Beketov

I have 0 Founder's Cups to my name, gotta grab the best chance I can haha

Any other questions? Gonna record this tomorrow although apparently I also have some all star stuff to get done.

@JardyB10 and I combined for 4:27 of ice time. Clearly we're the true MVP's.

I never got the questions from last week? I sent it in a little late but still

Motherfucker Sharpe should come to Saskatoon so that he can be closer to the Beketov agency that he loves so much

Just wanted to let you know that I downloaded this and put it on my phone so that I could listen to it on my way to work. I was laughing so hard at some points that it was hard to drive haha. Looking back I should have listened to it at a point where I could post a proper review and get points for it but whatever, it was enjoyable anyway.

Plus I've never won a Founder's Cup. If there was ever a cursed team, we may have just discovered it.

*Enters GFX Mindset from 2 years ago* The orange works really well here which is nice because it's a tricky colour to work with sometimes. I do like the overall clean look you have but it would be nice to see a bit more depth to the BG as it falls a little flat right now. Render effects and lighting are both decent and I love the style you went for with the text but unfortunately effect wise it's lacking a little. Especially in pure white it feels like a bit of an afterthought. Still pretty solid though.

I love the right side of this. The text, the effects, it all looks very nice. unfortunately the left side ends up being VERY empty by comparison and it just leaves me wanting more. I would also like to see a bit more work done in regards to the lighting since it seems to emanate from the text (thanks to the white box) and then just drop off into nothing.

Say what? When did this happen? Anyway, onto the review regardless. I know you can do much much better than this. The blending is all over the place, the text effects look lazy and the exposure looks different for every layer. A few curves and exposure layers could really balance this out to be something amazing. Stocks are a solid base but you can't build an entire sig off of them; adjustment layers are arguably even more important.

The idea behind this is great but unfortunately I feel like that idea is ruined by the colours. Maybe it's just me but this palette kinda looks like Tony the Tiger threw up. The yellow the the green just don't sit right. You have this exact piece in a teal-blue and I think it would work amazingly. Colour aside I like what you did with the render and text effects and the flow / depth work very well.

You are coming along creativity wise which is good to see. Unfortunately your technique isn't developing quite as fast. Blurring the edges of your render doesn't really blend it unless the BG is equally blurred, it just sorta looks odd. Also, the text looks very slapped on, not helped by the fact that it's pure white. The lowered opacity on the subtext makes me rather not want it there at all. Perhaps put it to full opacity but smaller and have it overlay on top of the main text. Like I said, your creativity is coming along, you just need to master the techniques now that will really make things pop.

Both the overall style and the text work very well but unfortunately they don't work well together. That text on a cleaner piece would look absolutely fantastic but as it is I think it feels off compared to the very dark, almost grungy look the rest has. I do like the subtle render effects but some stronger lighting would have been nice to really make them pop. Lastly, the left side is very boring. Maybe have some of the dots blurred less or more than others to at least create a bit of depth.

I like the idea you're going for but the execution is lacking a little, especially for you. The green is a little overpowering, the render looks a little LQ (His face especially) and the Jarvi text is overly sharp. With that said the depth is nice and the text layout is very week done. This is close to being amazing but just falls slightly short.

*For Holik

Well, no one else danced for me.

You’re the best Jardy Just as a note, I did my best to read the chat before I answered the questions but if you want the see the chat while I answer it’s included in the link, just not the embedded version.

I know Draper did it when we were testing stuff before. I think it works off HTML so not everyone can do it. here’s the embed code though: <iframe src="https://player.twitch.tv/?video=v96963950" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" height="378" width="620"></iframe><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/undefined?tt_medium=live_embed&tt_content=text_link" style="padding:2px 0px 4px; display:block; width:345px; font-weight:normal; font-size:10px; text-decoration:underline;">Watch live video from on www.twitch.tv</a>

And here’s the final result for @evrydayimbyfuglien!

So obviously this was a live stream but since watching it live and reviewing is near impossible here’s the VOD. Wound up being about an hour and 20 minutes long and was mostly me making the sig but also wound up being some chatting with @JardyB10, @Phil, and @evrydayimbyfuglien. I’ll also leave a tag for @gorlab who unfortunately missed it. https://www.twitch.tv/beketov_vhl/v/96963950 Watch live video from on www.twitch.tv I do realize now that I should have put my facecam on the other side because it covered a few things in photoshop but oh well, I’ll do it next time. Also, could @Draper perhaps embed this since I’m not allowed? Nah, Jardy's got me covered because he's soooooo neat. *For Sokolov

Going live in about 2 minutes. Here’s the link: https://www.twitch.tv/beketov_vhl @evrydayimbyfuglien @Kendrick @Phil

If everything goes well I'll be starting up a live stream sig in an hour or so (maybe a little less). I'll leave the link here when I go live but for now I just wanted to generate a bit of hype for anyone that will be around. If you wanna come see my mind at work come for that, if you want to see me answer questions live come for that, if you just wanna hang out and chat that's cool too. Just make sure you show up so I'm not just talking to myself! A few people off the top of my head that I think might be interested: @gorlab, @evrydayimbyfuglien, @ADwyer87, @Phil

Gonna record this on Saturday as per usual so get your questions in! @eaglesfan036 @Shaka @ADwyer87 @boom @der meister @Victor @YEAH!stlemania @Phil @tfong @ChrisF @George Costanza @Molholt @Mr. Power @Draper @Banackock @gorlab @JardyB10 @evrydayimbyfuglien @Jericho In the meantime however, and I'm leaving this here because some of those tagged have expressed interest, would any of you be interested in seeing a live sig tonight? Will probable be sometime around 5:30 EST if I were to hazard a guess. I would want to get at least a few people in the chat asking questions so that I can keep it VHL related. If this is something you'd like to tue in for let me know now and I'll get it set up tonight!

I had an odd feeling there was some kind of rule like that but I couldn't recall. Alright then, I shall sit here twiddling my thumbs. Other GM's, feel free to make your claims now. Dance for my amusement.

Ssshhh, I'm old and don't remember rings very well