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First impression [4/5] : Mmmmm it does look good and pleasing, but I still want to review on several things!

Font [5.5/10] : I feel like the quote, title, and credit all don't look really nice? The quote's shadow is too far away and slightly too high in opacity, so it's not so readable. The credit is a little too big (but this is no big deal) and the spacing between the 'shirotakashi' and the 'present' is too big? Also, I don't think that type of font is really really suitable for this kind of poster esp. if it's not really edited a lot. For the title I'd suggest... maybe use Bakery? Or something that just doesn't look really formal. The font you're already using is not actually really ugly, just that all the shadows are way too bright and you might need to do more work on the title so it fits. Also, the 'p' in people is supposed to be large, right--

Mood [12/15] : Somehow it looks adventureish? But still, good picture choices.

Coloring [8.5/10] : Their skintone is a little bit different, you can try using 'curves' or add a black layer on top of the girl's face and edit the layer mode ( though i dont use gimp and idk how to gimp) but the rest, I love!!

Placement [8/10] : Quote placement esp. the one in the middle is a little bit off.

Blending+technique [16/20] : I... feel that the blending around the textures are good. The girl's hand looks like it's poorly deleted though, a texture there might work. The movie-ish texture (the square square square one like picture film) looks a little bit awkward too. What if it's not used and instead, you put the girl slightly more downwards?

Resources [4/5] : Nice textures nice pictures.

Originality [7.5/10] : Not the most original, but still good!!

Overall look [12/15]



Total score: 4+5.5+12+8.5+8+4+7.5+12 = 77.5/100


Personal comment: First of all, I am sorry if it is too harsh or it's an inaccurate review o/ This is all purely my opinion and everyone has a different opinion! Thank you for requesting here, and good luck in doing everything! -asdfghjm15

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aneyeos #1
still open?
LocaLina #2
Chapter 35: Chapter 32: username: LocaLina
blog post link: https://www.asianfanfics.com/blog/view/1263007
experience, e.g. 3 months: 5-ish years creating graphics, only 1 year seriously
editing program used: Affinity photo on an iPad Pro
graphic link: https://i.imgur.com/HuzrwOc.png
graphic title: Inhuman
genre: scifi, artificial intelligence
things you'd like to be emphasized in the review, e.g. typography: overall
the story the graphic tells: A story about a girl who ends up befriending her father's top secret experiment which is an AI that is scarily human compared to the others. Once she finds out her father's true purpose for the AI she helps the AI break out of the laboratory and they go on the run (I can't tell more without spoiling it to no end to my readers).
Kuroko_Baseku #3
https://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/1322790
Hey there can be affies ^^?
fefedove #4
Hi∼ your reviews are so nice but can I see some of your works or portfolio? I want to learn haha
Iamdead #5
Chapter 32: Chapter 29: Chapter 29: Chapter 29: Yah!! Thank you so much for putting the time and effort into reviewing my poster, I really appreciate it!
Im glad you remember me, hopefully i have improved since then XD
my typography has always been lacklustre ;-; tech me ples
and i have no idea how to do long titles XD
The ghosts are telling the children to come play with them, and when they do, they become faceless ooooooooh
for the blending yes youre right, that is exactly what I did huhuhu
/ashamed T^T
It looks pretty normal on my phone, what do you see?
yeh i need sum more kool resources, this was made in the earlier days of my designing so i just threw stuff together and hoped it looked good huhu ;-;
i dont really do that more, like i dont really throw tons of textures on a poster instead going for something a bit more simplistic i think
I really like manip these days, isso kool!!
Glad you're back and TECH ME SENPAI <3333
Xophias #6
Chapter 35: First time I came across a graphic review, quite refreshening! :D Love how you chose your criterias :)
Mary517 #7
Chapter 34: I'm actually surprised this is the reviews cuz this is still one of my fave piece pre 2013.... i think the specific date was actually the summer of 2008/9 cuz i remember i was taking requests for stories while doing a summer session at university ^^

But its unfortunate that you think its plain... this isn't a "BLEND" .... this was skewing away from blend and playing with "new" styles. Its one of my variations I call "stock and block" .... i made that up way back when.
I'm not sure i understand your "placement" comment... if you look at the posters... the boys are sized the same and evenly placed around iu.... and i'm not sure i know where else to place the title.... lower? please elaborate ^^
the images of the characters weren't meant to be "blended" Its TONS of layering. and duplicating image. But yes... as for resources... only one stock was used.

(i didn't know you were critique-ing "blends".... i thought you were experienced in graphics and would be critique-ing design) xD

but it was refreshing hearing your thoughts. I'll be sure to come back and request a review with something new
THANKS FOR THE REVIEW ^^
stonee #8
username: stonee
blog post link: https://www.asianfanfics.com/blog/view/1261506
experience, e.g. 3 months: 3 years
editing program used: photoshop cs6
graphic link: https://i.imgur.com/VU5EWbr.png
graphic title: Blood Thirst
genre: mystery, supernatural
things you'd like to be emphasized in the review, e.g. typography: typography, color used and the overall atmosphere/feel/vibe that the design gave since there's no character face to show the emotions
the story the graphic tells: it don't have story but the design was to emphasized about vampire. Honestly, it was design out of fun with not background story for it ^^;;
anything you'd like to say: not related to the graphic but i'm glad to see a graphic review shop that still open and alive since most already abandoned or closed xD
Overdose_Kpopers #9
Username: Overdose_Kpopers
Blogpost Link: https://www.asianfanfics.com/blog/view/1261498
Experience: i think 6 years and half
Program: photoshop cs 6
Graphic Link: https://78.media.tumblr.com/e221b210f86766dcafe78e4cc2ce17d6/tumblr_pb614oGHpg1u3ivp3o1_1280.jpg
Title: A little love wont hurt right?
Genre: Dark, angst, mafia
Emphasis: Nothing in particular ~
Story: It's about three friends on a mafia world, how did they got there? not sure
Anything else: noppie
jaxial #10
Chapter 33: Thank you for the review! I know he’s super grainy but my school lab has photoshop installed but it doesn’t allow plug ins nor other downloads so I made this with what limited resources I had at the time and that’s very less XD
The torn paper was just because I wanted it to look like someone ripped out a line to reveal the poster beneath lol

This is literally the best font I have cuz ugh school again it doesn’t have any nice fonts at all I mean like dude who uses Trajan pro for angst posters?
Thanks again! This was really helpful^^
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