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Just wanted to showcase some of 701's work, for those who weren't around for his time being active here / on other leagues. 
 
 
Really underrated graphics guy and he taught me a lot and helped me progress as far as I have from scratch. I'll never forget when he taught me Filter > Distort > Ripple.... The rest is history. Son was nice with it, without a doubt.
 
 
RIP MY GUY!!!
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
and a couple sigs I dug up where he and I collabed... I dont think these were the final versions, but it's all I could find:
 

 

 
 
 
 
RIP

Despite being the god of VHL graphics, I am also the shieldbearer for low-tier graphics and this is about as low-tier as they come. The literal only thing that saves this graphic and makes it approvable/acceptable is your included line of text which really pops the comedy factor off for this graphic.
 
I've always thought that even if a graphic is truly horrible on a technical level, if there is a bit of comedy to go along with it, the lack of graphic ability gets forgiven. In this case, "Wasn't lazy and did a graphic" juxtaposes so deliciously with this lazily-made graphic, that it made me laugh.
 
 
Looking at the raw aspects here, you would likely get criticized (and rightly so) by other VHL graders/reviewers, because the level of work here is laughable. We have a stock image WITH watermark in lower-left corner of original photographer Jess Starr left in.  The hounds logo looking massive, pasted over top of the jets logo with no skew/perspective transformation whatsoever, and 4 lines of very basic meme text.  That's it.  There's no lighting, there's no stocks, there's no effects.
 
 
I literally googled 'Jess Starr wheeler' and found the source graphic:
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
but it made me laugh, so hope you enjoyed your review for VHL graphics.
 
1.3/10  approved

1. Chicago is in a little slump right now and can't seem to win as often as we did before. What can we do to change this?
Give Lee Xin more minutes IMO, the awoken one will lead us to ez playoff birth.
 
2. What is one thing you'd tell to a newer member to the league?
Don't say anything that isn't suitable for a kindergarten classroom to hear, because there are a ton of snowflakes who get offended at the littlest thing.
 
3. Which EU team would you like to see come back for the VHLE? 
Probably Bratislava Watchmen OR Bern Royals because I used to play on those teams way back in S40-S50 era.
 
4. Who should be given a chance to GM the new VHLE league?
Somebody who isn't a little liberal crybaby who soils themselves at the slightest indication of conflict or adult language.
 
5. Which line would you say has been the driving force for the team thus far?
Whatever line Lee Xin is on. THE AWOKEN ONE will lead us to ez playoff birth and hopefully get a long awaited award too.
 
6. Should we chase Lidia for the captain post on the VHL team announcement or should we just let it slide? 
I abide by Lidia's way to do things so I am content with letting it slide. If anything we need lower screamer prices on stream.

CHICAGO PHOENIX PRESS CONFERENCE
ANSWER 6 FOR 2 TPE; 3 FOR 1 TPE
1. Chicago is in a little slump right now and can't seem to win as often as we did before. What can we do to change this?
2. What is one thing you'd tell to a newer member to the league?
3. Which EU team would you like to see come back for the VHLE? 
4. Who should be given a chance to GM the new VHLE league?
5. Which line would you say has been the driving force for the team thus far?
6. Should we chase Lidia for the captain post on the VHL team announcement or should we just let it slide? 
 

Could have waited until next week, but it's memorial day weekend, I'm traveling to New York tomorrow for work, and then who knows where next week so I might as well dump it now while I'm at my computer. I think it's done, might mess with the text a little more, but I went in a direction and kept rolling with it. Didn't want to do lady liberty, that just get's too close to the Rangers alternate logo. Could have done the Liberty Bell, but I personally like this way more.

THE NEW YORK AMERICANS

 
     

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hello, I am blademaiden simp#14 and I am here to review your graphic
 
 
I think there isn't too much wrong here, besides the upward drop-shadow on the player render. To me, the jersey swap looks pretty nice actually and I'm pretty sure the shoulder # was changed and a good job was done on it as well IMO. The split background is interesting as it kind of looks like a 3d corner/edge sort of thing where the spacey wall meets the grey floor. 
 
My biggest advice for you would be to stop doing massive reso graphics and do the traditional sim-league sized graphic for awhile. The main reason is that glaring errors are less noticeable at lower resolution, not that there are any glaring erros here, but it's easier to over-analyze a graphic when it's in such a huge resolution.
 
 
This has been my review, thank you for submitting graphics on VHL.
 
 
7.2/10 APPROVED 

Despite being the god of VHL graphics, I am also the shieldbearer for low-tier graphics and this is about as low-tier as they come. The literal only thing that saves this graphic and makes it approvable/acceptable is your included line of text which really pops the comedy factor off for this graphic.
 
I've always thought that even if a graphic is truly horrible on a technical level, if there is a bit of comedy to go along with it, the lack of graphic ability gets forgiven. In this case, "Wasn't lazy and did a graphic" juxtaposes so deliciously with this lazily-made graphic, that it made me laugh.
 
 
Looking at the raw aspects here, you would likely get criticized (and rightly so) by other VHL graders/reviewers, because the level of work here is laughable. We have a stock image WITH watermark in lower-left corner of original photographer Jess Starr left in.  The hounds logo looking massive, pasted over top of the jets logo with no skew/perspective transformation whatsoever, and 4 lines of very basic meme text.  That's it.  There's no lighting, there's no stocks, there's no effects.
 
 
I literally googled 'Jess Starr wheeler' and found the source graphic:
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
but it made me laugh, so hope you enjoyed your review for VHL graphics.
 
1.3/10  approved

I’m not afraid to leak #6! Not sure who submitted it but I definitely encourage it as a PT submission as well, I enjoyed it.