id…
What do u think? Thanks
- Nairn0
i quite like it, though the image quality is a little low, so it's hard to appreciate the detail.
Did you create the fluid forms in Apophysis? I think they're neat, but could maybe benefit from a little more depth - they sit flatly on the graphic. You could add a fluid detail behind the artist, a bit darker and masked-off where his shoulder sits (for example). Also, you could generate a few whispy fluid strands and have them lighter (matching the low whites in the photo) and sitting over the other fluid forms. A few wee white gradient circles to add fairy-like highlights might work too. or they might not.
- hardface_000
Thanx!
What's Apophysis? I create this with Photoshop and brushes.
Conclusion: more deep?
- bcline0
image quality blows... other than that decent stuff
- ********0
your colored lines things look alot like the adobe piece by http://shanemielke.com/
- forcetwelve0
typography needs work. it looks weak for a music promo.
- jevad0
what the doogan said ^
- hardface_000
Like anothers 100.000 graphic stuff hahahahaaa nothing special style.
- waynepixel0
Can someone tell me how do you go about getting that effect in photoshop.
- Nairn0
You mean the swirly one? You don't as such - you either generate it or nick it from someone's flickr album.
If you prefer the former option, have a play with http://www.apophysis.org/
- waynepixel0
Sorry I forgot to leave a comment. I like it, but you need to play with the type some more.
- waynepixel0
I am pretty sure there is a photoshop plug-in that can produce this effect, I just cannot remember the name of the plug-in?
- ********0
i think the plugin name is ripoff
- ********0
jk
or am i
- ********0
I'd certainly be interested in a fractal flame/ink generator plugin for PS mac
- blaw0
the one on the left is a lot stronger than the one on the right.
left: nice composition, the light area glowing upward really pulls your eyes in.
right: everything seems to have the same weight; the smile makes the guy look a little goofy; the diagonal lines look out of place; too much on the scribbles.
- Llyod0
get rid of the images
- Abominable0
Sounds like you're already going to address the type. Lloyd's idea of nixing the images is pretty good. They look more like bad clip art than product specific photography.
My main concern is the color scheme, which i'm not fond of. It comes up as teal and pink on my macbook pro. I would move to an analogous color swing with a contrast for accent or type.