Photo Critiques

jmyers2043 · February 09, 2007, 02:50:38 PM

Mulefisk – A beautiful city that is oozing with old world charm. The water is a wonderful blue. It seems to have depth.

Mienhousen – Yes, this picture is one of my favorites. I hear the rustling of the fall leaves and wind passing over the fields of grain. I smell the scent of the wild flowers. I sense pride of a farmer for his sons at the end of a hard days work. A train slips down the rails. You've captured a lot in this picture. I almost want to jump in and live there.

Masochist · February 09, 2007, 09:30:53 PM

Oh, my goodness! This is what I get for not lurking for a week...a handful of picture-perfect screenshots! Oi...my thoughts on some of them:

Mulefisk: That shot...I could look at that for so long! There are so many good things about it! The cathedral, the canal overlook, the bridge, the switchback road...even the sidewalks! I think one of my favorite little things in this picture is the t-intersection on the right side of the picture. I don't know why...maybe it's the way the light filters between the two buildings there. I don't know, but it looks awesome to me. A question, though...what's going on with the road in the top-left corner there? It just kind of awkwardly ends...hmm. Oh well...not really that noticable. Definately doesn't subract from this picture! Awesome!

szarkoz: Nice railyard! That building between the two streets (next to the roundabout) I don't think is very realistic, but still, I like it (and you said you weren't going for realism, anyways). I like this picture because there's enough to look at, but it isn't too cluttered with stuff. And I think you got the sculpting part down...the layers form rather well, I think. Ahh...I might get rid of some of the parking. Particulary the one between the rail and the rail yard. Not that parking isn't good, just that there's quite a bit of it in that picture. But I don't whether it serves a purpose or not, so yeah. Anyways, nice picture!

Cali: All the green spaces are very welcoming! Where I used to live, there were at 6 parks within sight of our house. And that golf course fits in with the high wealth community you've created. Ahh, I might get rid of some of those overly-repeated buildings. But yes, nice start!

Antoine: Welcome to SC4 Devotion, first of all! Love that background...couldn't find a sky background like that. I like the feel of the picture. The water mod really fits the mood of the pic. I might make a road right along the sea wall...or put a ped mall there, and have some business right up along there, like a boardwalk-type thing. Just my opinion. I like what's going on here, I think you should keep going with it!

meinhosen: I've tried, and I've tried, and I've tried. And I failed. I could not find a single thing wrong with this picture! Everything works so perfect together! Even the Halloween-colored train! I've seen the seasonal woods overused sometimes...or in the middle of a gigantic batch of green forest. Here, it works flawlessly with the season. I mean, the scarecrow, the farm, the flowers in the yard...it all just works! Unbelievable picture!

I would post something of my own, but it wouldn't be anything that you guys haven't seen. So I'll wait...for now. But I'll try and come in here a little more often than I have been, 'cause the stuff in here is absolutely phenomenal!

sepsis · February 12, 2007, 04:41:12 AM

Ilitj, Socialist State of Rodina

An ordinary day at the US embassy:

metasmurf · February 12, 2007, 05:43:24 AM

lol sepsis christ that was a good one!

Masochist · February 14, 2007, 06:14:12 PM

sepsis: LOL! I don't know anything about US Embassies in other countries, but if they're in any run similar to most of the government offices and buildings here, then it makes perfect sense!

Ahh, I have another picture to offer:

ABCsan · February 15, 2007, 12:54:38 AM

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Nikopol · February 15, 2007, 02:36:55 AM

Masochist: Nice Glenn Baxter style pic

Giligone · February 15, 2007, 05:41:01 AM

Quote from: Masochist on February 14, 2007, 06:14:12 PM
sepsis: LOL! I don't know anything about US Embassies in other countries, but if they're in any run similar to most of the government offices and buildings here, then it makes perfect sense!

People are always protesting in front of them. Sometimes they get all angry and throw stuff... burn a few flags. Crazy hooligans.

Antoine · February 17, 2007, 01:38:18 AM

jeronij · February 17, 2007, 05:10:17 AM

Excellent and very creative pictures all

iamgoingtoeatyou · February 20, 2007, 07:38:51 PM

i was wondering what you guys think of my latest mosaic:

wouanagaine · February 20, 2007, 11:35:33 PM

Me thinking ...
No I can't think anymore, me falled off my chair and my head hit the desk

NikNik · February 21, 2007, 12:30:12 AM

Extraordinary work all of you. Jaw dropping stuff.

Mulefisk: Nice station. I like the layout of the parking in front of Marrast's station.
Why did you extend the industrial alley? The piece of street seems out of place there.

Antoine: nice walk to the beach. I love to life there. I would have used different sea walls. Ducidous trees on the beach is a bit odd.

Meinhosen: Great picture, great photoshopping!

Sepsis: Great props those guys pulling over the car and the others dancing on it. It's details like that, you know.

Masochist: A bit too much photo shopped for my taste. Nice coastline though and those homes there must cost a fortune.

ABCSan: Nice deteilled shot, I like to see that long EL-station in action.

Antoine: Nice park. Good lay out of the roads around it. Lot of Maxis buildings, we do not see those many more here. It's refreshning.

Iamgoingtoeat you: eat this: Great Mosaic! Nice GLR stop. Where did you find it. (I mean the small ones not the big one on the plaza). I love those W2W buildings.

Great stuff all of you.
Nik-Nik

iamgoingtoeatyou · February 21, 2007, 04:26:05 AM

thank you for the nice comment, the smaller GLR stations can be found here:

http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=13665

the trams donot replace the default elevated rail trains

LP` · February 21, 2007, 07:39:55 PM

Well... after being disgusted with the ST version, and seeing this... I'm in.

Sorry, I wasn't really prepared to post a picture, thats all I got right now.

I'm kicking myself because of the lots by the way, not the layout.

meinhosen · February 21, 2007, 10:02:56 PM

Quote from: iamgoingtoeatyou
i was wondering what you guys think of my latest mosaic:

W-o-w-!

LP' - I like the canals and the detailing around them a lot. Great work!

rooker1 · February 22, 2007, 06:47:47 AM

Sepsis, interesting lot, would be nicer with some background.

Masochist, I personelly don't like the cartoon effect, but hey that's just my opinion.

ABCsan, awesome picture. Lots of detail, all squares filled and I really like the zoom choice. The rail over the highway and over the road, great idea.

Antoine, very good picture. Nice commercial area around the park and nice hieght on the buildings. New York style, not the building choice but the commercial district around the park. Great work.

iamgoingtoeatyou, great mosaic, but there is alot of repeated buildings (the corner one mostly, it looks like there are different variations, but still) Overall I like the picture alot.

LP, nice picture, I don't get a great over all feel and I'm unsure why. I think it's the diagonal road crossing the canal, it just doesn't look right to me. Again just my opinion.

for each of you.

Masochist · February 22, 2007, 08:22:44 AM

ABCsan: Nice picture! I really like that elevated rail over the road! For some reason, you don't see that so much, but I guess that makes the picture all the more better. The only thing that even remotely bugs me about it is that grass lawn next to that skyscraper...it strikes a nerve, being the only patch of flat green and all. But that's just me...it's a great picture over all!

Antoine: Cool park! I haven't really made a large one yet in my city, but that's a very good model of what I'm hoping mine'll look like. Ahh, buildings are repetative, but meh. I do like how your blocks have grass courtyards in the spaces not connected to the roads! Very inner-city-beautification-like!

iamgoingtoeatyou: I'm curious...what part of day was that taken in? It looks too dark to be daytime, but too light to be any other time...just wondering. Love the W2W neighborhood! Looks like you put a lot of effort into it. One thing...I wish the shadows were clearer. In the plaza, they look like splotches of water or something. Speaking of that plaza, is there a slight hump in it on the right side? I can't really tell because it may just be the shadows. Not that it looks bad (I actually like it), I just wanted to know if that's what I was seeing. Anyways, it's a great mosaic!

LP: Hello! Good to see you here, LP

! First thing I noticed was how good those Maxis buildings look right up against the canals in the lower right-hand corner. At least, they do to me. Ahh...I get mixed signals from this picture. You have a canal lock there (that is a canal lock, right?), but the street bridge doesn't look high enough for ships, and you've got fountains in the canal. I don't know...IMO I'd think it'd do better without the lock right there. Of course, it's just my opinion, and I really don't know what the purpose of the canal is, so yeah. I do, however, like almost every thing along the canal walls. You've done a nice decorating job, I think! All in all, a good picture! P. S.: you may also like the "Ultimate Critic's" thread. You have to give constructive criticisms in there!

To everybody who liked my picture and commented positively, thank you! To everyone who didn't, yeah, well screw...ahh, I mean, I value your opinion

. LOL, I'm just kidding, of course! It's perfectly all right for you to disagree with my picture. This is an opinion-oriented thread, and hopefully everyone understands that not everyone will like their pictures (unless their name happens to be Jeronij...

). So yeah, I don't mind anyone's opinions about my pictures whether they be positive or negative. In fact, the more the merryer, so keep 'em coming!

LP` · February 22, 2007, 08:30:06 AM

Thanks everyone for the compliments.

The canal is just the leftovers in a post-industrial city. It's just there for decoration now, hence the new bridge and fountains. The ship is actually a small museum, that lock doesn't raise or lower anymore, doors are welded shut.

Quite enjoying myself here so far, might just go poke around some more...

iamgoingtoeatyou · February 22, 2007, 04:47:53 PM

Masochist: I don't know what splatches of water you're talking about, it might be the shadows you're looking at because my Video Graphics Card hasn't been working all that well lately with Simcity. I took the picture in regular daytime and altered the color in photoshop to make it look a little more darker, also, yes there is a slight hump in the right side, the city is actually built on a bunch of hills [like san francisco] when you look at the city from far away you can see some buildings and streets are higher than others, something i really like about it, anyways, sorry for the long comment :p