My computer is being screwy again. So just a warning, if I dissapear for a few days, that's the reason why.
polarbearpop
Cute puppy. ^_^ Anyways, to start off, it's just way too blurry. I think you might've been going for a dreamy effect, but it didn't end up quite right. I don't really like the av, it's hard to tell it's a rose if you haven't read the sig. The green and pink is not a common combination, but it seems to work rather well in this. Overall, not bad.
bluehawaii
I love the background. But the problem is that the text is almost completely unreadable. So I'd definitely fix that... I like the cursive name that blends with the background, but it also needs to be a little more readable. And maybe make the border a dark green to really give the set a more finished look. Fix these things, and you'd have a great set.
Dobbitron
Not great, but not bad either. Puss doesn't really match the background though, and it looks a bit empty overall. Lessen the width of the bar around the subtext, and the subtext itself is a little fuzzy. The main font on the sig is nice however. It seems to just match the idea of a cat that wears boots that uses a sword. (Hey, now that I look at it...you've seemed to have erased the blade.)
Shifty
This is a cute little set. It all goes well. I like how you have the little mice at both ends of the sig. I think the main text in the sig should have been centered, with maybe a slightly more white glow to help it stand out more. The subtext also looks a little faded.
Neopets Addict Nice job extracting the image from the black. I also like the brown and black combination, but everything is still a little empty. For the av, as picky as this is going to sound...I'd move the text down and over to the right one pixel to keep it away from the border. Because the border is 2 pixels thick, the text is sort of overpowered. In the sig, I like the placement of the main text and the subtext. But I'd make the main text a tad smaller, and maybe put a border around it. I'd also give the background a slightly more complicated design to fill in a bit of the empty space.
Koku
very nice black a white effect. You've got a whole pencil/charcoal sketch feel going here. In the av, I know you want the text to blend, but a few of the letters are too hard to read. The sig is a tad empty...I'd maybe add some very light splotches of grey. Perfect font choice in my opinion...and I like the faint diagonal scanlines you have over the image as well.
Shadowfare
For the av, I don't like how the text seems to come right off the nose. I'd move it down. It looks good with the faint design around it though. Also with the av, I'd shrink the guy's head so more of it fits in. That's sort of an odd place to have cut it off. In the sig, the subtext is very hard to read, and the main text needs to be in a bigger, more bolder font. The sig overall is just far too empty.
Apricus
Beautiful. You pulled off this color scheme very well. My only suggestions would be to add a slightly darker border...maybe a brown shade, though not as dark as the brown in the image. Also, I'd make the gridlines less bright and visible. A softer grid would go a little bit better.
Amethyst
There isn't quite enough of a design to the av, though it doesn't look half bad with just the grey wavy background. Make the lines the text is sitting on a bit more noticeable. In the sig, you did the animation very well. Again, I'd make the lines the text is sitting on stand out a bit more, as well as the main text.
DM was on fire!
Why is it that when I say you can't use blue you use purple instead? Hm, okay then. In the av, use a pixel font for the text. (I'm getting the feeling you free-handed that...) For the sig, make it a little smaller. You've also used too much of very similar shades of purple. The image faded into the background doesn't look as good as it could have either. It looks like there is a floating head.
Kristina
I see where you pulled the minty green color from in the original image, but there is just way too much of it. In the ave, I don't like how her head is cut off and the placement of it. I think those cutouts don't really work with it. In the sig, the placement of Sakura also isn't as good as it could be. More her head up a little. Get rid of all the mint green. A soft pink, pale yellow, or a red might've worked better. Maybe then you could've used the green as an accent color.
Neko
REd and yellow-one of my favorite color combinations. You've done a good job at using cutouts. It's not something I see much anymore. In the av, the only problem I have is that her chin is partly cut off. Same as with in the sig. I love how her hair fade out into the background. It makes everything flow nicely. I really can't find much wrong, except that one of the vertical cutouts is a pixel wider that the others in the sig. (But that's me being picky.)
paola
Very nice placement of the image. I'm not liking the light colored blur over the main text in the sig. I also don't like the scanlines over Vash in both the av and sig. I like the border you've used on the set. I don't see triple borders to often. The main font you chose is also very nice. Has a sort of 'western/outlaw' touch to it.
Kyra
A good job extracting the image. In the av, I'd move the text down more towards the corner, and maybe give it a red border to it stands out more. Also make the border of the av some sort of dark pink or red. For the sig, lessen the height so there is less empty space, and again change the border color. I love the main font you've chosen. Again, for the subtext, give it a slightly darker border to make it stand out a little more.
Feather
You've definitely done a good job of altering this image. I honestly thought it had come from a pencil sketch until I saw the original image. I like the outlining you've done to it. In the av, I'd give it a different background. I think those are gridlines, and they don't really go. For the sig, I'd give the background a little more detail, and the subtext is very blurry. My suggestion, instead of the double black border, would be to give it a double border of a dark grey and black.
quicksilvery1pore
I want to know what exactly that red stuff is that went Splat! Okay. ^.^;; I haven't seen background like this too often. It's definitely interesting, rather pretty too. Not something I'd choose with the image given, but it works. I'd make the border of the av and sig darker. For the main text on the sig and av, it either has to be more of a cursive font or a gothic type without many curves at all. The white color of it also doesn't go, but it's not too big of a deal.
Optimus
*cheers* Not a big change, but definitely something from the other sets I've had to rate of yours. In the av, the animation is very good. I also like how the character is faded into the background in both the av and sig. I like the glow around the subtext, you pulled that off rather well. I like how the main text is faded like it's in the character's shadow too...Hm, the only real problem I have with this set is that the character it a little choppy where you cut him out, though you didn a pretty good job all the same.
tomatie
Cute giraffe. (it is one, isn't it?) You've got the whole cutesy/dreamy feel done really well. Put a border around the text in the av and the subtext in the sig. I'd also maybe put a glow around the main text in the sig. In the av, and a heart cutout or two to at least somewhat match the sig with the av a bit more. Move the subtext in the sig a little closer together, and maybe lessen the height of the sig to get rid of some of the empty space.
Rikio
*twitches* It really bothers me when I can pretty much find nothing wrong with a set. Because I usually can. The only thing I don't like is the animation in the av, not saying you should get rid of the animation....maybe just make it slower or animate it differently.
Destiny
Very nice. I like how the flower blends into the background, though the background is rather plain. There needs to maybe be a border or a soft glow around the text in the av to make it stand out a little more. In the sig, the subtext animation goes to quickly. It took me a while before I was able to figure out what it said.
Hellyer
I've always liked your choice of images. My main problem is with the text. Both the main text and subtext is too blurry. I'd maybe use a pixel font for the subtext so it's more readable. In the av, the text should be less blurry. Maybe make the text almost a solid white with a more defined glow.
Cheese
Use a pixel font. the one you've chosen changes widths and just doesn't look as nice as it could. Because the set it black and white, the main text doesn't really match at all. The background is also rather empty. As I've suggested with other sets, lessen the height of the set. I'd also lessen the height of the main text. It looks a tad stretched.
The two I've chosen are Shadowfare and Cheese.
Gone.
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