Please give me advice
Sunday, April 27, 2003 by Iben | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I need advice.
If anyone could try out my wallpaper Subliminal View 6,and please tell me what they like and don't like about it,I would greatly appreciate it.
This is my latest wall to be rejected at WinCustomize.
Please put your comments on this thread,this might help other wannabee wallpaper artists.
Here is a link to my wall.
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/1764563
Thanks!!!
Let the flaming begin!!!
If anyone could try out my wallpaper Subliminal View 6,and please tell me what they like and don't like about it,I would greatly appreciate it.
This is my latest wall to be rejected at WinCustomize.
Please put your comments on this thread,this might help other wannabee wallpaper artists.
Here is a link to my wall.
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/1764563
Thanks!!!
Let the flaming begin!!!
Iben
Reply #2 Sunday, April 27, 2003 11:54 AM
Reply #2 Sunday, April 27, 2003 11:54 AM
Thanks bordfryr123
Your advice was greatly needed.
This is helping me!!
All opinions welcome.
Your advice was greatly needed.
This is helping me!!
All opinions welcome.
gef
Reply #3 Sunday, April 27, 2003 12:02 PM
Reply #3 Sunday, April 27, 2003 12:02 PM
Everybody's opinion will be different. For me it's too bright and gaudy but someone else will like bright colours. Just be yourself and hope for the best. 
spinal
Reply #4 Sunday, April 27, 2003 12:30 PM
Reply #4 Sunday, April 27, 2003 12:30 PM
not bad, im also not a huge fan of bright colours, i prefer hi contrast but dark walls, it seems that at this site, things are kept or rejected more as a taske of the admins, rather that for the quality of the work.
Tryzub
Reply #5 Sunday, April 27, 2003 12:34 PM
Reply #5 Sunday, April 27, 2003 12:34 PM
I'd say it's a little hard on the eyes - the bright colours, that is. In addition it seems as thought you're going for a rippling effect, but perhaps you could make it either less abstract (water effects), or more abstract but less "busy."
bakerstreet
Reply #6 Sunday, April 27, 2003 1:23 PM
Reply #6 Sunday, April 27, 2003 1:23 PM
I'll say the same thing I normally say when faced with a wallpaper like this. Did you intend for it to look this way *before* you made it? Or at least to a reasonable degree? If you did, then don't let anyone tell you it is 'bad'.
My *opinion* is that you were guided by filters, not the other way around. I'm a filter snob, mainly because I believe devoutly in purposefully creating every detail of something, even if it is abstract. Abstract doesn't mean random, and randomly-generated things ( as most 'effects' filters are ) aren't really art, to me.
The eldest, most honorable definition of art, imho, is synonymous with 'craft', an expertly exercised skill. Filters can be 'wielded' skillfully, but it requires holding as closely as you can to your original vision.
Again, if you set out to make something very similar to what you ended up with, then you don't need the approval of anyone else. If you didn't, I would go back in my mind to the original idea and see how much it was changed by the restrictions imposed by the filters. Usually, when you pin down something that is is different, you'll find it to be something that degraded from the image as a whole.
My *opinion* is that you were guided by filters, not the other way around. I'm a filter snob, mainly because I believe devoutly in purposefully creating every detail of something, even if it is abstract. Abstract doesn't mean random, and randomly-generated things ( as most 'effects' filters are ) aren't really art, to me.
The eldest, most honorable definition of art, imho, is synonymous with 'craft', an expertly exercised skill. Filters can be 'wielded' skillfully, but it requires holding as closely as you can to your original vision.
Again, if you set out to make something very similar to what you ended up with, then you don't need the approval of anyone else. If you didn't, I would go back in my mind to the original idea and see how much it was changed by the restrictions imposed by the filters. Usually, when you pin down something that is is different, you'll find it to be something that degraded from the image as a whole.
Iben
Reply #7 Sunday, April 27, 2003 3:11 PM
Reply #7 Sunday, April 27, 2003 3:11 PM
Thanks everyone for your help and the time you took to advice me.
I will continue to check this thread for comments,so if anyone else would like to add theirs,
feel free.
I will continue to check this thread for comments,so if anyone else would like to add theirs,
feel free.
Michael Ficarra
Reply #8 Sunday, April 27, 2003 3:38 PM
Reply #8 Sunday, April 27, 2003 3:38 PM
Not exactly my type. I like bright colors but not bright and contrasting like this. Make something wiht colors that are a little more subtle and something that wouldn't burn your retinas out.
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Reply #1 Sunday, April 27, 2003 11:47 AM