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Another example

>>310031
A pirated version of gimp on your cousins windows ME desktop.

loading up a leaf blower with dog turds and spraying it at a canvas from about 1.5m away should do the trick

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>>310001
maybe place a moon in the back although it might not work with a white background also the tree could be better imho
and also try a version with the flat ground not in that V shape

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all the branches probably make it busy and hard to read in small sizes and contrast between rough and quickly drawn branches versus the smooth stuff makes it arguably look a bit unprofessional but that also gives it kind of a 90s an eerie cartoony indie game dev company charm to it. "Pathologic" game kind of vibe.

>>310001
I'd say the branches are to jagged.
There are to many hard corners in it, makes it feel crowded.
Maybe spread everything out a bit or don't make the brnaches hang so low?

Doing it in Illustrator would result in a ridiculous amount of anchor points, what can you need it in vector for, that a really high resolution raster couldn't accomplish?

>>309962
Yeah, apply a normal glow effect, create a layer mask and retouch the borders with your texture brush of choice. Maybe apply a slight Scatter filter?

>>309962
use the outer glow effect in photoshop and turn up the spread and noise

>>309911
learn typography, then learn how to design logos

Re-do the whole fucking thing. Jesus christ I hope that's not going to a client any time soon.

The Colors used don't fit well together. You could read about picking color pallettes and then decide what to do.This is important, learning what colors to use. Also, the font looks out of place. Try reading about typography, then try again. The Bird part looks decent, except for the back of the bird - try to keep the line at a constant thickness.

Who is your favorite sports team ?

>>309844

It's a fun job if you truly enjoy it. I just hate being underpaid.

>I have anxiety problems, depression and I'm an alcoholic, I also had a cocaine rehab

So it's GD that makes your life a living hell... not the alcohol, cocaine, or mental issues.

ooooook.

post porfolio or get the fuck out

>>309831
Mhmmm. Post or out

>paying bills with graphic design
Why do people still get into graphic design, when ux design is where it's at. I just graduated with a master's in ux design, and it was so easy to find a job. I have no work experience at all, and my starting wage is $60k + great benefits.

I always wondered why designers had such a bad reputation, especially graphic designers.
Knowing tow graphic designers now, I understand what's the problem with these kind of persons.

They always like to show how much effort it takes to do what they do. How hard it is.
But I tell you something the whole graphic design bs is nothing but air. You can't teach someone to make something look good.
Fucktard

>>309794
lol, bad day babe?
>>>/s/
let off some steam

>>309794
They never understand. There's no point repeating it anymore. Just wait for a couple of years until AI takes over and see the elitism evaporate into nothing.

What the fuck even is this? Your text is ass, btw.

>>309755
Text is unreadable, compass is too transparent, make both things more visible.

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What's the design for?
Is it supposed to say "Cardinal"? It's really hard to read. The fact that I had to ask after spending some time deciphering it means you should definitely change it. If your client insisted on the font, persuade them to change it.
If this is meant to be a cover for something like a book or album, it needs more in the sense of time spent thinking of what'll make it clearer to understand, not just speaking about the font on this one.
Your colors are nice, but that's a really simple and easy effect you did, so I don't think you spent much time on that, but maybe overworked/thought on the font and design.
Ask yourself what the purpose of this is and then just think of what'll be understood the quickest and by the most amount of people.

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>>309668

It's very very PowerPoint-slide-tier boring and could have some adjustments here and there but it doesn't offend me. Too simple often isn't a very valid criticism, too boring is.

Here are some more or less essential books to get you started:
https://mega.nz/#F!YkNhRLIL!cx4C_hWsuVOW-8K7O8MLtg

And learn Adobe Illustrator first. Getting your vectors down and appreciating shape a flat shape as it is is importent.

NexusFont will make your life easier once you start hoarding fonts:
http://www.xiles.net

Learn to distinguish quality typefaces from crap. Free typefaces are mostly crap.

Some free shit:
http://makerbook.net

>>309668
m8, even the default Bootstrap theme has a better coordination.

>>309676
thanks mate

Display or body? What's the content about? What's the intended message? Where will it be read?

What's the best color?

Same vague question.

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Gotham, due to having humanist feel even though it isn't. Good both for body and display.

Akzidenz Grotesk Next for body for a slight vintage feel.

Can't really go wrong with Helvetica and it's derivatives, but it's a bit cold and generic and should be used mostly for display.

DIN Pro if you're going for a more technical feel.

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>>309541
you sent a thread with actual content to the archive for this instead of using the /crit/
>>>306152
you also posted it inside another thread that has nothing to do
>>>309540

>advice
delete this stupid thread and lurk moar

A? 4? A4? 4A?

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Needs more fire.

>>309444
Guess we are talking Ps
Take a look at your timeline and your layers
You should have just one layer on each frame
You are just adding new layers but not removing the previous ones.

>if i disable transparency it works fine.
cause you don't get to see the other layers

>>309480
There is only one layer per frame, playing the animation via the timeline works fine and the issue only occurs when its exported with transparency.

>>309526
just think about it for a moment im sure you can figure it out

>>309387
Stop slobbering on cocks, that should fix your problem

>>309396
why did you make this post

That effect is so cheesy and overdone. I really hate it OP. What emotions are you trying to get across?

As for the type, it's not supposed to mesh well. You have a really visually intense image. If you try and make visually intense text, there will be no contrast and the two will compete for attention on the page.

Choose a lighter, neutral colour for the type and a clean sans-serif and it will feel balanced.

jesus fucking christ this is disgusting, stop placing your text at shitty angles

>>309386
everything sucks. don't fucking perspective your text

Mate, introduce some contrast and hierarchy in the text. Right now I have no idea where to look next, what's important, etc.

As an exercise, pick a paragraph you think is important, and give it a title at a font size way larger than the body text underneath it.

But you have a long way to go man, some really basic principles of balance, contrast, alignment being fucked in the arse real hard. No lube.

>>309384
itc avant-garde.

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Gonna just pop in here for a quick question aswell:

What is the style of art of pic related called? Yes I know what it depicts. It popped up in a tv thread and some people asked what the style is called but no one seems to know.

arigatou