Radatar.. lol

[terence775]

Originally Posted by Paul

I know this is more of a drastic change than you might have wanted, but I personally think it would look a lot cooler if you made your head bigger and put the center of it directly on the right edge of the avatar, so that only half of your head was showing. I don't know how large you could actually make your head without covering up the image on the left, but as is it kind've looks a little cramped.

Another thing that seems to be cramping it is that your text is hugging the left edge of the avatar, which as a rule of thumb is a no no. It's also against the bottom, but that's more forgivable, and may actually work to your advantage in this case since you're limited on space.

Another subtlety you could work on is tying the foreground image with the background image a little better. You did well by altering the color scheme of your face, but it still looks like an image ontop of another image. One thing in particular that stands out is that your head seems very contrasted in comparison to that image in the background. I would suggest maybe pumping up the contrast on the background a tad, just enough to make it blend with your face some more. If you don't like this idea, I might also suggest muting the colors in the background image a bit to make it look more washed out like the head.

Nice avatar of course, but if you need something constructive, that's what I've got.

I was thinking of changing mine, but I've used this one for so long I'm not sure if I want to get rid of it or not.

Keep it Paul. Its sexy.

[Radi]

Thanks paul!

Good ideas

The original actually blended better lol.. but when i crushed the blacks and boosted the whites... well it all fell apart :P

But i totally agree with you.. i was hoping it was just me lol.. but i indeed should change it. I will attempt to also enlarge and offset the head as you had mentioned as well

As for being too big a task, i mean.. cmon lol, i freakin turned a smile into an angry face. No task is too large!!

[so long as its within my currently limited abilities xD]

Anyway, thanks lots Paul! i havent the time at the moment, but ill try those out!

p.s. The contrast is with a Levels adjustment layer. so no data loss is in the picture i should be able to match it up just fine. ^^

Edit: As for yours, i like it! but dont be afraid to at least TRY something new. If it flops, then you still have a pro one. heh.

[Radi]

Done!

Im not too sure about the letterboxing.. but its become kind of a trademark of mine i think.. since i never make a GZF Movie without it heh.

Also, i think the text feels less out of place with the letterbox... not that the text is the main focus of it anyway since, after all, it is right above the avatar.

Edit:
Maybe its just me again.. but i think maybe i can ease off on the shadowing around my mouth... you know, after darkening the Levels a bit..

Added Updated List of Changes to Post #1

[Radi]

>.< Bump

Didnt get the replies on the changes... Unless ya'll think its done.