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My first userbar

Submitted by Zenksas, , Thread ID: 67316

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31-12-2017, 06:40 AM
#1
This is my first userbar
I can't really make userbars i don't know why. Tell me what do you think
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RE: My first userbar

#2
Interesting concept and colors, but looks really rough. You need to smooth out a lot of the edges and anti-alias (so-to-speak) all the jaggies.
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RE: My first userbar

#3
Two glaring issues with this userbar.

  1. It is either too sharp. (Either because of the rendering or because of the tools used.)
  2. It has no "point" nor an "goal" to it.

The sharpness of it makes it seem like it is made entirely with a Pencil tool, rather than a brush tool. (In-fact it should be made with vectors, not brush nor pencil.) Making it look "rough around the edges" and overly sharpen. Another way to view this is that it makes it look like a very low resolution image. If this was purposely done because you wanted a more "pixel artsy" feeling to it, then you'll need to read up on what pixel art is again. Because the background colors in the userbar are gradients, which isn't used in pixel art as it does the exact opposite of what pixel art tries to achieve.

Userbars fall under the category of "design" and therefore has to serve some purpose when combined with the rest of the design elements. The "job" of a userbar is simple, to showcase a title in a more "interesting" fashion. This is usually done by either a logo or text, though a logo only really works on a well known symbol or organization. Your userbar has no clear text, nor a clear logo, therefore it serves no purpose. It might be nice to look at, but it fails at it's "job". Much like hiring a hot and dumb assistant, might be some eye-candy there, but god you'll need to get a second assistant to just get the actual work done.It tries to do the job, but fails before it's even started.

How do you fix these issues? Well, you first look at your own work. Look at what people say and take that into consideration, then you either use the knowledge you have in order to fix the "complaints" or you gain such knowledge through reading books, articles and so on.
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RE: My first userbar

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This post was last modified: 31-12-2017, 06:22 PM by Zenksas
#4
31-12-2017, 04:06 PM
Lukecetion Wrote:
Two glaring issues with this userbar.

  1. It is either too sharp. (Either because of the rendering or because of the tools used.)
  2. It has no "point" nor an "goal" to it.

The sharpness of it makes it seem like it is made entirely with a Pencil tool, rather than a brush tool. (In-fact it should be made with vectors, not brush nor pencil.) Making it look "rough around the edges" and overly sharpen. Another way to view this is that it makes it look like a very low resolution image. If this was purposely done because you wanted a more "pixel artsy" feeling to it, then you'll need to read up on what pixel art is again. Because the background colors in the userbar are gradients, which isn't used in pixel art as it does the exact opposite of what pixel art tries to achieve.

Userbars fall under the category of "design" and therefore has to serve some purpose when combined with the rest of the design elements. The "job" of a userbar is simple, to showcase a title in a more "interesting" fashion. This is usually done by either a logo or text, though a logo only really works on a well known symbol or organization. Your userbar has no clear text, nor a clear logo, therefore it serves no purpose. It might be nice to look at, but it fails at it's "job". Much like hiring a hot and dumb assistant, might be some eye-candy there, but god you'll need to get a second assistant to just get the actual work done.It tries to do the job, but fails before it's even started.

How do you fix these issues? Well, you first look at your own work. Look at what people say and take that into consideration, then you either use the knowledge you have in order to fix the "complaints" or you gain such knowledge through reading books, articles and so on.

I forgot that i was working with bitmap instead of vector. I am going to make a new userbar now and the userbar actually does have a point. :D

RE: My first userbar

#5
31-12-2017, 06:22 PM
Zenksas Wrote: I forgot that i was working with bitmap instead of vector. I am going to make a new userbar now and the userbar actually does have a point. :D

Okay, let me reword it so you don't have to put yourself in the shoes of others (despite that being an important part about being a designer). I (personally) cannot see a point in it, not a clear message in it and by logic, I am not the only one who can't see any of that in it.

RE: My first userbar

#6
very simple .. training and training more. .

thx man!

Great job!

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