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[Closed] Christmas is... (Lucy and Tumnus WP)

flambeau
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M'kay, I haven't made a wallpaper in forever, so I'm probably a bit rusty, but I've been dying to make this one for a long time. :) The text is from a song called Christmas Is by Jim Brickman, and I thought of Lucy and Tumnus the first time I heard it.
The layout was giving me fits when I was making it, so if you have any ideas for improving it I'd love to hear them. :)

Comments and constructive criticism would be very appreciated. :)

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Topic starter Posted : September 10, 2010 4:02 pm
Lady Courage
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Oh that is BEAUTIFUL Flam!! I love the layout! The coloring is wonderful! And I love the way you did the fonts! :D Great job! :-bd


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Posted : September 10, 2010 4:18 pm
Lion's Emblem
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Nice wp flambeau. Design and layout look good. Hmm, ideas on "improving" the layout? I think anything I would suggest would be purely subjective. Perhaps a slight move of the text to the left and a "split" between the images (moving the top a bit more towards the upper right corner and the bottom image in the opposite direction. Just a hair move on both). That's just a thought, but what you have works really well. I especially like the layer buildup of the background elements (I don't know, is it imagery or textures? Either way I hope you know what I mean). Coloration throughout works quite nicely. I love the subtle touch of red around the text. On that subject, text works really well with the rest of the piece: in concept, fonts, layout, and coloration. The textural elements add a nice finishing touch to give a "snowflakey" feel to the piece. Nice work .


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Posted : September 12, 2010 6:03 pm
Ithilwen
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Gorgeous!
The only thing I could say to improve it would be to sharpen the pictures, and add something more to the top left to balance it out. Just a little design or something. ;)

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Posted : September 12, 2010 6:14 pm
flambeau
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Oh that is BEAUTIFUL Flam!! I love the layout! The coloring is wonderful! And I love the way you did the fonts!

Thank you so much, Elsie! :) I appreciate that!

I especially like the layer buildup of the background elements (I don't know, is it imagery or textures? Either way I hope you know what I mean).

It's textures. (and yes, I do know what you mean. :) )
Thank you for the critique! Your posts always help give me another perspective on my art, and help me to realize how to improve in the future. :)

The only thing I could say to improve it would be to sharpen the pictures, and add something more to the top left to balance it out. Just a little design or something. ;)

Well, I did try sharpening the images some more, but that made them look grainy, so in the end I just decided to leave them alone. Screencaps can be difficult to work with in that way.
I considered that as well, but I typically like to leave the left hand side of a wallpaper fairly empty because that's where my desktop icons are located. If I don't have anything important on the left side, then it doesn't get covered up. :) I do see what you are saying though. Thank you for your suggestions! :)

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Topic starter Posted : September 16, 2010 12:53 pm
MountainFireflower
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flambeau, this is really gorgeous! The way you incorporated black and white with the colored pictures is very tastefully done. I love the lyric you used and the fonts are really pretty. Plus there's the fact that I just love this moment between Tumnus and Lucy, and I think you captured it really, really well. Great work!

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Posted : September 16, 2010 4:18 pm
greenbird37
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This is absolutely great work! The layout is gorgeous! I always loved this scene!

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Posted : September 16, 2010 4:47 pm
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Very nice and very Christmasy :). I love the wintery feel of it :D


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Posted : September 17, 2010 6:50 am
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