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megaaan

Dec 12 2009, 11:29 AM

megan. england. paint shop pro.
thirteen. jason mraz. plain white t's.
oh laura. the temper trap. glee.
outnumbered. gavin & stacey. miranda.
90210. friends. love actually.
up. the boy in the striped pyjamas.
alice in wonderland

lotrfan185
omg.
i get back from france after a week on the exchange, come on here, and the first thing i see?
thank you so so much♥

newest at the top of each section(:

&&icons

+1.7.10 - for "the world is just awesome" challenge, but i didn't finish it in time.

+12.6.10 - because i felt like it.

+5.6.10 - first junior graphic(:
for a request.

+click on an icon; it will take you to a set (:

&&banners

+15.5.10 - another part of my "improving banners" scheme (:

+ 8.5.10 - re-do of an old banner as part of by "improving banners" :p

+ 7.5.10 - decided that i really really need to improve on banners, so forced myself to enter a banner challenge (:

&&sigs and sets

+ 11.6.10 - for a request.

+ 15.5.10 - i felt inspired<3

+ 2.5.10 - click for colour version<33

&&others

+13.6.10 - for the "colour me pretty" challenge(:

+2.5.10 - decided to experiment; just using textures and that butterfly (:

&&credits

WeHeartIt<3
Various tutorials around the site<3
Ashley's Awesome Image Pack<3
Wings, Estevan<3
deviantArt<3
dafont.com<3
Google<3
Nirrimi's Flickr<3
Don't Be So Base<3
Black-Balloonxx's Livejournal<3
Ange's WeHeartIt<3
Karens Light Textures<3
Bipolar's Illusions/sketches<3
AranzA's icon textures<3

i think that's all..if you see something i haven't credited, don't hesitate to tell me about it (:
megaaan;♥

Ashley_Pops

Dec 14 2009, 08:30 AM

Hey Meg!!
Ashley here!
First post!! Yay!! Its an achievement to me..

Well you have got awesome stuff and I really hope I can see your banners very soon!
Work on image quality and check out the tutorial center and check out other galleries too
Work on text, go to dafont.com and download all the fonts (that may be impossible

but atleast some of them?)

~~~Ashley

megaaan

Dec 15 2009, 12:42 PM

Hey Ashley

Thank you so much for commenting! It means a lot

haha, the banner's won't be much to look forward to

-don't get your hopes up

but thankyou, anyway.
thanks for the advice..I've already got a few fonts from there,
but I'm heading over there right now for some more

Thankyouu again..

megaaan;xo

paulie

Dec 15 2009, 02:19 PM

Hi Megaaan

I'm Paulie.

Your gallery is very nice. I think you should look our for image quality. Some images are wayy too sharp (like the girl from A Fine Frenzy) and some are also too blurry.

Other than the images, you're off to a very good start.

I think maybe something you should experiment with is utilizing space. In your sigs, one image, or a repeated image, dominate the entire canvas. I can tell that you're good at blending, so maybe try incorporating stock images? Something to give a nice backdrop, or secondary focal point.

And welcome to TDA!

megaaan

Dec 15 2009, 03:36 PM

Hiyaaa Paulie *waves*

Thankyou

I can see what you mean about the image quality,
and I'll watch out for it- thank you for pointing that out.

ahh yes...I'm not a big fan of that sig really..I think I'll
cut it out for now and re-do it sometime

..with stock

Thank youu

oh, and I love your sig

megaaan;xo

amour.

Dec 17 2009, 01:46 PM

Hi I'm here with your critique!

You said that text and blending are your main weak points so i'll focus on those as I go along each section

icons - the first thing that pops out at me is the image quality. the pictures are blurry and look very LQ. try finding HQ pics for icons as they are quite small so in them the quality of the picture stands out more than in the other graphics. i like the colouring on the second icon, it's really pretty. some of them look a bit too red so I'd watch out for that. as for text i like the last one, it's really good but in the one before it and in the first icon on the third low to the left the text is a bit hard to read because the font is very bold. in the second to last i like the placement of the text. the cuts are quite good but i'd love to see you experiment with different zooms and different types of cuts that don't show the whole of the face like you did the in b&w ones on the second row with those two girls. those icons are my favourite!

banners - i like the banner you have on at the moment, you use stock really well. play around with colouring a bit more and use adjustment layers to really give the banner some depth. for the text here, it's really hard to read because it's in bold and the colour is too deep for the banner. for the quote i would make it a size smaller, take off the bold and make it in white with a black outline so that it stands out more. for the 'Rainbow' part i would use a lighter shade of the colour you have now, make it a couple of sizes bigger and maybe add a shadow or outer black line so that it doesn't look flat. i would also move both quote & title down a little. the blending is really good on this but again watch out for image quality, you don't want your graphics to look pixely. i like the base of the banner, it's really good

sigs - in your 2nd, 3rd and 4th the image quality is a bit low, especially on the 4th. the 2nd is too red and it's a bit hard to see what's going on in the sig. the composition of the third is really good but again the image quality is a bit low. i would try using a blur tool to get rid of the pixel-y effect and make the image look more HQ. in the 4th one, i love the text and the placement but the girl looks way too blurry and she has a tint of red all around her that doesn't blend well with the rest of the sig. i'd leave everything as it is on this one but just change the girl. the 5th is cute and funny xD and the sixth is really cute as well! for the text in the 1st, 2nd and 6th sig its too far up. move it down a little and more towards the characters. also i would try to use a scriptier font and one that's less bold. on the 3rd the text is too dark, i'd use a lighter shade of the colour you're using now and move it towards the ballerinas more. or you can put in the white and use a black outer edge, drop shadow to make it stand out more and give it some depth. i like how the 5th has not text, i think it suits it really well and it's your best sig. the angel sig the text looks a little LQ so it brings the whole graphic down. i would remove the copy of it and use a scriptier font and also make it bigger. I like the colour choice though, it fits well

overall - work mostly on your image quality and text. your blending is good and definitely not one of your weaknesses. text comes with practice but if you manage to nail down the image quality you will see how much your graphics will improve!

feel free to pm me if you have any questions.
unfortunately i use photoshop and not paint shop so i don't know how helpful i was because i cant give you specific advice but i hope i helped you enough

throw potatoes at me if i was too harsh

keep it up!
Elisa x

ladycobra

Dec 17 2009, 04:11 PM

hey, hun here with your crit!

icons: they have nice cuts and such but the quality is really low

maybe try to find higer quality pics on sites like weheartit.com or sweetandtalented.com, they have really good pics.

and maybe, try fiddling with textures and see how the effects go with the graphics.

banners: once again the image quality is really holding it back

the composition and placement is good though, so great job on that.

for blending just take your time with it, the girl on the far left arm is blurry and a hard brush would fix that right up. also i don't think the font works here...mmm, maybe a curlier font would work better, so experiment with text hun and also use the color picker/dropper/w.e to choose a good color to contrast with the background. the black is making the words hard to read so just work on those aspects

siggie: the image quality isn't too bad in this section just on certain graphic like +this one for example
for +this one maybe not put the text way down in the bottom but more closer to the focal point.
and in +this one
maybe up the contrast of the girl so she can pop up more and not blend in so much with the background and maybe move the text a bit. (:
overall; great job so far! you're coming along really welll. (: one thing that is holding you back is image quality, image quailty can make or break a graphic so pay close attention to the image quality. be very picky and if you can't find HQ pics just do image prep throughly (sharpening, blurring, etc.) and work on text but thats everything everyone has trouble with so don't fret on it.

it comes in time. (: just keep up the great work and you'll go far.

hope that helped even if a bit.
any questions, feel free to PM me.
(:
keep it up!

-ashley <3

Amaranth

Dec 24 2009, 10:07 AM

_{Hey, I'm here with your requested critique! I'm just going to give a general overview rather than going on a graphic-by-graphic basis, if that's okay

The main issue I can spot with your graphics is the image quality on all of them is pretty low. This seems to me more due to the original images than over-sharpening or anything like that, though, so perhaps try using more HQ images? Try sites like sweet and talented to find good quality pictures of models and actors/actresses.

With your graphics, you seem to either over-colour or under-colour (for example the colouring on this is very strong, and on this there doesn't seem to be any), so try to find the balance between them?

Also, you use very similar fonts on most of your graphics. Depending on the mood, you need to choose a font to suit it. Like on this, there's quite a dark, grungy, even angry mood to the graphic and the colouring, so choosing a font that suits that is vital to retain the balance.

You have a great start, just work on a few things and you'll be fine

Keep going, and I hope I wasn't too harsh}

megaaan

Jan 17 2010, 12:02 PM

amour: Thank you so much ! I can see what you mean
about image quality , so I'll work on that now

Ohh the text

hmm..I see what you mean about it being bold,
but PSP doesn't seem to make it less bold than it is there-
the text on the last icon and the second one on the third row
are textures :\
Thank you again! It really means a lot

ladycobra: Thank you ! I have started using textures a lot more
now

and again with the image quality, I will definately be more picky with
how that looks now, so thank you !

Amaranth: Thank you so much !

Ahh the image quality

I haven't used sweet and talented before-
I'll definately have a look at that now

I will also work on the colouring, and the fonts(:
Thank you for the critique ♥

SwissMiss

Feb 2 2010, 07:02 AM

Hello there, I am here with some gallery critique for you.

Coupla overall things I'm noticing here are...

- Image quality. Several of your stocks (especially of people) are looking sort of 'heavy'. I mean, they're not fuzzy exactly, but they just don't have enough definition to them. I think it's really a quality of the original images and not something you're doing, so just try and pick really crisp images to start with.

- Coloring. In several of your icons and sigs, you have one really dominant color. That's taking over the whole graphic. Like in Run Away sig, it's the orange. And in the icons, the little girl one is really yellow, the woman next to her is really magenta, and so on. Ease off on the heavy coloring a bit, I think that will also help with the image quality issues.

Okay, getting a bit more specific now. I like that you have a variety of cuts on your icons. The only cut I would quibble with is the last one on the middle row. She's just too centered.

The text on your icons could be a bit clearer. Like on 3 and 4, I can't read it at all (and it seems like it should be legible). Watch out for using textures that overtake the icon. Like on the second to last one on the bottom row, the tiny text is kind of too black and takes the focus over. You have some other really nice icons though, like the holding hands one and the second and third ones on the bottom row.

Your banners section is a bit sparse... I would recommend, however, only using one of that Variation challenge set for display, either the color one or the black-and-white one, and link to the set. In all of your banners, you sort of have the opposite coloring problem from your icons and sigs, in that the colors seem too hesitant and washed-out. The blending looks pretty good, but watch out with your composition not to spread out too many 'main' images, and especially try and avoid tucking things into corners, like in your last two banners you have a girl way off on the left side that throws the balance of the graphic off. And finally with the banners, the text is pretty hard to read in all of them, because you have dark text over dark backgrounds. Try making the text lighter, and especially use gradients and shadows to separate the text more from the background. I like what you've tried to do with the text in the I Am cherished banner, but the placement is awkward, and it would really benefit from a slight drop shadow on Cherished so it isn't so flat.

I would move the title up to the right of the main girl, for example.

Okay, on your sigs then, aside from the coloring thing I mentioned earlier, again you have the same problem with the text as in your banners. Move the text to a position that is really near and/or 'pointing at' the focus of the graphic, and make the color different enough from the background that it is easy to read. Another thing I'm noticing in a couple of these is that you have tried piling lots of images on top of each other. It's coming out kind of jumbled and hard to see what's going on in your run away sig, and the dance sig.

I really like your Angel sig, that's really cute.

So I hope that's constructive enough for you and gives you some ideas of what to look out for. Good luck!

love_jillmarie

Feb 2 2010, 12:51 PM

Hi! I'm Jill, here to pimp!

Icons: you have some great cuts! I think the only thing really bringing them down is image quality - a fair few of them look pixelly and all of the font does so that it's difficult to read. Maybe try experimenting with some textures? I also really like your use of color!

Banners: The use of stock is working well, but I'd suggest working on coloring a bit more so that we can see more clearly what they are (like, what type of flower vs just a bunch of flowers); the people in your yellowish one for the challenge don't really match the background and while the colors on your 'cherished' one all match, they don't really flow. The last one, I'd say, has the best coloring, though it could possibly benefit from some contrast. I really love the black and white one from the challenge though! The placement of the people and stock really worked.

Sigs: Personally, I don't feel like the first three can really show what you can do. The placement, coloring, and text of the final three is much better. On the second and third it seems like you've decreased the opacity of the people rather than the texture/image you put over them... maybe I'm wrong, but that's what makes me not like them as much. Keep experimenting with stock though!

Overall: I think if you keep playing around coloring (different layer types, contrasting, etc), stock usage and fonts you'll be just fine

You really have a lot of potential, just keep it up!

-Jill

BisousSoleil

Feb 6 2010, 04:34 AM

Hey, Megan, I'm here with your requested critique!

Since you specifically pointed out image quality as your biggest problem, I'll start off with that in every section and then switch to the other aspects!

Icons: Image quality is probably the biggest issue in this section, followed by the presentation. As for the image quality, you could try downloading several image pack from our lovely artists, trust me, when you've got lots of lovely pictures, inspiration strikes on it's own!

I know it's sometimes difficult to find pictures in good quality, but the results are so much more than worthy.
As for the presentation, you've got some lovely cuts in here (+this and +this in particular), but you should try making sets of icons (more than two icons in generally similliar style) as it would make the whole section look less messy.

Banners: I think you've got an eye for these, and the image quality is not that much of an issue. For example in +this, the image quality is actually very good, but what's bugging me about it is colouring. It most definitely looks the best in b&w, but if you played around a bit with the first version, I think you could make it very eye-catching. First of all, when you place two people on the banner, make sure that their skin tones match (right now, the girl is more yellow than the guy). Next, you should watch out for the backgound, as it's slightly overpowering. Your background should always have slightly lover contrast than your people, keep that in mind.

Don't cut the chins off. In your second banner (the second after the set, which I'm counting as one banner), the chin is completely cut off, and in the third it comes dangerously close. Chins/big parts of forehead should never be cut unless you're cutting off nose and cheeks as well.

The blending in the first one is very nice. In fact, there are no actual issues with your blending, as it appears neat enough.

Since I'm no expert with Photoplus, I can't give you much advice, but there should be some ways to fade things out. Right now, in some banners, things look rather stacked on top of each other (the clock in the second banner comes to mind in particular...)

Sigs: +this is most definitely my favourite thing in your entire gallery. This is an excellent image quality and you should strive to achieve that in every graphic!

It's just lovely!
Now, in the others, the thing that comes to my mind is text. First of all, you should always have some variety with text... right now you've got same or very similliar fonts and placement. Next, you should always use a dropper tool when picking font colour, to find a colour that's already within the graphic, but not an overpowering one.

As for the blending, not much issue with that, as most of your sigs are one image thing (which is nice, but again, some variety is always good), but in your second (which is your weakest, you might want to remove it

), you should watch out for making people transparent, as this causes graphic to look messy...

Another thing about image quality. In the second sig, I think the image quality was probably nice to begin with, but the colouring took it down a notch.
When you're colouring something, always take a step back and ask yourself "Did this colour/hue/contrast I just applied affect the image quality?"... if the answer is yes, you should click undo and try to achieve the same colouring in a different way.

If you leave it be, the image quality will only get gradually worse...trust me, been there done that.xD

I hope that was helpful to you!

Love
Val

megaaan

Feb 13 2010, 04:42 PM

SwissMiss: Thank you for critique-ing :3
I am definately working on the image quality, and
thank you for the advice about the colouring- I hadn't
even noticed that before, so thanks :3 I'll also try
and stop tucking people into corners, and experiment
with the text :3 Thank you !

love_jillmarie: Thank you for pimping !
Just today, actually, I started experimenting with
textures, so thank you for that advice :3 I'll keep
all of that in mind ! Thanks again :3

BisousSoleil: Thank you for the critique :3 I'll
definately try not to cut off chins and foreheads, and
not stack things on to each other as much :3 And I'm
working on the colouring (; Thank you so much, it was
very helpful :3

ClearPlastic

Feb 16 2010, 02:18 AM

Hey Megan! I'm here with your requested critique!
Alright, first off, I love how clean and organized your gallery is
Okay, here I go!

Icons
The cuts and coloring on these are pretty good, but your
biggest issue here is image quality. Also, it's generally
more eye-pleasing if you make an icon set instead of a few individual
icons. They look prettier in a set. Try to only use HQ images for
your icons. Trust me, they'll look amazing once you
get rid of the blurriness and pixellation.

Banners
Your banners are particularly lovely and the composition
is fantastic but again, biggest issue here is image quality. That
and overcluttering with stock in the background. For example, in
+this, the b&w works very well but the right side of
the banner is so cluttered with stock that I can barely make
out anything Also, the text in that is sort of hard
to make out. I love +this, though. The colors are
beautiful and composition is awesome. If you get rid of image
quality issues, your banners will looks gorgeous, seriously

Sigs and Sets
I love these! Best part of your gallery The simplicity
of your sigs work very well. You've no idea how much I
love +this! The image quality is
excellent and the general idea of the sig is fantastic. If you
could make your other stuff have the same image quality as
that sig, your graphics would improve greatly

Oh, and try and make some chapter images and blends!
The 800 x 600 size might seem really intimidating but they're
actually really fun to make!

Stuff You Should Work On || IMAGE QUALITY, overcluttering

Your Strengths || Sigs!

Your Weaknesses || Icons and banners

My Favourite Thing In Your Gallery || +THIS!

Graphic You Need To Trash || None, really. You just need to make more!

Alright, I hope this helped some!

FedoraDuo

Feb 20 2010, 03:39 PM

Hey, I'm Kiera and I'm here with your requested critique. I'll go through your gallery section by section and try to focus of image quality and text, which you mentioned as your weak spots.
icons
Your icons are pretty good

You've experimented with your cuts, which is a great thing. I think that +this icon would have been more effective with the eyes in the middle or even the top of the icon rather than the bottom. Try to avoid foreheads as much as possible. If you're stuck between cutting off the forehead or the chin, always keep the chin. I know this wasn't a full face shot but it still takes up room with nothing to really show for it. I think that the first and fourth icon of the top row could probably go, but other than that nice work. Your image quality needs some work though, so thats taking away from the effectiveness of your pieces. You've got to be really picky with your images and it's a pain in the bum, but it really adds a lot to your work, so keep that in mind when searching for stock images from now on

banners
Banners appear to be a bit of a weakness for you. The first banner is really busy with no real focal point (the spot where your eye immediately goes to). There's so many lines in the background and the image quality is low so the focus on the characters is iffy as well.. And the text is impossible to read (the subtext) so it's just a lot of confusion. Try to simplify your background a bit and have larger characters to bring a little more attention to them. Image quality really needs to be worked on and also make sure that someone who doesn't know what is written can read your text with no difficulty.
The second banner is a bit better but once again, its very busy. The girl on the left is b/w whereas the rest of the banner is in colour. Also, I think the clock should have been placed behind the other girl. The colouring needs a little work since she's so much lighter than the rest of the graphic. I like the text here though, its different, which is nice

signatures
I'd say that your first and third signatures are your best.. Although, all of your signatures are very simple. Try browsing through the tutorial section and see how other people construct more complex signatures to give you a little help.. I found the tutorials so helpful when I was a member, it's where I leaned most of my skills and it really helps to inspire you, also

So, once again, text readability and image quality is an issue in this section. And the third sig would have been more effective with her mouth being visible. Maybe adding some text to it as well would be nice

overall
You've got a good start here. Try to pick out more HQ images and make your backgrounds in your banners a little less busy. Watch out for your text and make sure that others can read what they say. Other than that, keep up the great work, I can't wait to see more. Hopefully this wasn't harsh and you found it helpful. Feel free to PM me with any questions/comments about what I said or anything else that you need some clarification on

kiera

espoirPERDU

Feb 21 2010, 10:58 PM

hey! here with your critique...

going to do a quick general crit since promos have started and I'm soooo late

So I think you're biggest problem at the moment is image quality and text. For image quality, honestly, you just need to find better pics and not to sharpen them. I'd suggest going to individual celebrity fan sites, the swap meet here or sites like Bellazon and Fashion Spot. Though you might come across a LQ pic every once and a while, generally they're pretty good for HQs.

For text there's a few things I'd suggest. In some of your graphics (e.g this and this) the text looks like it's sharpened or is on sharpen mode. It brings done the images as well, as it makes your eyes see the graphic as LQ as well, even if it maybe isn't. I'd also watch in graphics like this and this where all the text is bold and one color. Usually the text should be a main focal point, and if you keep them all one main theme, it gets a bit boring. Try fiddling around with the gradients (if you don't know how to do this, feel free to pm me and I'll try to explain it) and drop shadows, different fonts even. This will help make the text stand out more and bring your graphics together.

Other than that, the composition relatively well done (though remember, soft brushes aren't evil!) and you've got several of the basics down.

Things to focus on: image quality, text, and hard blending (try experimenting with blending, and it should come into place).
Things you don't need work on: image placement, composition.
Best Graphic: this
Worst Graphic: this

I hope I wasn't too harsh! If you just keep experimenting, I'm sure you'll improve like mad, I promise

Keep up the good work!
-Katie

.brookeabee

Feb 22 2010, 04:03 PM

Hi, I'm Brooke. I'm here for the critique you requested.

You mentioned that you were having problems with image quality, I think the first step here is knowing which images to choose for graphics, which I will admit is a problem for me too, I try to look for high quality shoots, very clear images on weheartit, hq image packs, etc. Also, textures can tend to bring image quality down like in this icon.

Text was another issue that you mentioned, on your icons, the text can take over the icon, and can be hard to read. On other graphics it seems to be big, bold, and shoved out of the way. For example: In this sig, if you chose less bold fonts, and moved the text down a bit, you would have something that flows with the graphic. This seems to be the case in a lot of your graphics, less bold fonts and moving the text closer to the middle (vertically) and near the focal point.

Your Image placement is not bad, I suggest not shoving people off to the sides of graphics like on your peekaboo sig or the left edges of your cherished and rainbow banners.

Other issues I see with your gallery at the moment are that you seem to have issues with coloring... I would work on that too... adding contrast to images is a great way to help really quickly with coloring. Also, try making icon sets instead of a bunch of individual icons... this will force you to use similar coloring, and really work out those coloring issues.

You have a great start to your gallery, I hope I helped and wasn't to harsh, feel free to pm me if I wasn't clear somewhere, or you'd just like a bit of help w/ the things I mentioned.

-Brooke

megaaan

Feb 28 2010, 04:34 AM

ClearPlastic: Thank you for the crit.. it's
very helpful (: I'm slowly working on image
quality and text, and have just made my first
blend :3 Thank you !

FedoraDuo: I am definately being more
picky with the images I use now, and I've been
looking through the tutorials recently, trying to
copy them to see the tecniques :3

espoirPERDU: Thank you (: I've been
more picky about the images I use recently,
and the text

ha, I'm working on it xP

.brookeabee: Gah..text

Thanks,
I'll try to keep it less bold, and make it flow with
the graphic more :3 I'm also stopping hiding people
away in the corners (: Thank you ! xo

benedictus

Mar 1 2010, 11:24 PM

Hi Megan! I'm here with your requested gallery critique (finally!). Sorry for the delay...work is heck... So yeah, anyway, here we go!

Since you asked specifically about image quality, I notice two things on your banners. On one, you seem to have a texture over her face (the first banner), which is generally not a great idea. You might consider doing image prep before you start coloring--whatever sharpening, etc. that you need to do. I tend to drag and drop into the graphic first, then resize--that tends to help avoid pixellation. But for you, your image quality issues rest with overlit, overexposed pictures. To fix that, use parts of your program that help to create a few shadows and definition, so that you're not overlighting your faces.

I'd also say work a bit on blending--I notice on your blend that the hard-cutting is pretty harsh against the soft background. While I usually do hardcutting, I also find it helpful to place shadows (using brushes) behind the figure so that it blends better into the background. Sometimes, a mix of hard and soft cutting is best, but that takes a bit of practice.

Finally, I'd work on text more (like all the rest of us!). You need to look into new fonts and discover new ways of making your text be more incorporated into the overall look of the graphic.

But I like your gallery so far, and your colors are just beautiful!!! Good work so far!

justlikemagic

Mar 7 2010, 03:22 PM

Hey Megan! What a lovely gallery you have

I love the cuts on your icons: +these are great. I love the texture use on them, as well. Gorgeous!

Those two banners are lovely! +This one especially. Careful that you don't put textures over peoples' faces though

Your blending is mostly great!

Lovely work overall

I'll be back before long, no doubt, to drool some more xD

Em <33

!trademark.operation

Mar 7 2010, 04:40 PM

^{Hi there! I'm Audrey, here with your requested critique. I won't be able to tell
you exact things that you can do to fix your graphics if need be, since it will
all be in Photoshop CS3 talk, lol, and you use Paint Shop Pro Photo x2. I'm
warning you, this will probably be a very long critique because I ramble a
lot, as you can clearly see now. Anyway. [/ramble]

I can see right now that you have a really good grasp on icons, there are just
some minor things that I think you can improve on for the future. For +this, I
would make the person in the third icon of the first row a little bit smaller, because
right now she looks crammed into the icon. It's a nice idea with the blue and it's really
cool, but maybe even have her entire face in the icon? Might be a personal preference
to have her entire face, though. Your last icon with the words on it is a weird cut. Maybe
make it so that it's clearer what the image is. +These are really great, but the first two
are lacking in contrast and are very red. Tone down the red and bump up the contrast
a tad and they'll be fantastic. The last icon would be one where I wouldn't chop the child's
eye in half like it has been. It's really eyecatching though, with the bright blue. I don't
have any critique for the last set for my challenge - they're fantastic! The light
textures are not overwhelming, but tastefully used.

+This is your weakest banner of the two colouring-wise, but strongest of the two composition-
wise. The bigger girl's face is too pink and the smaller girl's head is washed out. I don't really
know how you could fix it, but the colouring of the entire thing really isn't that cohesive. The
text on it is really great though, but it seems blurry. Sharpen it up and it will be really great.
On +this, the blending really could be much much better because the clock is like eating
her arm. I think that if you had the girl in front of the background, rather than behind all the
stock, it would look better, because right now it's three uneven blocks of colour rather than a
piece that flows evenly. The text is kind of weird, too. Maybe move it up so it's more centered
vertically. But the colouring on it is great!

+This, +this, and +this are your weakest sigs, and also your weakest graphics in your gallery. For
the first one, Maybe only have angel once because it doesn't look that good like you have it now.
Image quality is also quite poor in the three that I mentioned. I think you could do more with the
colouring and with the text, but they're really not all that great compared to your other two sigs. For
your monochrome sig, I really like it, but I think that if you moved the girl down a bit so you can't
see any part of her mouth, or made her smaller so you could see her entire face, and then added
some stock and some text, it would be really good. The icon would be better if you included her
entire face and flipped it horizontally so it's not exactly the same as the sig. Your imaginaire sig could
also do without the clouds in the back, or if you just toned them down a bit. Otherwise, that's legit one
of my favourite pieces in your gallery.

I've already helped critique +this, and the text still seems off to me, as does the colouring. Check
out some colouring tutorials to help this blend really stand out.

+Overall
+Image quality You're spot on with this. Check out some fansites for actors/actresses for HQ character images, and also weheartit.com for some more HQ stocks and OCs.
+Text Short of going through and critiquing every single graphic with text on it, I'm going to tell you to check out dafont.com and download some more fonts. Also, when you're choosing the colour, take a colour from the background rather than a random colour that doesn't fit in with the graphic at all. Also, experiment with placement of text and stacking and more quotes.
+Colouring I've already said this, but check out some colouring tutorials for help with colouring.
+Blending You're really good at blending! I don't think there's anything that there's terrible blending or very predominant halos, so kudos to you!
+Icons Icons are definitely your strongest pieces in your gallery.

Keep up the good work and you'll be a junior artist in no time! I hope I wasn't too harsh and that I helped!!!

Audrey.}

megaaan

Mar 11 2010, 04:09 PM

Benedictus: Thank you so much
for the crit :3 I'm working on the
text .. even if it is a little slowly (;
I'll also try and use shadows, so
thank you for the tip

justlikemagic: Thank you
for stopping by

I'm so glad
you like my pieces, and I'll try
and not put textures over people's
faces (:

!trademark.operation: Thanks
for the crit ! ha, I see what you
mean about the clock eating her
arm :L I'll watch out for things
like that

Thank you for
everything else you helped with,
too :3

Kenden_Malfoy_Chang

Mar 15 2010, 04:08 PM

Sorry I can't really critique

but here's a comment::

I LOVE YOUR ICONS AND BANNERSSS!!!

wOW. Especially your icons!!

Especially this !!

I am officially gallery slaking you.

if you don't mind

nantes

Mar 16 2010, 02:18 AM

_{Hello Megan, I'm here with the critique you requested from me. I think you're really doing very well so far, and with a bit of tweaking I'm sure it won't be long before you're a junior. Your composition and colouring looks pretty good, but just a quick note on your icons. A couple of the cuts could be improved, I think. They're great in the sense that they're all different and original, but a couple don't really have a focus. It would be better if you steered clear of stuff like feet and hands, I think, and the image of the girl kissing the guy's cheek should have been zoomed out a bit, because it took me a while to figure out what the picture actually was. But that could just be me. Also, on that same one, the text is pretty hard to read.

Like I said, your colouring is pretty good, though a little heavy on the reds in some places (first banner for example). Also, in the two graphics you've got with more than one image of a person, the skin tones don't match. On the first banner, the girl on the left is more orange, and on the other girl's image in that same banner, half of her is pinker than the rest (her neck). On the blend, the composition and blending is really good, but the smaller girl's image at the back is redder than the rest. Blending looks fine anywhere except the second banner where it looks really sloppy. You should have found a different image if the elbows were cut off the original, which I think is probably the case, and at the moment the blending just looks really untidy on the girl. In your other graphics where you've blended (stock and people) it all looks fine, it's just that one banner, so I would suggest either fixing the blending or replacing the image with a different one (since the rest of the banner is quite pretty).

Your text is what needs the most work, I think. It looks alright in the first banner, but a little small. On the second banner, the 'love' looks fine, but it would work better closer to the girl since it's a bit out of the way. The smaller text is harder to read and the drop shadow on it doesn't really work. Your sig for the no people challenge looks great, beautiful colouring, though all the text is a bit too high up the sig I think. the smaller text looks really blurry though, and thicker than I think it should. The second sig is weaker than the rest, it doesn't have a clear focal point. The 'angel' one looks good, but I think it would look better without the smaller 'angel' on top. On the blend the text looks good, but a bit too dark, though again the smaller text looks blurry and the font doesn't quite work.

So things to work on: make more things that involve blending (less single image graphics), work on your text (especially the smaller text that you're using, the font you've used a lot really doesn't work well and it's often blurry and a bit bulky), watch out for overdoing reds and make sure your skin tones match. Oh, and make sure your icon cuts are interesting. Most are fine, it's just the ones that concentrate on feet/legs/etc. Hope that helped!}

Violet

Mar 23 2010, 04:43 PM

Here for your requested critique.

You have some nice graphics here, and you're definitely borderline for junior, though there are still some issues that you'd need to work on before actually getting promoted.

Colouring
You seem to have a problem with contrast and saturation. This is probably in part due to your screen, and you may have to adjust those settings in order for the reds not to be so bright (especially on the first banner) and so that the white areas of your graphics aren't so blinding. A little less contrast will definitely help.

Image Quality
Most of your graphics are either blurry or oversharpened, and that both are present is a problem. The blend is blurry and requires some careful sharpening in order to make the images clear and crisp. Meanwhile, the icons are oversharpened, making them pixelly. Work more with image preparation so that each image is properly adjusted so that the whole graphic looks clean and polished. Also watch that your text doesn't look pixelly - this may be a problem with your text settings, though I'm not familiar with them in PSP.

Blending
Big, big no no right here. Her arms are cut off very poorly. There are ways of doing "messy" blending and making it look right, but what you did there was sadly not it. It was surprising to see that blending as this is so perfectly cut, and it couldn't have been easy to be so precise on those hard-cuts.

So you're getting there, but still need to push a little harder with your technique in order to boost yourself that final step.

megaaan

Apr 8 2010, 08:36 AM

_{Kenden_Malfoy_Chang: Thank you so much for that lovely comment ! That really means a lot; thank you :3

nantes: Thank you so much for the critique, it was extremely helpful. I'm going to steer clear of icons of hands and feet, and if the picture isn't the right size- like that banner where the blending was stupid- I'll choose a different picture :3 I've also recently changed the small text from the one I was using then, so thank you for that tip

Violet: Thank you so much for the crit- I'm taking everything on board I'm starting to use less contrast, and I've been working on image quality forever >.< I'll definitely be more careful with the image preparation, though Gahh, that banner ... I've taken it off, for now, but I quite like the base, so I think I'm going to put another picture on, that wasn't so difficult to blend

Thank you, all of you (:

Edit; ZOMG 100th post I'm too cool :L}

cherryberry

Apr 9 2010, 09:34 AM

Hey, Megan.

I'm here with your requested critique already!

I love your gallery title by the way.
Ok.

Icons:
I think you are doing pretty good with the icons. Your cuts look good and your use of textures is good. I really like the No Faces icons.

Good job, keep up the good work with these.

Banners:
I like the banner you have. If you want to get promoted you should definitely make more banners.

On the banner I think the text could use some work. It needs to be a little bigger, but not so big that it takes over the focal point. Good job with the font choices though. Just work on the text some. Text is hard for everyone, so don't worry about it too much.

Sigs:
The top two sigs are amazing!

I wish I could make sigs like that. The text and text placement and coloring are all excellent. The other ones are a little plain and the coloring and text could use some work to just make them 'pop'

Others:
Well, this is where i see the main problem with your image quality. The images are kind of blurry. The easiest way to fix that would be to sharpen the images. I think the blend could use some work all around. The blending is pretty good, but it could use some more coloring. If you took some of the techniques/coloring/text use that you used in your banners and especially in your sigs, this blend could be amazing.

Overall:
Just try to sharpen blurry images, work on your text a little bit, and keep up the good work like you did in those sigs. You are definitely headed in the right direction.

Hope this was helpful and nothing was too harsh! PM me with any questions you might have.
~Cherith

Jazzi

Apr 19 2010, 03:47 PM

Hey there, Megan! I’m Jazz and I’m here with your requested critique! Okay, so let’s begin!

Icons: Wow, these are very nice! I absolutely love that you have so much variety with these! I think that you’re doing a great job as far as image placement with these and I really like your natural and rich coloring. I think that your newest icons (the “no faces” icons) are all very nicely composed and colored. I think that you should really stick with that sort of placement and coloring since it works very well for you (and looks great too!).

Banners: The first thing I have to say is that I hope you’ll finish your revamp soon! I’d love to see more banners from you.

I really admire that you tried a different composition with this banner! I actually think the text works and I like that it’s not intrusive. The biggest things that I think you could work on in this area are matching skin tones, blending and adding a bit more to the background. The skin tones of the two pictures of the girls don’t really match (one is more yellow while the other is more red) and the blending of the flower and the girl don’t really match the same quality as the blending in your sigs. Be careful to not very visibly overlap layers, like done with the flowers as it reduces image quality and clarity.

I think that you definitely have the right idea with composition but I think that it might look nicer if you use more stock images rather than just using two or three larger images. The key is to make sure that the banner appears balanced and has some depth and interest. But it’s definitely very evident that you have a lot of potential in this area and I think you only have a few things to tweak before you reach the next level!

Sigs: Oh your coloring just blows me away!

I adore the coloring of the first and second sigs. And I absolutely love the composition of the first sig! The blending is very impressive, the text really works for the sig, the coloring is absolutely illegal and I will never understand how you managed to blend the girl’s hair so flawlessly! It’s gorgeous.

The coloring of your ‘Imaginary’ sig is also very pretty. I don’t think that the blending is quite as good as your first sig, however (again, watch out for overlapping pictures and textures). I also don’t think that the last two sigs really match the quality of the first two.

They’re both very nice but I think that the composition and coloring of the first two sigs just work so well for you and I would personally love to see you continue in that direction (it’s definitely next level material!).

Blends: I agree with Cherith (cherryberry) on this one; the coloring seems a bit plain compared to your other pieces (like your icons and sigs which have absolutely astounding coloring that is really unfair!). Also, be careful when cutting images because there are certain instances in the blend where the cutting isn’t very precise (there’s a bit of a yellow border around her head in the top right image and her elbow on the left seems to be cut a bit funny on the big picture). It is very good for a first blend but I think that it could be improved based on the gorgeous graphics you’ve shown above.

So, overall, great job! Those first two sigs of yours and your first set of icons really demonstrate your amazing coloring and composition skills and I hope that you’ll make more graphics like those. I think the biggest things you could work on are blending and making sure that your graphics really match up to your full potential coloring and composition wise. I hope this helped, hun; you’re doing extremely well so far! Keep it up and you’ll be to the next level before you know it!

Jazz

BitterSweetFlames

Apr 21 2010, 12:26 AM

Hi Megan! You posted in my thread so I'm here to oblige you
with a critique. You asked for constructive criticism.

Ahhh... my favorite kind!

Anyway.. Onwards.

Your gallery isn't too full but I'll critique
from what I can see...

** My favorite in your gallery is this++.

-- It's wonderfully composed and has nice coloring... The text is also well done.

** My least favorite is this++
-- It's the weakest in your gallery for me because it seems a bit overcontrasted and the text seems crowded into that very small space.

Your acknowledged weaknesses:"image quality, text"

Image Quality
-- I'm not precisely sure what you're talking about but I guess ahhh.. you have the tendency to blur your images or if you're not blurring them, they're needing quite a bit of sharpening up. Take care not to fall prey to oversharpening, though.

Ahm, that's about it. Just prep your images before using them. Depending on the image, add a soft light if it's undercontrasted, a screen layer if it's too dark, a multiply if it's too light.

Always sharpen and blur to make it look HQ. But the best thing would be to use HQ images.

That seems the best thing to do.

Text
We ALL hate text. Well, not all maybe.. I know some artists who love text. :S But it's one of the hardest thing we have to master. Some tips, take a midtone color from your graphic and use it as your text color. Brush a white/black (depending on what's needed) brush on low opacity under it to make it stand out but not too much. Honestly, though.. I can see you're getting a lot better with. The text use I'm not too fond of is the 'Angel' sig and just because the two fonts don't work that well with each and the colors aren't very complimentary to the signature.

Overall There was nothing much to go by but I would advise you to make more. Go over to the Inspire Me! area or the Challenges area and practice.

Make more banners as those are really important if you want to be promo'd as it's the bulk of the graphics being requested here in TDA.

That's about it.... Btw, if your latest graphics are any indication, you're producing stunning coloring! Keep it up.

Hope this helps

~~Carla

megaaan

Apr 25 2010, 10:19 AM

_{+cherryberry: Thank you so much for the crit gah, yes- i can just never get round to making banners!! i'm always working on image quality, so thanks for the tips, and also for the text aswell. Thank you so much:)

+Jazzi: Thank you very much:D i think i did make the skintones on the banner match a little more than they do now, but i must've deleted it but i'll try and use more stock images and not overlap things as much oh, and the girls hair on the first sig? took me forever & yes, i think i might re-do that blend with more colouring and stuff after everyone's advice about it thanks again!

+BitterSweetFlames: Thanks, i will definitely use more HQ images, and prep them a bit more before i use them (: And thank you for the tips on the text, i will do that next time i do try and make banners .. i just never get round to finishing them Thank you again!!

/smilie overload (;}

Broomsticks

Apr 26 2010, 02:31 PM

Hello there! So, I've never left a comment on someone's gallery before, but I thought it would be a nice thing to do! Hopefully...

I can't give you critique because... I currently fail at graphics. However, I can tell you that I drooled over your banners and icons. I think they are definately your strong points. I also love the signature that you are using. I like the colours!

Hum-ho, this isn't the most useful comment ever I'm afraid. But I thought you would appreciate it if I left you a little message saying how beautiful your gallery is! Especially the banners.

Well done!

justlikemagic

Apr 27 2010, 02:56 PM

Megan, your graphics are getting so beautiful. All I can say is that I'd love to see more! That new banner is stunning, I love the colours, and your current sig is gorgeous. I'll defo be looking for your name on the promos list if you've put yourself up, hun! <33

megaaan

Apr 29 2010, 12:43 PM

_{+Broomsticks: Thank you so much for that lovely comment & no! not useless! it completely made my day- thank you ,, i really really appreciate it

+justlikemagic: ThankYouThankYouThankYou ..! er, i don't really know what else to say except THANKYOU again you're so lovely,, ILYY}

Lady Malfoy

May 3 2010, 10:27 PM

Hi Megan! I'm Ashley, and here for your critique!

So we're focusing on banners, right? And I'll give some tips on image quality

. Okay when I look at your banners, I see you have an eye for composition and creativity, which is a good thing! You're able to see what you want in there.

+This banner: Okay let's start with this one. What's the first thing you see? I notice the girls first, which is good and bad. Good because that's your focus and you've created the eye to be drawn there. The bad thing is that they are way too saturated, making them look unrealisitc. See how harsh the pink and red shadows are? Try reducing your coloring there and going with the natural colors of the original image

. Then I see the bridge, which is blended well! But then those red flowers. Are they necessary? I don't think so. They seem a little out of place, and just thrown on there. I'd remove those. Then the right side, with the table. I feel like this is out of place because the whole left side gives this nature-like feel. What about adding something like a forest, or flowers on that side? Make sure your tone and mood matches throughout the banner

+This banner: First impression, left side is yellow and bright, right side is darker and red. Make sure your coloring is evenly dispersed throughout the graphic. It took me about three glances to even notice the second girl, the one with the side of her face. I'd either make her more pronounced, or take her out. You don't want to put things on graphics that bring nothing to do, because that will only make it more crowded. Let me show you something..really embarrassing..lol.

This was my very first complete banner: +click.

See how my coloring isn't very even? That rose on the left, doesn't really work does it? Sort of thrown on there. And the clocks, randomly blended, and really, the blending is bad lol. So months later, I decided to redo it and got this: +click. Now the coloring is more even, I used higher quality images, and the images now blend together more smoothly. Let this be motivation to you to never get discouraged! Because you are much better off than I was, as you can see haha.

So my suggestions? What did I do? Image quality, as you stated was your weakness. Use images that are really clear, like ones you'd see from a professional shoot. Deviantart.com provides great stock images, usually high quality. If you want to use a model, go to their gallery rather than Google them under images. The swap meet here provides great resources also

. You can also improve quality by filtering. If you go to Filter>Blur>Surface Blur, it helps so much. I do that on every graphic. It smooths things over but make sure you don't over do it.

I hope this critique was helpful! You can always PM me if you have any questions

Ashley

Marit

May 9 2010, 10:50 AM

hey

i'm here for some quick critique.

I think you've got a good grasp over the composition and test and such, altough I think that your colouring is a bit inconsistent, it great on some of your graphics and less good on others. Your image quality is really good, too, also the contrast and such

One of my favourites in your gallery is this. I love how creative it is and the colouring on it awesome

And my least favourite would be this, because it's not up to your other graphics.

I hope I wasnt too harsh and that I helped some

Keep up the good work!!

- Marit

cathyyy

May 10 2010, 07:05 AM

Megaaaaan

Yeh, told you I'd drop by! You're improving so much!

this+ is really awesome! I love it. The colouring and composition and, just - it's awesome

I also like this+, I'm kinda in love with that colouring.

yeah, random comment, butwhatever

keep it up,

megaaan

May 10 2010, 10:52 AM

_{+Lady Malfoy: thank you so much! that was so helpful; you do not know how helpful that actually was i'm going to try and re-do them , and make the colouring even, and it all the same [naturey etc] i'll also look into deviantart more now; as i usually get my pictures off weheartit, which is sometimes not the best quality. thanks again!

+Marit: thank you for the crit! i'm slowly working on my colouring, ha, thankyou. yees, i'm not too keen on that banner either; i'm going to re-do it, i think. thankyouu!

+Cathyyy: thaank you for the random comment they're my favourite haha thankyouuuu !}

Crookshanks

May 15 2010, 11:02 PM

Hi I'm here for your gallery critique.

icons
I like your coloring on these a lot. I especially like your alphabet icons a lot. I would maybe add a bit of contrast to everything to make them crisp. Also watch out for image quality and cuts. Otherwise very nice.

banners
I like your bases a lot. I especially like your second/middle banner. The coloring is very pretty on all of them. Watch out for image quality. And watch out for matching skin tones, especially in the last banner. I think I might take the bottom banner out because I do not think it is up to par with the rest of your work. Try making more things like your second banner it's very nice.

sigs
Oh these are lovely.

I love love love your second signature. It's so pretty and the coloring is gorgeous. I basically have the same critique's as your banners: watch out for image quality and add a bit of contrast. You have a lot of potential here. I would say enter in a lot of challenges. That really helped me to improve quickly. Really nice work here.

blends
I like these too. I really like your second one. Again just watch out for image quality and contrast. Otherwise nice job.

megaaan

May 16 2010, 02:28 AM

_{+Crookshanks: Thank you for the critique I'll definitely try adding more contrast and variety of cuts in my icons, and contrast and image quality in everything else thanks again!}

magicmuggle

May 16 2010, 08:13 AM

First of all, let me just say I love the song in your gallery title

Okay, onto the critique!

Icons-
I love them as individual icons, but in the way you've set them out they look more like a set. They don't work that well as a set, because the skin tones are so drastically different- maybe try evening up the skin tones or separating them into single icons.

Banners-
The 'Where the Wild Things Are' banner has lovely colouring, but the guy on the left's chin is cut off, and all of the individual elements are too similar in size. Perhaps downsize one of the boys and the wild things, so one boy takes the focus. Also, the text might work if 'Wild Things' was emphasized more, so try lowering the size of the surrounding text. Also, the skin tone of the two boys doesn't match- it would work better if they did.
I love the bright colouring of the 'Love' banner, but the skin tones of the girls really don't match, so I'd try evening that out. Also, the blending between the two stocks is quite obvious on the right, so erasing the one nearer the girls with a soft brush on low opacity could make that look better.
The third banner is the nicest, but the text blends in a bit too well- I'd try making it a slightly lighter red. Also, the eye is drawn to the girl on the right, so I'd try playing with placement of the text until the graphic balances out a little more.

The other thing is that your composition is quite repetitive- playing around with different composition will really make your banners stand out.

Sigs-
I love your sigs!
The first one is lovely, but I'd try erasing/hardcutting away the green shadows around her body- they don't really fit in with the graphic.
The second one is just as lovely, maybe try increasing the size of the text, but apart from that it's gorgeous.
The third one has lovely colouring, but the textures are a little overwhelming- maybe try lowering the opacity on some of them.
I'd move down the text so it's nearer the swing on the 'Imaginaire' one, and maybe try decreasing the opacity of the clouds slightly.
The last one is lovely, but it looks unfinished- some text might tie it all together. Also, if you move her down slightly, her lip wouldn't show, because at the moment, it looks a little odd.

Blends-
I love the use of the black shadow around the edges on the first one, but fading it out might make it work better? At the moment the change is a little too abrupt. The blending is gorgeous, but the image quality looks a little low, perhaps from colouring- I'd try sharpening it and surface blurring it, or reducing the number of colour layers you have on it.
I adore the second one, the idea is really original. The only critique I have is to move the butterfly up towards the 'sum' a little- it's splitting the focal points at the moment.

Strengths-
Sigs!

Weaknesses-
Image quality, composition, text

Favourite graphic-
This!

Least favourite graphic-
This

I hope I wasn't too harsh. PM me with any questions!

megaaan

May 18 2010, 01:36 PM

_{+magic muggle: thank you so much for the amazing crit i've worked on all the changes you mentioned, and i'm going to start playing around with my composition a bit more on my banners ahh i'm working on the image quality, slowly but surely Thank youuu!}

Contour

May 20 2010, 10:46 AM

_{Hey Megan, I'm here with the critique you requested ♥
I'm awfully sorry it took so long [:

First off, icons. I really really like your icon sets. The problems you
mentioned - image quality specifically - are pretty much non existent and I
like how you've experimented with textures and coloring Your cuts are quite
good too (: I'd say you're doing very well with them.

Your banners have definitely improved since the last time I got here [: Your first banner
is wonderful - perfect composition and text & the blending's very good too. The second one
though, I have an issue with the image quality on the boy's face. If you're using LQ images
try to prep them up a little bit using surface blur, sharpen, etc. Remember, the key is to keep
experimenting. Initially, finding a style may be very hard, but once you find your niche you'll
become a pro at it [: Try not to over-use the same stock too - I know, I suffer from the same
issue The third banner is quite good, but just not pure win like the first. You need to make more
banners like the first

I can see that you've been experimenting with signatures But in your second sig, the b&w looks
a little washed out and could do with a little contrast. Maybe try playing around with Curve Layers to add
more depth and definition? The coloring on your third sig is very cute (: Again, some parts of the girl's
face looks a little bit pixelly, so in the future, just try and blur a little over the pixellated areas. It makes the
entire graphic look a lot better (:

Unlike icons, I wouldn't say blends are you strong point, but there is so much more scope for improvement
The girl in the first one looks really LQ and the black texture surrounding doesn't look very appealing. I can see you don't
have too many problems with text though, so that's a good thing

Overall, I think you're doing just fine Remember that image prep is important, or if you're lazy like me ( ) just
use HQ pictures. They make life a lot easier. There are a dozen fansites all over the net for you to get pictures. Also, don't
repeat stock. I know we all have the favorite flowery picture but it's best not to over use - too much of anything isn't good

Hope I wasn't too harsh. PM me if you have annnyy questions, I'd love you answer them ♥
Again, sorry that it took so long ><"

~Meghna}

megaaan

May 24 2010, 11:03 AM

_{+Contour: Thank you so much for the crit blaah image quality .. i'm doing my best to overcome that, thank you for the advice! and the over-usage of the stock :L hahah thank you, i wouldn't have even realised ! i'll try to lessen up- particularly on that bridge photo
♥}

Sarah_Bee

Jun 1 2010, 06:49 PM

HEY CONGRATS ON THE WELL DESERVED PROMO!!!!!

Marit

Jun 1 2010, 10:21 PM

_{CONGRATS ON THE PROMO!!! you so deserve it and we're neighbours now xD
enjoy the new bluee

- Marit}

Professor Snape

Jun 1 2010, 11:44 PM

DUDE CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PROMOTION!!!! Junior blue suits you and you are rocking the PSP. I love love love the creativity in your signatures and your taking of chances, your colouring is great and your improving with every piece that you make and for that alone you get this promotion. Plus your overall style, your talent and your ability to create pretty stuff is just a small.. small part *shifty* but congratulations, keep working at it!!

_Rose_

Jun 2 2010, 01:31 AM

Congrats on the promo!

P.S Loving your gallery title

*goes off humming hey soul sister*

lyzzic

Jun 2 2010, 02:47 AM

congrats on the promo!!

cathyyy

Jun 2 2010, 04:53 AM

CONGRATS MEGAAAAAAN!

well deserved promo<3

magicmuggle

Jun 2 2010, 05:17 AM

Wooh! You've improved so fast, and you completely deserve the promo! Well done!

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