Post whatever you want critique'd, I made something real quick when I felt sad
>>271827
redesigning the logo for a start up i work for. Its called The Ideas Maker but we go by the acronym TIM. The old logo was not that great imo so they asked me to change it and my concept was to symbolize it. Since our company symbol is a lightbulb (because Ideas=lightbulb) i desided to make a light bulb with the inner parts of it spell out TIM like the inner workings of a lightbulb and this is what i came up with.
Also i know i'm shit at this but dude what the fuck is that? how sad were you?
>>272626
It's clever but has too many small parts. (try scaling it down and see how it doesn't work as a small icon)
Also the word TIM is very hard to read, I wouldn't have figured it out if it wasn't in the filename.
I like the idea though.
>>272626
The concept is not bad, it's the execution that's letting you down. Don't worry about creating an anatomically correct version of a lightbulb, focus on the readability of TIM. That should be readable when printed 1x1cm. And fix the type dude.
Yeah yeah I know >gradient but it's for my buddies' and my youtube channel. Just tell me why it's shit.
>>273640
It doesn't really stand out in any way
Scanning a lot of my older watercolor paintings and then turning them into designs for print/tshirt here's one of my recent ones.
>>273656
I'd wear it.
>>273640
instagradient tier
>>271827
And you should feel sad all over again.
Her'es a rap album cover I designed
This is what is on my work badge. Yes it says fag.
1/?
2/?
>>271827
3/?
4/?
5/?
6/6
last one
be gentle
>>273640
Actually I think it isn't too bad for what I assume is the prof pic for a youtube channel. Rotate it and made a face though for kicks.
I made this for guacamole lady. You guys like it? Am I trendy yet?
>>274265
oops hihi XD
what about this?
No one seems to be giving feedback, just people posting their stuff
>>274276
Like it
but idk if the lines between the triangles are artifacts from illustrator or intentionally there
the lines distract me
>>274266
The contrast between the onion/paprika and the border in the top left hurts my eyes. Maybe choose a better image?
Anything on my instagram https://www.instagram.com/_crae_/
Tell me what you like the most and what isn't good at all
>inb4 instagram is shit
>>274302
Your stuff looks good
I really like the drawings of eyes and that video of the tree
>>274302
>https://www.instagram.com/_crae_/
aye I remember you from your logo
looks good except I have a mini sperg attack whenever I see digital art that was made for the sake of art.
Just curious, are these posters, screen prints, ect?
>>273640
You fucking searched how to make a Youtube logo on Youtube. That is the most generic thing ever. Kek
>>274312
Thank you! Kinda cool that you went through the whole thing
>>274314
Ah nice, yeah I just went with the one I have right now cause I will redesign everything when I finish my website.
Thanks for the critique, it depends really; there's stuff I made for uni (the car icons and the old electric car for example are for a brochure in combination with an app), comissioned stuff like the Album covers with the 4 on it. They were only released digitally tho. And many of my older posts are stuff out of my application for uni (the heart, etc.).
I'm equally interested in design and illustration, so the rest is just free work to build up a portfolio.
Do you have stuff to share, too?
I'd post my stuff, but I feel like I'd get made fun of...
Here, have my new profile pic.
Some of you might remember the old one. It's been a while though.
>80s meme....
I know. It's what I do.
Designing a logo for a video production company.
Any tips?
>>274618
Nice man, a play button and some text. Genius.
>>274630
Any real advice? I have no background in gd just trying to make a place holder that's not terrible.
>>274656
He did give you some advice.
Go back and rework the design to be more original and thought out.
I made a quick design in Photoshop for a mouse pad.
I just took two things I really liked and smashed their logos together.
>>274786
>Ugly border on the left
>ugly background in general
>tiny "tm" next to DOOM
Other than that I like it.
I have to make a logo for myself. I'm an architecture student. These are just the first drafts. What do you think about the general design? What colors could I use for this? What do you think about the one with the brick texture? Does it look good? What other fonts can I use? Any suggestions? What would you change? What are good color or texture combinations I could use? Does this tell you "architecture" or at least "professional" or anything along those lines?
>>274870
btw, I know the purple and red logos could look childish or retarded, but it's just the first drafts. What colors should I use?
Hey guys, I'm having trouble choosing a font for the title, and the list on the right of the postcard. I'm new to Adobe and I am attempting to design one for the company.
What are your go-to fonts that are aesthetically pleasing? And what would work well with what I'm going for?
Thanks
>>274825
I don't like the balance. You should change the Evil Dead logo to better match the Doom logo.
Or at least make the V centered between the OO
>>273982
*daijoubu
>>274893
oh shit thanks
>>271827
I started to make this kind of video, would really appreciate an honest critique because I feel like I'm losing my time :/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD_xLN_t1eI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYkQyF4ooTs
>>275024
It's pretty edgy but I think youre on the right track anon. Keep on doing small animations and maybe soon you'll be making full-lenght music videos.
The aesthetics in the vids are nice, would like to see more in the future.
Logo I did for a local band
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B5rJkRaElcbhU3BxTmpZYkpEVUU
They wanted a cover for one of their singles so I made these.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B5rJkRaElcbheFZRSWVMU3R1V2c
I can't decide between them. Been staring at it for too long and can't make up my mind.
>>275068
Yes I know the pic is not the best for the cover by the way, they gave it to me to use, as much as I wanted to use a stock photo
>>275027
thanks, I really appreciate it
First real try into Flat.
Need some serious advice on this, since I have no clue if this is working or not.
I'm trying to get something from this style to my portfolio, since it's being used a lot.
>>275175
that looks pretty good to me man, the only thing that doesn't look really good tough are the clouds imho 8.5/10 would watch your video
>>272626
>>272648
>>272645
So i decided to incorporate the old logo to my new idea here's the result.
>>275311
depending on the background color, the logo could be hard to see, like now
try changing the stroke of the little ?lightning bolt? and underline to be similar to the rest of the image or get rid of it all together
the underline and bolt are different shades of yellow/blue to the rest of the image; I'd say keep it simple and the same
The small details in the bulb are too small
>>275175
I love these kinds of illustrations
>>275321
I could see this being a real artwork for an ok Post-rock band. Good job anon
>>272626
Actually it's cooler the idea of "TIM" as the wires than the whole lightbulb, m8
Logo for a gaming YouTube channel my friend is starting.
He loved it, but I'm feeling kind of iffy about it... Thoughts?
>>272626
ideas as lightbulbs is played out
the text is an afterthought and it shows
the colors are hideous and will translate extremely poorly to just about any application
there's no sense of cohesion. the line under the bulb is just flat out wrong, it's an eyesore. the linewidth isn't uniform in a piece where every other line is a single weight.
the bulb has rounded edges yet the fillament doesn't, it looks like you took a bulb from vecteezy and just added in a TIM to it (that doesn't translate as TIM, by the way, it just looks like a weird light bulb)
The idea is uninspired and derivative of so many other logos and ideas. Start over from scratch. I can tell from seeing this that this was an idea that you had in your head, and went straight to the computer with. start sketching shapes and just let anything come out of your mind come out. refine those sketches and take it to the computer once you have a solid shape/logo going.
if your company is called the ideas maker, you're going to need a logo that is a lot less uninspired than that one.
>>273640
looks perfectly fine for a youtube logo.
youtube is in its own weird little bubble where the target market are kids and fucking idiots, so you don't need good design there, and a lot of times bad, ammeteur design is more successful than thought out, meaningful designs.
>>274266
mute the colors in the back a bit more. make the darks lighter and the lights darker for presentation. the logo itself is nothing special. what's the type look like?
1/2
2/2
Can I post website stuff here?
So this is literally the first design I ever made, and I mean its ok but something is really off, I think its the color palette or something.
>>275905
Logo looks cool, that iffy feeling may be the edges, you now like the 2 "neeldes" at the right
Some hand lettering I'd appreciate some input on.
>>275988
And another.
>>275311
worse, also drop the TIM acronym. its just reading as Tim, like a guys name.
>>274276
It's good, but I think you are working in draw... Turn on "object hinting" (you need to apply it to the objects so have them selected) if you want to screencap like you did.
Better yet just use draw's insanely diverse and powerful export function rather than screen shotting.
>>275988
>>275989
I'm back again, maybe these will invoke a response... Some drafts I'm about to dial in before the sales pitch, I also have full color variations, suggestions?
Made some custom tiles
>>276150
Didn't know you could do this
Thanks anon, gonna do this myself now.
I'm working on an architecture portfolio, still under construction
These are a few pages(all related to one project)
What do you think so far
P.S The "Blue Print" page would contain literally a blue print folded and just tuck there with a selection of technical drawings
>>276168
Pic related
>>276142
Thanks for the input anon.
>>275068
Would really like 3 if it was cropped in more
>>276168
no, just no. form from function. function should always take priority. no one will navigate your portfolio (print or digital) if their initial impression is numb confusion.
Consider making the entire thing a blueprint with text sections that neither block their selves into page format or spread themselves out like a madman's manifesto. It's been done before but at least they would take you seriously.
infographic I made, there's supposed to be more information but I got lazy, and the map should have more dots
>>276504
I don't like that font for the title Nuclear Power.
"Nuclear reactors in America" in white doesn't read well.
>>276510
thanks for the feedback
what typeface should I use for the title, I don't really know a lot of good fonts
and for the letters inside the map, would it look better if I darkened it but not as dark as the title sequence to show hierarchy?
also, I feel like the red bar stands out too much, what's a better color for that?
also, is there a way to make the text fully justified on both sides without having too many visible rivers, or do you gotta edit everything in between to make it look good?
>>276511
Fonts look fine... Words in the middle look a bit washed out... consider recoloring them.
Red bar is ok, but you could use a dark green color to keep with the style.
Friend asked me for cartoon recommendations so I turned it into a design exercise for myself. The amount of episodes and their runtimes are important to him.
I'm not satisfied with the Season/Episodes/Duration part type-wise, but I can't figure out what's wrong.
Decided to try to create a personal logo for myself, thoughts? Where should I go from here? Scrap it and start over?
I'm trying to make a reference design for a website I'm thinking of starting with some friends where we'll sell textures and stock photos. I want it to be clean and simple but I'm not sure what to put underneath the "Promoted Stock Photos" panel. What should I have there there?
Tell my why my designs are shit, /gd/
>>277219
Write what you do, and how you're better than all the other stock photo sites online. Text should be your Marketing platform. Give people a reason to visit your site... also helps Google find your site's relevance and builds SEO.
Side note: make sure there's a section somewhere that gives developers unlimited access to content. Let noobs pay for stock stuff. Your site will be #1 in no time. Happy designing!
>>277087
what's wrong is it's too big. It feels clustered and there's no hierarchy.
You must set these characters down a little. And putting the infos (in white) aligned left on the same vertical axis and a little more appart from their designation wouldn't hurt.
>>276002
I've been away this month and just saw your reply. If you're still around, thanks so much. What exactly is off about the composition?
Also, I know about the printing, but since I was working with CMYK and making for web, I just thought that it wasn't THAT necessary.
And why was that poster a disappointment?
>>277853
You had me up until the swastika.
Gotta be more subtle than that.
Fuck multiculturalism though.
Well, fuck multiculturalism for multiculturalism's sake.
If I have to see another character turned black just to be politically correct I'm going to go insane.
>>277879
ah yes, the good ol' /pol/tard getting buttmad over his precious children cartoons. Always a sight
>>277881
Never been on /pol/.
I just hate black people.
inspired by this, any feedback is appreciated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA6kEhsZUSY
First attempt at graphic design.
Just a little icon for a group chat. Not sure what font to use. As you can probably tell I am no professional. Any advice and/or criticism is welcome.
>>274604
I actually like the old one a lot. It is simple and cool. I would try a new font or color that really pops with the old logo rather than keeping this new garbled mess. It's not poorly made but it is poorly designed in my opinion. A very zimple fix would be dump the background and pink grid. They only draw attention away from the pretty cool purple and blue triangle.
Just put that on black.
>>276136
Add color. And make the double Daredevil D's the focus. They should be much much larger and centered in every one of these designs behind the lettering.
Also, every one of them is far too busy. The texture is overwhelming and draws your attention away from the words, which should be your focal point. They are what will define your business not the etched designs behind it.
Also, if these were to be printed they could come out looking like crap if the companies set up isn't top quality.
>>277088
Scrap it sadly. Why is it a giant D and an A when it says christopher at the bottom? It makes no sense and doesn't convey any excitement or instert. Too monotone. At the very least the grays should be white so it has more contrast.
>>278303
Use 6 for sure! It's the best, friendly/welcoming. Interesting while not being too harsh like the others. But 2 is close behind.
Overall I like it a lot!
Working on this for a retro themed podcast. I think it turned out pretty good but I'd love some tips or opinions on how to make it better.
>>278308
Thanks!
>>278305
A lot of people gave me shit a while back when I posted the first one.
I thought it was kind of a funny idea, what with an axiom being a mathematical truth, and an impossible shape.
I liked the first one, but I did that one a long time before I really started falling into the type of shit that I make now. It just doesn't fit the aesthetic that I have with my art.
I do a lot of 80s design and wallpapers, so I wanted something to convey that.
I'm not too happy with the new iteration to be honest.
I can do pretty good in class when it comes to actual logo design for fictional shit, but I can't for the life of me figure out what to do for my own logo.
I'm not too sure if it fits well on a black background.
I'm thinking of just going back in and scrapping this altogether and coming up with a new solution.
I'm sure there's something that will work really well, I just have to figure it out.
>>278316
Holy shit that post is all over the place.
It looks like I just wrote my random thoughts as they came into my head.
mixtape cover I made for a friend tonight
>>278316
I really like this one, i would ditch the black shadow on the letters and just leave the white.
>>278321
I dunno.
I think it might be best to just scrap it and start over to be honest.
>>278323
I like it. Start over if you like, but dont completely disregard this one.
>>278319
Ahahahahahahah, I love it.
Tell me what should i change
>>278328
Sorry for the jpg i didn't know the difference between jpg and png when i made it
>>278328
Not too big of a fan about the gradient fill on the text. If you want to keep it maybe have it the most intense in the direction of the light source.
It's supposed to be a vaporwave-themed phone wallpaper. Btw kanji means samurai.
>>277853
love the look of the logo and the creative element behind it even though i don't like what it represents.
>>277853
Just kill yourself you fuckin fascist
~hasta siempre
Looking for a critique on this vector portrait
>>278643
The art is cool but the colors are a lil bit garish
>>271827
I wanna use this as a cover pic for my band's first album.
>>278662
don't. unless you want to be sued plus the artwork is way too good for the crappy text or for being used as a cover art.
>>278662
>>278663
Just like this dude said, don't.
Use your own fucking art. Or pay someone to do it. You obviously have no grasp on how to design, so paying someone might be a good idea.
I have people stealing my shit all the time to use it for shit like this. The artist does find it.
Technically this is illegal. And you'll get your ass sued. Or at the very least have it taken down, then you'll be left with no art.
Ask the artist permission at least. If you can't contact him, don't use it.
>>278662
Dont, unless you get permission of course.
Also who made that? it looks sexy.
Did this for a local playhouse recently.
>>278643
Good work. You might consider adding a highlight to the shirt. It could use some depth.
>>278509
Love it maybe an slight neon pink inner glow on the bottom horizontal lines borders similar to the stroke around the mask.
>>278319
I'd suggest black as the background behind to the text gigibyte and year 1 collection. The pink and purple are drowned out by the flames. It'd give it more pop.
>>275932
best critique in the entire thread
I'm thinking about releasing a font. I've made a few letters. idk.
>>278828
E next to H might look pretty weird.
Really need some feedback on the following:
>The logo
>The typography
>The author's name
>>278797
Not that guy but I happened to have the original saved, not sure who it's by though
>>278904
Hey, thanks!
Happen to know who made it?
I want to see more work like that. The blue tinted highlights clashing with the earthy tones look gorgeous.
>>278905
Justin Broadway.
It's literally the first result if you reverse image search it.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/justinbway/3767206865/in/dateposted/
This one is good, but the rest of his photos are ok at best.
>>278925
I did a google image search on the crappy album cover version and got nothing, then tried other sites and they have me a million Reddit posts.
Thanks anyways.
>>271827
Got bored and tried my hand at pepes, r8.
Couldn't find a picture that was similar to my idea. So I quickly made this for my phone.
>>278936
Looks good. Needs a smug tongue though.
>>278954
>Civic R Type
It's alright.
Looking for critiques and recommendations to improve it
>>279280
What will it be used for?
made a wallpaper for my phone cause i didnt have one.
how is my style? how can i improve?
Found a logo brief online and made something for it for practice.
It's for an energy management systems engineering startup, needs to be printed on letterheads, stationery, vans, PPE equipment, and engraved on clothes, "simple font and logo" requested (to avoid issues with clothing), and abstract letter symbol logos included as competitor logos that should be emulated.
I have a rationale but I'll let it stand on its own.
>>279405
Keep the color fringing uniform. I like the mated vaporware aethstetic tho.
>>279421
The font doesn't quite fit the minimalist approach. The "r" gets thin at its neck, I would choose a very similar font that has a uniform thickness.
>>279432
I also made an FF Mark version, but the typeface's been enjoying almost a meme status lately, so I opted against it in the "final" version. It would have been my first choice a year ago though.
>>279437
Looks good now.
Made this for /tv/
>>>/tv/73123147
I made this the other day, I am new to graphic design. Any pointers?
>>279497
Depending on the aethstetic it's okay. Make the white transparent on the fire emoji. Also add some noise /compression filters, especially to the text.
Hall of fame for local athletes website concept I made for a friend, using placeholders obviously. It's missing a few things I wanted to add (X button on the card, animated gold element overlay on the card photo), and the composition is kind of fucked, but he decided against the concept so I'm not touching it any further.
Hey /gd/ first post here, long story short,
>town has new language exchange program
>time to make a poster
>intern being intern doesn't know shit about making one
>end having to make it because I'm the son of the one in charge, even though I have nothing to do with it
>autist, can't even /fa/, but I'm the only one who can use something else than ms paint
Thoughts? What should I improve? It's not finished yet, monuments will be placed better and colored with reduced opacity like:
http://image.shutterstock.com/z/stock-vector-diversity-monuments-of-europe-famous-landmark-colors-transparency-vector-illustration-layered-145396102.jpg
Saved as jpg to reduce size, png version doesn't has noise.
>>279952
Some updates, quite faggy to be honest.
...ribbit...
>>279914
Nice.
Looks a bit like a website for Fred Perry clothing or something.
>>279957
Needs a bit of work but on the right lines.
Yeah, get rid of that noise.
>quite faggy
language exchange program... that's probably the style you should go for then.
add the correct text so we can see what it would look like in the font.
Font is probably going to be terribad.
Almost every time I make something I can't shake the feeling that I've seen it elsewhere and am subconsciously stealing it. Is it just me?
>>280006
What kind of feedback do you expect to get? It's edgy teenager's first time using gimp tier.
Logo design for a company called RT Design, I'm thinking I mean need the word "design" in there somewhere but I'm kinda stumped
>>280012
Fred Perry's practically unknown in my country (I've heard about it but first time seeing the logo) so I'm good there, and I feel like laurel imagery is established and fairly generic, but I get what you're saying.
Number transition for top ten list countdown video, I feel like something's missing. Maybe squash and stretch it to the sides well?
>>279957
Center your shit!
On gimp, you can add guides by dragging the rulers.
Add one in the center and make sure everything is lined up with it.
>>280063
the white fill breaking past the black stroke is a little jarring. Perhaps just go to to the black stroke.
>>273983
This is actually quite lovely. The only thing I'd say is that there seems to be something kind of off about the shadows. Might be the lack of shadows anywhere else.
hey guys just made this design i think it looks dope. can i get any thoughts?
>>280551
I think...
It does not look dope.
Why the fuck did you watermark it, do you think people here are itching to steal your edgy youtube banner?
It's clean enough, good job there I guess. The barrel of the gun seems pretty squirrely though.
The whole design comes off as shitty forum signature design, and tacky as fuck.
Lose the metal on the letters. Just go with a solid fill.
You can keep the dude poking out if you really want, though it just breaks up the logo at small sizes. Also your masking job in the middle of the S and C could use work. There's bits and edges poking out all over.
It's shit, but at least I told you why.
Honestly I think it'd look better all just a solid color.
KISS
>>280552
thanks for the feedback
1. I water mark it because some asshole once stole my design (he had a bit over 400,00 subs on youtube)
2.As for the barrel, i didn't really b other much as i was only messing around with this new idea
3."tacky as fuck" would you mind expanding more on that
4. A solid fill seemed too out of place with the whole design.
5 I definitely agree with the "pop out" breaking up the logo at small sizes, i guess i didn't really think that part through quite well.
6.I'll give it another shot, with your recomendations
>>280557
Don't upload the image in places you'd think it get stolen at usable sizes.
As for the tackyness, I gave an example.
Just look at some forum signatures, and tryhard youtube banners.
Yours isn't quite in the same style as pic related, but it's a good example of what I mean. It's just over designed (or not really designed). The two just have the same vibe to me.
I'm not really sure what you mean that a solid fill wouldn't fit.
You'd have to have designed your logo and text with solid colors to begin with didn't you?
>>280559
Yeah, i guess you're right, then again i really want to show others my work
ah, i see what you mean.
A solid fill doesn't look as bad as i thought it would
>>280559
>>280563
>>280553
this looks fresh, i'm diggin this card design, you wouldn't happen to have the whole deck would ya?
>>280563
>>280564
That's looking clean as fuck now.
Nice work.
Don't feel like you can't upload your images places, just make sure they can't actually use it when you post it.
Like sending clients images at 750px rather than full sized just to update them.
If it comes down to someone blatantly stealing your design, call them out on it. Just keep in mind if it's something like your first idea, it can be a ton of other people's first idea as well.
>>280576
thanks man, I appreciate your feedback.
>>273656
pretty damn sick. The water droplets sharing the same pattern starts making it look like holes in the fish, though. Not sure if that was intentional, but it makes it look interesting.
>>273771
the words resting mid-way through the keys + drop shadow is slightly distracting to me. It was hard for me to ignore when I noticed it the first time. Maybe the type could rest in front of the black to make it pop, and the keys could be another element, like an underline? Just my 2 cents
>>274266
Find a picture with better composition. Maybe the avocados can follow some sort of pattern with your logo filling in for a missing one. The diamond could contain a part of every ingredient that makes guacamole, maybe following a color wheel element.
Great logo, btw. Really nicely composed.
>>280565
here you go, not my best project so far but its aight i guess
>>280565
the alt king crown fucked up for some reason, sorry.
>>279466
>>279496
Made a second version for this.
>>>/tv/73522146
>>276504
I wish the typography wasn't so crazy and drastic in change.
The stroke on "Nuclear Power" is unnecessary.
That background element is really distracting, especially because it's so big.
Try and use more visual elements to make the demographics more visually interesting than such large typography.
>>280014
I should've smoothed the edges, didn't bother with the fonts either, I don't have a /fa/ sense to choose the correct fonts, anyway, they were very pleased with it, I live in a small town so that's as good as it gets, it's either that or a plain .doc file.
>>280072
Thanks, I did that with the text and with the flag, I didn't center the title text because I wanted the Eiffel tower to have a realistic height.
>>272626
the gradient is ruining it for me. Also, Simplify.
>>273771
no dropshadows man, this isn't the 90's
>>273983
Love this, but remove the shadows. I think it would be perfect without em
>>274786
no
>>275311
nope.
The cover to an imaginary book that teaches you how to make this Japanese sort of omelette.
>>280704
Much much better. Looks really nice. Good colors and all.
Well done.
>>280728
Typography is very nice, the image is a bit harsh tho, perhaps a more simplistic image done in some vectors would work. At the very least bring down those highlights and let the image be properly exposed.
>>280748
Pretty damn good if you ask me. I like it alot.
What I would change:
Move the letters of "sheaga" closer together vertically. By that I mean the white, cyan and pink letters. It is quite hard to read as it is now. You could also try to use darker cyan and pink to make the white pop out more.
The shadows on the social media logos don't look great.
The triangles between the artists are on different heights. In all lines except the first they touch the baseline, that doesn't look quite right.
Other than that this is stellar work, well done anon.
>>280751
thx for the tips mate
Made this for /mu/
>>>/mu/67367717
quick design I had stuck in my head any feedback?
>>280912
>>280912
>>280913
>>280915
original idea
I'm working on an illustration and i'm curious on how i can improve the text elements and framing. Does the text work? is it better if it's gone? and does the faded out with brush frame work?
>>280937
idk
>>278265
best one, went too far on the third one, still work on it
>>280913
>>280915
>>280916
It reminds me of those kinetic energy transferring metal balls on strings, I only picked up typewriter after you mentioned it.
It seems poorly executed, the "bars" are perfectly clean but the "keys" are rough and hand drawn looking??
Colors need tweaking, maybe you need less saturation or you need to tweak the contrast, not sure but they aren't "there".
Ok now me. So I'm considering adding more details to the cabin...but other than that it feels ok? Color preference?
>>271827
That's really cool dude
the beginning of a font i made a few months back... not sure whether i want to invest the time to finish it though
any thoughts/feedback on my ad poster?
I don't do a lot of design for print
>>281006
Yeah, you should finish it imo
It looks like you have the general visual language figured out so that's the hard part
The O looks off to me though -- shouldn't the second outermost circle be thin like the second innermost circle?
>>274276
Low-poly style doesn't really feel like it needs to be there other than the "muh trends" factor. The GameCube sticks out like a sore thumb, and doesn't match the same perspective as the rest of the piece.
>>274618
Spend more time on it than 5 minutes in a program.
What about your company separates it from the competition? What are the roots of the company? The views, missions, etc.
Answer these questions, and base your design off of these. Or at the very least, come up with something more unique than a fucking play button.
>>274617
The composition needs work. The placement of the text, render, and background all could be placed/sized better.
>>281013
>is that an original illustration?
Nope.
>>274870
Don't worry about things like textures/colors until you get a solid logo down (in one color).
The idea of the character in perspective is a little neat, but I would abstract it a bit more to not make it as obvious. Increase the text size a tad too, and maybe the font weight.
>>274873
What you have at the moment typography-wise isn't bad at all. Only thing I would recommend is lose the italics and make sure things are left-aligned, not justified (on the far right list).
>>275068
Logo could be way better.
For starters, the text has a "hand-drawn" look to it. You used a font that was made to look that way, but when you have the same characters multiple times, it reveals the font and loses the genuine factor. To fix this, just modify the repeated characters so each one looks unqiue. Or just draw it all yourself for bonus points.
I think you could play around more with the teardrop. Feels like it's kinda just hanging out on the side, you could probably fit that all into a neat square with some typography adjustments on the sizing and heirarchy.
>>275905
Probably will work for what it is, but I would change the font. The one you have now is pretty overused.
>>275957
Ain't too bad. I would tighten up the spacing a tiny bit between the panels, maybe add a background container to kinda group everything together, that's your call though.
I think as far as colors go, they're a bit bland. You could probably have a nice contrasting highlight color for your icons, to make them stand out. Think about stuff like hover states and the like when designing websites.
>>277088
Make a personal logo that isn't a letter or two combined. You'll stand out.
>>278310
Not bad.
Maybe make the red text a bit more pink to mesh with everything else a little more. And play around with whatever that thing behind the text is, is a bit distracting.
>>278328
I feel as though the most important part of this is the contact between his finger and the hand. Maybe emphasize that more than ET's hand?
>>278800
Give the text more breathing room between the cord. You can lose the gray back part of the cord as well, it's not needed.
Also, I would say stick with black and white and one other color. Right now, it looks like a kid's thing with all the colors.
>>278902
Typography is decent.
Color of the author's name is hard to read. Either add a background (could be a low-opacity black) to the "container" of the article or pick a more contrasting color.
Logo is aight, but seems a bit out of place. Maybe lose the texture?
>>280553
Love the colors here.
Made this for an album that I'm making right now. Does anything look glaringly bad?
first excuse my bad english
ill try to leave to say it for everyone, since design in this thread are
>i have no idea what im doing but i guess it looks good right?
before you draw anything, even your first dot, always think and know what are you going to do and why
messing with filters an shit, slapping font on downloaded pictures, emulating others isnt design
everything must have its place, there is no "it just looks good" and im not talking about golden ratio
when you THINK about what are you going to do first, it could be much easier and also youll make a giant leap if you keep this in mind
also you will understand your technical limitations, and learn how to use them to execute your vision
>>280076
I fixed it some time ago but forgot to post.
>>281028
Thanks! I ended up just using plain white for the author's name. Still working on the logo, might just redo the whole thing.
Here's an album cover I did for a friend
>>281065
Anyone have any thoughts? Never really gotten a critique of anything I've made before
>>281092
It's visually nauseating.
Album covers are free meal tickets, they often have to convey nothing more than the most abstract concept. What's to critique? You had a brainless task to make something not visually revolting, you failed.
Kind of Proof of concept for a wallpaper I wanna make.
All done in GIMP
Any advice welcome
>>281017
did you google to find this, or is there a nice collection of retro stuff like this? i really like the look of it
>>281044
>emulating others isn't design
Could you be more wrong?
>>281124
Pulp fiction covers
>>276504
Turn on anti aliasing.
>>278902
You could do some really fun things with text formatting and even push the layout more with an interesting grid system. Maybe add some nicely illustrated motifs throughout the page. I did a quick mock up as an example, but it could be pushed much MUCH further. Hope you find it helpful in some way, whether you like it or not.
Just be mindful of contrast, especially that red on the grey. Also consider line spacing, it should probably be a bit bigger for large bodies of text.
>>274870
The earlier suggestion to abstract the A a little more is a good idea. I like the brick texture design a lot, the use of white space looks much more professional. Try using a larger-scale texture though, the bricks look far too small relative to the rest. Also you might want to mess around with using a portion of a photo rather than a texture for the bricks for a more authentic feel
>>278237
Overall looks great. Looks a little strange for the lettering to have the blue/pink shadow and the rainbow just flat. Also kerning is a little cramped, especially between the spikes of the N's and the right sides. Something about those spikes is a little awkward, too. They kind of make the n look like an m. Otherwise, great design, pretty nice as is.
>>278328
Coloring on the human hand just doesn't look right, try more similar shades. also might want to dim some of the white polygons, takes away from the white apex (?) behind the alien hand
>>281199
Not that guy but I really really like this, well done.
>>281199
Wow, that looks so much better! My current page looks like this, I think it only got uglier as I added more stuff.
Will definitely be using your example to rework things. Thanks!
Appreciate any feedback on the cover design for this curriculum guide.
The "Speak up Speak Out" and other logo were provided for me and they required their use on the cover.
>>281224
Use the same angle throughout, pic related. Both logos could be a bit smaller too.
>>281228
yo
>>278902
>>281199
>>281214
Update. Looking much better already I think!
Still trying to pick a good (free) font for the body. I want to offer both a Serif and Sans-Serif option for my readers. Any suggestions? Almost every font looks too thick on dark backgrounds...
>>281036
I think it's fine. The logo could use some refining (noticing some unseemly jagged bits here and there).
Also I think Mashup Rushdown might be a more interesting title.
>>281224
First off, agree with >>281227. Also, try limiting your colors a bit more. Maybe stick to the color palette of the logo? Minor alignment errors I found are shown in points 1 and 2.
>>281240
Looking good anon!
Try come up with a few options, some where you hide the UI more or integrate it more elegantly so it looks less 'slapped on' and helps elevate the feeling you want the site to convey. Consider different arrangements and placements until you figure out something that works. It's always good to look at lots of websites or design in soo to give you some ideas.
An option to switch between serif and san serif isn't really necessary and doesn't add a lot, but if you still want it, try find some examples of sites that do this, dribble should have something to inspire you or looking at news sites etc.
Also the random red underlines on some of the links, what is this for? You need visual consistency in your links and calls to actions. Try define some rules as to how you treat primary, secondary and even tertiary link styles so there is more visual consistency. It seems a bit random at the moment.
Might be worth looking at that pottermore site and seeing how they format their stories if you haven't already. I can find some links for you to check out.
Project Summary:
Social activism campaign against littering for Keep America Beautiful. Pretend issue is that littering is on the rise amongst self-entitled youth. Pic related is a poster.
Target Audience:
Lazy, young millennials.
Perception/Tone:
A little condescending, realistic, serious, a little mean.
>>281344
lul
>>281344
The 'but it's too far' slogan isn't clear enough because too much of the rest of the wrapper is shown. I'm also not convinced by the slogan either. I think if you shot the wrappers on grass it would have more of a contrast and be less distracting, then play around with the grading in Photoshop to make the colours saturated.
the focal area of the composition is too small.
Try use a bigger and better font at least so it looks more intentionally designed.
for a zine
which one of my logos is best?
>>281498
hi soyul
>>281498
I'm gonna give you the honest truth: they are all middle school graphics design class projects
They all suck cock
>>281498
>CP
oh
>>277087
Try fixing your shit taste first
>>281513
I didn't watch any of it except for R&M, which is okay, and Weisman's shows, which are really good. The rest are just forwarded from /co/ based on his taste.
>>281498
>>271827
Dont use that generic videogame font, cheapens the thing. i like it otherwise
>>273640
It looks like ammeter PS try hard shit with no sophistication, and no thought towards UX, or sustainability.
Take pic related, your welcome.
please rate this graphic design shop
kinggfx.net
warmup project, but i kinda liked it and wanted to work on this style
any tips on dots/design revolving around composing images with smaller shapes?
>>281925
I've always loved the simplistic design and basic linework in clean webdesign but something about the hard angles separating sections doesn't ride well with me. The hard part is I can't really say what you should replace it with, but it doesn't seem to flow that well with the overall atmosphere of the site.
Really clean look though!
>>281925
>>rate
underage kek
>>282053
It looks good to me!
>>282073
that made literally zero sense at all whatsoever, how the fuck did you come up with this retardation if i may ask?
>>282092
ok, lets "critique" it the way you're asking then.
4/10
get a lot of good feedback out of that?
>>282101
1. a measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against some other quantity or measure.
2. consider to be of a certain quality, standard, or rank.
synonyms: consider, judge, reckon, think, hold, deem, find;
Rating something doesn't necessarily always have to be based on a numerical scale. Stop acting like such a hard ass just because I didn't use your fancy terminology you narrow minded cunt.
>>282107
fine, potato/watermelon
it's not fancy terminology as much as it is proper terminology. You posted work you'd find on a 2010 Starcraft forum in the "Sig Requests" section and received a reply that fit perfectly into that context.
Plus you already made an entire thread dedicated to this shit and got actual critique and advice so stop spamming salt just because you didn't get the praise you were expecting.
>>282117
>spamming salt
You're the one who accused me of being underage based on a word. Take your head out of your ass and be sure to fasten your helmet onto your head nice and tight next time before shitposting.
Also why the fuck would I want praise for something I didn't even work on? Mind explaining that as well please?
thoughts on this gradient donut?
>>282135
Looks more like a Cheerio anon.
Put some sprinkles and shit on there, or at least some glaze.
Just don't make it look like semen.
>>282137
Yeah it's an unglazed donut, now to add the jizz
Just finished Doom 2016 and tried my hand at a wallpaper.
Anyone have tips for having an image emerge from text and using lines to give it that depth? First time I attempted this kinda thing and would appreciate anyone with pointers that has done it before.
>>282150
What do you mean by lines to give it depth?
The head has a sense of depth to it already but I think you could give it a little more somehow, I'm not very good with photoshop.
Anyway, it's looking pretty cool
>>278265
SWEET CHARITY
BAH BAH BAH
AHH
>>271827
working on a business card for class.
>>280091
nicee
>>282135
>>282137
update.
just starting the sprinkles
>>282162
"Event Photography" looks weird and off-center (even though it probably isn't). Try making the bar behind it slightly larger or moving the text a few pixels to the right.
>>282174
I think the border looks bad. What if you removed that?
>>274294
I really like this.
>>280888
Too much shadow under the arms
>>281925
Wrote reply on image.
See if it helps you any.
>>282287
what did you use to make this?
>>282315
Apophysis 7x
>>282174
how'd you make this?
>>282150
really cool idea, I gave it a shot
>>282659
love this doom font
Made this on mobile with PicsArt.
Yes, I realize it isn't the least bit creative.