Kairi-Kitten
Weak Grandpa
Bumping because I need to motivate myself and get back into practicing 8'D Definitely plan to take on some new tuts as well for practice : )
Looks great
Hey Kairi, the latest piece looks great! I like the drop shadow with scanlines you put behind Gray and Ib, and the colors look quite nice overall :-]
Texture usage is creative, too! I like it.
I do have some critique for you though, and the first thing to mention would be text. While the coloring and the font variety are great, I'm not too fond of the placement either. I think putting it closer to the focus (Gray and Ib) would be better, so that the text doesn't unnecessarily detract from them. Rotating it to fit the slanted line of the diagonal corner texture would've been great as well imo. Text doesn't have to be straight and blocky all the time ;-]
Ah, and it's oversharpened. The same goes for the render you used, too; so it's not just the text. You could definitely say that they match because of this (which is certainly a good thing) but I think an oversharpened look is the opposite of what you're trying to achieve. The lighting/light textures and background image lead me to believe that you wanted a dreamy effect, correct? If that's the case, then focusing on depth and only sharpening foreground elements of the tag would've looked better. So oversharpening is definitely something to look out for, especially for it's unintended effects!
But yeah, it's cool to see how you've improved (judging from the sigs you showcased in the OP), and it's awesome that you're getting back into this again. I'll look out for more updates \o/
Youre back doing GFX! Yay looking forward to continue to see your improvement
I think this piece is awesome! The only thing I would suggest is maybe change the text? The pixelated look of it doesn't fit, at least not in my opinion.
However, the lighting and the bokeh placement is absolutely stunning. Awesome job!