EnigmaticGallivanter wrote:

I can see your years of photoshopping experience and your college education have yet to kick in. Or, you're just not showing us your aesthetically pleasing work.

Ignore him.

Makeii wrote:

Ignore him.

I know I say this a lot now, but give me awhile, and I will put a more detailed explanation of what I am trying to get at.

Right now I am using my "creeper skills" to judge some of her other graphic work so I can make my points.

OKAY. Let's start with a questionnaire.

1. You have about ~11 years with Photoshop, in this time have did you learn to use it through course material / books / tutorials by respected software users, or was this 11 years of dicking around?
2. Is your major declared in graphic design, multimedia design, or other? If other, do tell.
3. Let's say I am offering jobs to prospective graphic / multimedia designers. How would you describe your experience and comfort with this field?
4. Excuse me English, but can you into InDesign, FireWorks, and Illustrator? Bonus points for After Effects and Premier Pro.
5. I have read of, and seen your ad you created for your uncle. Was he pleased, was the community pleased (if used), and were you pleased?
6. What did you like about the ad?
7. How did "Go Green" go over with their branding and such that I assume you did?

I ask these questions because I am concerned that people who use Photoshop for 11 years and download fonts will call themselves graphic designers. Their work usually entails a lack of spacing, grid & font management, color palettes, and the whole bag of fun included in design. I ask because I want to know with this 11 years of PS what have you really done with it. What is the full story boo.

From what I gather, the story is you color over animu and add weird shadows. Sometimes you "clean up" manga scans. Which are pretty fine until you get anal about the small details and gaps that were created. Other times you make ads that would have a real hard time being printed and read.

I would like to get a few answers, then I can post my run down of pieces of your art. What I think looks fine, what could use some boosts.

Much to Makeii's inner desire, I will actually go over everything I can to explain to you why I am so confused.

Boo, I will find you books.

Albro i like how your arts turning out xD looks nice. Next, tbh Sayao it doesn't look all the greats..x_x at times like these i actually say go look up tuts.

I showed the ones that I did, but I have more. Just in different styles. Didn't feel like cluttering the blog with too many pictures last night. I do mostly photography work than just graphic designing. I was in college already for 4 years for IT and programming.

I meant to describe that I have yet to return to college, so I can learn more than just the things that I have already achieved through-out the years. The drop shadow was some kind of old myspace trick that photoshop editors who did anime pictures did back in the days.

For the quote, "Becoming better" I've decided to follow my grandfather who has over 4 certificates in Photography. So I may take that, while still studying Graphic Arts. Then hoping to hop off to a better job in the industries.

Al, you are incredibly talented. So keep doing great! It took me a while to think from my mind on how Annie was drawn. Lol. But the work you've done is good!

Yes. I did. It was more of a programming school, than a college. But I learned a lot of other things in between going to my graphic arts.. CC here where I live. It's in the Arts.

This is the kind of stuff that keeps ITT Technical Institute a joke of colleges... Kind of like DeVry.

I don't think it's anyone's right to negatively scrutinize one's work. This can have lasting psychological effects on the person producing the work. It's not professional, and definitely not respectable. I apologize for the bullshit people here have given you on your first few days of being in BYOND.