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[Orbital Shift]

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Again, you've got a really unique-looking piece. Coop mentioned Apophysis and I'd agree with him; this thing does not look like a Photoshop creation, so kudos for that.

The fractal white lines are really cool, and give the piece that kind of airy futurism. I wish the full size was larger, so I could look at the details more, but as it stands everything looks really sharp and even when lots of lines overlap you can still tell they're separate, instead of them being a big mess of white, which is another good point. And again, you've got that subtle extra colour in there so it feels less monochrome, and the blue in general is really effective for that; just a few gentle curves which really accentuate it. The way there's kind of an absence of white just to the bottom right is also really nice, because it means both that the picture isn't just a mass of white lines, and that you can see the colour itself more clearly.

All that being said, I think the white in the middle is perhaps too white? I remember with your last piece I reviewed there was a mass blast of white in the bottom corner, and that worked well, but the fact this is in the center perhaps means it could use being a little smaller just so your eye's not drawn totally to a white circle instead of all the intricacies of this. And has already been said, the signature's perhaps too prominent, and if I didn't already know your signature was Eth3r I would have only read E 3R from this. But the effect you have on the text in general is pretty cool. Keep it up!

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Flash-Gamers responds:

Yes I kno the sig could've been smaller....besides this was my first pic I ever made in photoshop so what do you expect?

BTW the sig was actually apart of the pic itself.

FOR THE LAST TIME THIS WAS MADE IN PHOTOSHOP, you'll be surprise what you can do with photoshop with some guidance.

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I read that the blue lines were an annoying consequence of getting the white explosion in the corner to stick out, but I still think you could have tried to at least attenuate them, if you couldn't get rid of them completely, because they are pretty distracting as they are. But that's been gone over repeatedly, so I'll say no more about that.

That aside, the light explosion in the corner is nicely done; I like all the different parts of it and how there's all the different arcs that come out of it, and how they kind of vary between a really sharp definition and a vaguely ethereal blur. So despite the blue lines being a result of it, it was probably worth it if that's the result.

That being said, I think the white "Eth3r" tag gets a little lost when the white goes behind it. It's not in an extreme way, but for instance, the bottom of the E, and the longer legs of the h/t get a little blurred up because of the background. So maybe that could be remedied if the tag had a sharper line to it or if the background at that point had a bit more red to it. But in general, it's not that much of a problem.

You use up the space of the image well, but at the same time it's not too busy throughout (with the little exception of the white in the middle), so that's a good thing. If I was going to nitpick I'd say the space to the left of the light-explosion could if anything use being a little darker, just to give it a little more contrast. I was going to say the top-right corner isn't busy ENOUGH, but then again it serves as a nice counterpoint; light-and-dark, so to speak.

Could maybe be improved a little, but in all this is a nice piece, good work.

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Flash-Gamers responds:

"Enough with the critisim on the blue lines!" That was directed towards anyone else that complains about that (if anyone reviews it in the future)

Well now where was I...Ah first I wanna say thanks for the review!

Don't think I could've made the left side darker due to the aura of white radiating out of the "explosion," cuz it would still appear to be no difference in the light level. Notice that as the picture shifts to the right, the picture seems to get darker; almost like a gradient of light to dark. (hidden effect)

Overall, most of everything you said, has been answered below...but I will keep everything you said, as well as everyone else in consideration when or if I ever make a particular illustration like this again.

Thanks for the review, much appreciated!