iconophilia (as reviewed by ressie_noldo)
[01] First Impression I was quite impressed by the layout, which is in neutral tones and is very elegant. The 'icon' part of 'iconophilia' in the background seems to be partially blocked out by the text boxes when I open the page; this did not look intentional, and could possibly be due to my screen resolution. The userinfo is neat and well-organised, although there seem to be a few broken images there.
[02] Prominent Subjects Miscellaneous movies and music. In the recent posts I noticed quite a bit of Eternal Sunshine.
[03] Style The style is extremely appealing, even on first glance; lots of clean space, bright, contrasting colours and clean-looking icons. Not much detailing on most of the recent ones, which seem to go for bright simplicity rather than fussy 'busy' appearances. Some interesting experiments with composition too. A lot of those 'repeating picture' icons as well.
[04] Text In some of the older icons, the text is marginally jarring, whether due to odd antialias settings or mismatched colour; this seems to have been overcome to a large extent (barring the odd icon), and text use in the later icons is quite lovely. A bit of the tiny text is too chunky and intrusive for the way the icon is set up, though.
[05] Miscellaneous A few miscellaneous wallpapers and resources. The wallpapers are very nice, especially a few of the Eternal Sunshine ones, which have the same clean, airy feel I loved in the icons.
[06] Overall Impression Love the way the journal seems to be looking at the moment, especially the more recent entries, where the style is really quite individual and not bogged down by icon-making fads.
[07] Constructive Criticism (if any at all) I'd suggest being a little more selective about your images; the icon style is crisp and clean, but some of the images are blurred and don't match. Sharpening to a limited degree on some of these. Some of the text, like I've mentioned, is a little off for the icons, especially the chunkier tiny-text; I'd suggest scouting around for the clearer, sharper tiny-text brushes and whatnot. They'd do a lot for some of those moodier icons.
Brushwork seems to be pretty minimal; experimentation along this line might be nice.
Also, avoid the common trends if at all possible, because you seem to have a few unusual ideas that work just fine on their own.
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[02] Prominent Subjects Miscellaneous movies and music. In the recent posts I noticed quite a bit of Eternal Sunshine.
[03] Style The style is extremely appealing, even on first glance; lots of clean space, bright, contrasting colours and clean-looking icons. Not much detailing on most of the recent ones, which seem to go for bright simplicity rather than fussy 'busy' appearances. Some interesting experiments with composition too. A lot of those 'repeating picture' icons as well.
[04] Text In some of the older icons, the text is marginally jarring, whether due to odd antialias settings or mismatched colour; this seems to have been overcome to a large extent (barring the odd icon), and text use in the later icons is quite lovely. A bit of the tiny text is too chunky and intrusive for the way the icon is set up, though.
[05] Miscellaneous A few miscellaneous wallpapers and resources. The wallpapers are very nice, especially a few of the Eternal Sunshine ones, which have the same clean, airy feel I loved in the icons.
[06] Overall Impression Love the way the journal seems to be looking at the moment, especially the more recent entries, where the style is really quite individual and not bogged down by icon-making fads.
[07] Constructive Criticism (if any at all) I'd suggest being a little more selective about your images; the icon style is crisp and clean, but some of the images are blurred and don't match. Sharpening to a limited degree on some of these. Some of the text, like I've mentioned, is a little off for the icons, especially the chunkier tiny-text; I'd suggest scouting around for the clearer, sharper tiny-text brushes and whatnot. They'd do a lot for some of those moodier icons.
Brushwork seems to be pretty minimal; experimentation along this line might be nice.
Also, avoid the common trends if at all possible, because you seem to have a few unusual ideas that work just fine on their own.
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