Nuclear Blast 5 Graphics V2

[Mollocephalus]

banner is cringeworthy, lol

[Arntonach]

Aside from what xelnya already said, the text in the banner could be a bit lower so it's looks like it's more eye pleasing. Background image's just uninteresting as a whole though, but that's subjective I suppose.

[Mollocephalus]

i really hope this file is good cause god damn i ended up spending a lot of time on this one

[.Gazelle.]

Originally Posted by Wafles

edit: fixed misspelling and adjusted opacity a touch




I'm learning all sorts of new fun photoshop stuff lately

damb

[Wafles]

Originally Posted by Mollocephalus

i really hope this file is good cause god damn i ended up spending a lot of time on this one

damn thats awesome

[Wafles]

I know icy wanted to initially use this bg for black shawarma but I think its fine for Vicious Delicious instead, quick simple set




Imgur probably gave some jpg artifacts on the bg but I have it saved as png on my end, puu.sh wasnt cooperating tonight for some reason

I'll update the webpage I hosted about once/week btw. This gives an opportunity to let images get peer reviewed here a bit (to check for spelling errors and the like)

[Mollocephalus]

mix it up a bit maybe? looks a bit dull right now

[Wafles]

I think I'll revisit the banner, the bg has enough going on to justify simplicity there but I think the banner might be lacking in comparison

[Arntonach]

Doesn't really fit the song too much. I gave it a shot since I was bored.

[Mollocephalus]

i fond this image and i thought it would fit

[Renevatia]

[Mollocephalus]

if you could move the text more to the center in bn it'd be sweet

[Renevatia]

[Wafles]

Stroke on the text looks a bit pixelly for Thinking of You. Check the font maybe?

[Renevatia]

Originally Posted by Wafles

Stroke on the text looks a bit pixelly for Thinking of You. Check the font maybe?

how about now?

[Wafles]

Still looks a bit low res but it's definitely better imo

[Renevatia]

Originally Posted by Wafles

Still looks a bit low res but it's definitely better imo

redone text, 1:1'd the pixels

[Arntonach]

Just a quick tip I picked up from my mom of all people, since I've noticed this a lot. When it comes to the positioning of the text, try to keep the center of it either near or below the vertical center of the image so the text doesn't feel randomly placed, or as my mom put it 'loose'.

[Gundam-Dude]

I always argue that dead center is boring, dull, and uninteresting. Offsetting to a side is more visually pleasing as it's natural for text and body copy to be left/right aligned rather than centered. And I guess if you're incredibly OCD and take into consideration layout guides such as the golden ratio, nothing is ever dead center as the sweet spot is always offset to a side.

Although, in the case with headline type like in Stepmania banners, dead center is a little more acceptable due to the space constraints, so it's not a big deal—with backgrounds though, it's more jarring considering the amount of space you have to work with.

idk just my opinion as a designer, but it really doesn't matter in the end when this is for STEPMANIA

[icontrolyourworld]

[9:12:30 PM] Nick Weiss(IcyWorld): ok just played send my love to mars with the anime graphics, i think i like them that way
[9:12:45 PM] Nick Weiss(IcyWorld): way more fitting now that i see it togeter xD