Official Critiques wanted post.

Posted March 1st, 2011 by quakerninja

Do post shirts you want to have fixed.
Don't post shirts that took you no time or thought.

I can't help you if you have no understanding of what I am going to tell you.
Please have a basic understanding of the fundamentals and a willingness to accept criticism and the self motivation to take that information and improve yourself.

This is not a post to do your work for you and they are just opinions so please don't get butt hurt.
Also share and share alike please. No leaches. If you have something of value to add don't clam up we all have things we are really good at and things that we suck at.

Do describe what you are trying to get across and what you think the problem might be in your own words. I can't read your mind.
Don't just flood this place with crap and expect to get better. Your going to have to do all the hard parts on your own. All I can do is point out some technical mistakes and suggest improvements.

3578 Comments

vinbasshred said about 10 months ago

wondering why this continues to be rejected after making suggested changes. thanks.
Rehmsmeyer said about 10 months ago

William Henry said:
Rehmsmeyer said:Any ideas on what to add to my anchor design? I am considering a crest type, or should I just leave it as is?

The scales should follow the contour of the anchor since the suction cups do.

Will, thanks for your advice. Is there a simple way to do this or is the only way to allign each scale, one by one? There must be a quicker way. I'm new to Illustrator and have only been learning via trial and error.
badburger said about 10 months ago

Not sure if there are no responses because my design is so damn beautiful or just beyond repair...
Rehmsmeyer said about 10 months ago

badburger said:Not sure if there are no responses because my design is so damn beautiful or just beyond repair...

I think you should resize it and add more.
Somaon said about 11 months ago

badburger said:Not sure if there are no responses because my design is so damn beautiful or just beyond repair...

Lol, I would say try to work on the line work a bit more even though it looks good, clean it up a bit. My two cents.
Somaon said about 10 months ago

Just want to get your guys input on this before trying to post and get rejected again lol, here's what I came up with let me know what you think. Thanks in advance.
jamelbeckham said about 10 months ago

Any advice would be great, thanks.
Two Headed Hydra said about 10 months ago

Just my FB Fan Page cover...some feedback??
Somaon said about 10 months ago

jamelbeckham said:

Any advice would be great, thanks.

I would say make the lines on the record thinner and more of them try to look at other record vector art for inspiration or ideas. Also make some use of the gradient to make like look a little more of a shinier or have some kind or reflection. I like the texture it makes it look a little more vintage and helps on the message. I think your almost there bro keep it going, My 2 cents.

Two Headed Hydra said:

Just my FB Fan Page cover...some feedback??

I think it looks dope!
jamelbeckham said about 10 months ago

Somaon said:
jamelbeckham said:

Any advice would be great, thanks.

I would say make the lines on the record thinner and more of them try to look at other record vector art for inspiration or ideas. Also make some use of the gradient to make like look a little more of a shinier or have some kind or reflection. I like the texture it makes it look a little more vintage and helps on the message. I think your almost there bro keep it going, My 2 cents.

Thanks for the advice, i'll do some more research on vector records, and reflections thanks again.
Rehmsmeyer said about 11 months ago

I really need help. I just don't know what this is missing and need some opinions. Please help.
hassbeen said about 10 months ago

Hey guys i've been playing around with illustrator lately trying to make a monogram. I was playing around for a while and came up with this but i feel like it could look much better
Somaon said about 10 months ago

What's up guys? both of these designs were rejected let me know where I went wrong or where I can keep improving. Thanks!

nerds candy modernized

Thinking maybe it could have been the mock up let me know what you guys think.
Somaon said about 10 months ago

Rehmsmeyer said:I really need help. I just don't know what this is missing and need some opinions. Please help.

Maybe adding a little texture.
Glenn said about 10 months ago

Somaon said:
Rehmsmeyer said:I really need help. I just don't know what this is missing and need some opinions. Please help.

Maybe adding a little texture.

Personally I would lose the light purple stroke on everything. It's an extra color to print and it doesn't really add something to the design. Change it to the background and I think it will look fine. Second of all, I would change the colors, but maybe that's just personal taste. And as said before, a little bit of texture to finish it.
OmaszDesign said about 11 months ago

I'm really interested in what's wrong with this design?Any advice?
Rehmsmeyer said about 11 months ago

OmaszDesign said:I'm really interested in what's wrong with this design?Any advice?

I don't know man, that design is pretty awesome. Maybe try resubmitting it again and hopefully someone else will put it through. I can't even give you any advice, because I wouldn't change a thing. I bet if you made it smaller and put it on the top left corner it would go through, since that is the new fad.
cityhall said about 10 months ago

OmaszDesign said:I'm really interested in what's wrong with this design?Any advice?

The type doesnt match the artwork at all. The fonts you've chosen are very odd. And the little badge at the bottom that says truest of colours looks like it was just slapped on there
Two Headed Hydra said about 10 months ago

Can you help me with some critiques?? any advices?? i really want to know what's wrong with this design. Thank you!
Rehmsmeyer said about 10 months ago

Two Headed Hydra said:

Can" /> you help me with some critiques?? any advices?? i really want to know what's wrong with this design. Thank you!

After what Cityhall said about the previous post, I've started observing text more. Your bottom text fits well with the design, but when I guarantee whomever rejected this would agree that the top could be improved. Since there are bones and a tiger, you might want to go for a more tribal font on top. Even if you moved the design up and removed the top text it would be more likely to be improved. But tribal font up top for sure. Maybe even incorporate some stripes into it.
Killer Napkins said about 10 months ago

Somaon said:What's up guys? both of these designs were rejected let me know where I went wrong or where I can keep improving. Thanks!

nerds candy modernized

Thinking maybe it could have been the mock up let me know what you guys think.

Yo man, I am still seeing perspective problems with that mask...

I tweaked it a little bit to what looks correct to me..
The thing about this design is that it is just kind of uninteresting to look at... Not a whole lot of variety in line. You have really tiny thin lines, and then a bunch of hairy looking fat feathered lines, which to me, work horribly on the flowers. Instead of just slapping those feathered lines right where each pedal overlaps, maybe find a way to incorporate an interesting shadow solid, with some small feathered lines. If you look at a flower, it has TONS of interesting shapes within the shadows. It almost lokos like you aren't really using a reference at all on the flowers, but just making it up out of your head, and it just isn't selling it for me.

@Two headed Hydra --- I think it looks rad, but completely mirroring the image looks lazy to me... What I do when I want to have a perfectly symmetrical design, I mirror the sketch I am drawing over to keep sizes the same, but draw everything whole instead of drawing one half and flipping it.
One other thing, and this is just suggestion, I think it would be cool for the bottom bend of the text match the round edge that the tiger head forms on top.
ridiculousart said about 10 months ago

just want to know why this rejected?
need your advice guys!!
Somaon said about 11 months ago

Killer Napkins said:
Somaon said:What's up guys? both of these designs were rejected let me know where I went wrong or where I can keep improving. Thanks!

nerds candy modernized

Thinking maybe it could have been the mock up let me know what you guys think.

Yo man, I am still seeing perspective problems with that mask...

I tweaked it a little bit to what looks correct to me..
The thing about this design is that it is just kind of uninteresting to look at... Not a whole lot of variety in line. You have really tiny thin lines, and then a bunch of hairy looking fat feathered lines, which to me, work horribly on the flowers. Instead of just slapping those feathered lines right where each pedal overlaps, maybe find a way to incorporate an interesting shadow solid, with some small feathered lines. If you look at a flower, it has TONS of interesting shapes within the shadows. It almost lokos like you aren't really using a reference at all on the flowers, but just making it up out of your head, and it just isn't selling it for me.

@Two headed Hydra --- I think it looks rad, but completely mirroring the image looks lazy to me... What I do when I want to have a perfectly symmetrical design, I mirror the sketch I am drawing over to keep sizes the same, but draw everything whole instead of drawing one half and flipping it.
One other thing, and this is just suggestion, I think it would be cool for the bottom bend of the text match the round edge that the tiger head forms on top.

Feel you on this on it and your right tried free styling it. I will take your advice on it. Always feel if I use references I'm copying so try t really push off the top if you know what I mean and fix the errors as I go along. I have a long way to go but really appreciate your help.
ENDOR said about 11 months ago

Hey everybody,

this tee just got rejected and I was wondering if anybody could give me some feedback on this? I mean in a way of constructive criticism because I feel like it's one of the better designs I've done recently. I'm looking forward to your feedback. Thanks in advance. Seb.
jamelbeckham said about 11 months ago

I got this idea from a song I was listening to, where she said "can't go back to yesterday" I thought it would be a cool idea to make those words with a "back to the future" theme. Any feedback would be great, still learning how to properly use textures, and brushes.
OmaszDesign said about 11 months ago

Can someone help me what's wrong with this design?
NeekoDavid said about 11 months ago

hassbeen said:Hey guys i've been playing around with illustrator lately trying to make a monogram. I was playing around for a while and came up with this but i feel like it could look much better

Your lines need to be cleaned up, try using a grid and guides to line it up. Also it looks very flat right now, trying adding some shadows to it.
Somaon said about 11 months ago

jamelbeckham said:I got this idea from a song I was listening to, where she said "can't go back to yesterday" I thought it would be a cool idea to make those words with a "back to the future" theme. Any feedback would be great, still learning how to properly use textures, and brushes.

Dope Idea Man! I think it has to much texture it distorts the lettering, great one though.
jamelbeckham said about 10 months ago

Somaon said:
jamelbeckham said:I got this idea from a song I was listening to, where she said "can't go back to yesterday" I thought it would be a cool idea to make those words with a "back to the future" theme. Any feedback would be great, still learning how to properly use textures, and brushes.

Dope Idea Man! I think it has to much texture it distorts the lettering, great one though.

Thank you, i'm glad you like the idea, i'll try and cut back on the textures. It does kind of distort the text.
jamelbeckham said about 10 months ago

I cut back on some of the textures and decided to add some color to the arrows. Let me know what you guys think, I would eventually like to sell the artwork. Thanks
Glenn said about 10 months ago

jamelbeckham said:I cut back on some of the textures and decided to add some color to the arrows. Let me know what you guys think, I would eventually like to sell the artwork. Thanks

The colors look inverted, save it in rgb.
jamelbeckham said about 10 months ago

Glenn said:
jamelbeckham said:I cut back on some of the textures and decided to add some color to the arrows. Let me know what you guys think, I would eventually like to sell the artwork. Thanks

The colors look inverted, save it in rgb.

Thanks, I just did and the colors look a little better, thanks.
jamelbeckham said about 10 months ago

The colors look a little better now, thanks for the advice guys.
Killer Napkins said about 10 months ago

Somaon said:
Killer Napkins said:
Somaon said:What's up guys? both of these designs were rejected let me know where I went wrong or where I can keep improving. Thanks!

nerds candy modernized

Thinking maybe it could have been the mock up let me know what you guys think.

Yo man, I am still seeing perspective problems with that mask...

I tweaked it a little bit to what looks correct to me..
The thing about this design is that it is just kind of uninteresting to look at... Not a whole lot of variety in line. You have really tiny thin lines, and then a bunch of hairy looking fat feathered lines, which to me, work horribly on the flowers. Instead of just slapping those feathered lines right where each pedal overlaps, maybe find a way to incorporate an interesting shadow solid, with some small feathered lines. If you look at a flower, it has TONS of interesting shapes within the shadows. It almost lokos like you aren't really using a reference at all on the flowers, but just making it up out of your head, and it just isn't selling it for me.

@Two headed Hydra --- I think it looks rad, but completely mirroring the image looks lazy to me... What I do when I want to have a perfectly symmetrical design, I mirror the sketch I am drawing over to keep sizes the same, but draw everything whole instead of drawing one half and flipping it.
One other thing, and this is just suggestion, I think it would be cool for the bottom bend of the text match the round edge that the tiger head forms on top.

Feel you on this on it and your right tried free styling it. I will take your advice on it. Always feel if I use references I'm copying so try t really push off the top if you know what I mean and fix the errors as I go along. I have a long way to go but really appreciate your help.

When I say photo reference, I don't mean trace it, but study an actual flower photo(s).. Or better yet, go out and buy some roses yourself and do some life drawings. If you are trying to draw a realistic believe looking rose, nothing helps more than actually looking at a real rose. Lots of interesting shapes and dimensions are within a flower's pedals. I would say start there, and then go and figure out a way to stylize it, but make it look believable.

Really that goes with a lot of things. Looking at real life objects, study them, then apply what you learn from that to your drawings and make them your own. Keep at it man!
aushafman said about 11 months ago

rejected...need more advices...
aushafman said about 11 months ago

rejected...need more advices...
Somaon said about 11 months ago

Killer Napkins said:
Somaon said:
Killer Napkins said:
Somaon said:What's up guys? both of these designs were rejected let me know where I went wrong or where I can keep improving. Thanks!

nerds candy modernized

Thinking maybe it could have been the mock up let me know what you guys think.

Yo man, I am still seeing perspective problems with that mask...

I tweaked it a little bit to what looks correct to me..
The thing about this design is that it is just kind of uninteresting to look at... Not a whole lot of variety in line. You have really tiny thin lines, and then a bunch of hairy looking fat feathered lines, which to me, work horribly on the flowers. Instead of just slapping those feathered lines right where each pedal overlaps, maybe find a way to incorporate an interesting shadow solid, with some small feathered lines. If you look at a flower, it has TONS of interesting shapes within the shadows. It almost lokos like you aren't really using a reference at all on the flowers, but just making it up out of your head, and it just isn't selling it for me.

@Two headed Hydra --- I think it looks rad, but completely mirroring the image looks lazy to me... What I do when I want to have a perfectly symmetrical design, I mirror the sketch I am drawing over to keep sizes the same, but draw everything whole instead of drawing one half and flipping it.
One other thing, and this is just suggestion, I think it would be cool for the bottom bend of the text match the round edge that the tiger head forms on top.

Feel you on this on it and your right tried free styling it. I will take your advice on it. Always feel if I use references I'm copying so try t really push off the top if you know what I mean and fix the errors as I go along. I have a long way to go but really appreciate your help.

When I say photo reference, I don't mean trace it, but study an actual flower photo(s).. Or better yet, go out and buy some roses yourself and do some life drawings. If you are trying to draw a realistic believe looking rose, nothing helps more than actually looking at a real rose. Lots of interesting shapes and dimensions are within a flower's pedals. I would say start there, and then go and figure out a way to stylize it, but make it look believable.

Really that goes with a lot of things. Looking at real life objects, study them, then apply what you learn from that to your drawings and make them your own. Keep at it man!

I get you man, got so lost in this whole design thing, line art, and inking etc, basically "Trying it with no recipe" didn't know what to do where to start and thought that was the way to go or do it. Tracing and/or freehand it getting used to the tablet while learning as I go. When before I started doing this I was digital painting and sketching re-learning anatomy, figure drawing, and messing around at concept art character challenges . I got so sucked into this big time thought it was a way to actually make money off my art but I have so much to learn. I need to go back to the basics and keep improving my drawing skills. I really appreciate you advice and will keep at it.
Rehmsmeyer said about 10 months ago

aushafman said:

rejected...need more advices...

Both are pretty sweet. Probably rejected because no text.
jamelbeckham said about 10 months ago

This got rejected, any help would be great, I want to try and sell the artwork eventually, thanks.

William Henry said about 10 months ago

jamelbeckham said:This got rejected, any help would be great, I want to try and sell the artwork eventually, thanks.

I know you're trying to go for a Back To The Future style, but it just isn't there. Either make it look more like the BTTF logo, or try something else because it looks like a bad attempt at a BTTF design.
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