When I moderate walls, I look at some very specific technical things:
1) Does it make a good wall?
2) Are there plain areas for icons?
3) Is it technically well done.
The 3rd one is the difficult one. First, the style has a lot to do with what will technically be accepted. If you are making something in 3D (versus abstract or hand drawn) you have to be very exact with lighting, edges, color use, etc.
I wasn't able to find the originals on your page, but from the small images above, this would be my critique:
1) It's too busy to be a good wall
2) There is not enough plain area for icons
3) The lighting is off, and the pieces feel disconnected[/quote]
Copy and Pasted to notepad and saved! Thanks much. I have read it in the moderation thingy but now it is on my pc and I will keep it in mind on my next try.
Well you can make one pixel red in the upper left corner and call it modern minimalistic art... still wont make a good wallpaper.. And the mods need some kind of guidelines what to accept and what not to accept for a efficient workflow etc.. else there would be chaos and and the red dot would be in the wallpaper section and none would benefit from that..
LOL true thier is allot of people who do walls and It if they where strained then the gallery would be CLOGGED!
I wasn't able to find the originals on your page, but from the small images above, this would be my critique:
1) It's too busy to be a good wall
2) There is not enough plain area for icons
3) The lighting is off, and the pieces feel disconnected
Make sure that they will be easy to see. The swirled example does not allow for this I think. (the unswirled is better but the colors seem distracting because they are so sharp).
Yes i can see that. Very true. I just liked the image as a picture in istself. I can see how it isnt wallpaper material. I only use object dock though so I have to keep in mind that not everyone does this.
Yes, it is. However this gallery is a 'Wallpaper' one, not an 'Art' one.
Sculpture is Art, too...but poking a "Statue of David' into your computer screen isn't going to make it a wallpaper....ergo not all 'Art' is suitable as a Wallpaper...
Robjk, My advice would be to stay away from default filters.. spend more time conceptualizing and thinking about design elements than adding effects.. No matter how many effects someone adds to a bad design the end result is the same.. a bad design. Also swirls and balls have been done to death over the years.. If your gonna do one using eiother of these.. make sure it's damn good before submission if you want it in teh gallery.
Only other advice is the old standby with regards to design. Less is more (Just don't tell IR that)
Yeah I Took an okay image and Added an effect to it and it turned out better. And Balls are over done. I just got exited about the turn out! I was shocked and then when it wasnt accepted.. WHAA! I was sad. But you all have great points.