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[trinico]

okay so I've never done one of these but we'll see how it goes

[ `ABOUT YOU! ]

Name: Tribe/Firenze/Pharise/Trinico - I've gone by quite a few - but for now I'm sticking with Trinico
Age: 21
Contacts: [e-mail]
A Little Bit About You: Well I just moved to Virginia after graduating college, and I run the RPG game Arabian Nights
Why You Want To Work Here: I've been thinking of applying at a studio for quite a while now and hadn't really found an active one with a good atmosphere yet
How You Found Us: I found you from a sister site link
Any Questions: Not yet

[ `ABOUT THE IMAGES! ]

Experience: Couple years, give or take
Program: Photoshop 7
Have You Worked Anywhere Else? If So, Where?: I was a teacher at Windscape Academy for a while, and personalized at Silver Shadow Studios (linked to Arabian Nights, but it never really took off)
Website/Gallery: I have a few different Deviantart accounts and not a lot of recent stuff in them but...: firenze-design.deviantart.com/, trinico8.deviantart.com/, pharise.deviantart.com
Which Images You Will Be Working With: Equines
Your Style: Really I like to try new things, and since I haven't worked in a real capacity to be making pictures on a regular basis, I wouldn't call anything my "style" yet... I do make a lot of pictures with skyscapes though.

2+ Cutting Examples:
fc41.deviantart.com/fs24/i/2008/029/f/c/Windscape_Academy_1_by_firenze_design.jpg
fc24.deviantart.com/fs24/f/2008/022/e/f/lesson_2_smudged_by_trinico8.jpg
fc01.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2008/059/6/2/Cutting_Bay_Horse_Running_by_firenze_design.jpg
fc61.deviantart.com/fs29/i/2008/065/4/9/bay_running_by_firenze_design.jpg

5+ Completed Personalized Pictures: Note: not all credits known on some of these...
fc52.deviantart.com/fs33/f/2008/289/8/2/Merrick_by_pharise.jpg
fc17.deviantart.com/fs34/f/2008/289/1/9/The_Decayed_by_pharise.jpg
fc83.deviantart.com/fs34/f/2008/289/4/f/Benediction_by_pharise.jpg
fc18.deviantart.com/fs26/f/2008/135/3/5/Pilgrim__Shadow_by_pharise.jpg
fc45.deviantart.com/fs22/i/2008/030/3/0/Nightstalker_by_firenze_design.jpg
fc76.deviantart.com/fs26/i/2008/135/a/b/NSHC_Task_2_by_pharise.jpg
fc52.deviantart.com/fs25/i/2008/135/b/1/NSHC_Task_1_by_pharise.jpg
fc01.deviantart.com/fs22/f/2008/006/5/3/Jaedis_by_trinico8.jpg

2+ Examples Of Best Colorizing & Blending: Most examples show colorizing, but I recently did this one for a banner and tinged the horse blue...
i39.tinypic.com/dm7mg9.jpg
ugly text but decent colors:
fc40.deviantart.com/fs26/f/2008/136/e/6/Thr3e_by_pharise.jpg
this one was colorized a bit
fc33.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2008/065/2/5/Cosmos_by_firenze_design.jpg
and blending:
fc11.deviantart.com/fs25/f/2008/135/6/4/Blending_Style_1_by_pharise.jpg

Quiz Questions:

1.) Can you use images off of www.flickr.com? If so what’s the proper etiquette to use images from there?
Answer: Yes, provided that you have written permission from the photographer and there are no terms on the image that prevent usage
2.) Are all images from www.DeviantART.com available to a personalizer’s use? Explain why not if you answer no.
Answer: No, you must use pictures listed as "stock" and then, follow the rules of each individual photographer as to where they can or can't be used, and what permissions are required
3.) Will you be able to fill at least 2 orders a month here at Imagine That?
Answer: Yes

[zo dearest !]

:3
ACCEPTED

I like your colorizing. Specially on the that magenta-pink-white horse. :3
You seem to get the basic skills and then some of a photo-manipulator.
I can see in the Jaedis you applies water realism.
On a design note, the text is a bit over powering, and the rock lacks composition.

However in contrast, in NSHC Task 1, the wing closest to the audience looks like its going towards the other wing. They also look too thin to be on that animal. But the composition would be Ok, IF, on the very right the blue waters DIDNT go past the horizon.

In Pilgrim I love the mountains and the trees. The effects are harmonious.
The text saying 'god bless the broken rode' breaks the flow of the stream thinger.
Not sure if you could find a way in your PS version to bend them. Prolly Not.
On the other hand, the text 'Pilgrim' looks great. Just the right amount of effects/transparency.
The cut of the horse is very blurry too.
Try using a harder brush on your manes and tails. It ads to the 'hair' effect. :3

Plus points for the reflections in your water pictures.

Im going to ask Twiils help AGAIN. Haha. <_<;;
When she gets time shell help me decide.

[zo dearest !]

TheZombie is having a blast posting on Zo's account I see. >_> What a naughty little girl.

YEP just wanted to say who posted above on my account was TheZombie and not your truly, Zoey, Zodiac, Zo or whatever you know her by.

[trinico]

yikes i didn't even notice the water thing on the NSHC picture... thats quite strange, I don't remember it looking like that before but I will certainly fix it once I find the psp version :x

If I can pick the biggest weakness I have in pictures, its my text - I'm totally up for learning though, so if you guys have any advice on how to make things more 'subtle' etc please let me know... I've also been reading a lot of tutorials and trying to get better at it, especially lately.

Thanks for the critiques! Looking forward to your decision.

[TheZombie]

LOl yeah. And I did blast post with ZODIACS account. The one your talking to is me. TheZombie.

[trinico]

[katielovesyouツ]

<sup>I'm in love with your manes and tails, you follow the movement in them really well.

I like the effects that you use on your text, they make each one different and you're not doing the same thing over and over again. It adds variety and makes your images interesting to look at. But like TheZombie said, the text is also a bit over powering. Try making your text smaller, usually I don't do any text that's bigger than the horse.

On your NSHC Task 2 the blending between the fin and the horse is obvious because the whale is a different colour than the horse. Either darken up the horse or lighten up the fin so that they appear as one.

Try lowering your wings in NSHC Task 1 a little. If you look at birds, their wings come out of their shoulder joints, so try to align your wings with the horse's shoulder.

I like your water images, you show that you know how the water should look. In Jaedis, try to make the ripples a bit more subtle, since the zebra is just standing in the water and not moving around in it. Your reflections are good, but try to make little ripples in the reflection to simulate the movement of the water. There's a filter if you're using PS CS2 or CS3, otherwise use a smudge brush on about... 60-80% strength and simulate ripples little 'waves' in the water. The more action there is, the more smudged the reflection should be. =D

In Pilgrim, the shadow should be a bit longer and blurred a bit more. You know how when you're a kid, and you look at your shadow on a really bright, sunny day on the black top, and it's always really, really long? =D I also kinda think the shadow should be on the other side, since the light is hitting the horse on the side we see, but it's hard to tell. I'm pretty bad at shadows.
In nightstalker, he shadow should be blurred a lot more and less opaque, since it's at night. But there still should be a shadow, unless your image is completely pitch black. =P

I love your blending with the horse and the grass in Benediction, and I also love your text in The Decayed, the colour matches the horse really well.
In Merrick, the horse should probably have a blue-ish tint to it, so it matches the background better. And it should have a shadow behind it, since the light source is coming from the planet...sun...thing.

Sorry for the super-long post... I ramble. A lot. Especially about shadows. x) Most of the things I talked about are also things I'm bad at... I always get told that those are things I need to do and blahblahblah.
Anyhoo, I think I'm gonna say accepted. You seem to know that you need to work on those things and are willing to do just that. =)</sup>

[trinico]

Hey, thanks for all the critique. I will certainly work on everything mentioned and will pay special attention to making the text a bit more "user friendly"