Uesugi Kenshin-Banner for the Challenge

[haebin.livejournal.com]

Here is my Entry for the Uesugi Kenshin-Challenge. I hope, you like it :)

Comments

[haebin.livejournal.com]

you must make the post public for this to be counted as a challenge entry.

Done ;)

The image goes so dark on the side, I can't read all of the text.

I made this on purpose :)

[karadin.livejournal.com]

so you wanted the text to serve as a design element only (not to be understandable?)

[es-chan.livejournal.com]

What you can read "I continue to love you, and never let you go" I think that's all you need to know. Very strong message (very understandable), and I think you don't need any letter more to get the feeling of the picture/design :) I really like the design~

Just my thoughts.

[karadin.livejournal.com]

I was asking asti-chan about her work, and am waiting for her response.

[es-chan.livejournal.com]

I was butting in, and explaining my thoughts about asti-chan's work. If you don't care about them, then perhaps asti does.

[haebin.livejournal.com]

Yes, I did it. And I am very thankful for your opinion. :)
It seems, that my message was clear enough for my friends and some others ^-^

[karadin.livejournal.com]

Then you need to be on your own thread so that your conversation does not end up in my mailbox.

[haebin.livejournal.com]

:)
Thank you very much, es_chan ♥

I agree with you. Even when you can't "read" the last two letters, the message is understandable. And I like the idea, that the words are "fading"... Like he would say that to a woman, who left him (sorry, too much fanfictions ^^)

[haebin.livejournal.com]

Sorry, but I think the text is understandable. It's true, you can't read the last letter because of the texture, I used. But you can read it. The text is: I continue to love you, and never let you go.
I showed the graphic several people and everyone could read it. :)

[karadin.livejournal.com]

You are leaving it to your viewers to add the 'u' at the end of you

There is a letter past the o in the last sentence, is this an a for the word away? is it another g?

You've also kerned and tracked the text so it reads as a mass and not as two separate thoughts.

The squiggle lines at the bottom are also ambiguous, as they could read as a signature of some sort.

If a viewer has to struggle to understand an image, even for a half-second, then as a graphic work, it loses it's power.

I was merely asking if these particular choices were intentional. And, as you have told me they are, that's all I need to know.

[haebin.livejournal.com]

Sorry, but this is just your view of the "Banner". Many people are don't have any problems with the banner. And even when you are thinking, that a graphic loses the power, it is (like I said) your view.
Other people are not having problems with reading the texture.

And yes, like I said it before, it was on purpose. :)

So, I hope everything is clear now. I don't think we have to start a discussion about a graphic, right? ;)

[karadin.livejournal.com]

Yes, this is my opinion, as someone who is also a graphic artist. If you post something for a challenge, you can expect viewers to ask questions as to your intent, I for one, am grateful when someone takes the time to review my work, it means they are taking me seriously as an artist.