The Rapture: Version 1

[noscottno]

wow. 6 hours of work and no actual good comments besides Alexei's?
this forum sucks.

For someone to run around bragging about their skill and have avatars displaying the fact that they are a "GFX Expert", you sort of have to expect that. Going around bragging about your work and talking about how great it is only makes people want to critique your work and point out flaws. Had you taken a better attitude towards your graphic work in the beginning and had not gone off whining about how you don't have 3 chevrons, maybe we'd want to help you more.

Honestly, you've lost my respect. If you can't deal with a little bit of criticism and face the facts here, maybe you shouldn't even bother here. One of my biggest pet peeves is people that simply post things like "sweet" "just plain awesome" or "10/10". There's no such thing as 10/10. Get over it. There's always something wrong, there's just no way to get over it. Facts of life. The comments posted were good comments.

I think we have a winner.

[Alexander]

So Xiion, if I open up Photoshop and scribble on my Wacom for 6 hours I should expect awesome comments? Get your pompous head out of the clouds, this piece isn't that great*.

Edit: *And for you not to bitch to me about "why" exactly it's not awesome,

[Dsoup]

wow. 6 hours of work and no actual good comments besides Alexei's?
this forum sucks.

Wow, you really are as conceited as your avatar.

it sucks because apparently noone here likes it, when I myself am trying to improve. the only critique i've received is for it to be "Fantasy."
It's a new style, it is in no way meant to be fantasy.

You've received a lot more critique than that, and the only way you will improve is if people give you criticism. And if you think yours is a completely new style because it's a plain, earth-like planet and some pretty colored stars, think again.

And by the way, the random dark, under-saturated field to the bottom left of the planets looks like someone spilled coffee on your artwork.

[Alexei]

i leave home for a few days and look what happens X_x

in me opinionz all parties should calm down. and maybe go to a party.

Xiion they do have valid points and its true no artwork is ever perfect. Otherwise i doubt it would be art, further its important to consider that Criticism, constructive and destructive WILL help u improve.

Personally i suffer from too little crit these days. I long teh days when people would comment on how i could improve in their view and what could be done better. Id rather have 10 good crits than a hundred favs and comments like : wow

they dont help me improve.

Also for the rest of the folks: do take it easy on him abit as sometimes a piece he personally feels was good dosent really match ur opinion. Heck, it happens. Ive had much worse. Important thing is to just keep calm.


Ill stop playing mentor now

PARTEY TIME!!!!

I provide the pies

[Xiion]

Thanks Alexei.
I find it weird, I am always saying that without criticism i would never be where I am today, and now I am going against it profusely.
The next version will contain a much better view on what this series will be about, which is of course, The Rapture. For those who don't know, the rapture is the last coming of Jesus during the Apocalypse.
This series will show my view of how it will look from the solar systems point of view.
Things that you will see are going be of nothing i could ever accomplish, and for that reason, this series will be months in the making.
Now, I am bringing PIE!!! http://kakorrhaphiophobia.deviantart.com/
I miss PIE!!! he was a great user here at HM.

[Lt Slap a ho]

wow. 6 hours of work and no actual good comments besides Alexei's?
this forum sucks.

For someone to run around bragging about their skill and have avatars displaying the fact that they are a "GFX Expert", you sort of have to expect that. Going around bragging about your work and talking about how great it is only makes people want to critique your work and point out flaws. Had you taken a better attitude towards your graphic work in the beginning and had not gone off whining about how you don't have 3 chevrons, maybe we'd want to help you more.

Honestly, you've lost my respect. If you can't deal with a little bit of criticism and face the facts here, maybe you shouldn't even bother here. One of my biggest pet peeves is people that simply post things like "sweet" "just plain awesome" or "10/10". There's no such thing as 10/10. Get over it. There's always something wrong, there's just no way to get over it. Facts of life. The comments posted were good comments.

You are my hero. My thoughts Exactly.

[fishface617]

I like the planet, but the atmosphere around it is boring.

And I think im going to have to go with Kirk and Lt.

[Pie]

Alright, here are my comments on this.

I personally am a fan of the dark mentality of the piece, it adds a certain mood to the creation.

The bottom left of the larger planet is stretched in a highly noticeable way, so that is a key feature to work on. It was the second thing that drew my attention. Sorry if all that ever draws my attention is flaws

Second, the first thing that caught my eye was teh atmosphere glow around the large planet. It seems to be TOO vibrant in the darker areas, if you are getting my meaning. It conflicts completely with the dark look of the piece.

Third, the ice on the larger planet has something that I cannot place my finger on, but it lacks realism. If what you are going for is realism, then that should be something more focused on. If it is actually supposed to be clouds, then there needs to be some major changes due to clouds not being sharp. But as a good assumption of ice, I already stated my part on that.

Fourth, text IS major. Whether it be directly on the piece or not. The title that you gave it, in that red color strange font, completely flows against the smooth nature of the piece, thus causing an obscene sight. I would work on the text a lot more. The color for one, makes everything seem...so much more...how do you say? Unbalanced?

Fifth, the starscape itself (Yes there is lack of order in what I am saying, just giving opinions as I see them actively). I will give you some congradulatory words for the starscape. I like the looks, it gives a good flow and is overall great.

Sixth, the smaller planet. Nice look, but the atmosphere glow has a choppyness to it that really bothers me. Not that big of a deal, but it was raking to be said.

Seventh, the other little planets, are so obviously the same as the secondary main planet. If no the same then immensely similar, that caught me right off as well. Not sure if you need to bother with a change in that, but it was persistent enough to make me say something.

Eighth, the bottom left planet, same atmosphere glow problem as the other small (but larger) one, but the thing about it that bothers me most is the little light source next to it. Looks so obviously fake that it threw off that portion for me relating to realism.

Nineth, this relates to the text that sais XiionGraphix. The color clashes with the piece. Perhaps not as bad as the red in the title and such, but enough to make me think to either make just a small marker, or nothing at all stating it is XiionGraphix, due to the showing of your page anyway. Just a minor opinion.

Tenth, and final decision. Overal great job. You have improved much, and don't think that I have not been watching. Because I have, sometimes (Work, college, and girlfriend make time short for hobbies). There are just some minor and relatively major flaws I see here, so please try not to take them lightly. I was reading through the arguments on the last page and, I will agree with some, and not with others.

Please read everything everyone says. The persuit of knowledge to know yourself, those around you, and everything else in life is endless, so never skip a step and keep learning. Good luck overall and I'm as surprised as you that I actually posted on HaloMods, haha.

[Lt Slap a ho]

Alright, here are my comments on this.

I personally am a fan of the dark mentality of the piece, it adds a certain mood to the creation.

The bottom left of the larger planet is stretched in a highly noticeable way, so that is a key feature to work on. It was the second thing that drew my attention. Sorry if all that ever draws my attention is flaws

Second, the first thing that caught my eye was teh atmosphere glow around the large planet. It seems to be TOO vibrant in the darker areas, if you are getting my meaning. It conflicts completely with the dark look of the piece.

Third, the ice on the larger planet has something that I cannot place my finger on, but it lacks realism. If what you are going for is realism, then that should be something more focused on. If it is actually supposed to be clouds, then there needs to be some major changes due to clouds not being sharp. But as a good assumption of ice, I already stated my part on that.

Fourth, text IS major. Whether it be directly on the piece or not. The title that you gave it, in that red color strange font, completely flows against the smooth nature of the piece, thus causing an obscene sight. I would work on the text a lot more. The color for one, makes everything seem...so much more...how do you say? Unbalanced?

Fifth, the starscape itself (Yes there is lack of order in what I am saying, just giving opinions as I see them actively). I will give you some congradulatory words for the starscape. I like the looks, it gives a good flow and is overall great.

Sixth, the smaller planet. Nice look, but the atmosphere glow has a choppyness to it that really bothers me. Not that big of a deal, but it was raking to be said.

Seventh, the other little planets, are so obviously the same as the secondary main planet. If no the same then immensely similar, that caught me right off as well. Not sure if you need to bother with a change in that, but it was persistent enough to make me say something.

Eighth, the bottom left planet, same atmosphere glow problem as the other small (but larger) one, but the thing about it that bothers me most is the little light source next to it. Looks so obviously fake that it threw off that portion for me relating to realism.

Nineth, this relates to the text that sais XiionGraphix. The color clashes with the piece. Perhaps not as bad as the red in the title and such, but enough to make me think to either make just a small marker, or nothing at all stating it is XiionGraphix, due to the showing of your page anyway. Just a minor opinion.

Tenth, and final decision. Overal great job. You have improved much, and don't think that I have not been watching. Because I have, sometimes (Work, college, and girlfriend make time short for hobbies). There are just some minor and relatively major flaws I see here, so please try not to take them lightly. I was reading through the arguments on the last page and, I will agree with some, and not with others.

Please read everything everyone says. The persuit of knowledge to know yourself, those around you, and everything else in life is endless, so never skip a step and keep learning. Good luck overall and I'm as surprised as you that I actually posted on HaloMods, haha.

I'm not even going to attempt to read all that...

[Dan!!]

The one thing that bothers me is the lighting on the two main planets. The huge one's lighting seems waaay too sharp for my liking. Maybe I'm just used to seeing through my eyes, but bright things tend to give off a sort of "glow" around them. It has it, but it just seems like too short a gradient to feel natural. The edge of light above the planet looks out of place. The smaller planet's ring looks obviously CG. Which is what you get from such narrow curves. There's a lot of obvious things that take you out of "looking at art" to "looking at a computer image". Just bad blending in certain areas give it a pixelated feel or a jagged edge or something to make it look wrong. The clouds looked like rocks to me. Like I thought they were rocky terrain until someone pointed out that they were uber-contrast clouds. There are two stars towards the bottom left that seem like they should emit some glow if they're that big. The other planets look wrong to me. The fact that the lighting on all the planets is nearly identical makes it look like they're all on the same plane. It just looks awkward.

I like the red floating stuff.

this forum sucks.

No, you.