Majoras Mask wallpapers! I must say I'm a bit.. surprised that
only two of them are purple. XD
Alrighty, time for some feedback!
Beeker- Your composition is really not bad at all. With a bit of work it could be a usable wallpaper. All the renders on the outside are clear and sharp and really grab you which is great. The one thing that is throwing me off about it, and it's sort of a big thing- the render you choose in the middle is really weak compared to the others. It feels blurry (Although I'm not sure it really is, or it's the transparency setting that's doing it) and just isn't as strong as the pictures on the border. Going back and tweaking the opacity and such I think would do the wallpaper a lot of good.
There are also a few things that could be polished a bit better as far as the cutting out of the renders go. On the part where you erased links arm, there are a few white specks on top of a patch of green by his cheek. Also with the Zora render his fin is cut off. This is going to sound a little nit picky, but when someone has a wallpaper for long enough I guarantee you they would eventually spot these little imperfections. Like I said, composition is great and your color choices are more than appropriate for the mood that the game conveys, it's just a few elements that need some work. Keep it up though! <3
The Green- You're one of the few that went for a really bold look. Props on that, however the finished product quite frankly doesn't look complete. No one element in the wallpaper is bad, but they all seem at odds with each other. There is the sharp pastel colored patter background underneath the blurred Majora "spike", and then on top of that is a render of Majoras mask that isn't the best of quality (not that it's blurry, but moreso the scanner noise) and then it has a very sharp stroke around it. The picture just needs to be more unified. With a bit of work I think you could produce a good wallpaper with what you have (maybe put the background on top of the spike, and tone down the transparency a bit? Or even changing that pastel purple and replace it with a bolder color pulled right from the mask instead.)
Kazumi- I really like the simplicity of your wallpaper and think your entry would be a really great functional wallpaper. <3 However... It's so dark! I sort of have the same problem in the opposite direction, (Been told more than once my stuff is too light), and the reason this is an important problem to address is simply that most peoples computer screens are not properly calibrated. Most of the time this isn't a problem, but if your image is really light or dark it could come up looking even more extreme than it really is on someone else's screen. With a wallpaper its especially bad since the whole point of making one is to have people use it.
Work on adding some real contrast to the picture and you've got yourself a winner.
Kybyrian- Even though you repeated it you only used one render, and I think you really used it effectively. The masks gradually getting bigger reminds me of the opening screen where Majora's Mask comes out of the shadows, and the background colors and textures are very reminiscent of the arena you battle majora himself in. The only huge complaint I have is there could have been more care taken in cleaning up the edges of the mask. There are still quite a few spots of white pixels just... making it not look as polished as it should. It takes a little more time to get rid of those yes, but it really does make it look much more complete. Still great job! > 3<
TheSkywardSword- Little hard to critique when it's so small. ;-;'' It looks a bit simple, and the smudgy white is a bit distracting, but otherwise it looks OK. I find it interesting that you and Beeker had very similar wallpapers. Just remember to submit it full size next time!
FierceDiety- OK... I can see the appeal of this wallpaper. However, if your going to be so bold with your typography you have to make sure of a few things. First off the most important thing is readability. If it was being used decoratively in the background or something then that isn't so important, but the fact that the text takes up about half of your wallpaper means you REALLY need to make sure it's readable. Right now it just isn't though, the white text is just jumbled ontop of eachother. And while it's practically begging to be read the decorative font is working against you by making it even more difficult to decipher. Also... why did you blur like the biggest part of your text? ;-;'' It would have been so strong if you had just let the font do it's thing and be grudge and
in your face! You could still have done the blurred white stroke behind it to make it really stand out, but blurring the actual front is making it stand out in a bad way.
Everything else is fine, possibly playing with making patches of the background shaper in some areas. It could make for an intresting effect. Next time though... really be careful about the effects you throw on your type, as well as the placement.
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Overall nice turnout everyone! I'm sorry if my comments come off as overally critical, I do try to praise what everyones done well along with the the more critique-ie side of my post. ;;'
If I was that kind of person... I would definitely vote yes! ^^
