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Hey guys,

I've been working on this, started yesterday and I'm almost finished.
The finish line is visible, but I would like some suggestions or comments to make this finish line a successful one.

I compiled this some-what vectorish abstract piece on my laptop with Adobe Photoshop 7. It looks a lot more cleaner on it and brighter, too. So some details might've been overlooked :rolleyes:

I realized some mishaps also when looking over this image on my PC that some of the stuff I have on it aren't intentional (overlapping, etc).

This is a WIP (Work In Progress), and I have 2 versions; one of them with some paint, or whatever you'd like to call it, coming out of its palm, the other without it - looks a little cleaner.

Well, here it is:

PALM WITH PAINT
http://img76.echo.cx/img76/2489/handysplash4ln.jpg


PALM
http://img80.echo.cx/img80/9843/hand8rt.jpg


Thanks to BFG and Twan for motivating me in trying to finish this. A lot of the works I started are sitting on the laptop, and for the most part I have no intentions on finishing them, at least, not for a long time...


Thanks for viewing these, C&C would be highly appreciated.
I'd like more suggestions though :)

Love the background. I think I prefer the palm with paint..keep up the good work on it.

looks amazing! I prefer the one without the paint, personally. The _only_ critique I have...and that's rare that I only have one, is that the bottom most bar on the arrow trail is a distinct gradient while the rest of them are solid. I think it would look better as a solid, or at least more solid color.

I'm really impressed with this. Excellent, excellent work.

yeah dude awesome, one with paints better

amazing man, i love your vector work and just your work in general, i like the regular one without paint. Looks great as is, keep makin stuff like this and youd be golden in the graphics world, keep at it!

Absolutely amazing...Some of your best. Finish the other ones...I want to see them.

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Love the background. I think I prefer the palm with paint..keep up the good work on it.[/b]

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Thanks :) I&#39;ll try to serve quality material (or at least &#39;quality&#39; leveling off on something to that of this piece) material consistently. :)

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looks amazing&#33; I prefer the one without the paint, personally. The _only_ critique I have...and that&#39;s rare that I only have one, is that the bottom most bar on the arrow trail is a distinct gradient while the rest of them are solid. I think it would look better as a solid, or at least more solid color.

I&#39;m really impressed with this. Excellent, excellent work.[/b]

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Oooh, thanks for the critique; I realized that seemingly misplaced shape as I uploaded and screened it with my PC. As for the gradiance, my eyes simply flew over that (without intentions) - the reason why I had it liked that was because the other strips I put were all the same color (white), I changed part of the strips color to give it a more &#39;realistic&#39; sense of depth, only to forget the other pieces of the strip which you have willfully reminded me of. I will redefine this piece to match your standards, as I agree wholly to what you&#39;ve mentioned. Thankyou&#33; :)

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Originally posted by Dynasty
yeah dude awesome, one with paints better

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Okay, so it&#39;s 2-1 now: Paint Vs. No Paint.
I appreciate your comment&#33; B)

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amazing man, i love your vector work and just your work in general, i like the regular one without paint. Looks great as is, keep makin stuff like this and youd be golden in the graphics world, keep at it&#33;

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So, it&#39;s a tie now: 2-2. Egads&#33; I might as well refurbish both with said suggestions/critiques. Thanks for the comment HeadShot, I hope to improve my GFX skills =). I&#39;m thinking about being a fashion designer, car designer, or a web designer. They all sound like an enjoyable career to me (well, web designing would be more of a secondary job to roll in some extra &#036;&#036;&#036;). People tell me that I should consider being an architect, but it seems so boring to me x.x ... anywayz. Yeah, kinda got off-topic there. Sorry&#33;

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Absolutely amazing...Some of your best. Finish the other ones...I want to see them.

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^_^ Thank you for the comment, I may very well finish the others, but I dunno... boredom and impatience gets the best of me. :lol:

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More suggestions and critiqueing are welcomed&#33; ;)

I prefer the one without the paint splatter. It leaves you to wonder what could be held in the palm. Atleast that&#39;s the first thing I thought. By the way, as a personal note, whatever you decide to do in the design world, I&#39;m sure you&#39;ll do great. Already you have such fabulous work and you can only get better.

guy...that is just sexy......but maybe if it was a lil darker it wud be nice, but nonetheless i do like the non paint one, maybe i wud like the paint one if it didnt just stop...well start soo precisely as in if it was all over the hand as well but its still damn nice, good job man

That&#39;s just too good to be true. I&#39;m stunned.

I love the background, all the details and shapes, looking great.
I think that the Palm with Paint has a more abstract look than the more clean version, without the paint. I can&#39;t find anything wrong with this and I can&#39;t understand why you didn&#39;t want to finish it at first, lol :D It&#39;s a great piece, as usual, keep it up&#33;

that is rally really good , id like to see more colour in it though.

i hope it isnt all brushed cause it really does look cool

That does look really cool&#33;&#33;

It just needs an awesome colour&#33;

Looks really good, upload it on devart so that I can +fav ;P
Its amazing :) A border wouldn&#39;t look less good, try adding one, simple 1px border. Good work&#33; :)

wow, great job..
you&#39;re one of my favorite people around here..
I always enjoy watching your work.. keep it up :D

Wiz2k

P.S. Could you learn me how to make such stuff sometimes (when i get better)? :P

WoW that is teh sex psypher. Looks really well done. You and your crazy vectorness&#33;

It just jumps out at you with goodness. Nice job.

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I prefer the one without the paint splatter. It leaves you to wonder what could be held in the palm. Atleast that&#39;s the first thing I thought. By the way, as a personal note, whatever you decide to do in the design world, I&#39;m sure you&#39;ll do great. Already you have such fabulous work and you can only get better.[/b]

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Thanks bro&#33; :D

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guy...that is just sexy......but maybe if it was a lil darker it wud be nice, but nonetheless i do like the non paint one, maybe i wud like the paint one if it didnt just stop...well start soo precisely as in if it was all over the hand as well but its still damn nice, good job man[/b]

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Thanks, I hope to produce more pieces that are equal in quality to this. This is my first &#39;abstract&#39; vector design... thanks for the comment/suggestions :)

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That&#39;s just too good to be true. I&#39;m stunned.

I love the background, all the details and shapes, looking great.
I think that the Palm with Paint has a more abstract look than the more clean version, without the paint. I can&#39;t find anything wrong with this and I can&#39;t understand why you didn&#39;t want to finish it at first, lol biggrin.gif It&#39;s a great piece, as usual, keep it up&#33;

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:D Arigato&#33; Lol, I didn&#39;t want to finish this because: [a] I&#39;m lazy and I&#39;m lazy. B) Thanks for the comment&#33;

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that is rally really good , id like to see more colour in it though.

i hope it isnt all brushed cause it really does look cool

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Thanks, I&#39;ll use color in some of my other pieces, I had grayscale set in mind when I made this, though. The *only* thing that&#39;s brushed, are the paint splatters which I do not know who to credit to (no "Brush Ads" were included with the brush set, and I got it last year in the Summer I believe).

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That does look really cool&#33;&#33;

It just needs an awesome colour&#33;

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:lol: Thank ya, the color decision I&#39;ve already mentioned above in the reply to ZeKayeM.

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* Looks really good, upload it on devart so that I can +fav ;P
Its amazing :) A border wouldn&#39;t look less good, try adding one, simple 1px border. Good work&#33; :)[/b]

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Hehe, I&#39;m not a fan of DA (there is some great artists there though), all it seems to be is a hippy filled community (no offense PKKat ;)), they all go plz fav + this plz fav that + and all that smooching sh*t. I don&#39;t see anything beneficial from it really. It&#39;s a good way to advertise your portfolio I guess. Thanks for the fav + offer though.

Eh, the border... hmmm, I thought about it but that would stop the &#39;flow&#39; of the piece rather evidently than it has been already w/o the border. I&#39;m viewing on the default skin, so it doesn&#39;t look so terribly contrasting when layed on top of this skin.

Thanks for the comment and suggestion&#33;

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Originally posted by Wizard2k
wow, great job..
you&#39;re one of my favorite people around here..
I always enjoy watching your work.. keep it up biggrin.gif

Wiz2k

P.S. Could you learn me how to make such stuff sometimes (when i get better)? tongue.gif

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Thanks&#33; I hope you&#39;ll enjoy my future works just as much&#33;

I can teach you, sure, but it&#39;s not something you can learn in a day, or at least, I couldn&#39;t have.

Try learning how to use that pen tool first, if you haven&#39;t already done so.

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WoW that is teh sex psypher. Looks really well done. You and your crazy vectorness&#33;

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Yes, yes. I made it specially for you, my dearest. :lol:

Thanks for the comment dude&#33;

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It just jumps out at you with goodness. Nice job.

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Thank you, too&#33; It&#39;s still a WIP piece.

Just need to adjust some things, and we&#39;re set.

very nice, palm without paint is better


btw, i cant see cause i have a bright monitor, maybe consider adding some pastel colors too?

this is the most fun you can have with out lube.

i just dont want to imagine it WITH lube, because i&#39;d be in the emergancy ward at the local hospital.

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Originally posted by undertone@Jun 22 2005, 05:01 PM
this is the most fun you can have with out lube.

i just dont want to imagine it WITH lube, because i&#39;d be in the emergancy ward at the local hospital.

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lube...?

:huh:

dude thats amazing, do u do that stuff in illustrator yeh?

Nah, PS7 =)

lube, lol anal lube :P

and i swear, anything you can do in illustrator, you can do in PS.

a lil to big but i like

good ideas in ur head

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Originally posted by undertone@Jun 22 2005, 11:34 PM
lube, lol anal lube :P

and i swear, anything you can do in illustrator, you can do in PS.

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Have you tried Illustrator? It pwns PS when it comes to vector stuff. Really.


Psypher: I love it, it&#39;s beautiful, I would love to see something like that as a website. :P

wow that&#39;s a nice work&#33;

Thanks all, I forgot about finishing this piece LOL.

*goes to laptop* :B

please add some color, and morecontrast :P

Is this good?

http://img90.echo.cx/img90/5690/hand7gi.jpg


I really don&#39;t wanna color all my layers and crap. I&#39;m lazy :)

Much better :D


you could also make the paint stand out, just to give it a focal point, like make the paint multicolored or bright or sumthing

just an idea

man, thats really cool

i like who everything flows, but everything doesnt flow at the same time

im not sure if the paint or nonpaint is better
with nonpaint you can reconize the hand, but with paint it looks cooler

i am flabbergasted B)

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Originally posted by deep blue@Jun 22 2005, 11:02 AM
lube...?

:huh:

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:lol: Luberication (it was a sexual reference as in a joke) :P

ah :D

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Originally posted by katgirl21@Jun 25 2005, 11:30 AM
man, thats really cool

i like who everything flows, but everything doesnt flow at the same time

im not sure if the paint or nonpaint is better
with nonpaint you can reconize the hand, but with paint it looks cooler

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Yeah, I don&#39;t like the &#39;shading&#39; of the arm, too contrasting now :P

I agree. That sdaing is over powering now. But the rest is to die for&#33; Really great work. You should show more of your stuff... i know you have it =D