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Limor
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The Kind-Hearted
Joined: 7/5/2016
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Posted: 3/22/2021 at 11:47 AM
Post #311
remember your critque!
Shimeree
Level 70
Fancy Pants
Joined: 2/23/2017
Threads: 6
Posts: 261
Posted: 3/22/2021 at 6:21 PM
Post #312
Critique: Dragongem23
I absolutely love your designs! There's a lot on that cover, so it makes sense to make two designs focusing on the different aspects. The muted colours you've chosen really fit the faded book cover too, and both designs have such a soft feel to them because of it. For your Luffox, I think the trait choices really work together to get that soft, faded feeling, and using Runes to add a bit of a brighter accent was a great choice. Colour wise, I have a few small critiques. I feel like you could absolutely add some of the yellow of the doors in your design, so I swapped the eye colour to the yellow. In addition, although there is absolutely green in the reference, I feel like it doesn't quite match with the very warm-toned design, so I also swapped it for the yellow. If you wanted the green in one of your designs, I feel like it would fit better in the Ferrikki design since it already has those cooler tones.
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For your Ferrikki design, I again think your choice of traits are perfect! Using Parrot Fish to add the warm-toned accent colours on the cool-toned body was a wonderful decision! Yet again, colour wise, I tried adding the green colour from the Luffox design into the G3 trait to show a possible spot you could put the colour if you wanted to keep it, but I definitely think you could put it somewhere else or even leave it out entirely. I also lightened up the grey, since it looks a little dark to be the snow in the cover.
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My Designs Book: "The Cardturner" by Louise Sachar
Critiqued
Book: "Spellslinger" by Sebastien de Castell
Books: "The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her Own Making" by Catherynne M. Valente
Edited By Shimeree on 3/23/2021 at 7:15 PM.
Limor
Level 72
The Kind-Hearted
Joined: 7/5/2016
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Posts: 19,132
Posted: 3/22/2021 at 7:20 PM
Post #313
ooh i completely forgot about Fairyland! Those books are great :)
Limor
Level 72
The Kind-Hearted
Joined: 7/5/2016
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Posted: 3/22/2021 at 8:00 PM
Post #314
-- Critique --
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So first off i'd change that first hex to the hex taken directly from the book (feel free to copy this hex code) #0860ca (though personally i'd dull that down as well), as your current blue is a bit too bright. Along with this I would also add some more blacks as your design currently doesn't have enough in my opinion. I also think the blues need to be toned down somewhat as they are currently much brighter then actually shown on the cover. I'd also perhaps make the g1 a slightly darker blue just to add some good blending to the design! The whites I also suggest making blue toned so that they fit better with the overall vibe. Your trait choices are pretty great though and I can't see anything I'd change their!
-- A Map Of Days: Ransom Riggs --
-- Spiral Into Horror: Junji Ito --
-- Welcome To Nightvale: Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Craner --
-- The Queen's Gambit: Walter Tevis --
-- Moonrise: Erin Hunter --
Edited By Limor on 3/24/2021 at 2:36 PM.
Noha
Level 70
The Sweet Tooth
Joined: 11/2/2020
Threads: 43
Posts: 1,029
Posted: 3/23/2021 at 1:09 PM
Post #315
~A Map Of Days~
This is a very nice design. The design has the same aesthetic as the cover and the colors match quite will. The only thing I would suggest to do is lighten C2 and M1. Those colors just seem a bit to dark and you don't really see those colors in the cover.
Original------>Critiqued
~The Queens Gambit~
Again, very nice design and the traits work quite well for this design. I would just say, you should add some more of the red and blue. I use the red on G1 and blue on M1 and M3. This just adds an extra pop of color and makes the G3 easier to see.
Original------>Critiqued
~Cat walk: Mary Stolz~
~Smile: Raina Telgemeier~
~Legends of Darkstalker: Tui T. Sutherland~
~Modified~
Edited By Noha on 3/24/2021 at 9:03 PM.
Startingle
Level 65
The Perfectionist
Joined: 8/19/2020
Threads: 16
Posts: 345
Posted: 3/24/2021 at 2:30 PM
Post #316
Can I be put on leave? I'm going to Florida and won't have any WiFi for a while.
Thanks in advance,
Startingle.
Limor
Level 72
The Kind-Hearted
Joined: 7/5/2016
Threads: 293
Posts: 19,132
Posted: 3/24/2021 at 2:38 PM
Post #317
@ me when you'd like to return :)
Ladybugjr
Level 71
Fancy Pants
Joined: 10/27/2018
Threads: 127
Posts: 2,515
Posted: 3/24/2021 at 4:44 PM
Post #318
For your design, I really like what you did, but I thought it would be better to have a little more red. I also thought a little more contrast was neccecairy. I put an example below. I really like how you tried to create the dragon on the cover of the book though.
As for my designs, I have:
No place Like Here by Christina June
Revised
Raven Cycle Series by Maggie Stefeiner
The Raven King
Revised
Blue Lily, Lily Blue
Dream Thieves
Revised
The Raven Boys
Revised
Edited By Ladybugjr on 3/28/2021 at 12:30 PM.
Sunflora
Level 71
Ghost Writer
Joined: 6/6/2018
Threads: 10
Posts: 536
Posted: 3/27/2021 at 12:08 AM
Post #319
Work has become a bit overwhelming so I'm gonna have to drop out of the group for now. I hope to be back once school starts again and I'm not working as much if the group is still running. Thanks for a good time ^^
Saroyan
Level 70
Trickster
Joined: 3/17/2020
Threads: 5
Posts: 249
Posted: 3/27/2021 at 9:10 AM
Post #320
" The Maze Runner " by James Dashner (BTW it's the polish cover)
~~ Critiqued ~~
" The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring " by J.R.R. Tolkien
" The Enemy" by Charlie Higson
~~ Critiqued ~~
" Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince" by J.K Rowling
~~ Critiqued ~~
~~ Critique ~~
" No Place Like Here" by Christina Jule
Before and After:
For this one, the trait choices were fine in my opinion and created a nice atmosphere fitting for your chosen book cover. Homever, the colour you used are a litte too saturated. The pinks and purples on the book are much softer and delicate than the ones you used on your Ligh. I desaturated and tweaked the palette a little bit so it fits the coloring of the book cover more.
" The Raven King " by Maggie Stiefvater
Before and After:
This design, similarly to the last one, was a little to saturated in my opinion. It was also a little too dark. A little tip: it's best to now use pure black (000000) in generator, it's better to use many variants of very dark colours or grays. I desaturated and slightly brightened up your design. I really like that you used a Faelora considering that there's a deer on the book cover.
" The Dream Thieves " by M. Stiefvater
Before and After:
It's like the two designs earlier. Some colours are saturated to much and there's the additional problem of using only one (dark) shade of blue when there are few different ones on the cover. I tweaked the coloring a bit and changed G2 to Galaxy. Overall the problem with this design is to much saturation, not enough color variaton and again, using pure black (000000).
Edited By Saroyan on 3/28/2021 at 12:48 PM.
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