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Published: 2011-08-12 16:08:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 955; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 0
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So, wow. My working on this spanned over a couple of days, and I finished it last night but was too tired to submit it. I am really proud of the tree, I did that without using any tutorial.If you can't tell, the oxygen (white) emoticon is going from the tree to the tard, and the CO2 (black/grey) is going from the tard to the tree. Oxygen cycle.
This is for =SparklyDest 's August EMTC -- Elements.
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stuck-in-suburbia [2011-10-06 17:30:12 +0000 UTC]
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This is a pretty piece of work. I find there are some things that could be adjusted, though. First, I found it difficult to understand what was going on O2/CO2 -wise. I first thought they were some sort of ghosts or aura. Which, could be true. It would give a more abstract message, I suppose.
Second, the white emote is very faint, it is really hard to see it's facial expression, in comparison to the dark emote. The blue emote seems very neutral, which I am taking he cannot see the emotes hovering in front of him.
I like the dithering style on the tree, it's not a very common style. The sun is very well suited, I really like the aura around the sun, though I could see it being a bit brighter.
All around, very nicely done.
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bigfunkychiken In reply to stuck-in-suburbia [2011-10-06 20:32:26 +0000 UTC]
Thanks, I will keep everything in mind.
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Mirz123 [2011-09-02 23:54:52 +0000 UTC]
Congrats on being a Close Contender in the August EMTC. This piece has been featured here ---> [link]
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SparklyDest [2011-08-15 16:21:19 +0000 UTC]
Oh, nice interpretation of the theme! I like how you showed the oxygen cycle.
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Twoohten [2011-08-14 17:56:54 +0000 UTC]
Interesting take on the theme. I'll admit, when I first saw this I thought the emote was shooting them at the tree. I think maybe the 'trail' should be slightly shorter than it is now, further away from their respective source. I'd also suggest making the emote open his mouth more so it looks like he is breathing in the oxygen ball.
Just my thoughts.
The shading on the tree is indeed great.
P.S, I nitpicked this because it was in the critique folder.
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bigfunkychiken In reply to Twoohten [2011-08-14 19:58:26 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for the constructive criticism!
I swear, I would do what you said, but I used multiple transparent layers that I merged together, so now I don't know what transparency I used (when you merge transparent layers in Gimp it shows 100% transparency).
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