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Okay, so I'll start. I've been working on this and was wondering what people's thoughts are... any improvements that need to be made? is it good/bad? etc.
So I am looking for a critique of my typeface.
>I have been looking at it for too long.
I'm looking for any type of criticism.
>>245360
The curvature of the "S" looks a bit unappealing, it's something with the heavier stroke in the middle of it. Also, the "Z" doesn't really follow the overall design of the other letters. The numbers (the ones that have the same height) are okay, though the bottom of the "2" looks a little weird and out of place. The "@" symbol sucks ass. The "&" sign seems a bit too oblique and doesn't look right, and the "?" looks a bit condensed and also doesn't look right. In some respects, your font looks like a better version of Bodoni XT, although that font's numbers look a bit cleaner. Overall, it's a pretty good font, well done!
>>245477
Great! Thanks, I had a feeling that a couple of my letters were not quite following the same flow as the other letters.
>>245115
Whats the context? An alcohol label? What will its actual size be?
>>245115
Maybe the spelling of civilization?
>>245360
I don't like how you thick/thin lines change sides on your capitals, and your $ sign is just your S with a |.
>>245488
Ah shit.
I'm trying to make myself a logo with the name Lovelust. Any advice or things I can work on to make it better?
>>245533
use a "hand script" font and place a little heart instead of the letter "o".
>>245114
I started last month as a hobby and wanted some critiques.
1. is my personal logo
2. is for a interpreting company
3. is for a painting/construction company
4. is for a doctor
5. is for a dentist
Are these good? What can be changed?
>>245553
hmm will try that.. what font is that ?
Newbie playing around with double exposure checking in.
Resume/CV looking for feedback.
>>245596
Festival Company, Science Museum, and Graphic Solutions Company are very bold. it kind of makes them illegible, I'd suggest switching fonts to match the rest or changing the boldness. I really like your resume other than that.
Could I ask what font you used? (Not for the ones I brought up)
>>245598
I went for a 1 page since people were saying 2 page is a no-no. I honestly have 0 clue what HR people want and trying to please everybody is a nightmare...
>>245599
Neuzeit S LT Std Book, book heavy and the illegible is book heavy with a .5 stroke. Dropped it to a .25 look better?
Here's the font family: ge tt/9aiLptS2/v/0
>>245596
Terrible vertical spacing
>>245114
looking for some critique on this
>>245568
>le double exposure meme
Personal stationary idea.
Crossed out info on them for reasons.
This was a piece to emulate the style of Leif Podhajsky for my design course. Any feedback would be great
>>245115
I'm going to judge it based on the thumbnail and I hope you'll do the same.
>you need to think more about the hierarchy of the text in relation to its vertical position
>does it need all these texture layers? it isn't 2005 anymore
>don't like the cut in the "S" in soma
I need honest opinion on this.
>>245622
Can you please tell me how you renderd this?
did you use 3D software or via a site or in ID with a function I didnt know?
>>245929
It's a free mockup:
http://www.graphberry.com/item/identity-branding-stationery-psd-mockup
>>245565
>https://creativemarket.com/vmffont/107349-Home-Brush
>>245558
for one month those aren't that bad but i doubt anyone will pay for that. the shapes are boring. i will thrash those and start over. maybe try reading some books about /gd/ watch:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOPA0NaeTBk
>>245665
it took me a while before i realize there was a girl in the middle. also the reflection of her on the water is missing and maybe remove the dark shapes on the sides and the volcano and maybe even the over saturated-blue thing.
>>245924
"festival" should be bigger. i don't like the font and the kerning for "guid". how come "la danse" and "de mai 2016" have different sizes? i think those would look better without the spacing (try moving all the text down).
What do u guys think?
>>245558
4. Looks like it was heavily inspired by Akira, not sure if that was intentional.
Spent weekend on this shit .. its an old project that i decided to improved and make a decent presentation. Looking foward to improve my portfolio now that i've become a freelancer.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/31865189/Alpha-Guitar
>>245924
oh god.
Just emphasize on that festival lettering and dates. It looks like a bad magazine cover.
You can do it!
>>246070
Black and blue is not a good color palette for food packaging. I realize a lot of fish packaging is black traditionally, but I never thought it looked particularly appetizing. They have done research that indicates that people eat smaller portions when eating off of blue plates.
The front, when viewed by itself, does not communicate the shape of the fish effectively. It just looks like two blue blobs.
The window where you can see the product is too small and it's a weird shape. The fish graphic is distracting from the real fish.
Filetes de Pescado needs some kerning love.
The secondary font is not a good choice.
The reverse font (Helvetica) is too cramped leading and not a good choice for setting text of that length. For advertising copy, you want a maximum of 7 words per line, not 13-15 like there are now. Setting the type against the outline of the fish just makes it look uneven.
Attached an image of some fish packaging done well.
>>245924
What would it look like if it were just the two images (street with dancers, street without dancers) without the yellow color shift and the dark overlay on the background?
2016 needs kerning.
The AIX typeface is not playing nicely with the DIN typeface.
The overall effect of everything being off the grid feels a little sloppy. Either make it way more off the grid (rotate some text 90°, and get illustratorly with it) or redesign it on the grid.
BAGUETTE !
>>246040
very lovely. are you making a comfortable salary?
>>246345
Thanks I try to make some changes
What do you think?
I have to find a way to add the word supermileage now... Might just do a couple more
>>246456
>Not properly quartered circles
What?!
>>246459
lol it was just a quick test. I'm not taking that design anyway
Made this for the Literature club of my college. (It was printed, but anyways I´m looking for some feedback)
This is my passion!
>>246506
>is that Din?
>>246745
It could be from your ref but nose looks too small.
Great job anyway
>>246777
It's a friend of minen but thank you
>>246746
I don't know what ic means:(
>>246935
the board /ic/ - Artwork/Critique
Testing out double exposure for the first time.
Interested in your guys opinions
What do you guys think of my teen borg characters ? Star trek reference obviously :-P
>>245616
lmao NICE ONE
I would really appreciate some help with this logo I'm making for my father. I'm not a fan of the "of" but I'm not too sure how to go about changing it.
>>247025
>placing a watermark on that.
ayyy lmao
idk im self taught. never taken a class, would love some honest feedback. i use photoshop cc if that matters i dunno.
Tee Shirt Design for a band
>>247130
>>247130
woops wrong one
>>247133
Not sure why photoshop saves images with such high contrast..
>>247085
>>247093
my take on your designs. hope you guys don't mind.
have a question for you guys. just recently got my first real job as a jr designer working at a sports apparel company making jerseys.
I sort of got the job through a hook up and was just wondering if you have any tips or any advice to work on my skills?
>>247135
cool work. Don´t mess up with the RGB/CYMK values-
Hey all, two quick questions about this:
1. Would the scissors be better placed between the shield and the scroll?
2. What would be a good font family to use for the words, "Larper's Market"? I've been struggling with the text and I need some help.
>>245360
pls cease
>>247168
your illustration is medieval but is the whole market medieval themed? something old style, humanist, or scripty will suit like Palatino, Jenson, maybe even a blackletter but nothing too ornate. Look at medieval text like illuminated manuscripts or coats of arms. Quadraat might be nice too actually
>>247176
Zoom in, the F is painfully obvious.
Started the 100 day UI challenge, here's my day 1 "Sign up". Pretty basic but I figured I'd post anyway.
>>247144
cleaner version
>>247188
>Go check out this "100 Days UI"
That site has some of the worst UI/UX I've ever seen in a modern site. Seriously fucking back.
>But I'll start the challenge anyway
>Sounds like a good way to practice for an hour every day
>>247092
Fuck your vaporwave bullshit
I've been using gimp for the last few years and have become comfortable with mixing vectors with traditional filters when appropriate. All of my stuff is made during my short amount of free time, and have never made anything through commission. Just a personal hobby. Any thoughts are very appreciated!
This is for a community land trust organization for affordable housing in Baltimore called NEHI (North East Housing Initiative)
Slogan is "a home for every heart"
logo for a fake band called indoor kites
thoughts?
>>246506
Talk about loud. Tone it down a little.
>>247022
What is it?
>>247022
Mix it up with the trees maybe?
>>247248
The grass should be thicker, making the ground look less like a bar
Something i threw together in about 40 minutes
space stuff is easier than i thought but still only my first attempt, how'd i do?
started with gd recently. school asignment.
I dont know how to implement the photography part of the company (hence the lens like flares) into the logo. The company teaches landscape photography with camping and shit
This is my OC : Lord Vlad
I use Gimp. I make that by making paths to draw the lines and filling the places in black white or grey.
I work from another image because I suck at drawing, although it can be a line art that someone made for me.
Any Idea how I could improve my work ? Make it faster ?
Any comment on the character, while you're at it ?
I thought it was neat idea for arhitecture design studio.
>>247611
>>247613
looks like ledge
2confusing
>>247022
TRAPPED
in a tree cloning factory !
>>247502
Lens flare is too lens flary.
no, seriously, what is even that thing on the down-left branch ?
And many stars on that part look shitty... like too big.
>>247720
I use gimp and thats literally the only lens flare option i have until i learn how to do better my self, and that weird blob at the bottom left is because of the slight vhs color shift effect that people jizz them selves over for some reason, but i did fix that part
But it was my first attempt trying that and i hope im getting better
>>247725
Looks better, but I'd advice you to make the planet a bit more irregular, give the impression it's not just a striped ball. Try adding some kind of windy effect to the surface. Or just random slightly differently colored pixels.
>>247092
This would make a great book cover, I like it.
Faction logo
Friend wants an image to commemorate writing his 500th article for a sports website, with breakdowns on how many articles per sport. He couldn't clearly decide on iconic-magazine-cover style or infographic style so the results are the awkward mix you see here. Almost everything is placeholders.
http://strawpoll.me/6290747
>>247796
This looks cool... and quite creepy, I admit. The upper part looks like a big red eye.
>>247796
lose the green
>>247811
..always avoid using talent whose just been sacked in commemorating workplace achievements anon. Jist sayin.
>>247824
I found out literally half an hour after I switched out my friend's photos for his, it was a bit surreal.
First attempt at minor league sports logo.... thoughts?
>>247837
You need to abstract it more and tone down the detail. And lose the gradient on the text. You're of to a good start though.
>>245533
Do it as an ambigram
>>247725
round 3, am i getting any better?
Button Design for a band
>>247904
Another design for a band
>>247904
Facebook Banner for same band
Some work of mine that is published for a local sports community. I realize its not great but seeing as they used it for jerseys I figured I'd see what you guys thought.
>>247837
has to be readable as a turtle if only silhouette.
What do you guys think?
>>247932
First try using Photoshop. The numbers and the Text doesnt even make sense
>>247932
Looks pretty nice
>>247933
>>247938
>>247939
Can anyone give me any suggestions on things to edit. I'm really bored.
>>247941
Make something complete random, like a cat riding a horse. I am at the Doktor Right now. Would be a nice thing to See.
>>247942
Title says it all my friend.
>>247943
Awsome mate. Had to laugh so Hard, now everybody is looking to me. I dont care. Bye the Way, i already wait for 3 hours now... I know
>nobody cares.png
>>247943
shit man, how did you blend that horse so perfectly into the background??
>>247945
I took 2 images from google images. One of the horse in the plain and one of a cat. I chopped off the cats arm and leg and stuck him on the horse like a sticker. Thats how you make a cat riding a horse.
>>247921
Thanks mate. Here's another
>>247932
Too saturated.
>>247900
The red is bad dude.
>>247264
been working on this a bit more, i'm leaning toward the one pointing north-east but some different opinions would be nice
>>247969
I prefer the middle one because it lines up with the typography, feels "right", even though the direction might be a bit "classic".
My last project. Now working on a color scheme, its for a local supermarket, its a personal project.
>>247904
OMG A RARE PEPE
>>247900
How did you make this ??
>>248054
Gimp
few filter effects
some color fuckery
couple of brush strokes
and some layer masks
>>248063
could you be more precise, I'd like to try to make something similar.
>>248022
Better without the right leg.
>>248064
its all blur effects mostly
start with the stars as the background layer
then the gas/nebula colors at around 10% opacity
make a layer of clouds above that layer on a black background and set it to dodge
sphearise a planet terrain texture, you can find some really good ones 100% free somewhere
shade planet how you feel fits
add an atmospheric glow
add lens flare if you want
if you want it shaped like i have it as a marker from dead space, then draw up the shape and use it as a layer mask
>>247966
Its supposed to be Fairy Floss Pink. If your even still on the thread.
>>247969
the font looks too formal imo. and maybe use an straight heart
>>248112
i would prefer the last one
>>246456
You could sneak the first quarter into the first O, the half into the U, and the 3/4 into the second O.
Or is that too cliche
If you guys could excuse the roughness around the edges on the letters, could I get a critique on this? It's for a minecraft server I'm working on, and I'm just throwing around some ideas. It's based around "resource nodes" and since a node is a circle I went with that theme for the text.
Help me out here, I'm an amateur at best.
>>247938
Basic design for a profile picture. What do you guys think of it?
>>247613
font?
1/6
>>248155
2/6
>>248156
3/6
>polite sage
>>248150
GAY...
Either you are trying to be a special snowflake in the ocean of piss that is CoD, or worse. Hiding like coward in a puddle of your own excrement is now way to present yourself to the world.
>>248157
4/6
>polite sage
>>248159
5/6
>polite sage
>>248160
6/6
>polite sage
>>248164
>not sure if sarcastic
Are you aware of the time and effort that goes into page design?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00M0PP6UM
>>248165
I am, it wasn't sarcastic, and I do like your work. To rephrase, "Good job, you didn't fuck it up."
While time consuming, any designer worth their salt should be able to create a print page design. But they are just page designs in the end, and how you use them defines how good they really are.
When you start building a reactive page grid for a website is when your understanding of grids is put to the test.
trying to get back into practice. A wallpaper for the old show "The prisoner"
what do you think?
>>248180
You can replicate styles well, but try to find your own instead of jumping the bandwagon of whatever is hype.
>>248173
I like it, it's simple and cool.
I really liked this serie, I'm happy it's not lost.
>>248173
Too long and cheesy, and the eye bleeding orange isn't comfortable to look at long term.
>>248168
You are giving too much credit to the common designer; throughout my career, I have not once worked with another designer that knew a third of what you and I would like to expect to be basic / common knowledge. And these guys were educated too (I never went to school for this).
And responsive web design is not as mystical as you make it sound; You start with the most limiting format (smallest screen) and you work your way up to a certain resolution, then set @media queries in CSS to adapt to the grids you designed. But that still lacks a baseline grid, which is something that has been around for ages but has only recently been picked up and only by the underwhelming minority of enthusiastic web designers.
Knowing how to design a grid system with vertical rhythm in correlation to the typefaces of your choice to support the readability of the paragraphs at all sizes is something that I have come to realize is a rare trait.
I'm not ego-stroking btw; I'm just trying to converse about designing grids (not in relation to my submitted work here).
>>248140
pls respond.
>>248244
>>245114
>>248255
Someone on another site pointed out that it bothers them that it's off-centre.
But that's because I used the margins of the first printed bible.. arbitrarily.. for fun.
sage
>>247135
The linework is a bit too shaky, and it makes him look like he's melting. also, the colors are too cold and hipster-ish. Try to make the colors a little warmer. Other then that, It's good.
I have some general advice. Show your designs to really perverted people. by doing this, you can easily avoid having a 'woody and buzz' situation
>>248112
i get your point, and i like the font change, but my idea was that the arrow was supposed to represent the roof of a house, which doesn't really work if it's aiming downwards
>>247022
Bad font, bad colours, why does it need that texture?
>>247092
Not great (not a fan of the three planets further forward) but better than 70% of the shite you see here
>>247135
Disagree with the guy chatting shit about the lines. I really like this, and I never like stuff on here.
>>247905
Not as good as the first one, its more clear that these were drawn in Photoshop, which I don't like, nice vibe though
not sure what this is it's just supposed to look nice as a poster or something, for a music producer (shameless plug soundcloud.com/hyperlip ) what u think
>>248345
What can i do better? /gd/
(also am noob, so please bear with me)
>>247531
fix that shitty attempt at illustration.
>>248389
awful
>>248348
so is that a good thing
Potential cover for a book I'm designing where I visually interpret William Blake's poems.
My reason for doing this is because when you read a poem, you'll want to read it again to make any sense of it. I think you'll want to look at this cover twice to make sense of it too.
>>248277
I'd just centre it - might create a decent illusion with the type creating those off-angle black lines.
If the offset is arbitrary then it doesn't need to be preserved imo.
Trying out 3D stuff.
>>248441
>>248450
>Bleeding Cowboy
How pleb are you? Jesus.
>>248470
What?
I need help
>>248470
3D Bleeding Cowboys at that. That Gaudy-Persian-Gold color isn't helping it either.
>>248383
I'm looking for critique on the design and the font that I made, that's /gd/. I posted a render I made along with the photoshop touchup to stay /gd/ relevant to ask for help, since I've been skimmed over.
>>248140
I dunno what to say but I think you get it.
>>248140
What font?
>>248514
thanks, I might drop the uhh.. whatever the typography kids call that thing poking out of the 'n', just to keep it more circle-oriented, but that's for sure and improvement.
Just a minimalist picture I made
>>245114
i did this stylized rendition of a bat man cover people say its one of my strongest pieces what do you anons think
>>248557
Why is he crying
>>248579
he is batman, shit happens
>>248469
You lose all my interest by not disturbing new at all with the composition. The piece as a whole loses impact.
>>245115
Everything is symmetrical except for that title in the middle, which kind of throws it all off.
>>245596
Missing a space between the bullet and Logistics. I don't think you need "site:" either, if it has a ".com" or w/e at the end, people will know that's a website.
>>247085
Maybe some contrast on the type. Maybe leave the "of" as-is and make the other two a thicker weight?
Some general practice I spent the day doing.
>>248740
Better color choices and illustration but aside from that, nice work, very wpaesque
your thoughts ? first time playing arround with Photoshop
>>248440
Anyone?
>>248744
Those shadows.
Just don´t.
What do ya think? I made this for a friend that has a mechanical car parts business with his dad.
>>248795
very nice work anon
>>248797
thanks dude, I appreciate it
>>245114
rate me
>>247796
the shapes are too basic, it looks cheap.
on a more personal note, it feels too topheavy.
>>248795
i fuck with this
>>247796
The thin lines and the color showing through in the middle bit would look better if you either thinned out the top or tried doing the same thing on the top. Either way, the top and bottom/middle section don't go together.
>>247969
tried moving away from the heart shape
Thoughts on this please
Hey all,
Just an album cover that I recently designed for an aspiring rapper
>>249419
The date was requested to be on the right side in the centre (I dont like it) Here is an app home screen for a designcrowd competition
>>249405
over 9000/10
>>249419
>Rapper
>Living the vita loca
Qui?
Also, that's not an album cover, that's a promotional picture. Get the date and outlet shit off there, or make it to be the size of postage.
Mockup for an app icon. I'm not sure about the colors but they're the colors used in the app. Their color scheme is these colors plus a gross "seventies green" I opted against including. I've been staring at it so long I just feel I need a second opinion.
I'm aware of all the uneven spacing and shit, this is a rough draft. I'm only worried about the colors.
>>245616
Eyes on the smiley face could be moved apart a little?
I have made this brutalist style lamp today.
It's a mood-light, basically (meaning that it's not for reading or for actually lighting up a room).
Materials are concrete and ground glass.
>concrete
>so 2014
I know, the point here is not the material, but the brutalist style.
I intend its cord to be a cloth-sleeved cable.
What do you guys think?
>I know this isn't /gd/, but since we don't have an /id/ for industrial design, fuck it, might as well...
>>249519
dont't think concrete would look good indoors but that would be something i would put in a garden next to a pool, good job.
![Brutalism_interior_style_foursquare_builders[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/is49Quh.jpg "Brutalism_interior_style_foursquare_builders[1].jpg")
>>249521
Thanks!
Though I was thinking of an interior that would complement it.
>>248180
I worked supes hard on this.
>>249553
>I worked supes hard on this.
I... I'm sorry you did.
>>249553
literally three minutes of work
Something I began yesterday to get in the habit of creating each day. Not sure where I'm going with it.
>>249569
It was actually 10 minutes thankyou very much, Jizzblaster is a super serious project very close to my heart.
>>249575
Has no personality. Looks pretty bland and generic.
>>249575
duno where its going, but good that your doing something each day. come up with a tangable subject for your work and make a conscious effort to represent that subject. try not to make unconsidered marks when your first starting out.
A poster I did a couple months ago for an event at my university. Changed some details on the poster cause I don't want the notorious hacker 4chan on my biz.
Did this for an old friend starting a business of his own
>>248112
datingsite/10
My (plagiaristic) take on the current flat illustration trend, did it for a friend of mine who's a pharmacy student.
>>247022
The gradient on the letters needs to go.
>>247796
Use more tertiary colors. They look better.
>>247958
You'd be a much better artist if your drawings formed clearer silhouettes. And switch to sai. it's a dedicated art program, and is much better then photoshop or drawing.
>>248173
not enough contrast
>>248469
Make the text bigger, and drop the retarded fake scuff marks.
>>248795
I like it.
>>249454
I think the colors are awesome.
>>249742
Remove the fucking shit on the skull. it's out of place, over-designed, and makes the whole picture significantly worse. Redesign the skull to have the same style as everything else. otherwise, it's fine.
A flyer i made (no info shown)
hello /gd/ I lurk but this is my first time posting, so apologies if this is the wrong thread.
I'm trying to finish this year's /ck/ challenge image and I can't find a font that fits for the top (the /ck/ challenge 2016 part). I want somewhat blocky and geometric but I need it cleaner then this for the beginning (the small lines won't work with the embroidery).
Any suggestions?
Thoughts on this logo, /gd/?
>>249844
Trying to combine the distressed letters with the clean digital looking graphics doesn't mix together well. Pick either weathered or clean and stick with it.
>>249844
The distressed lettering has no reason to be paired with the illustration style, be more consistent with your drop shadows (why do the cards have them and not the banner or mugs?), make your drop shadows more natural looking and not so grayed out, if you're going to duplicate your card and mug shapes make them more interesting than just flipping them horizontally, the way that left mug interacts with the banner makes no sense- the handle is poking through where there's suppose to be a fold, the noise filter you have on the shapes in the background is pointless, etc.
Meh.
>>249850
at least line your shit up nigga
Learning to do Celtic knot style art for a project I've begun. Supposed to be items representing Nobility, Peasantry, and Artisans.
I'm most iffy on the apron atm.
