♡ fairykyu

silhouette • graphic review & tips {closed}

Username: fairykyu

Experience: 4 months

Themes: angst, supernatural

first impression: [ 8 / 10 ] your poster is so much interested at the first sight. but after i blinked once, i should say that i really didn't like the whole typography you used. it really annoyed my eyes while the angsty feelings already there.

themes: [ 14 / 15 ] this is the best point of your poster! your poster have the right color and feelings for angsty and super natural themes. just maybe, for super natural thing, you should add a bit color into it, maybe a slight red or a bit bluish light will make it more 'supernatural'. goodjob♡

coloring: [ 16 / 20 ] gray, black, and white. you really know how to blend those colors into an angst poster. however, like i've said before you need to add a bit red / blue colour. just a slight not too much. place the blue or red texture(or color) smoothly, not too strong. in my opinion, maybe you could place these colors around the title or at the bottom. why do you need to do so? because, if you only used gray, black, and white, it's way too monotone for supernatural. hope you got what i meant. by the way, your coloring style is so smooth and neat, i love it♡

technique: [ 21 / 25 ] you've cut both the girl character and the ghost (lol. is it a ghost?) perfectly. and the effect you've made like the ghost came out from the girl's head is beautifully placed. your character placement is so so so good and eye-catching. but, there's something you need to note. look at this picture:

look at what i've circled on top. it's not wrong to have like black shadows behind the ghost's face. it's alright. but the thing is you should make the shadow more neat. my tips is erase the shadow follows the ghost's face gesture. when there's indentation ( like on her nose ), makes the black shadows follow the indentation. it will be more neat. and set the eraser opacity lower than 20%. now, look at the second circle at the bottom. hm, i don't get what do you mean by placing blue texture all of sudden right there. even if i was asked you to place blue color, it shouldn't be that awkward. if you wanted to place it there, it's okay. but you should add bit more. not that small. hope you got what i meant. 

 

resources: [ 8 / 10 ] neat. like i always say before, your poster is neat. you placed the texture very neat. the thing i don't like is only the bluish texture i've mentioned before, and the texture near the ghost's face. the texture that near the ghost's face is way 'too-same' with the ghost's face itself. look! how same is the texture with the ghost's face, lmao. but it's just a small thing, other than that your texture usings is wonderful♡

typography: [ 5 / 15 ] this is totally what makes your poster looks not great. let's start with the title's font and color. the font is like lost behind the poster and the color is clashing. if you already used black or gray color as your major color, don't ever use the same color for the font. note this. i bet you used gradient overlay for the title color. if you wanted to do so, you should make white color more dominant. how? just simply drag the white pointer into the black, like on this picture:

nah hope you understand. now let's move into the quotes. the quotes' font is A BIG NO. the angst feelings suddenly disappear when i read the quotes. you should use more dramatic font, my recommendation is felix titling (windows provides you, if you used windows pc.) or you can download at dafont.com, the font name is 'the only exception' or 'jellyka wonderland wine'. those fonts are pretty good to make angst quotes. i'm telling you, the angst font criteria is not too thick, not so big, not too formal. you can use any font that you think suits that criteria. however, your title and quotes placing are good! keep it up and improve your font choices and colors.

 

 

bonus: [ 3 / 5 ] because i really don't like the font, sorry TT_TT

total points: 75 / 100 - average♡

tips for you: just focus at the typography. once you get the typography points, tada! your graphics change into the most beautiful one. if you can't find any good fonts just browse one dafont.com, or on deviantart search for 'font pack'. there are thousands of amazing fonts. the other thing you should note is makes the typography visible. so everyone could read clearly without glares at the poster for minutes. by the way, keep your neatness, your neatness is wonderful! hope this review will help you♡

-xoxo foxlight-

 

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Poging_Yongguk #1
Chapter 24: Ah!!! Thank you so much!! Don't worry i will do what you said.I will try to make another one tha looks a bit the same as this poster.

I actually put luhan's pic lower than Yoona so that i will look like He's look at Yoona but at the same time he looks smaller than him XD....

Thank you so much for the Advice!! ^^
Poging_Yongguk #2
Chapter 19: By the way it's me the former Cokkie_bear

username : Poging_Yongguk

experience : almost 1 year

program: photoshop cs6

graphic link : http://i.imgur.com/LyWoSst.png

themes: romance and a bit sad

which part do you want me to more focus on? : Coloring and typography?

anything you wanted me to note: Thanks.... I'm Really not good in Typograpy,The Korean font are mess.(In my graphic)

password:Black
Poging_Yongguk #3
Chapter 19: Wow,Thanks for the Tips,It really help a lot.^^

Can i request for a Review again??....???
yuhsoul
#4
Chapter 20: Hey! Thanks for this tips omg useful! I will try it and show the result to you ;) Once again, thank you bcose u made this! idk u made this tips very faaaaasssttttt .___. thanks ♥♥♥
bottleofdreams
#5
Chapter 20: Omg, thanks for the review so much <33
The papyrus was supposed to show some royal princess-y like haha, but I guess it didn't match lol
For the black weird thing, do you mean the chair?
And for the hair I did notice it, and I've tried to erase, but oddly, it still visible. May you help me? T.T
Anyway, really thanks for the review, I may request again in the future ^^
sandeoki
#6
Chapter 2: username : asdfghjm15

experience : 10 months

program: photoshop cs6

graphic link : http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a505/asdfghjm15/taeminkrystal_zpsef59897e.jpg

themes: mystery, supernatural/action

which part do you want me to more focus on? : blending and technique?

anything you wanted me to note: first of all, thank you! i in typography...

password: transparent (?) loljk. black
yuhsoul
#7
Chapter 18: Hello, thank you for your review! I really like it <3 and yes, sometimes idk where should i put the quote even the title .___. and then, thank you if you wil make tips for something like this, i will read it and practice it! :D
Btw, i used yoona with this : http://snsdpics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yoona-innisfree-jeju-poster.jpg
and Luhan : http://i5.minus.com/ij0REWOqY5EUi.jpg
i think, that's why Luhan looks cracked. btw, i always play with adjustment like that, brightness, colow balance, and sometime curves but the result is really unexpected lol it became very dark and very bright. it's really hard hehehe
btw, thank you for the featured <3 feels so grateful here!
thank youuuuuuu! :D
Toilet_Paper
#8
Chapter 17: I don't think it's a must to do blending when doing a dark poster. just my opinion. there's so many blends in aff that most posters look like a copy of each other. i think you should've actually given her credit for trying out something new.