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10-16-2010, 11:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-17-2010, 12:11 AM by Nindo.)
When making those Gooey animations earlier, I got this really weird shadow combination.
So I turned it into this...
without background
Anything you guys see to make it better?
Animation that is way too fast but whatever:
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I can tell little difference between the shades.
I'd add some contrast.
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I'm assuming you are talking about the blue and dark blue?
I only used three colors here: that greenish color, and the blue and dark blue.
I'll try augmenting the blues to put more contrast between them.
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but seriously, what is this and what is it for?
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10-17-2010, 06:53 PM
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(10-17-2010, 01:25 PM)Nindo Wrote: I'm assuming you are talking about the blue and dark blue?
Basically yes, looking at them at this size it's a little difficult to tell the difference between the two.
Maybe lighten up the blue or darken the darker shade.
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10-17-2010, 07:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-17-2010, 07:14 PM by Nindo.)
Well, here's my hand at making the original one better in terms of contrast.
Though the darkest shade always seems to get muddled no matter what I do, so I did some experimenting:
I particularly like this one.
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(10-17-2010, 07:14 PM)Nindo Wrote: Well, here's my hand at making the original one better in terms of contrast.
Though the darkest shade always seems to get muddled no matter what I do, so I did some experimenting:
I particularly like this one.
I dunno, the second and third seem more or less eye-blinding.
However, I see some potential use of the colors used in each recolor. I would like to throw in an edit if you don't mind.
I messed around with the palates used, I also took advantage of adding an extra 2 shades and added a bit of detail (since, when I was editing it I realized that, it looked a tad bland in terms of shading)
Perhaps using this as an reference could help you come up with something better.
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10-17-2010, 09:08 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-17-2010, 09:08 PM by Shawn.)
how is that better in any way?
this is the best one.
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its all about context. if you're going to place it on a dark background, then bright colors should work better.
if you place it on a light background, then subtle amount of contrast should add readbility.
if you just stick to a transparent background, thne focus on contrast and proper outlines.