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Post by Çђǻø§.128™ on Jul 15, 2008 4:33:25 GMT -5
who do you guys look up to in the graphics world? whos work do you look at and go "Lyk OMG tahts SOOOO KEWL" well maybe not quite like that LOL.
i personally love VOs, Tygrtats and Stinky's work.
even tho tat and stink are on psp lol.
i also think becca is amazing with the templates she comes up with, and a long while back, the infinite was just awesome!
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Post by Candy [QuietGirl™] on Jul 15, 2008 12:42:07 GMT -5
Becca has some amazing templates for sure!
I'd save to say my bestie friend Anne. She taught me what I know now, and she's still teaching me ^^
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Post by .:SquEWHeeT:. on Jul 15, 2008 14:33:58 GMT -5
I like VO, Tygrtat, Soumak, Stinky and just basically the whole vo / socal team. I really like VO's blending.
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Post by Anne [Kamiya] on Jul 15, 2008 15:01:59 GMT -5
Becca has some amazing templates for sure! I'd save to say my bestie friend Anne. She taught me what I know now, and she's still teaching me ^^ <3 I am completely enthralled with Smangii. His pentooling is fantastic, and I love how he can do so many kinds of art. Stinky is amazing too, as is B.B. Valentine. I love VO's work too, to be sure. And I don't look up to her in the sense that I want to emulate her, but Candy is amazing. I started teaching her about Graphics (the little I know) only a few months ago, and she's already improved drastically. I think that's amazing.
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Post by ⌠Sweet Nightmare⌡ on Jul 15, 2008 18:45:09 GMT -5
Most of these people are from Socal. VO, who seems to be a popular one(lol!), is a big inspiration for me, BB Valentine's pretty good, I really like HorrorLegend's stuff, and there's someone that used to be there named Seanzy that taught me basically everything I know. He was the first one to teach me how to use C4Ds, and how to make siggies without brushes.
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Post by VanillaOrchids on Jul 16, 2008 13:58:38 GMT -5
Thanks guys. I don't know that I can just pick out one (or more) particular people. I think that everyone I've seen has, in some way, been an influence. As for the "wow" factor ... there are plenty of images that I've seen that I've just wondered "How did they do that?". And oddly enough, some of those images are from people that used to request graphics all the time. LOL and there's someone that used to be there named Seanzy that taught me basically everything I know. He was the first one to teach me how to use C4Ds, and how to make siggies without brushes. Not to take this off topic or anything but I do believe that Seanzy is back at SoCal under a different name.
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Post by ⌠Sweet Nightmare⌡ on Jul 16, 2008 18:07:53 GMT -5
I know! ;D Lots of the new people are going to have to get used to his criticism... Anyways, yeah, he's one of the people that I always look at his stuff and am like, 'WOW! I wish I could do that!'
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Post by Çђǻø§.128™ on Jul 18, 2008 1:12:38 GMT -5
hmm imo i dont think hes that great..his criticism is generally useful but as youve discovered is sometimes out of proportion.
i really do believe hes a good contributor, graphics wise, but what he tells other people, isnt exactly shown through what he creates.
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Post by ⌠Sweet Nightmare⌡ on Jul 18, 2008 2:13:16 GMT -5
Dude, if it wasn't for him, I would still suck at graphics. It was his...I dunno, tell it like it is way of critiquing stuff that kind of knocked me into reality and saw my stuff as 'wow, it's not as great as everyone was saying...' If it weren't for him, I probably still wouldn't know how to blend or do effects and stuff. Of course, the 'friends tell me my stuff is awesome' doesn't count my friend Cory because he tells me all my stuff sucks. ((Except my writing.))
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Post by Çђǻø§.128™ on Jul 18, 2008 7:14:26 GMT -5
lol your friends tell you things suck coz they know youd understand they dont think it sucks..
when i started out i had no one saying my stuff sucked, i only got comments like 'good job, keep it up' i started out totally and utterly crap, but see me now? and with no negative critique.
so my belief when it comes to CnC is to be nice, coz nobody likes a hater, but still point out things that shouldnt be, and explain how it can be reworked to be better. im generally a nice person, so im really against seeing something pointing at it and yelling 'YOU SUCK' orr in games 'NOOOOOOOOOOOB' coz people have feelings lol.
anywayy. back on topic lol
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Post by ashkir on Aug 4, 2008 2:13:03 GMT -5
Wow. Several actually. I honestly suck at graphic design myself, but can tell graphic quality what I like, etc. I like most of the ones I see now, everyone seems so good at it. Though I honestly miss Soumak. His designs were very hightech YEARS ago and people are starting to see the ones he did years ago as basic ones now.
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Post by VanillaOrchids on Aug 4, 2008 8:47:54 GMT -5
I wouldn't necessarily say that people think Soumak's designs are basic now ... it's just that the designs he submitted for others to use have been used and abused, so to speak, that I think people have become tired of seeing them. However, people who are not familiar with his designs I am sure are still wowed by them.
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Post by .System on Aug 4, 2008 11:49:12 GMT -5
I know my very first graphic idol was Vanilla orchids Socal was my main Request place, i remember getting warned a few times for over requesting or creating more than 1 profile Anyway my mains ones now are VO, Smangii, Jimkimjat(wherever he is), Ovi and a few more
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Post by ashkir on Aug 4, 2008 12:13:12 GMT -5
I remember when graphic boards didn't exist at SoCal. I am glad most of the ones stayed around and so many of them have improved, it was awesome to watch that. :]. I do however miss seeing Ellen or Dustin poking around.
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Post by jenna on Aug 19, 2008 21:20:10 GMT -5
I think that the reason that I've gotten better in graphics is because I've never had anyone just flatout tell me my stuff was crap. Or tell me that my stuff was amazing, it was always, "that's good work on it," and now I see stuff that I did back when I was about 10, and I improve on that stuff..
I don't exactly know who I "look up to" but there are a lot of peoples work that I just absolutely LOVE looking through their stuff. I love graphic design but I'm more intrigued by photo manipulation than anything else, honestly. So for that, I would have to say my cousin Chris because he can do some amazing stuff and I wouldn't of even got photoshop had it not been for him.
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