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Zentatsu Dot Com
2005-09-24, 11:38 PM #1
I'm switched over to CM's server, now, and yay.

I got drawing, and I want to know how you guys like this for an enter page? I'm not going to be using any color in this site, and it's going to be very sketchy. I may even write out "Zentasu.com"

I want to add a dragon [as that's what the website's title means: Peaceful, or at peace dragon.] but I'm not at all sure where. I could get rid of my signature arm hair and do a dragon tattoo, but that'd be all too cliche, I think.

Opinions?
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2005-09-24, 11:39 PM #2
Wait, is it not obvious that it's raining? Also; ignore that it's frontpage.
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2005-09-24, 11:42 PM #3
It's obvious.

It looks quite good as is... kinda sparse and open, which is nice.

Maybe, if you're looking to make it a little more in-depth, which probably isn't necessary for a intro page... make the rose droop, and perhaps his hair hang down a little?

Not quite sure on where to put the dragon... If you want to avoid the arm, maybe just put in on/around/as part of the title? not sure, really.

Nice.
2005-09-25, 8:11 AM #4
I think it would look a lot better if you drew it in flash, since then it is nicely vectored and anti-aliased.. or even drew it on paper and scanned it in a high-res..
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2005-09-25, 8:11 AM #5
Dunno, I think the drawing looks rather sloppy and unprofessional. I know it's ment to be sketchy, but it can look both sketchy and professional.

Using vectors instead of bitmaps would defenitely clean it up a lot.
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2005-09-25, 8:14 AM #6
See, I don't have any clue what vectors are. Every time I ask about PS7, no one has any good noob tuts
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2005-09-25, 8:17 AM #7
Maybe it's just me, but I'm already turned away from the site. As mentioned before, the drawing looks sloppy and quickly put together instead of artistic and well thought out. You have to try some different style or interesting technique to make it look "sketchy" because all I think is "MSPaint-y".
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2005-09-25, 8:18 AM #8
For drawing with vectors it's probably better to use something like Flash or Illustrator.
At school we use Macromedia Flash mx to make flash drawings and animations in.

The idea of bitmaps is that you just save pixel data. With vectors data is saved by giving the begining and end of a line and the mathematics in between them. This results that you never see any pixels no matter how far you zoom in. Always very smooth.
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2005-09-25, 8:43 AM #9
I used PS7 for this, but am currently... finding... Illustrator. More once I get ahold of it.
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2005-09-25, 3:04 PM #10
Extra two cents: Draw it in PS or whatever with a ... dunno, 50% opacity brush, and kinda scratch over the same places a couple of times... You'll get a dark core, but a sort of loose, varying outer section of each line... it'll look clean, but a little more... wild? than if you use one value of line and one line.

Hooah. Just a thought.
2005-09-25, 3:09 PM #11
I'm actually using vector art to redo this image, so stay tuned for more.
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2005-09-25, 3:25 PM #12
I know you said ignore the frontpage, but I'm gonna comment ont he frontpage

The design is kinda weird / bland / ish .. it doesnt look too artistic
I'd suggest NOT USING TABLES for layout and doing css positioning instead .. works much better / is cleaner and more dynamic, and creates good potential for changing or themes
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2005-09-25, 3:42 PM #13
Originally posted by Pommy:
I know you said ignore the frontpage, but I'm gonna comment ont he frontpage

The design is kinda weird / bland / ish .. it doesnt look too artistic
I'd suggest NOT USING TABLES for layout and doing css positioning instead .. works much better / is cleaner and more dynamic, and creates good potential for changing or themes

CSS > all.
I switched to it from tables and never went back.
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2005-09-25, 3:54 PM #14
Fix the rain, it looks like crap. The dude standing there looks simplistic, but not bad. It's just the rain that gets me. >.<
2005-09-25, 7:35 PM #15
[http://www.zentatsu.com/bsg.jpg]

My first Vector: A WIP
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2005-09-25, 7:48 PM #16
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2005-09-26, 1:35 AM #17
Yes, better.
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2005-09-26, 9:10 PM #18
It looks smoother and easier to look at!

I think you need to make the composition more interesting. Looks silly cartoony (unless that was what you were aiming for)
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