The Petrovian Gallery

I didn't think I was really being all that mean. I never insulted his sig, or said it sucked <.< Or like 1/10! FAIL PETRO! jk

Zeph's not being mean, he's trying to help him improve by pointing out everything that he sees as off about the sig. It's advanced critique, and from what I've read Zeph has gotten awesome at giving it. Learned a few things from the Smashboards people, eh?

I got critiqued so much it would've been sad if I didn't get anything out of that XD

They told me a lot of things I didn't consider before. Especially flow. I really feel that's an important thing that I previously ignored, didn't want Petro to do the same.

Thanks Doc
You're still teh master of sigs

So basically I took a break and started thinkin i still want an epic lucario sig.
so i got some c4ds thought it would be a step for ward and made this. i know the left is a little empty and that is because i wanna put a sayin there but anyhow what do yall think bout it.
I really think I improved on my lighting and flow for this one.

Ya the flow was actually directed inwards towards the aura sphere.
And i only used that render again because i really like the aura sphere in it
and also where do i get some good c4ds because google kind of failed me

that site supposed to be a joke or did you accidently paste the wrong thing???

I actually like that last lucario one. Tho I feel its kinda big for how little there is going on Other than that the colors work well and everything.

hehehe conflicting opinions thx rai but i do agree thats its empty

oh i know your just helping and i thank you for it zeph
And thus a new lucario and a new sig for him. If anything i learned he doesnt go with clutter.

also i dont know why he turned out big because i made him smaller than my previous sigs but apparently photobucket had its way with him

Regarding the first Lucario sig you posted today:

Empty space is generally a bad way to go if you want to capture some type of audience. As Zeph said, the lighting on Lucario does not mesh at all with that of the background. Unless the art you're working on is pure abstract or expressionist, distorted lighting isn't good; your work loses its realistic quality.

Second Lucario sig:

I personally HATE all of the game's character-select poses with a passion... they are simply so overused in every form of art relating to brawl, it's not even funny. That's just me, though...

Besides that, Lucario is too bright, and the brightness clashes with the rest of the artwork. He also seems to just be standing on nothing; he's just somehow floating in that standing pose. I do like the background itself though; very nice color combinations. The top right image looks as if it's some sort of "aura beam" that's shooitng out of Lucario's hand; not sure if that was intended or not, but it's pretty cool.

Lol ya i was trying to go for a uniform light for the whole picture which ended up with bright lucario. and also there are only so many renders of lucario i can find lol. but hows this?improvement?Also border is last thing im fixing

The lighting has been dramatically improved, which is great, but...

It seems as if the main focus here is the background, which shouldn't be the case for an artwork like this (remember that backgrounds are meant to complement the foreground - the main subject of the artwork). In my opinion, the surreal background is louder than the foreground; it may be either because the colors are so similar and the colors of the background are just sharper, or it may be that the foreground and subject of the piece (Lucario) is too stiff and bland.

An original render/stock image is as easy as taking brawl snapshots and transferring them onto your computer. Want to go even more original? Splice different images (mixing different body parts) to create a very unique character pose!

new lucario render thus new sig.
I got one of him in his up b. Hence the flow in this is directed down and i hope thats obvious. anyhow tell me what yall think. Probly my last lucario sig thank god. And ignore the line on the left i screwed the border a lil.

ya i meant to say up i have no clue why i had said down wierd.
also i know what you mean with it looking similar i didnt really search for c4ds at length i just want to get used to their general properties inside gimp which explains the similar shapes. The colors work well so i reused them because lucario fits in with few colors. I was really focusing on getting a general flow and some depth. btw it originally ended around the crotch area. and lastly the border is just a short fade out.

i was using grain merges also lemme just take a stab in the dark here im guessin theres 4 c4ds in ur pic and 3 stocks varies depending on what the hexagons are

Regarding your newest Lucario sig:

Looks alright. Only real thing I find off is the indigo/purple "flame" on Lucario's right and the teal "flame" on his left... It looks like a cutout, as if it was displaced. The flames' wing shapes are interesting; I really love the idea of giving Lucario "wings" (was that intentional?), but are some areas in those flames that make it seem as if it was accidentally brought in from the original Lucario picture. If you're using Photoshop, try using a mixture of the blur and smudge tools.

Overall decent signature though; I like its idea.

heres a new one. Good concept but i got stuck and couldnt figure out how to procede so i ended up with this oh well at least i took a shot. p.s. i know it severely lacks flow