Thirdstyle Graphics Archive

**Nocturne** · 02-25-2012 06:38 PM

Key - Rejected [Wrong Size, Violates Rule]
- Different Song Choice/Need Work
- Accepted [Awaiting Placement in Game]
- Placed in Game

Timeline
March 2012

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December 2012

Spoiler!

February 2013

Field of Snow (Krunkykai22)
Sly (Powerstars)
Things That Rhyme With Orange (Nocturne)
Carol of 10,000 Hells (Krunkykai22)
Fury Of The Storm (Krunkykai22)
The Cracking Sky (Chapstick)
Xuxa (Chapstick)
Evacuate The Moshpit (Nocturne)
Matador (Nocturne)
Coma (Heronius)
Dead Serious (Heronius)
OprahShmup (Heronius)
Overdrive (Heronius)
The Listening (Heronius)
The Oath (Heronius)
Vicinity of Obscenity (Heronius)
An Atlas To Solutions (Heronius)
Aye, Julian (Heronius)
Birthright (Heronius)
Black Wing Metamorphosis (Heronius)
Brand New Nikes (Heronius)
Calypso (Heronius)
Pixelated (Heronius)

**Chapstick** · 02-25-2012 07:06 PM

O. ~

**Nocturne** · 02-28-2012 12:12 PM

Notes for (2/28/2012)

Aspirations (DTDsphere)
Very bright, colorful, i feel like my main concern about this piece is that it's too bright, which could lead to distracting the players a tad. I do enjoy the abstract feel on this one, but the song feels more darker and should deserve a more somber and melancholy background. Needs Fixing

Is So Fun (Fenril)
Black Border line is in place well, this was a really creative idea for an image, i didn't expect it at all, but there's so much happening it's almost doing too much justice to the song! I really like it. Accept

MachinRAa Black (DTDsphere)
The Render, scan lines, and layers of this background are super clean and precise, it looks amazing, my only problem is how it fits with the song. It doesn't fit the title at all, but it somewhat fits the overall feel of the song. I'm gonna go ahead and Light Accept it, solely because its an awesome background, but for the song chosen, it's a tad skewed

Roots of Life (Fenril)
You did an really good job of balance on this piece, you kept the most important parts on the sides visible to the gameplayer. The colors are saturated perfectly as well, not too dark, not too bright, Overall it's a spectacular image, you did a great job making it a background. Accept

The Fallout of Eli (Fenril)
799x599? lol I love the feel of the background on the song, it fits so well. Just fix the size real quick haha. Accept with fixes

The Fallout of Eli v2 (Fenril)
Well you fixed the size, but the image is significantly brighter, i liked the darker V1 version a little better, if you can darker up this version to be like V1, then this will be great. Accept with fixes

Black Snow (Fenril)
Not bad, simplistic, fits the theme. I think it's overall decent, not your best work, but if you wanted to go above with your work on this one, look a little further into the theme of black snow. You have have literal black snowflakes, or you could try to create something more globally relatable, like Black Snow could refer to Soot or Ash downfall debris from a post volcanic eruption or something, im just thinking a little more into how to have the BG filled more :P Needs Fixing

**Nocturne** · 02-29-2012 02:09 AM

Notes for (2/29/2012)

Black Snow v2 (Fenril)
MUCH better improvement, there's a lot more color and feel in this one, the overall color schema adds to its simplistic flair. Big improvement, I love this one a lot more. Great layering as well. Accept

The Fallout of Eli v3 (Fenril)
Yep, you nailed it this time

It's a typical Fallout background for a typical Fallout song, no harm done. I would've done the same thing personally, since well, i mean it fits the game most properly! Nice fixes, well done. Accept

The Girl Oceanic (Fenril)
My goodness, was definitely not expecting a clean anime background from you. This really caught me off-guard, frankly, i love it, a lot. Probably one of my favorites submitted to Thirdstyle, i guess i have a soft spot for painting style backgrounds and the color blue. The texture of the water refractions of light on her hair and in the layout were nice. The right side represents "The Girl Oceanic" while the left side compliments its theme so nicely. Again I'm really liking the pieces sent in so far. Accept

**Chapstick** · 03-01-2012 10:16 PM

Notes (03/01/12)

Aspirations (DTDsphere)
The white parts of the background are extremely bright and tend to draw attention, I think if you find a way to tone it down the background would look much better. Needs Fixing

Closure (Nocturne)
I like the words in the background since the song is screamo. Matches nicely, you have a nice effect going over the image so it isn't flat. Very nicely done~ Accept

Is So Fun (Fenril)
The background is wonderful. Perfect for the song, has the right feel. I love all the colors and the vectors and everything, it makes the background ~fun~ Accept

MachineRA Black (DTDsphere)
This is very well done, I like the pattern overlay, that always gives the image a very clean feel. Very nice balance. Accept

Roots of Life (Fenril)
The quality of the image is amazing and it's nicely balanced. Nice find! I like how the image fits the song title, keep that up~ Accept

The Fallout of Eli (Fenril)
This edit is the best IMO. You toned down the brightness which was a good move so it won't distract from the actual game play. Image choice was great, fitting of course, can't wait to see it in game.

Accept

Black Snow (Fenril)
I'm really impressed with this background. It feels full and complete and your edits fit the song title perfectly. More like this one please. Accept

The Girl Oceanic (Fenril)
A very clean anime background. \o/ That black thing on the left that you claim is her hair still freaks me out but it's very well done and fits the song perfectly, once again~ This one is an absolute Accept

**Heronius** · 03-03-2012 12:55 AM

I like Rob's work for Roots of Life, The Fallout of Eli, Black Snow v2, The Girl Oceanic. Fit the theme and stuff.
Now for the things I don't like.
DTD, I don't think you understand anything of photoshoping so it would be good for you to stop trying and try to concentrate in some other direction. Sorry, it's just like this. Declined
Closure (Nocturne) - I guess it's okay. The text on the top won't be seen so you can move it down a bit. Maybe you could do better, I don't know. Isn't your best work

Needs a bit of work
Is So Fun (Fenril) - I don't like those black figures hanging from the top. Perhaps give them a color and gradient, some depth and outerlight. I don't think they fit the colorful theme. But the rest is good. Fun, colorful, fits the theme. Needs a bit of work
The Fallout of Eli v2;v3 (Fenril) - Same pic, with different layers. The best layermask is the first in my opinion. I guess the first is overlay. Overlay is mostly used. I would keep it like that.
Black Snow (Fenril) - Eh.. White.. Ah my eyes c: Declined.
Brand New Nikes v2 (DJzAIKz) - Declined
Wings (Chapstick) - Too bright. Nice concept though. Don't think darkening would fix it. Declined
Wings v2 (Chapstick) - That one suits better. I like it. Accepted
Shower of Life (DJzAIKz) - No comment again. Declined
A Lifetime [F-777 Remix] (Nocturne) - One layer overlay and one multiply. You set the %-age there. Pic suits amazing. Nice find c: Needs some work
Conflict [ft Siromaru] (Nocturne) - Nice pic, not too bright, not too dark. Think it is for the song. I would say Accepted
He's a Pirate [F-777 Remix] (Nocturne) - I liek. Accepted
Shower Of Life (DJzAIKz) - No. Declined
Chaoz Airflow (Shiki) - Seems a bit monogamous. Needs some work (though v2 is okay)
Shower of Life (Midigami) - Declined
Turkey X (Chapstick) - Distracting. I don't like it. Think of something better. Declined
Chaoz Airflow v2 (Shiki) - Good one. Better than the first. Accepted
Pork Cylinders (Fenril) - I don't like it. I want some dirty, mean pic. It would suit the song. Declined
Shower of Life v3 (DJzAIKz) - Doesn't connect with the theme. Find something better that actually suits the song and is not too blurry/small etc. Declined
Jig (Ax3s) - No. Forget about that. Declined
Aspirations (DTDsphere) - Nice one. If you can cut the innerlines (where the arrows and the score menu is) I would be happy to have it in game. Good job

Accepted with minor fixes

**Chapstick** · 03-03-2012 01:10 AM

Whoa wait a minute. DTD's backgrounds weren't bad. There is some work to be done in some places like Shaun and I said but it wasn't a train wreck or anything. With a little bit of constructive criticism his backgrounds will be perfectly fine. Telling him to up right quit is just rude and uncalled for.. if he wants to pursue this kind of work we should be helping him.

**Nocturne** · 03-03-2012 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by Heronius

I like Rob's work for Roots of Life, The Fallout of Eli, Black Snow v2, The Girl Oceanic. Fit the theme and stuff.
Now for the things I don't like.A
DTD, I don't think you understand anything of photoshoping so it would be good for you to stop trying and try to concentrate in some other direction. Sorry, it's just like this. Declined
Closure (Nocturne) - I guess it's okay. The text on the top won't be seen so you can move it down a bit. Maybe you could do better, I don't know. Isn't your best work

Needs a bit of work
Is So Fun (Fenril) - I don't like those black figures hanging from the top. Perhaps give them a color and gradient, some depth and outerlight. I don't think they fit the colorful theme. But the rest is good. Fun, colorful, fits the theme. Needs a bit of work
The Fallout of Eli v2;v3 (Fenril) - Same pic, with different layers. The best layermask is the first in my opinion. I guess the first is overlay. Overlay is mostly used. I would keep it like that.
Black Snow (Fenril) - Eh.. White.. Ah my eyes c: Declined.

Fallout of Eli is the wrong size. Rob sent in the V3 to be accepted since the size was fixed.

For Closure's backgrounds, the top text will be seen, i know that for a fact, i put in the dark top 50 pixels to account for game stats, ive done backgrounds with texts near the top before. You can trust me, it works. I know i could do better :P but it's the album cover for the band, i mean that represents the band best since they picked it out.

I like the other backgrounds you accepted, but for DTD's comment, that seems kind of irrational to say. When you're judging these pieces, don't judge based of bias of anecdotes. You wanna judge strictly on the background, which to me and chapstick show's no evidence he isn't familiar with graphics. What if the song name was Supernova? Or explosion? DTD's Aspiration background would fit a lot better and you probably wouldn't have said those things. In fact i think you said them on bias of emotion. Let's try to keep these emotions out of it.

That's all i have to say, Overall I'm satisfied with these notes, but they could be a little better, keep it up guys!

**Chapstick** · 03-04-2012 01:08 AM

Notes (03/04/12)

Aspirations v2 (DTDsphere)
Much much better. It reminds me of tie-dye~ Very cute. Accept

Brand New Nikes (DJzAIKz)
Thank you for submitting an image. Unfortunately, this is a graphics thread. In the future, if you submit anything, it must be in the form of a background, not just an image you found on google. Also, do you see that little logo at the bottom right hand corner of the picture? This means we can't use it. It's a huge no no. Like we have told you countless times in chat. Please pay attention to our criticism if you want to ever be taken seriously. Rejected

Shower of Life (DJzAIKz)
I need a magnifying glass to see this. See above comments. Rejected

**Nocturne** · 03-04-2012 01:21 AM

Notes for 3/4/2012

Shower of Life (DJzAIKz)
230x172. Wrong size, Take of the watermark too. Find a better picture please. Rejected

Wings (Chapstick)
Loving the vibrance and colorss of this one. It gives a sense of hope and life, i enjoy that. Only problem, there's so much brightness it screws with your peripherals and it might distract a player much more than intended. Might be a bitchin' background if brightness down a tad. Light Accept

Wings v2 (Chapstick)
After listening to the song, i felt a tad minor tone to it, like the kind of tone that brings back some melancholy or sadness or something. the song is supposed to be happy, but the first version feels to happy for my taste to see it for the song :/ This one brings a mysteriously majestic feel, just as the song does. I like this one better. Accept

Brand New Nikes (DJzAIKz)
Wrong size, delete the watermark as well. Use something other than free image creators. Rejected

Aspirations v2 (DTDsphere)
It feels a little too colorful for my taste. Don't get me wrong, it's beautiful, but I'm not getting that feel from the song. I would suggest trying another theme altogether, this one doesn't seem to be striking my taste for the song at all. Needs Fixes

**Chapstick** · 03-04-2012 02:08 AM

Notes Continued (03/04/12)

A Lifetime [F-777 Remix] (Nocturne)
Hmm..that ghost thing freaks me out haha. It's nicely done but idk, I'm not very crazy about it. Idk what it is but it just seems too ... eh? Very dim and not very rhythm game-ish. I would appreciate a second opinion on this one because maybe it's just me. The song definitely seems little bit happier than this background feels~ Undecided

Conflict [ft Siromaru] (Nocturne)
Yes. Amazing. I adore it. The purple is a beautiful shade of purple. The faded boxes. The stars. It's gorgeous. All of it. Accept. Put this in game right now.

He's a Pirate [F-777 Remix] (Nocturne)
Very nicely done. Fitting theme, nice color scheme, not distracting but still adding a nice essence to the song. One thing I wanna know is if you could possibly move the two sides a little bit closer to each other. I'm not sure if you just placed the middle bar directly over the image or if you cut it, but it looks a little bit awkward, then again I might be crazy. Accept I'm just extremely OCD lmfao, so ignore me unless you agree~

Shower Of Life (DJzAIKz)
If you read the thread, we told you not to use words in your backgrounds. Rejected

Chaoz Airflow (Shiki)
Matches the title perfectly, definitely get a light feel from it, and the blue is a wonderful color. :3 Accept

Shower of Life (Midigami)
Wow, you have amazing graphical skills. I'm blown away. The most amazing background ever. Total Absolute For Sure Automatic Accept ~

**Nocturne** · 03-05-2012 12:23 AM

Notes (03/05/2012)

Brand New Nikes v2 (DJzAIKz)
Well you got the size dimensions correct, but you forgot to account for the middle pixels that will be covered completely by the game field. Along with that, the artwork itself is very lackluster and dull. I'm sorry, but i'm still gonna have to reject this one. Needs a lot more flair.

Turkey X (Chapstick)
LOL this is perfectly creative. It's just like the music video of it. I mean all silliness aside, it's pretty clever, to take the main theme of the song and overwhelm the background with it in a very comical sense. I like it, no complains here, nice to have a well made silly one. Accept

Shower of Life (Midigami)
#Win MSPAINTJOB FTW I LOVE YOU

Chaoz Airflow (Shiki)
Good find, in terms of color, its pretty laid back and calm, but that's only half of it. I love the colors and theme, but only the airflow part is apparent. The main song itself is somewhat chaotic, ergo "Chaoz" and is upbeat and pretty on-the-edge. You should try to incorporate some finishing brushes and make the piece a tad more chaotic, maybe more lines? Some directional blurs? I hope you get where I'm coming from, this piece is so close to catching my full interest, don't give up on this one! Conditional Accept

Chaoz Airflow v2 (Shiki)
Looked over it a couple times with Shiki, and we discussed all the fixes and such, looks much better. Accept

**Chapstick** · 03-06-2012 01:05 AM

Notes (03/06/12)

Pork Cylinders (Fenril)
I can't, I'm dead, this is incredible hahaha. I do wish that the purple was a little less blurry but it's still good enough to be put in game. We need more silly backgrounds and this is a great start. :3 Accept

Shower of Life v3 (DJzAIKz)
Good job on taking the words out but I don't understand why you added the black bar at the bottom? You also need to add the play area in the middle. Like Shaun said, this needs a bit more flair. Try spicing it up a bit. Rejected

Jig (Ax3s)
As stated in the other graphics thread, we'd rather not have words included in the background. You also have to compensate for the info area at the top and the play area in the middle. This was a nice first attempt and you're on the right track but the background needs a lot more pizzazz. Try adding more action or color or something. Rejected

Aspirations (DTDsphere)
This is definitely a step forward, the only concern I have is that the colors are very bold and kind of harsh on the eyes. I don't think it will be though once the play area is put in so Accept

Jig v2 (Ax3s)
While this is a step up from the previous background, there's still words on it. Adding the title of the song to the background doesn't necessarily make it fit the title. Tje background is still rather dull. Try a different, more energetic approach, okay? Maybe add more color or lines. Rejected

Pork Cylinders v2 (Fenril)
This is terrifying. :| But a good background nevertheless. ;_; I really don't want to but Accept I'd rather use the other one. ;_;

Aspirations v4 (DTDsphere)
Perfect! \o/ Accept

**Nocturne** · 03-06-2012 01:25 AM

Notes (03/06/2012)

Jig (Axes)
Right size, nice to see a submission from some new faces! Let me start by saying, i was surprised to see this as a first submission, it's not half bad. However, the font is misplaced, it will get cut off in various places by the game field. You can avoid this next time by downloading the Background template from the Design Sticky Thread. As well, the background doesn't seem to encapture the feel of the song title either, it's just font over some cool vector brush lines. Maybe take a look at the currently accepted backgrounds, get a feel for what kind of images to be making. Don't give up, I'm gonna have to Reject this time, but i hope to see more work from you later on.

Shower of Life v3 (DJzAIKz)
Correct size, the black lines on the bottom feel awkwardly placed there, and skewed. I'd rather there be no black line there and just keep the background continuing. As far as the background image, it seems very low quality and blurry, almost as if it were stretched to place. Maybe find a clearer image? It just seems hard on the eyes, and distracting if anything. I'm not sure what it has to do with shower of life, but i can see you're heading in the general direction. You're work is slower improving, prove me you can make this background look fantastic man, keep going.

EDIT: "This image is protected by copyright law and may not be used without a license. No free use allowed."
"Purchase of this image includes the high resolution digital file and a royalty free (rf) license to legally use it. Watermarks are removed from the image you get after purchasing."

You're not allowed to use this photo without purchasing it. Reject

Pork Cylinders (Fenril)
Oh dear hahahahaha, I somehow knew this background was gonna come up eventually. Well the backing colors maintain the songs eerie nature and creeping lurking presence as you play. I love that about it, but the lady kinda makes me wonder, like what am i looking at? It just feels creepy altogether haha, i mean i love the color scheme picked out some far, but as far as pork cylinders this was a really hard choice, i don't quite get the feel of pork cylinders from it. But man, this was better than anything i expected so far lol. Sorry mang, im not sure how to help you, this is a tricky dick right here... Needs Fixes

EDIT: This one is much less creepier than v2 lol Light Accept

**Nocturne** · 03-07-2012 12:01 AM

Notes (03/07/2012)

Aspirations v3 (DTDsphere)
I like it, again, not sure if it fits the theme of this son, but it'll grow on me eventually, it's really not half bad looking. Light Accept.

Aspirations v4 (DTDsphere)
Read Lina's notes, looks great man. Accept

Jig v2 (Ax3s)
Well you got the bordering right this time, however, I'm not seeing the aesthetic appeal of this background, it's very dull and faded, when the song itself it lively and upbeat dubstep. There needs to be more power and energy, also the font is very illegible, you should remove it, it's just proving to be a nuisance to try and read. :/ Needs Fixes

Pork Cylinders (Fenril)
OH. MY. GOD. i'm dying, the second this opened up, i bust out laughing. Was totally not expecting this at all, it's so gross and creepy. It filthy like the song, yet silly and not so serious, as well, like the song. The resolution on this is frighteningly good, i can see way too much detail of his mouth lol it's gonna creep me out everytime i play this song, which is never cause LOLHOLDDUMP, regardless, I got a good laugh out of it and I'm sure others will too. Accept

**Nocturne** · 03-08-2012 01:48 PM

Notes for (03/08/2012)

Imprisoned (Heronius)
I definitely understand the meaning for this one, but I'm not sure if it does the song so much justice, because I honestly can't look at the balloon and take this background seriously, it almost feels as if I'm supposed to "awh" at this, when the song title itself holds greater somber meaning. Overall, looks cool, but I think there's a better way to approach this. Needs Fixes

SmokeWeedEveryDay (Heronius)
This is beautiful, I love it. Hahaha it's so aesthetically appealing and just looks awesome. The middle playing field is a little too sunken in, but that's perfectly fine since the game field will cover it anyway and it'll look natural. Accept

Ordinary World (Heronius)
Another amazing job from you, great to see this quality work coming into Thirdstyle. The colors and concept behind it is awesome, i mean even though the title is "Ordinary", the surreality of it makes the song itself that much more peaceful and incredible sounding. Accept

**Chapstick** · 03-09-2012 02:18 AM

Notes (03/09/12)

Smoke Weed Erryday (Heronius)
An obvious choice for the background. :P I do like how you added the pattern background, it makes it much more than just the obvious plain pot leaf, really nice job. Accept

Ordinary World (Heronius)
It's very nice but it seems very uneven without something occupying the upper left corner. Even if it was just some of the glow effects or sparkles. Accepted with very minor fix.

Imprisoned (Heronius)
Sad.

I do like it though. Very clear and good color (for what color there is) Accept

Pork Cylinders v3 (Fenril)
Hilarious. x] Even better than the first. :P Definitely better than the teeth. ._. Accept

Copypasta (DJzAIKz)
I'm kind of curious as to whether you read our feedback at all... once again, you used wording. This is like the 4th time I'll be telling you that you're not supposed to use wording. To put it simply: do not include words in your backgrounds! Your image is also very low quality. Please stop using google as a source. Rejected.

**Vote4Nixon** · 03-09-2012 01:34 PM

Just added Turkey X, Aspirations, and Pork Cylinders. Good work guys!

I noted that Turkey X is off-center though. Dunno if there is an easy way to check this while judging but please make sure all the submissions are centered

**Chapstick** · 03-09-2012 02:03 PM

I'll see if I can fix it.

**Nocturne** · 03-09-2012 03:13 PM

Originally Posted by Vote4Nixon

Just added Turkey X, Aspirations, and Pork Cylinders. Good work guys!

I noted that Turkey X is off-center though. Dunno if there is an easy way to check this while judging but please make sure all the submissions are centered

I did notice that, i must've left that out of my judge notes. I import the backgrounds into my template and find the deviation. It's slightly shifted off to the left, sorry shouldve pointed that out.

EDIT: Let's get Rob in on this thread for Notes. Would be nice to have a third opinion on conflicting verdicts.

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