Need feedback

[p43]

First to start I want to say hello to all members of this forum. I have done gfx since 2001, that was the year I started. Later I started to discover more and more, also about the whole scene. I really loved the installers and demos I saw so I got interested in the scene. Later in 2005 I became a part of some crackers crews and did gfx for them. I wanted to get here some feedback, I have upped some of my stuff (showing the most recent first)


A font I created fast, dont use it without my permission.


This patcher, is the result of a video tutorial I made for a good friend of me, who really got frustrated about his gfx skills. The length of the tutorial is 90mins (yep like a real movie).


Took me 5 days to finish this one, I think it had to due that I used 400 layers for this one so it slowed my computer.


Completed this one in 9 hours, in fact I made this one in rush! Because they had some release's wich had to be released quickly.


I made this one when I really got bored, after 16 hours I finally finished this one.


A small logo wich was used in serveral keygens and patchers. Created this one in 1:30. Nothing special I guess.


And there goes 42 hours of my life to the moon. A dude requested a chip disk skin, after 42 hours I finally finished it. But this project is history, they all forgot about it because of the lazy coder.


Trained the game, gfx'ed the skin by my self. A one man release.


An another one man release by my self. Only this time I rushed with the gfx.




Probly one of the ugliest stuff I ever made, altough it took me 12 hours to finish this one.


Made this one, like 20 other skins I made for this shit de-respectfull crew.


This skin was requested by a new guy who joined that crew that friday. I finished this one in 2 days without sleeping after all, I did everything by hand without using someone's brushes. Monday it was used for some releases. Its one of the best skins I made.


I still can remember how this skin slowed my PC. It was also requested by a cracker who used many of my skins for the best of his releases. I did the tech details by hand, it took me 36 hours to finish this skin.


The information about this one is totally vanished in my mind, the only thing I remember was after this skin I got a real great offer from a great group.


Made this one in rush, finished it in 3 hours.


Same story again.


Bleh, the lazy keygenner couldnt code the buttons in the working order.


The following skins where made in rush.

[Jim]

Nice artwork p43!  If you're looking to get your stuff in a prod there will defintely be people here who you could hook up with.

Jim

[Shockwave]

I really like some of those skins too, quite a few of them seem to be a little bit rushed though. You definately have a recognisable style running through your work

What groups are you / have you been in?

Thanks for posting them and welcome along.

[Maxx]

Verynice work well done

[benny!]

Awesome work. Really. 

[p01]

am I the only one thinking these interfaces are screaming PhotoShop hip from the late 90's. It really reminds me of some of MarbleMad's work. Duh, every one and his dog was doing the same stuff back in the days.

Most of your interfaces have a problem of contrast. The text are hard to read. It might get better with the hover/active state of the buttons though.

Took me 5 days to finish this one, I think it had to due that I used 400 layers for this one so it slowed my computer.

400 layers ? I've been working in the web and advertising business for years and have rarely heard of that many layers. You seem to abuse of layers and simple effects/gradients.

WRT "crack design", AFAIR the only stuff I loved were those done the good dudes of the former Logo-Factory, namely Splif, Kenet, Acet-1, ... these guys can/could make a prod shine!

[spitfire]

I Like it! Nice work m8.

Its not abuse just because its not to your taste p01.

[Ghost^BHT]

Some nice pieces of work there!

[Hotshot]

Very Very good

it make my UnFinished FONTS that I made look like 5yrs old baby! LOL

[Shockwave]

am I the only one thinking these interfaces are screaming PhotoShop hip from the late 90's.

No, I thought something similar myself. It doesn't mean that I dislike them though.

[p43]

I didnt abuse them, try to create something with many details you will see how many layers you use. Currently Im only in YGS, doing gfx for the crackers division. BTW what do you mean with late 90ties gfx? I really dont get it. My full nickname is parse43, I also created some drawings wich I need some feedback on it.





http://www.zshare.net/audio/3669132457a9d0
Someday I will create a 4chan chip tune of it.

About that blue skin, yes I pretty screwed it up because I made the buttons long time ago later when I decided to finish it I wasnt in the mood at all. I really used 400 layers for it, and believe me I know what Im doing. But I need feedback on the new stuff I posted in this post.

[p01]

People, one can assess the intrinsinc quality of a work regardless of his/her own taste.

parse43: Answer if you will, but how old are you and how long have you been doing graphics on computer ? It looks like you are at an early stage of your "career". Some of your work reminds me of things I was doing in the early 90's, others of things I did during my first couple of years with PhotoShop.

I'm born in 78, I've been pushing pixels for 20+ years and using Photoshop since v3.0. IMHO there is something wrong when one uses more than 30 layers for such simple things. The amount of details is not directly related to the amount of layers. I just don't see where the 400 layers are in that blue interface.


You seem to be after a sense of volume with the overlaping shapes and gradients, but your interfaces look very flat. Using shadows and a consistent light source across the whole interface will help.

Also, try to tune the contrast and focus, cf the two images below:





The "pilars" and stuffs are over present while the texts barely visible.

Hope that helps,


As for the late 90ties style, just google for PhotoShop tutorials, many still list overused techniques from the mid-late 90's : cheap effects & textures, wires, strange interfaces, ...

[p43]

No I dont need tutorials, many tutorials as you said are like somehow poor. These skins arnt recent, im working on more stuff today. I know what you mean with "flat" and I totally agree with you.

There are many details on it. I guess you never created something with many details. Since many people read too fast, I used almost 400 layers for that blue skin wich I dont like at all. but if you think is horrible? Believe me, I saw stuff that was really worst.

Thats why I started with brushings, because that adds more depth to some object. In the summer I became 18 years old.

Since I can do better then many photoshop tutorials, Im not going to spend my time on them since they are very lame in my eyes.

[Shockwave]

Hmm. Well if you don't want constructive feedback then perhaps you shouldn't ask for it?

[p43]

Well, Shockwave. Did I wrote some where "I dont want your constructive feedback"? I guess not. I agree with p01 but about the 400 layered skin, I know what Im doing.

I agreed with some points of p01 about tutorials. I asked for feedback and I didnt say "dont give me constructive feedback". I know sometime I sound very anti social and rude but Im not. Also in reallife some people say I talk agressive, even if Im not angry only sometimes I get a rage/anger attack thats why I do not go to e demo party because I know I can hurt some one really bad with my hands but that has nothing to do with this I guess.

Im not here to mess up. :crutches:or

[p01]

parse43: I did not say your work is horrible. As for the tutorials thing, I just said to look at some to see what I meant by 90's style, not that you need tutorials. You certainly need a crash course on shading and general layout though.

about the 400 layered skin, I know what Im doing.

Alright, I guess you know better than the graphists and illustrators I worked with having years/decades of experience.

[Shockwave]

I know I can hurt some one really bad with my hands but that has nothing to do with this I guess.

Im not here to mess up. :crutches:or

Calm down or leave. We have rules here and they are enforced.

[rain_storm]

They are hard to read for the most part but I dont agree that its simply a matter of contrast. I think its because the backdrops are too busy in the regions that hold text and alot of the text is too small to make out clearly. P43 does a great job making it look nice though, and that is exactly what an artist is suppose to do.

[p43]

@Shockwave
I really dont understand why you replied with:

"Calm down or leave. We have rules here and they are enforced."

I did clearly post:

"Im not here to mess up."

I cant see the problem at all, and hurting some one via internet, well that would be a hard task. I think you got it totally wrong, or you tought that I ment that really offensive.

@p01
You posted:
Alright, I guess you know better than the graphists and illustrators I worked with having years/decades of experience.

What do the graphists and illustrators have to do with the topic? You said that as if they saw this topic too. It doesnt matter with who your work or if you graduated on the art sector. I dont even believe in graduations, I know many people who finished a complete art course and they cant even draw. I think that art is something some one cant learn, you can do it or not.

When I did IT, I also had teachers who tought themself that they where the one with powerfull skills. Well, I saw it with my own eyes that its more like something to show others that they are worthless and the teacher not. In fact, all those so called "I have experience teachers", who acted like many demo sceners of nowdays, they couldnt do many things by them self.

[Shockwave]

You sir are a troll and you are banned.
Goodbye!