HI EM!
Welcome to TDA!
You have a wicked start to your gallery! Love your colourisations!
If you haven't already, here are some links you might want to check out:
Tutorials for Beginning Artists
Tutorial Central
Promotions 101
Optimizing Your Gallery for Promotions
Critique Corner
Tutorial Central was really helpful when I first started out.
Keep up the great work!

Nora

edit: FIRST POST.
edit2: I just realized that I used a lot of smilies. XD

Emeth, me thinks the lady's stuffeth is groovyeth.

Good start but your banners could use some more stock images also your text isnt that bad but I would experiment some more with them =]

Savid

Hi!

Welcome to TDA's Artistry!

You've got a great start and I love your colorizations!

I highly suggest you take a visit to Dafont.com! You'll have loads of great font choices and I find myself going there constantly... default fonts cannot compare!

with banners, try adding more images to the background etc. it won't make them seem empty.
also, be careful with image quality.

Keep up the good work! You're on a great start!

canta_loupe: Great, thanks for the advice! I'll be sure to check them out!

Savid_Savdi: Cooleth, me would like to thanketh you for the feedbacketh, and I wouldeth also like to agree with you that I probably do needeth to worketh on that, thanks againeth!

Sarah_Bee107: Cool, I'll be sure to check it out!
Yeah, they're not exactly my strong point but i'll deffinitely work on it
Thanks for the feedback:)

hi hi!! thought i'd stop by since you came around to my gallery

you've got a really good start here

on you sigs, i really like them, but they're a bit busy... we've all fallen into the trap of trying to fit as much as we can into a graphic, but sometimes less is actually more

this is my favourite!! but again, it's a bit busy...

/rant

hope i was semi helpful... keep up the good work!! you have real potential here!!! you'll be AWESOME in no time

Hey!

Yeah I've started noticing that I tend to crowed my stuff a bit too much, I' working on it though

Ah yes, I like that too except where my blending was a bit average and his forehead kind of just melts into her chin, it's all I see when i look at it now!

thanks for stopping by!

hey Em
your gallery is great! but you don't have a lot of stuff yet
anyway I really really love your sig. I can't say why though lol, I juste love it I think maybe all the images you put on it fit really well together
I like your banner but I think the background would have been better in color
anyway keep it up! !!

i think i know you from HPFF...you're marauderette on there too?
i'm CallieWood! if you're not that person, then please, disregard this
anyway, i think you're off to a great start (when i first started, i hid from blends--yours is really good!)
so just keep expirimenting and practicing, and definitely check out some tuts--they're
love <3 and welcome to TDA!

xAud: Cool, thanks for stopping by!:)

LaidBack12115: Uh yeah wrong person sorry
Thanks though!

i'm on your stalking list....







okay.... so.... i like this but the blending could use some work. i think if you fixed that it would be lovely!

with this the text is off, which ruins the whole graphic, the blending and blackground have been done really nicely but then the text degrades the graphic. just practice using text and maybe go on a download spree at dafont.com. also go to graduate or staff galleries to see how they use text

this has the same problem as the other sig. the blackground is really nice but the blending is just off.... other than that i really love it pretty

keep up te good work!!

Okay, first of all, great start to your gallery! As a critique, I'd suggest adding more life and color to your work. There are plenty of tutorials around here that can get your started - it won't take long. Also, I think that your text is pretty darn good! Nice job so far. Blending needs a tiny bit of work, but it's really good overall! Especially for someone so new.
Umm, also, I read this:

WOW! That's all I have to say. You sound just like me! I'm named Emily, too, I'm in high school, I have a chocolate fetish, and I LOVE House (he's my buddy!). George Clooney is fantastic as well, though I prefer Johnny Depp.
Well anyway, it's been a pleasure looking through your gallery and seeing your work. :-P

Ahh yes, colour, tis the bane of my graphic making existence. Most times when I try to make something in full colour it betrays me and ends up horrible though I am working on it and I'll be sure to check out those tutourials you suggested

Yes, text, the other bane-of-my-graphic-making-existence. It's a pain when you can just picture the perfect font and then you realise you dont have it lol and yeah blending could use a bit of work like you said.

OMG! Seriously!? I think I just found my long lost twin! haha

ah yes, Johnny Depp, dont we all?

Thanks for stopping by!

One day i will eats your colourizations skill.
I will find a way...
but with your other graphics I think that the two things that you need to work on are the colouring of your graphics and your usage of stock.
You have some really cool ideas but I think the colouring lets them down a bit
I cant wait to see more though!
Maybe some icons soon yes?

Sam

WOW! did you make all theese in GIMP? No way!
its awsome! how did you make the first signature, or the blend?!?! I really need to work on knowing my tolls
Briliant! keep it up

Sara.

<sub>haai emm! –glomps- awwww! Im on your stalk list that’s so sweet of you! Lol I WISH I was as good as everyone else on that list

House icons: these have really good cuts hun, so nice job though theyre all kinda simple colouring. Perhaps try giving them some nice highlights or something that might just jazz these up a bit

Jungle icons: the pics on these are soo cool! Though the colours are clashing a bit D: its just like.. all the colours are all a bit too.. bright? Try focus on having one colour really standing out on each icons, and then the other colours just subtlely complimenting it. For these, you wouldn’t make green the standing out colouring because its everywhere! do you get what I mean? If not.. nevermind. >.< +here is a good site where you can get loads of really good icon textures. Download a few packs and try them out

Sig one: ive already critiqued this in the crit corner, but ill add a bit more to it. the colour of the text is perfect, and the placement is safe but effective. The actual fonts still don’t seem to fit though id make the ‘how to fall in’ all capitlized and un-bolded. And then love in a more elegant script font? Or a handwritten font (like the Pea fonts +clickyyy!)

Sig two: mm. if you tried moving the middle balloon over to the left a bit, you could try stacking the text. And then you could just have the emphasis on just the word ‘happy’ I love the simplicity of this though!

Colourisation: uhh.. WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! That is amazing and so realistic! I have no crit ooh except maybe the whites of her eyes are a bit blue.

Blend: I don’t crit blends.

Overall: well theres not much in your gallery that shows your technical skills so im not sure about your skill levels in blending and such. Ill just give you a general rundown, yes?

Text: usually you tend to go safe with text. I guess that’s a good thing when you’re first starting out, but don’t be afraid to try out some new things. +here is a really good font pack you should download. Its got loads of funky fonts you can experiment with. I also want you to go for a huge download spree at +this site. Comb through those scripty and gothic sections.

Tips for text:
1. try and contrast light backgrounds with dark text and vice versa. that way its nice and easy to read
2. the title of a graphic should be near the focal point so its easy to see. dont be afraid to make it big
3. when making a graphic, try and survey the mood. this will help you choose text. when you are making a fun graphic, have a playful bubbly font. a romantic graphic: a nice scripty font. a dark graphic: a scratchy font. you get my gist

Colouring: try keeping natural with your colouring. On your ‘love’ sig, the girls face looks saturated and a bit sallow and unhealthy you want the colouring to compliment the graphic and to make it interesting. But not over the top. Youll develop an eye for this as you get to know your program more and become more experienced when making graphics.

Blending: um, theres nothing really in your gallery that tells me how good at blending you are ermm, yeah. Just when you’re blending and you’ve finished the graphic – run your eye along the edges of the person and try and look for any halos or jagged edges you might have missed.

heres a checklist for yaa:
when making a graphic think about the following things, and check them off in your head and fix them if they need fixing:
balance; is one side too heavy or not heavy enough? do the colouring's match?
text: is the text visible? does the font suit the mood? does the colour match?
blending: can i see any halos? is the hair appearing natural? are there any jagged lines that need fixing?
colouring: is the colouring enhancing the graphic? does it suit the mood?
brightness/contrast: is the banner too light/dark? is the contrast too high/low on the people?

Really, the only way to get better is to keep practicing. You’re doing such a great job so far and I cant wait until you improve even MOARR.

Sorry if I was too harsh, but I hope I helped >.<
Pm me If you have any questions!</sub>

EMMANESS!

I am so calling you emma from now on...
*cough*
anyway, all of your new stuff is amazing!
you have improved sooo much recently its a little scary.
your blends pwn my life
seriously, you are unfairly good at them.
make more blends soon mkay??
and maybe we could try colour!!

Sam

hi! here with critique! yours is going to be a bit shorter than what i've done before because i can see the same problems with all your graphics and not just with one thing. first thing is text. its good for the most part but the issues is that its sometimes hard to read. try experimenting around with the font color you choose to make sure its going to be the right color to go with the graphic plus be easily readable. the next thing is coloring and contrast. what you have now is soft and pretty, but try playing around with color more and add more contrast to really make your graphics pop out. i think your blends are your best work. these are very pretty. i love the first one. its really about making them pop out more with an added touch of contrast. that can make a big difference to the way your graphics look. alright i'm out and i hope i was able to help! keep up the great work because you're doing fantastic!

ohmygoodnessi'msosorry! so it's taken FOREVER to get your critique here, i know, but better late than never hey? think of it this way... you get the critique NOW instead of then. which, uh, is good yes? >.<

icons: the cuts on these are great, and they look lovely and soft, but they seem a little flat. they don't pop enough. maybe increase the contrast, color them a little more. they're pretty good though. these aren't as good, the cuts pale a little in comparison to the awesome ones before. they're all rather similar and some lack a focal point. try and make icons like the first set rather than the second.

sigs: the image placement in this is quite good, but the text doesn't seem to fit so well. it's a bit far away (would look better closer to the skulls) and i think you could use a more grungy font to fit with the style of the sig. the main problem i have with this first signature is the fact that you've used rather trendy and overused images (the skulls, cobwebs etc). try to stick away from those, once people have seen them a few times they seem to get sick of them. this sig is good too, i really like the idea, but it seems to lack a focal point. the eye doesn't know what to look at - sort of hovers between the two men. i think it would work better if you used only one picture of the guy, or varied the sizes of them. otherwise it can look a bit awkward.

banners: i like this one, but again you're using the cobweb pictures. i would move the girl to the right a little too, it looks a little awkward having her so close to the cobwebs on the one side and then nothing on the other. putting her more in the middle of that space would give the banner more balance. the text works well, though maybe move it down a tad. text tends to look better in the middle or bottom of a graphic than the top. this banner's got a nice use of text and colouring, but the stock use isn't quite as good as in your other things. it's a bit empty. maybe try combining the techniques you've used in your other things with the blending of stock. this one is almost really good, but i think it's a bit unbalanced. it would work better if the text was closer to the girl, i think. the color you've used on the text is a little awkward i think though - it's a bit too bright and pink. i see you've gotten it from the background, the flowers, which is good but i think you could perhaps use a lighter and more subtle color from the background.

blends: this is AWESOME. probably my favourite thing in your gallery. to balance it out more, the text could be moved closer to the girl a little and down a bit, but other than that it's perfect. really nice work. you like that font though... try varying it a little. this one's good too, but the text looks rather harsh. adding a drop shadow or stroke to 'alone' would make it stand out a bit more. this is my least favourite blend. i love all your monochrome stuff, but i think you've got to work on your coloring a bit. a lot of it looks under coloured like you haven't done a lot to enhance it. try looking at some tutorials to get an idea of what kind of adjustment layers people use and stuff. also, use different text. you use that font too much!! time to go to dafont.com and download some new ones, yes? anyway, the composition and everything on your blends is pretty good so far, so maybe try something different now. add an extra person or something.

overall i think you're definitely on the right path. your monochrome is great, your colouring could be brought out a little more, and your text use for the most part is pretty good. work on your signature text and use some different fonts once in a while. but you're definitely headed in the right direction. awesome job!

sorry once again for the late critique, but i hope it helped. pm me if you've got any questions and i'll explain in further detail.

gah!!! jealous... your blend making skills are awesome!!! this and this and this are beautiful!!! Your sigs are without a doubt, wicked awesome and drop-jaw gorgeous Out of your banners, this is by far my favourite. Your text could use a bit of work and even though your colorization is amazing, you could do a bit more colour/contrast tweaking in your graphics that all aside, your gallery 's still brilliant

<sub>lol hai again!

Kaaay here we goooo

Icons: this first set it good. The cuts are a bit plain but I like the colouring, though a few of the look some washed out. Also, these pictures are some of the most used stock pictures so nothing really pops out at me when I see these how about you go searching through deviantart or flickr to find some nice stock pics?

Second set: the colouring doesn’t really match throughout the set. Some are brighter/more contrasted than other. Try experimenting a bit more with cuts. See how all of them are pretty much just her head? Just check out different angles and all that shizz

Something to work on: consistency and originality. just make sure the colouring is consistent throughout the whole set and try to pick out some original pictures – it always helps

Oh gah, sorry that sounded really harsh. LEMME START OVER. >.<

Sigs: I really like these. The first one is my favourite, though its falling a little flat. Contrast? A texture? I dunno, it just needs one last thing to make it POP

Sig two: yaaay! Originality! love what you’ve done with the text. Again, maybe a tad more contrast?

Something to work on: contrast. When you’re working with black and white pics, they always seem to need more contrast then coloured pics. It kinda makes up for the lack of colour >.< hahaha.

Banners: they seem a bit empty have you tried working with stock backgrounds? As in you can see each piece of stock individually? It just makes it seem a bit fuller because right now the background is kind of overpowering the person and its making them seem very small. In your bottom two banners the text is a bit hard to read. Scriptina is difficult to pull off. Try picking a colour that stands out more.

Something to work on: text and composition. lol I just noticed all your banners are set out the same. Play around with the composition a bit, look at some staffers work for ideas. You can try duplicating images? For text, just make sure its very clean and easy to read. The font should suit the mood as much as possible.

Blends: I don’t critique these, but I can tell you I love them theyre probably some of your best work

Going well: YOUR COLOURING! Wow its awesome so vibrant and strong. Keep up with your colouring and just work on unifying the colouring throughout the whole graphic.

eek, sorry if I was too harsh but I hope I helped! >.<
pm me with any questions</sub>

+ HOLY CRAP
that is so orginial and pretty D:
your whole gallery is <3
i'm definitely coming back to stalk
and you better make more. & more blends especially since they're goooorgeous.
*stalks*

Hey hun here to offer some critique
You have a lovely gallery, i really like the style your developing. Well i can see youve definalty got the basics so here we go

Icons: These are generally good. The cuts are nice and the colourings great. Just try and sharpen up your images more though. They are a tad blurry. Also lover the saturation on the second set. Its just a bit too pixilated. Other than that those are lovely

Banners:Just becareful with your font choices here. Scriptina is a no no font. try to stay away from it on banners. The effect is never really good. Try other calligraphic styled fonts like imblem and champange also try a bit more contrasting. Really seperate those shadows and higlights. Whatever colour i use as the shadows...say for example red i will have the higlights the opposite color being and high intensity blue ...do you understand?? lol dont worry if you dont.

Sigs: I really like the composition in the first one however if ou make a few changes it will be epic . Make the box underneath the text smaller and towards the middle, then make the text smaller so its just larger than the size of the box. Then move the two guys closer together so the smaller one is slighly overlapping the bigger guy. hopefully that will balance things out a bit more
The other sig is awesome i love it... the text could be a bit better but other than that good job!

Blends: These are gorgeous. I really have no critique other than keep doing what your doing...maybe add some more colou though??? Oh and stay away from that font your using...i used to use it alot and then realised it was what was lowering my graphics...try something else hun

Ok i hope i helped and disnt ramble on too much Any questions feel free to pm me.

brooklyn x

Here to pimp!
Icons: I loooove the coloring of the top set! The coloring of the bottom set looks a bit extreme.
Sigs: The bottom sig is my favorite. Everything in that sig seems to go together well. The top sig is cool and original, but it doesn't seem balanced.
Banners: They're gorgeous, but I don't like the text on either of them. In the first banner, the text is really hard to see. Maybe you could darken it a bit or add a drop shadow. The font on the bottom banner is a bit awkward.
All of your blends are beautiful!
Nice gallery!

hi there! i'm here with your requested critique

okay, icons. i think your cuts are very good
and the coloring on the first set is very pretty.
the second set, however, the coloring is a bit too much.
the red and blue is too harsh - i think if you softened the
red coloring or maybe lowered the opacity on the coloring
layers would add a nice coloring effect to them.

your blending on all of your graphics is really good.
you definitely have the blending basics down, i think
you just need to work with text and coloring for the most part.
the text in both of your banners is hard to read - the first banner,
i think the color is too light and the text also looks blurred -
finding a darker color or adding a small stroke around the text
can fix that though

your blends are my favorite, though.
i really like the composition and the idea of all of them
one thing though, is you want to avoid overusing pictures and fonts.
all three of your blends have a globe-y circle/moon picture and use the
same font, which isn't bad, it shows that you know how to blend and use
text, but it's also good to mix things up a bit.

nice colorization, btw. her skin color looks so natural!
keep up the good work! maybe download some new fonts (try dafont.com)
can't wait to see some of your work int he future!

hi hon!! here for your critique! sorry it took so long!

Icons:
I like the cuts on your icons. though they would be much better with some colouring

Sigs:
i like this the best. the cut and colouring is good. though the text should be darker, even with the drop shadow it's still a bit hard to read, but a darker colour would be good
this is a good idea, but the text should be smaller.
Both these sigs are lacking some colouring. i think some colouring would really make them 'pop'

Banners:
this is th better banner, but the girl needs a little sharpening and the text is hard to read, maybe make it a darker colour... ???
this would be better if the font was different, maybe something more flowy.
Both of these have good blending but again some colouring would be good

Blends:
all of these are good, good composition, but you seem to be using the same text in all of them. maybe try experimenting with different fonts. Also again, come colouring would really improve these

Overall:
You need to work on text (but who doesn't ), just look around the staff and grad galleries to get ideas about how to use text.
Your graphics are all missing colouring. You should go do some tut's to learn how to use colouring just play around with Channel Mixer and the such
You're stuff's really good, it just needs some improvements but you're on the right track


i hope i was semi helpful and sorry again it's so late!!

Here to pimp

Nice stuff: Woah your blends are bloody amazing! And your Rockstar sig is cool Your icons are cute too.

Critique stuff: Now, I'm not trying to sound rude, but your banners are almost no where near the quality of your blends. Are the banners older than the blends? Perhaps you should make some new ones? I swear I'm not trying to be rude, only honest.

Hope that was a good enough pimp.

Helpy stuff: Maybe with your banners try using more stock images in the background? And using a gradient or something on the text might look nice.

Overall, lovely gallery.

P.S: Did I mention your blends are AMAZING?!

Hi! I'm here with your critique.
ICONS
I like the cuts on these, but the coloring is dull. They could also use some more contrast. I'd suggest trying some textures or text or more interesting coloring to make them pop. Don't try all three things on one icon, as that'll be overwhelming.
SIGS
Everyone is Blind-- Your blending on the guy in this is good. Again, though, it lacks interest. The gray and the colors in the back aren't going well together, and the main problem is the text cutting the whole thing basically in half. Try not to do that with your text, and if you decide to do a bar with text, make it small and not the main focus.
You're a Rockstar-- I like the idea of this. The pink of the clouds and text, however, isn't working for me personally-- especially since I don't see a Rockstar as someone related to pink. The only thing with text is mainly the quote. I think it would actually be better without it.
BANNERS
Forever my Flower-- This is pretty and soft. The text placement, size, and coloring aren't working for me. Part of the reason you
may have trouble with placement is because the banner is very empty, just the girl and the flowers. For color, try using the eyedropped tool. Also, the "Forever My" looks strange stacked on top of "Flower" as it is. Maybe try putting some tracking on the text and placing it below "Flower"?
BLENDS
Show Me How Pretty the World Is-- I like the softness and coloring. My main critique is the text. Maybe try something other than white for color? The text, with "Pretty" being the larger word in the line, looks weird. I'd suggest having only one or two of the words at the beginning/end of the line be the fancy one, otherwise it looks choppy.
And Then the World Will End-- The text seems pretty small for this, and the wheel(?) on the right looks a bit out of place, as does the black bar type thing at the top. Otherwise, this is a nice piece.
We Are All Alone-- Pretty, and a great idea! Again, the text is the main thing that bothers me. "We are all" looks odd stacked on top of "Alone", at least it does to me. Just remember to think about how it looks when placing text. I think this would look great in color as well!
COLORIZATION
I like the skin color, and I'd just suggest making her eyes more realistic and coloring her lips a bit more. For the eyes, try not to use just one shade of color, but several.

I hope this helps you out!

i realllllly love that set of icons up there. they're so soft and amazing omg. they could use a little more contrast though. and as for your blends? lovely. the only thing i see wrong is you use the same serif font over and over again. times new roman, maybe? try switching it up and using a sans serif one like arial every so often. it usually goes better with softer blends.

i'd work on your signatures though. they just seem to be lacking compared to your other stuff.

WoW! Your icons are so lovely!

All your graphics seem to have a strong start (and I love the text on your animation!). You're totally in the right direction!

Your blends are awesome. I'd like to see what you can do with some more color (maybe even throwing reds into your B&Ws?)

You've got a great gallery going here. Good work!

im going to steal your award while your sleeping. just thought you ought to know.
also were are your banners!?


Sam

Hi there, I'm here to pimp you

There's not much to critique really, since you're revamping and all, but
I love your blend. It's so pretty. The blending is good, too. Your colourization
is nice. Not perfect, mind; but definitely better than okay-ish The thing you
have to work on is colouring. I can only see blacks, whites and brown in your
gallery right now and I would like to see some stuff before I can say anything.
Your icons are nice but the cuts are pretty normal. The whole thing seems
somehow forced together on a canvas. would also suggest adding some
textures in your sigs. They look pretty empty.

Oh, and congrats on coming Third Place in the Member Artists only challenge.
I remember your entry. Very cool. You totally deserve that pretty award
Keep improving, hon. And post more stuff. I hope I wasn't too harsh. Just trying
to give you some honest crit

Hey! I think I critiqued on your Jensen sig in the critique corner and thought I'd stop by
Anyways, I really love your gallery.
Your icons are my favorite! I love icons.
Anyways, I really like your signatures as well ... Your first one is probably my favorite. I've always envied people who can make ones like that, with stock in the background and a person.
My only critique is that your signatures aren't as elaborately (or colorfully? XD) colored as your icons. Using an interesting coloring would really bring out your talent more, I think.
Ah, I love everything.
Edit: Hmm, I think I used a smiley on every line ... Sorry about that XD I'm a bit addicted. And here we go again.

Hi, I'm Jill! Here to pimp!

So, I love your coloring. It's generally natural but bright and fun or nice and natural, which is fantastic. You've got a great variation of the two

Your icons and signatures are fairly simple: not overloaded by texture or layers of stock or anything. Again, simple and awesome

However, on your banners you've mixed the stock amazingly well. You've got a really good eye for blending them together - a skill I envy; I'm quite green at the moment.

The only thing I can find to crit on at all is the closeness of chins in your icons and the banners to the edge of the frame. There's a general rule about there being a certain amount of space required. I dunno, I've just acclimated to it

I hope I gave you something to work with! I'm just really getting a good vibe from your stuff (especially the banners, man oh man), I'm sure you'll be moving up the ranks in no time!
-Jill

Helllo! Here to pimp!
Ok, you have a great gallery so far. I think the main thing you need to work on is using adjustment layers, including selective colouring, oh wait you use GIMP- i don't know how it works... so..., and using higher quality images. Your icons are great cuts and your sigs are great. Your blend is my fav tho!

Lily. xx

hey there! here to p-i-m-p ya!
first of all, icons. i love the first set >< ! there's something about the colouring that really works for me
you should try the same on the next set. they seem quite bland - try brightening them up a bit, and adding some colouring or light textures or something
your sigs are really simple. nice, but still simple. try adding more stock photos to them, like you do with your banners, which are simply gorrrrgeooouuusssss
your blending and use of stock on them are fantastic!! my favourite banner (heck, favourite thing in your entire gallery) is this one
its beautifully coloured, very light, good amount of stock, well blended
but also very clean and not cluttered, so excellent job on that, well done!!
this one doesn't seem to work as well for me though
the colour doesnt work for me, and the text feels a bit awkward, sorry
your blend, is again very simple - more stock!!
from what you ahve in your gallery, you can easily tell your strengths are in your banners. if you could apply the same things for your other graphics as in your banners, you'd be even better and promoted in no time
keep up the great work!!

hey there, here to pimp on whatever's new since i last dropped by
eeek sigs!! you can see the massive improvement from your older ones!!
especially on the ultraviolet one - the use of stock is fantastic
not 100% sure on the invert though, but you should definitely keep doing those experiments!
you could try adding some colouring onto the second sig, and maybe making it a little contrasted/clearer or something
and the text is a tad too small to read
and woah that new blend is really really cool
i love how you've taken into account what people have suggested and improved on that - excellent work
once again, not sure about the invert, but you're definitely heading in the right direction
hope to see more from you soon (in other words, UPDATE UPDATE)
hehehe, keep it up!!

Hey there! I'm here with your critique from the screening room thread.
Ok let's get this thing started.
I think that your sigs need a little work, just experiment around with them. I like the second one the best. I think you should try making some more in full color instead of monochrome, just to see how they turn out!
For your banners, I think text and coloring could use some work. Try not to always use the same font.. You should try using a variety of fonts, to make every banner look unique! My favorite banner of your would have to be the 'Time' one. The coloring, blending, and background is all great! I think the text could use a little work though. Maybe move it over closer to the picture of the guy, and put the quote under it? Just experiment around with the text on all of your banners. Try rotating the text, and different colors and gradient (If GIMP has gradients, I'm not sure. ). For the coloring I think you should try to make the people stand out a little more from the background (Unless, of course, you are doing monochrome ). The coloring on the people should still flow with the background, just try not to make them match exactly, if that makes any sense.
Overall you have got a lot of potential! Your blending is really good, and you have some really great pieces in here. Keep working hard and improving and I'm sure you will see a promo sometime in the near future. I hope I wasn't too harsh or anything, if you have any questions or anything feel free to PM me.
-Charity

Hey, here to pimp! I was here about two months ago, and you've improved so much since then! It's impossible for me to choose a favorite thing in your gallery, but all of your coloring is gorgeous In the Chase banner, I don't like the placement of the quote, but title is stunning! Keep up the great work
-Emily

Hi! I'm finally here with your requested critique! Honestly, your gallery looks just great. The icons are a little on the light side, but that's just nitpicking. I think my big comment is that you've got under 10 pieces in the gallery. Keep up with what you're doing but get some more stuff in here! Maybe experiment with coloring more, too. You tend to use earth tones so see what else you can do. But you're coming along very nicely! Good gallery!

Buongiorno!
It's pimping time!
Okay, so the first thing I noticed was that you seem to stick to a couple of different styles of colouring... and I'm hardly one to talk, because I have a couple of favourite styles, too... but it would be a really good idea to get out there and experiment with the different styles - perhaps try increasing as opposed to decreasing your saturation, and bumping up your selective colouring. Try a few brightly coloured graphics, and I'm sure it'll not only improve your technique with colour, but it also gives you a more solid platform to launch your monochrome-d de-saturate-d graphics from.

Alternatively, though, I think my favourite thing in your gallery is the second signature I really like it.

Great looking start... just keep experimenting with different styles, and watch your graphics get better without even realising you'd done anything

WHAT THE BLOODY HELL EMMA!
you have all these STUNNING new graphics and you dont even tell me?
i had to come in here all on my own.
and yes, the reason i was coming was to yell at you, but i was going to yell at you to go enter my challenge.
cause imma cool kid like that.
but seriously, when did you improve this much!?
i think i actually died when i say the 'we live in a beautiful place' sig.
and your banners, how on earth did you get that colouring on the first one?
and in gimp! *cries*
share yo secrets woman.
...yeah, im hyper.
anywho!
PLEASE tell me you put yourself up for promo this month.
cause otherwise i may just kill you.
with a toothbrush.
and oh yes, it will be painful.
okay im going now. do everything i have commanded you to do or speak loudly in disagreement right now.
....

well i hear nothing so i'll take that as a promise to fufil my commmands.
woah i sound like an evil ruler. coolio.
okay, im acutally going now. bye.

OMG HOW ARE YOU NOT A JUNIOR YET?!?
You gallery PWNS mine when I was a Member Artist!
I used to suck at signatures but looking at your two
beautiful sigs, I feel like I just started Srsly,
when MAs get so good, they scare me. I love this.
Absolutely perfect Aw, look at me, I'm here to
pimp ya but I'm just squeeing your work like a manic
fangirl Okay, something I noticed while looking at
your gallery is that either your graphics are really
sharp or they're kinda blurred. So watch out for image
quality. Also, try experimenting with text and different
fonts. Give some depth to your text Other than that,
you pwn!

oh, i love those icons. the colouring is beautiful. it's sort of saturated-ish but with red. i love love love it!
and your signatures are really nice. both of them.
i really like your last three banners. your banners are like wow.
except the first one kinda freaks me out a tad bit. probably because her head is cut off xD LOL.
that's just me. excuse me
and that blend.. -stares-
i love your gallery. great job <3

You have a really lovely gallery! Of all your graphics, this is my favorite from you! The coloring and sharpness of the banner is really gorgeous! ^___^ I love your crops in the icon set that you posted, and I love the text in this signature! This banner is gorgeous, too, by the way! :] Love the blending in your blend, too! My only critique for you is to watch your contrast in some of your graphics- the contrast is a little weak or too strong in some of your graphics. Anyway, great gallery! :]

HAPPY BELATED HALLOWEEN xD
shanni the pirate loves you <_3

Hey, I'm here to pimp!

And I have to say, how come you aren't junior?!*puzzled*
I think your gallery is absolutely lovely!

I love your icons...selective colouring is brilliant! I'm in love with your current sig, but i think you should perhaps try another font on the last one...just a suggestion...

Your banners are brilliant, only perhaps try a different image placement (on the first four banners, the girls are practically aligned, almost at the same spot on the banner)...I love the colouring and composition, stock usage and you work well with text, which is not so common, really!

Overall, really great work, keep it up!

Love
Val

Here for some pimpin'!

First of all, let me tell how much I adore your signature! It's sooo pretty! I love the text, it's so creative! All of your signatures are fabulous, I just can't make good signatures but you seem to be really good at it. +This one is also very good! Then, your icons, I love the colouring, red and black&white is always a good match. They're very pretty, I love them, although some of them seem a bit blurry? Anyhow, very beautiful icons! You should make more of them

+This banner has to be my favourite, I love the colours and just looking at her smile makes me happy :'D You seem to have one particular kind of colouring that you love to use (and you're very good at it too) but maybe mess around with other types of colouring?

Anyway, you have a great gallery! I hope I wasn't too harsh
Keep up the good work!

your gallery is amazing! i think a little part of me died in shame.
i love all your sigs. you have the sig gift (:
and your 1,2, and last banners are especially amazing.