. lissie's GALLERY .
Bonjour, je suis lissie and I live in ENGLAND.
I use GIMP and have been for a while now, hopefully I won't cause your eyes too much pain!
Comments make me smile, as does my favourite music... currently IN LOVE with passion pit,
and some other weird stuff none of my school friends have heard of.
anyway, back to the graphics...


^ WOW WOW WOW. that really made my day. i did NOT expect that. thank you so much <33



I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT STUCK IN A RU-UT,
IT'S NOT BIEN, REALLY NOT "SEHR GUT",
SO ... yes, may be a bit slow on the new stuff
(i'm on the running for a poetry award too... blatantly [/sarcasm])
** NEW: 1 x sig (duffy) + 1 x blend [!] ("heartbeat") 1 x DAheader + 1 x sig ("see") **

- newest stuff is at the top somewhere in the middle, for your inconvenience;;










^ experimentation station ...


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^+Click for entry with original on same canvas.






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+ FAVOURITES CHALLENGE BANNERS
^Winner of 'The Favourites' Challenge


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a w a r d s !

1st in 'The Favourites Challenge' (M)
2nd in the 'Back To Basics Challenge'
3rd in the 'Potions Challenge' (M)
Joint 3rd in 'The Culture Challenge! An International Feast! Challenge' (M)

my gallery @ SOS

^ Promoted @ SOS! Still in shock (amazing award by lore !)


^^ OMGEEEEEEEEE!!!
best day ever!! such a gorgeous award too by beth

CREDIT:deviantart, google, planetrenders.net, sweetandtalented, superior pics,
lightmatter. silv3r_ic3. a.perfect.lie. Caren. metauphoria. sharon. xnotwutuEXPECTx. wetbehindtheears. weheartit.
.highwayheartbeat. papagallo. in.wonderland Effusion. shalena. sharo. Violet.
^ if you see anything in my gallery not credited, message me and i will credit.

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LIZ!
first post is sooo mine.
look who finally got a gallery posted! (:
woooo!
your off to a great start, your blending is already pretty good.
you could work on the evil demon of text, some good tuts i will edit in a few minutes, and
image quality and coloring and stuff. but honestly wow its so pretty in here! <33
have fun with challenges and such! (:

kara (:

edit;
amazing text tut by susan here: click
click here for another amazing tut by susan but this is on image quality
those are only a few but really i dont know why you waited so long to post a gallery.
its soo pretty! <33

Pimp.


GREAT start here!
Wow,you icons are totally nice, especially Zoo icons.hehe
Your banners are pretty.I really love second one.
Keep it up and good luck!

Diana.

Thanks for the help guys!

Kara, those tuts were brilliant! They really helped me out I guess I waited so long on my gallery because I thought I should add a few more things to it.

I'm really glad you like some of my stuff! Everyone seems to like the Terminal banner

I also added a colourization yesterday, so it would be nice to hear your opinions on that too! I followed a tut and I think it turned out okay. I added the Dalek Patronus banner too (which I find amusing, seeing a white ghostly Dalek as oppose to a solid metal one)!

For the support!

Will add more soon
-CTH

edit: text size + font

HAI! I'm here to pimp!

Okay so, I would like to start off by saying that you are doing really good so far. Your icons are so cute. I think the Avril Lavigne ones just need some sharpening though. I LOVE THE ZOO ONES! They are so cute and the coloring is great! ^^

Your banners and signatures arent so bad either. I think you are off to a really good start but maybe you should try and use some textures. They add a little more color and such to the picture. Try to experiement with them and with new fonts and such. Oh and I suggest you check out some tutorials, they can be very helpful.

Last thing I want to say is that I LOVE the colorization! It looks so realistic! It's really amazing! Keep up all this great work! I'd love to check in later on and see how much you've improved

welcome <33
anyways that colourization.
HOLY SHIZ ICICLES!!!!!!!!!
well i've never attempted a colourization but it looks amazing.
seriously. AHHH!
-dies-
amazing <33
i love the new stuff you have, so just keep up the good work.
keep working on text and blah blah
your improving loads <33
so yeah whoaaa.
ILY!

kara (:

I'll reply seeing as there's been two people and i don't want you to think I don't care!

Yellow, I'm glad you like the zoo icons! Animals are so adorable!

And my colourisation! Nice to hear great comments for that!

And I found out how to get more fonts [yippee!] after yonks of waiting and agonizing over it.

I'm experimenting with textures.


So I should be adding new things soon!



PS. Kara ILY too

edit: text size + font

hiii there here to pimp

your off to a good start, blending is fairly good i like your icon cuts, but there a bit boring, maybe add colour layers and textures to add something to it?
your chasing the horizon banner is nice, but i don't like how it goes from dark to light just like that, maybe blend it of her face?
i love your colourization its amazing

just keep on trying new things, and watch out for awkward text placement such as over peoples faces

very nice! just watch the blurring on someone's face. some of your avril lavigne av's are a lil blurry and you should sharpen her up a bit. the first av's coloring is really cool but the other ones are just sort of blah...

same with the banners. they're nice, good blending and placement. but don't be afraid of color, it IS your friend! haha

everything else is really nice. you're really good, so just remember to watch your image quality and experiment with color, go crazy! put in like five selective color layers, etc!

Thanks for commenting.

Though I don't have selective, I'll be sure to fiddle
around with my colouring (and hopefully I won't
make people look sick again !)

I sharpened up the Avril Lavigne icons a bit because
people have said that a lot. I think they look a bit better,
when you commpare them.

I think i might have a revamp soon.

Well, I say revammp but I mean just getting rid of
several things - I don't really like any of my signatures
currently.

etc.

-Liz

edit: text allignment

Liz! wow, you've improved I love the icons and your set and the animation on that terminal banner is just awesome!! I also love your first banner If you continue to improve like this, you'll get promoted soon

You use text very good. One thing that you should look out for is that your blending is sometimes a bit messy. On your first HPFF banner, Kate Hudson kind of disappears into the background and Natalie on your set has a white halo.

Keep up the fantastic work, Liz

Enya

<sub>Hi Liz
Yay for the gimp!
You're doing awesome so far;
I really love your colourisation
and the flashy animated banner
and the b&w 'moment' one.
Ooh, and I love the concept of your set
Just watch the boring stuff - text, image quality.

Keep it up</sub>

heyy

The gallery is minntt i love the sigs and the icons
the banners look good; especially the terminal one.. its awesomeee
and i love the dalek one too

watch out for the text and stuff butt other than that its brill

Emya - Hey thanks! As long as I'm improving I'm happy Promotion?
That would be a turn up for the books! Thanks for commenting
Ah okay, I see the blending thingy-majigs now.

SilverThimble - Gimp, hooray! Glad you liked them. [Your gallery is lovely by the way! ]

Amortentia - Thanks! The demon of text... *sigh* Thanks for coming over here!

darn. why is everytime I come and give a critique to someone, their gallery is almost empty xD anyways, will give you a critique on the things you have since I really have to get things moving in my crit thread

Signatures I love the animation signature, it's very very cool. Your second signature has a very cool concept too, but the girl is a bit awkwardly blended. I see you used a soft edged brush to cut around her (or no wait, there's still part of her background there?) anyways, it looks a bit as if she's fading into the background and it just isn't smooth. I also noticed on both your sigs that you oversaturate a bit, try using a bit more colour

Colourisation the eyes are very nicely coloured! and so is her ring. Her skin is still a bit too washed out. Nice job, though!!

I realise this is ridiculously short if you fill your gallery with banners or icons and want me to critique them too, just send me a PM and I'll do it! Keep up the good work

Enya

Here to pimp.

I really like your work. You are quite good at graphic making. I only have a few suggestions. On a few of the icons they are a little bright. I mean like blinding kind of. For example the last one with the haybales. Your banners are put together really well but the text to me almost seems a little forced. The sige up there is really good i don't have anything to say about it because it ai honestly my favorite peice. Your first blend i eally good but I personally don't like the second maybe if the girl wasn't blue and she was still blended in. Hope I wasn't to harsh...

~JamesandLilly4ever

Hey Liz! I'm here to pimp your gallery.

Well, your off to a great start. Your off to a
greaaat start. Of course, you have things to work on,
we all do. I'd recommend working a tad bit more on coloring
since sometimes its bit, overpowering or not there? Try to
find that happy medium. Text is iffy, but your getting thereee!
I love those blends. Get some more, girl! <33

Kara
p.s slap me if I was a meanie.

Enya - Thanks. Sorry you caught me at a bad time
Now you mention it, her skin is a bit bland. Thanks.

CJ - No, you weren't harsh at all. Besides, honest is better.
I underestand about the bright colouring & the text
(Evil thing ) That blend is a bit odd. Glad you liked
the sig.

Kara - Thanks. That helps. It was my first attempt at a proper
blend so I'm glad you liked! Don't worry, you weren't a
meanie (but I'll slap you anyway) Jk.

wow, i love your icons! they're so perfectly cut and coloured!

This stuff is really pretty and good. Keep it up!

<sub>Hey there! It's my, Nuzzy, with my majorly late critique. FEAR MY MIGHTY TARDY-NESS SKILLZ!
ONTO THE CRITIQUE!

AVATARS
A lot of your icons are very simple. In most of them, that simplicity works... and it works really well. In one of them, however, your "This is life" icon, I feel that it's too simple though.

BANNERS
This banner is amazing! I love how it goes from black to white. In your third banner, however, always ALWAYS beware of textures going over people's faces. It's a major technical no-no, and ninety nine percent of the time doesn't work very well (though the text idea is amazing). Also, watch out for too many textures, such as in your first banner-- too much of a good thing is bad.

SIGS
The man in your sig seems very over contrasted. I think if you toned down the contrast and made the whole think b-and-w then the whole sig would work better. I love your text and blending though.

BLENDS
Once again, watch out for making graphics too busy and putting textures over people. The idea is very good and the blending of your first banner is great, but I think if you got rid of some of the textures it would be even better than it already is. I love your second blend too. It's so creative, definitely not what you see around TDA everyday so congrats on that. However, I think you should lessen the invert on the girl's face... she just seems so blue. I love the idea with the texture at the bottom, also.

OVERALL
Watch out for making graphics too busy and putting textures over people. Otherwise you're off to a great start. Keep it up and you'll get promoted soon!
Hope I wasn't too harsh...</sub>

Gia - Wow, thanks!

Takecare - Ta.

Nuzzy - Thanks about the icons. The 'this.is.life' wasn't really meant to be an
icon Simplicity is good though. I'm really glad you like that
banner - lots of people think it's not very nice. I supopose it's taste.
I understand about the face thing. & the over-dose (I think that might
be a habit). Okay. I get the sig part. & blends: over-dose again. I think
I'll fiddle with it a bit. & the girl. You weren't too harsh, just helpful. & now
I've got a good idea what to work on!

LIZ! (i love your name, btw.)
first of all, your icons are incredibly stunning. i ♥ them.
i'd love to see even more colours in your work, but well, i'm really no expert. haha.
anyway, i can't wait until you update.

Heyhey^^

Here to pimp yo' gallery!

Okay I'll say this before I even start 'pimping'... I am very torn on the structure of your gallery. There are some pieces that make want to worship you, and then there others that are just... Whats the word? I don't know I'll just fit it with the word blah...

Icons ~ Outstanding! I can't really even critique anything when it comes to icons because I am so bad at them and can make like 3 at a time XD Keep up the good work with your icon skills though!

Banners ~ Both of them together show you have very nice blending skills... But the bottom one seems too bright for the setting of James Franco, and I have to set I love the natural looking setting of the top banner. I just adore natural styles <3

Sigs ~ I love, love, love, love, love your newer sig. Colors, blending, text, it's just perfection! I wish I could make a sig like that. The Christina Ricci sig though is very... blah... The textures clashing together is not very appealing and it's rather irking me...

Blends ~ the one you have is very interesting, I'll say that, but I can't actually say that I like after looking at it a couple of times... I like the colors, I believe that's your strong point actually XD But the image itself just look something you threw together... GAH! I'm so mean...

Ok all in all, I like your stuff, but the blah stuff is kinda' pulling you down... Anyway you have every right in the world to hate me.

Peace Out, I'm gonna pimp some more... so... BYES

P.S. Stay AWESOME!

hi!

your icons have awesome cuts. the ladybug set seems a bit oversaturated in color in my opinion. i love the photos and coloring for the still life ones

the home banner is well done. the text is nice and so is the overall concept. i think it would have a bit more depth with some more complex coloring or a little bit of the brightness/contrast tool. there are some tutorials in the tutorial section that show you how to use selective coloring, etc. it looks like one pinkish texture was put on multiply (and there's a little spot on the upper right hand side that isn't covered).

the confessions banner's quote is hard to read. it's a bit heavy on the textures but i really like the colors and brushes you used.

the betty and walter signature is so so cute

the christina ricci photo used in that signature is not of the best quality and it takes away from the signature. also the font you used is a little thin and faded. try to make it stand out more. it seems like the top half of the graphic has some dark blue coloring and the bottom half doesn't... it almost looks incomplete?


overall, you're off to a great start! keep up the great work

Hi there (pimping!)

I really really like the coloring of your icons the green + red is awesome <3

this is a bit too soft and bright. You could try lowering the opacity of the coloring layer, or use other coloring layers such as levels, selective coloring, channel mixer, and contrast/brightness to make it pop a bit more

the first sig is pretty cool! I'v enever tried that style so I'm just soooooo impressed it's awesome. as for the second sig...the image quality is a bit low. You could try looking at Susan's tutorial on image quality (click here) if you need help on that

keep up the great work

xx
eunice

ascarysoundcalledsilence - thanks! I'm glad you like the icons
storygirl - that was helpful. 'blah' - I understand that You weren't too harsh, I think I know how to improve in the future
invisible spirit - I'll take on board what you said. Thanks for critiqueing. It's really helpful.
eunice - glad you like the icons. I'll try out some of those colouring tips, thanks! & for the sigs too. The christina ricci sig was a grainy texture, I think that's confusing a lot of people. I'll try and sort it out, thanks.

Thanks to everyone; you really help

Yeah, another GIMPer!!! Woot! here to pimp
Loving the icons I also love the first banner, the text is great too.
On the first sig, try to get rid of the glow around the people- maybe try layer masks?
On the second, the text isn't very readable and you should erase the texture off her face.
Great gallery!

Hola Liz!
Here to pimp
Your icon cuts are really good!
+these are cute, but +these are my favorites. Both sets are uber pretty though
I like +this banner best--the coloring is nifty looking, and the text is awesome! I'm not so keen on the one after it--seems to bright. Your coloring there could be more subtle? I hope that that was the right word!
love +this sig without the grainy texture so prominent, btw! S'very nice
Good stuff! -could never use gimp with half as much success-
was that harsh? it sounded harsh.

LIZ!
HOMGAH, i havent been in here in forever.
you've improved soso much! your ladybug icons are mega cute, i love them!
then your landscape banner is made of win, i love the coloring!
your sooo awesome, and ily! sorry for my lack of comments in here recently.
loffly gallery! good luck on next promotions, liz.
<3333

Julianne - Thanks for the advice. Pleased that you liked those things,
and I changed the ricci sig a bit too.
Anjii - Not harsh! Glad you liked that stuff, will work on the others.
Thanks for helping!
Kara - Aww thanks! Glad you thought that!

Thanks all of you!

im spreading the looooooooooooove here with your critique!

icons are definately your strong point. why dont you try some with people?
oh and for your this is the lift icons, the balloon one needs to be nudged up a tiny bit. you can see the bottom of another balloon and it looks a bit awkward. and the forest one is a bit blurry and isnt really the best image to use.

first banner: really pretty one of my favourite things in your gallery! maybe take a low opacity brush and erase the texture a bit off the desk and spiral side of the book. and then lower the opacity of the texture a tiny bit - its a little overpowering.

second banner: the girl on the left is quite blurry - try sharpening her. the girl on the right is very pink. maybe try colouring her like the girl on the left? and the background is really bright. lower the saturation a tad. and since you dont have text - try moving them so they're slightly off centre

third banner: i think you rotated the guy a bit too much just tilt him to the left a bit more. and add some contrast to him, because hes got a dull face and she has a very bright one.

sig one: wow! so bright and colourful! i love it! um, maybe do some image prep on the girl. she looks a bit grainy. quote text is a little hard to read. play around with the placement. and maybe move the girl, title and quote together over to the left a bit.

sig two: wow again! i love it! text is a little hard to read though. and the moon has a slight halo - erase that. maybe try to bring the characters out a little more?

overall;; work on colouring, placement and text. your blending pretty good so keep that up! keep trying hard and youll be a junior in no time!

ok. so i can't even tell you how much i love your icons.
they are incredible!
also your sigs have great colors and left me speechless
i kinda want to see your blends... soon?

~ashlee

Hey hun! I'm Hannah and I'm here to spread the love :hug:

Icons:

The ladybug ones are absolutely gorgeous!! I love the coloring and the cuts. Great job on those dear ^_^

The second set is very pretty too. I'm terrible with icons so I admire anyone who can manage them and they definitely seem to be a strength of yours. The only one I'm not fond of is the forest one. It seems awkward and slightly blurry.

Banners:

this is very cool. I like the concept and the welcoming feel it has. Great job on that

these are slightly awkward. For the first the coloring is a bit too garish and the girls skin tones don't match. Plus the girl on the left is slightly blurry whereas the girl on the right appears oversharpened. I use gimp as well so what do I do to even is skin tones is go to the colors<color balance and mess around there or else try using the curve tool. If you have any questions at all on that feel free to pm me. I know gimp is difficult to learn how to work with at first ^_^ For the sharpening and blurring go to the filter area and either use the selective gausian blur tool or the enhance<sharpen one ^_^ Try some text with those too!

Sigs:

I like the first one! It's fun and colorful ^_^ How did you get the text to curve like that? :unsure: I still am trying to figure out all of gimps tools with text. The flower part on that though - I think it's a flower - has a bit of an overpowering black spot right in the middle that distracts a bit from the graphic. I'd work on that because it makes the blending look a little sloppy.

I like the second one too! Nice coloring again ^_^ The moon though has a halo around the edges.

Overall: You're doing great hun! Just work on blending and add some more banners in with text! I'd love to see what else you come up with :hug:

Hope I helped!

Hannah

_{critique.
ok, what i realise straight away is that you seem to under colour your icons and over-colour the backgrounds of your banners.
i love the top banner, but the second two aren't smooth and the colouring on the background and the people is mismatched.
its best for every image on the banner to share colouring to tie it together, if you get my meaning.
your signatures are good, but cramped.
you try to use a lot of images, but sometimes it ends up looking too busy.
hope i helped.}

here to pimp.

On your icons, you've made several of them too bright, and it looks slightly odd.

Your blending is amazing.

The text, is hard to read in the butterfly banner for example, it matches the background too much I think.

Here to pimp

OH HIIIII! I'm Deni

You have some lovely stuff.

Your icons are gorgeous, especially the ladybird ones.

Your banners are nice, but the first two seem very similar? The last banner has a very cool concept!

Your sigs/sets are really cool, and have a funky concept and the Betty & (I can't read the next word? Is is Walter or Warter?) has gorgeous colouring.

Keep up the good work!

Thank you all for the critique!!

WOTNM - thanks! I scrapped the butterfly banner; it wasn't working for me. As for the rest... will work on icons, and such. Am adding more stuff frequently, would love to see what you think!

Deni - (The word is 'Walter' ) Thanks for the critique, I appreciate it!

& to those I didn't get round to replying to in Februar: Thank you for critiquing!! It was very useful!

heyy!
love this gallery
especially the ladybird peices


banners are good 2. 1st one especially

Hey, fellow GIMP-er! I'm here with your requested gallery critique.

So, first of all, I love your graphics! I would totally not be surprised to see a promotion in your near future, either. (But keep in mind, I am myself not an admin and only a Junior artist.)

PLUS, your gallery is named SWISS ROLLS and I am SwissMiss, so we are obviously on the same wavelength!

Okay, on to some critique...

Honestly, there's not all that much I can find fault with. Your icons are maybe a bit too bright overall, some of the definition and color is getting lost.

Banners: The first one, gorgeous, this is my favorite one. Maybe too much red texture over her face. Image quality is also a bit pixellated, I especially notice it around the text and on her face.

Paris one, again very pretty, the quote is a bit hard to read though, and the coloring of the woman (yellowish) doesn't quite match the background (blueish).

Home: Kind of plain, but nice.

Chasing the Horizon: Really interesting, unique composition, I really like this.

Electric Blue sig set: The white tiny text box on the avatar is too bright, you can hardly see the tiny text at all. The signature looks good to me.

Your other two signatures look gorgeous to me, not much to say there.

So basically, it looks like you're doing great to me. Maybe watch out for over-lightening, make sure your text is always legible, and make more banners. Good luck with promos!

antonia_x:: thanks! glad you liked...

swissmiss:: swiss rolls, swissmiss... anyway, thanks for the critique! it was very helpful. I will keep in mind the critique =)

Hi, I'm Lindsey. These are so cool! I think that my jaw dropped about 8 inches when I saw these. Is it anime or just really cool textures? Just, absolutely the coolest thing that I've seen. I really like this too. Kay, thats it .

Lindsey

Hi Lindsey

I'm happy you like them, I wasn't sure whether I did or not at first. It's not anime, just lots of stocks on different layer modes and so on And thank you again!!

since you commented on mine, i'd thought i just had to come see your awesome gallery!
i love the keira knightley stuff, theyre awesome
and i really like this too
i just love the way it's been put together
keep up the brilliant stuff

Here to pimp

hp icons , yay but i think they're a bit too blurry . and the ladybird is bit...overcontrasted ? or smth like that xD

moving on .

the first three banners are like freaking F awesome ! soo creative .

i'm sorry , but i don't like this banner

i'd love to see more from you x)

xoxo Jannu <33

Hello friend
So I'm returning the favour.
but first I love your gallery name but you already know that.
Icons:
I think the first seven is awesome the color and text and the use of texture. I'm not sure about the kate hudson one. I think it is to bright but the cut is good.
the ladybug once are .
the only thing here I can say is experiment more.
Banners
I know I said this before to you but the banners for your favorite challange are just
the one below is also good but you seem to have use a texture around her face (it is what it looks like)
though it is wicked banner.
the other three (not the home one) seems kind of dull coloring wise so (if you would compare them to the others)

Signatures and Sets
I heart your kiera set which you already know. I like that one the Icon it says 'you look so' and on the sig it says 'beautiful' maybe you could spice it up(lol) by adding a bruch (hopes that you know what i'm talking about)
moving on to your sigs
There pretty and diffrent from the normal people sigs.
though the last one is a tad blurry.

This turned out rather long but anyway just keep it up

Three comments in 9 minutes!!! [/lame]

tovsy ~~ thanks soo much!! and no problem
jannnnnu ~~ thanks for commenting! I'm glad you like the music banners. And it's honestly fine not liking the home banner. No-one has the same taste as anyone else
lydia ~~ thanks for the detailed critique! it really helps, and I'm always babbling so Now you've pointed it out, I think I'll be more experimental with banner colouring. I was looking at lots of galleries today and the best banners have the most gorgeous colouring. And the sig critique - I understand about teh brush thing. The sig is a bit simplistic

Thanks to all of you who took the time to critique! I appreciate it a lot

Hello! I'm Lily!
Your gallery is fantabulous!
Llloovvee your blends!

Hi Liz, I'm Keisha :]
GASP!
Yo gallery is STUNNING.

I love the coloring on EVERYTHING. Seriously. The brighter colors are definitly your strong point ;D
Your icons have great cuts. <3 the Harry, Hermione and Ron ones =)
Your banner are fabulous too. Great job on them! The Home one is my fave. :]
I love the set you have now. I'm so jealous, it's gorgeous : D (It makes me wish I had thought of something like that!)
And your anime signatures are really cute ^^

Keep up the fantastic work!
OH AND HEY, you have a new gallery stalker

=)

lily~~ thanks for visiting, glad you liked my stuff I don't have any 'blends', but I guess I know what you mean. Anyway, thanks
keisha~~ ^^ thanks! I'm glad you like the home banner. And if I'm stalking you, I guess it's only fair you stalk me back.