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]

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.