[quote=“asshole_rule, post:40, topic:445769”][quote author=s1gma link=topic=548626.msg4022917#msg4022917 date=1340142771]
Runewings317’s is nice because of the lighting and contrast mainly, the highlighting of the render’s face and shoulders are good for the depth of the piece and the lighting under the mace is nice (treating the text as a light source is cool) although i wouldn’t say the black lines are very nice, they’d perhaps look better if translucent and in some places overstepping on the render to give some more depth. the dual focal points work well together, with the face appearing as the primary focal for me and the text isn’t a distraction but is still significant. i don’t like how the circular bit on the right side appears to be cut off, and the mace from the underlying render copy should have been cut out along that are. it may just be me but the text seems to be brighter on the left side than the right too.
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Those lines going across the background is what killed it for me on Runewings signature.[/quote]i do quite like the effect but there needs to be more translucency.