Thought I would start this thread in the hopes that there will be good and serious critiques. I can be your first *victim* IR or whomever wishes to give me direction!!! This is in progress....it is a photo I took and then added the little ghosties...which may or may not work.
Excellent work Frankie. I saved every version and to see the progression is phenomenal. You have certainly put in a lot of time and effort and even though the going was a bit rough at times you should give yourself a pat on the back for persevering and following it through till the end. Congratulations.
It was an incredible journey!
I'll add mine to that too. Congratulations Frankief. I may not have saved them but I did follow your progress. Excellent work!
Hello Everyone and also hello to my GUI Heros,
normally i dont write much but since i became so angry these days i had to look for a solution, so i came here.
I tryd to find help via the impulse chat lobby in WC but the answer just pointed me at the guidelines...My main problem is that i submitted work not just a wall with a lame gradient background and some stuff i found under google pictures combined with some filters no i actually made some stuff out of the box... and almost all got rejeted from the competent jury of WC..Im not a subscriber, but i thought sharing art is written in big capitals here.. but it seems to me that its not...If i work on a picture or a wall for like 3 days until i complete it ,the outcome can be lame but others may find it quite ok...
The reason that im angry is that i have seen ratings about stuff thats generally in scrap on DA with a like 4 Star rating up to 5 on WC and you can go and search for that work here on WC under the search field and it will pop up.. other stuff that is equal in creativity and detail ( in my eyes ) get a lame 1 star rating and im not talking about my work i mean in general... thats kinda sad, people will stop submitting work to WC if this is going to continue...I also submitted some stuff like i mentioned before but common the guidlines say its gotta be usefull it cant contain stuff from other artist (without any sort of permission or prove that your allowed to use the content) and so on im used to that - since im not only submitting to WC..I had some stuff up but i never EVER made it to the gallery I could search for it like a maniac but it never showed up ... so i wondered is this only happening to me( because im not subscribing...)Did i forgett to uncheck the field ( show on my personal page only ) double checked... tripple checked... but no it didnt showed up...But honestly, i may be an Ass in some post i write critic about stuff but only because my standarts are very high if something is worth posting i post unless it isnt i dont...its simple i dont judge over work thats basically beginners stuff...I might even come up and say good work keep it up... I dont want to say im flawless in my work i also have bugs and holes in my stuff but im fixing it right away when i see them but for that reason that nothing ever will make it to the gallery why the heck iam submitting my work...whats the point about submitting stuff if nobody can see it.I was totally in rage after i submitted a wall some months ago that was honestly more than worth uploadingBut i got a nice email that contained an !!!! Automated message !!!!
organicANDstyle-
If you're serious about making good, functional, stylish, attractive, wallpapers...I would utilize this thread for advice. Post your drafts and be prepared some honest critiques....but keep in mind they will be coming from some of the best artists on this or any other site. I think you can achieve what you want based on this piece of work (no matter how much I may have dissed it). All you need is thick skin, and open mind, and the sincere desire to do .
Sarcasm will get you no where, But posting a wall you want critiqued will and possibly might receive suggestions, * if you haven't offended those willing to help*.
Tho I would warn to expect honest and probably brutal critiques.
You also might read here that we have stepped up our Scrutiny of submissions to raise the bar on what makes it in to the WC libraries.
https://forums.wincustomize.com/399299
@organicANDstyle
I don't get it at all. I for one take offense when I see the words "cheap" and "lame" in the description. I work very hard on my wallpapers, sometimes weeks just get the lighting right. I would highly suggest removing the text so we can see what it is you are trying to get feedback on.
Obviously the submitter is being sarcastic. He is trying to caricature what he thinks would be acceptable based on his description of the Teddy Bear thingy. This is not the best approach to get help with your submissions. If you are serious about getting help than you should submit one of your walls that was rejected for some honest critique.
The picture above posted was only an example and its only stating what i seen as rated a 4 star quality picture, its only a joke! i would never EVER transmit art like this to get favs or comments on it im talking about stuff thats worth asking for some comments or critic...the picture above is nothing in that category...The terms used lame cheap and so on only complement the image I POSTED above...Not the Pet thingy im sure its a high quality shot since its nature and you cant make nature better...The picture only displays what i have seen many many times a ripped pic of from some photograph or artist combined and used to make a wall ..that actually made it into the hall gallery of Wallpapers while my submissions not even pop up or get refused by some WC staff!Im not trying to insult someone or anything with the words used just to make that clear and also i didnt mentioned any artists name.@skyzyk i never mentioned that your work isnt what it is never ever said something about it, even if im not a fan i still honest your efford.Im been here for couple of years started with a diffrent account and viewed WC for some time before i bought my first OD pack.I always found it facinating that people can submit their work to the public ( world ) and gain some sort of respekt or even get some fans on this way.My whole point in this is that if i submit something thats worth talking about it gets rejected I submitted the outofthebox wallpaper today done in my early stages of using PS and Zbrush.I must admit some graphics used in this wall are also from some unknown artist.Also the brain was from some Medical page i found somewhere in the web.Anyway i realy would like to show some diffrent stuff and i know that it might rain hard critism but thats why iam here for to see what others think about it! So that wouldnt be a problem.I would love to see Brutal critsm because you learn from that...I will try to make some changes in color and so on ( not on the thing in my last post ) on the stuff that got rejected today and we will see what happens.Anyway i didnt recieve an answer to my question if i need to be a Subscriber to get my work to show up under the category it fits or if its gonna stay only on my profile if im a non subscriber... thanks in advancecheers.
Edit: @ Frankief exactly thanks for shorten it up my english isnt that superb to express myself correct overall but im trying im looking forward to post some stuff here this the weekend so you might can tell me why it gets rejected also i would like to be hit with your best brutal critc
Being a subscriber or non-subscriber has no effect either way on whether a work is in the gallery. From the mod tools, we can't even see if someone is or isn't a subscriber.
You do not have to subscribe to have your work published. Just need to meet the guidelines and submit an acceptable graphic. Again, if you post a screenshot of your work here for critique, that is the purpose of this thread.
Thanks for the fast answers... an example is the thing i submitted today the only one that made it into my personal profile but not into the actuall wallpaper hall is the pic i talked about in my last post its old very old so nothing new and im a bit shamed of it but anyway maybee you can tell me why its not in the hall of wallpapers here it was...removed since the 2007 topic said do not show personal page of...
Btw this is quite old and its nothing fancy on it i only would like to know why this isnt showing up under wallpapersPS i know i did a lousy job on masking here also ^^ as you can see on the shadow dots also the shadow isnt in order with the light source im aware of that
If you are serious about getting something in the gallery, you should only be submitting your best artwork, not something that you state yourself is inferior. If you are not happy with it, than how can you expect someone else will be?
Lets forget for a minute that you openly admitted to not having permissions to use the brain, and some other graphics were not of your making and have no permission to redistribute them. Which alone is reason for exile of the work.
#1 brain looks placed.
#2. mixing of styles of images. You have a hodge podge of surreal items *brain and Box* with cartoon style of scribbles, which dont Flow together, no sense of bond or belonging.
#3.Text. rarely can one pull off text within a wallpaper and have it actually be passed in to Public library. One should only have to post the wall, the image should draw the viewer to their own conclusion of meaning, if done well the viewer will typically come to the same thoughts you had when making. To require text to entice them to see what your works is attempting to express, means you need to convey your thoughts better.
#4. while it may be an interesting piece of art, not all art is worthy of being a good desktop wallpaper. A pic of my dog can be classified as art, yet other then to me and possibly a few folks out there interested in dog' pix, it would not really be of interest to the greater community.
heres a few to start off with as I have stuff to do.. BBL
organicANDstyle ... I don't think you 'quite' ticked ALL the boxes for what-NOT-to-do-in-a-wallpaper ... but you got most of them with the image above.
'different' is not the ideal adjective you want to look for to describe a wallpaper.
It's typically the word used instead of 'nice' [where with 'nice' the original/correct meaning is intended [it's derogatory]].
The short answer is 'at least it's a screen-size proportion'.
First rule...before anything else .... guarantee your image has royalty-free-to-use images/content if any of it is NOT 100% your own.
Second ... if you 'must' sign your work do so with subtlety. No-one usually will want to stare at your signature/name all day whilst using your wallpaper. It distracts.
Third... light/composition. Adopt some.
The image looks like a bunch of 'elements' chucked on top of each other on a background of dirty/smudge.
I expect there is likely only ever to be one user of this image as a wallpaper, namely its author.
Others will simply move on to better images of composition/style/execution/content/meaning...
Now thats some argument love it so for future stuff no text only the wall of course only parts that belong or have been created by myself the surreal thing is true the comic overall thing was the time i starded doing stuff with PS the two parts heading right were for dual screen so all i would have to do was mirror the main image and displace the text...and yes i dont like it overall true true! its just an old pic i thow in here to get figured why my (work isnt showing up in the main wallpaper category) like i said this weekend i will post some more stuff including your suggestions thanks a lot this was helpfull
Edit: sorry i had to take this down and i appologize for my bad behavior above
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