machinegundandy

I love the Gazu Hyakki Yakō (hundred demon night parade illustration), good comp. but I would do another extraction of the cat girl, her feet are a bit pixilated. expand your pixel border and she'll look much cleaner. as for your type, get rid of the spotlight effect on it and just do a super flat kanji or a regular graffiti.

one last thing, when you were using the pen tool for the parade illustration, on the clouds, birds and demons the rounded edges are a bit rough.. jagged even. I would rework it and give it a more fluid feel. it takes away from the comp and interrupts the flow of your piece because the eye gets hung up on these rough lines and edges. I would really like to see more color in the piece, specifically in the parade or at least limited or duo tone maybe tri tone color. I think with these minor changes you'll have a really great comp.

I have to agree, too much dead space. good subject matter, I would do a rework of it. it seems like your holding back, like your afraid to really experiment with this piece. the minor things like size and sig are easily correctable, but the content of the comp is truly important.

try taking things from the series, that made it memorable and work it into the comp. don’t just place it, the trick is to make it look like it belongs there. also be careful not to rush (for the sake of silly pappers) or go overboard and clutter the comp, take your time and make sure that each element you add will strengthen and support it as a whole. no one element, should over power the comp so much that it interrupts the natural flow of the piece. every element should be seamless and simplistic.

wonderfully playful, good job.

beautifully done, nice use of positive and neg and simplistic but powerful color pallet . simple clean lines no pixilation, as well as a nice complementary background that isn’t over powering the subject. good comp, if not fond of background try plain white, as for tag line wherever you place it be careful that it will not interrupt the flow of the piece.

you don't want it to disturb or overpower the focal point aka your subject. I think a simple impact font in white, placed the lower right corner at a 22-30 point would do wonders for this comp. one last thing, I am not sure I would keep that treatment your using, experiment a little.. do one with and one without. see which one you like best before finalization and submitting.

I personally don't care for it, the comp is kind of weak and there is no real flow or path for the eye to follow. your repetition for your callout and your tag line is illegible and doesn’t really support the theme. your background is conflicting with itself, all in all its just to cluttered.

ambitious very ambitious but poorly executed, finally I feel your color pallet is off, rework your color theory for the comp and try a simpler approach. however i did like your subject matter. don't give up there is potential, just rember to keep it simple.

already did and thank you.

nice, like your focal and your play with pos and neg space . but the filter is taking away from the image, it drowns the image out to much. i know your going for an ethearial feeling but i would ease up on it a little, also check the flow of your callout it doesn’t necessarily have to be dead-center on the page. the comp as a whole works, it just needs some tweaking here and there. overall good piece.

the stark contrasts play well. the cross-medium of photo and vector were executed nicely, the focal is clearly defined and the elements are not really conflicting with one-another in the comp. good job.

ecchi is the modern equivalent of Abuna-e or Abuna of their time. nice but only if it maintains the woman’s soft and nurturing sensuality , it is even more true if the subject is demure and natural in her presentation. in short it is the vulnerability and the subjects ability to impart that vulnerability with the viewer. that draws us in.

I am not sure were the focal is suppose to be, your eye kind of wanders a bit on the page. it might be because your elements are fighting with one another. but good job though .

nice piece, res is standard so you really have nothing to apologize for. I am more into graffiti , something about the controlled chaos of the style that appeals to me. your comp is somewhat, competing with other elements in the piece. the background is over-powering the focal point, the focal being the couple. unless your focal was meant to be of a spiral indirect, instead of a direct. then you accomplished that and executed it quite well.