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Jan 19, 2019 7 years ago
Balloon
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Vulcanusmon

I'm trying my darnedest to finish [pet not found]'s profile, but I'm unsure about it visually. Her story isn't finished, but enough is there for you to get the gist of her situation - basically she's a Drifloon who performs in her father's circus troupe. Singing is her forte.

Her profile design originally went with a different pet who was going to be a shooting star that granted wishes. I dropped that character but loved the profile so much, I transferred it to Floon. Since my OC's name is Celeste, i thought it fit, but now... 1.) I'm afraid it looks too busy, and 2.) despite her name and her being the "star of the show," the background image doesn't feel relevant to her, much as I adore it. Should I change the background image? If so, any ideas about what I should do instead? ^X^;

I'd also love some ideas of more things for her treasure!

details so this doesn't get too long I don't want traditional circus items in general, because this troupe doesn't have the usual clowns, etc. The story explains who is in it and what they do. But things like the tent and flyer items go since those are part of the story. Also I'm looking for more items related to singing (other than microphones), being a daughter/daddy's girl... maybe minions that resemble the Pokemon that are in the story, besides Drifloon and Drifblim? These are Rotom (all forms except the dex), Sigilyph, Lampent, Aipom, Combee, Wurmple, Burmy, Cherubi, Silcoon, Heracross, Munchlax. Maybe also Beatles/Sgt. Pepper related items, if there are any?

Thank y'all!!

Jan 20, 2019 7 years ago
Major
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I don't think the profile looks too busy necessarily but perhaps reusing the bg colours for the story+tc box colours might help make it more cohesive! (I know it's to match the galactic, but the background is very desaturated in comparison so making the other colours a teensy bit more desaturated would help a little.) Moving the name+colour+minion info into one of the darker patches (e.g. the lower left corner) would also make it a bit more readable, lessening a busy feel! And having the tc appearing after hovering/a click could be an additional solution but it's fine where it is! Imo the bg definitely feels circus related (or at the very least performance related) but if you did wanna change the it maybe there are free to use carnival tent/stage curtain images that could work?

Some items that might?? go well in the tc: (more in set)(more in set) (and/or other cds)

Very cute character so far!!

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Jan 20, 2019 7 years ago
Strength
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Richter

@ Balloon Oh wow, that background is beautiful! I see what you mean about it potentially not fitting, but you also clearly love it very much! If you don't have another pet you could transfer it to, I think you should keep it. I think you can make it work. It looks like some art you would see painted on a circus poster, proudly declaring Celeste their very own shooting star. You could also work it into the layout in a different way, like making it part of a poster. Or you could turn the background into a wall of Celeste's dressing room (or something like that) and have that picture be one of the decorations on the wall, perhaps? But that might get a little bit busy unless you wanted stuff to appear as you hovered over it.

Oops, I'm rambling. Sorry!

As for the layout itself, it doesn't seem too busy. The only issue I personally see is the text outside your story, since it kind of bleeds into the background and becomes hard to read. The navy starred background on your story/treasure is subtle enough that it doesn't look cluttered either; it drew my eye where it needed to be. EDIT: makes a really good point about desaturating the blue a bit, though.

Jan 20, 2019 7 years ago
Major
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Oh it looks like the navy starred background isn't showing up for me, so definitely go by Strengths comment! I think it being Celestes dressing room or a poster would be really cute!

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Jan 21, 2019 7 years ago
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Frodo

I love the current poster background and your overall concept/story.

I have a few general visual suggestions. The font you have for the main story text is readable, but is a little outside the theme. Maybe you could look into fonts that compliment the font you have for Floon's name (written below the pet picture).

The custom art is very cute. I would add more pink and purple treasure items to compliment the introduction artwork.

I think you should add more music-related minions to the TC. They would make very cute companions and fit with the theme.

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Jan 21, 2019 7 years ago
Balloon
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Vulcanusmon

Thanks for the vote of confidence for the current background image :D I do love it. I'll tweak the navy/stars part, and also check to be sure it's working properly since Lag can't see it.

Also Lag thank you for the TC suggestions!!

I see what you mean about the font; it's a bit plain. I want it to be easy to read, but I'll try to find one on Google Fonts that's prettier.

And for the TC suggestions - Celeste's favorite color is pink, so that will be easy to add :D And I don't know why I didn't consider music-related minions! Lag suggested some too. Also I have two other musician pets, and I never thought of adding minions for them either :P

Jan 23, 2019 7 years ago
Strength
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Richter

I just checked in, and it looks really great! The backgrounds on the pet image, info, minion, etc really tie the layout together nicely. c: I'm so glad you decided to keep the background. I hope you put her up for pet spotlight down the road!

(Also, this is off-topic but! I just wanna say while I'm here that it always makes me so happy that you have Drifblim. It's one of my favorite pokemon and there is no more fitting person to have it than a balloon enthusiast!)

Jan 23, 2019 7 years ago
Major
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I agree with Strength, it's looking great! It definitely all ties in to background now with the changes you made!

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Jan 24, 2019 7 years ago
Balloon
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Vulcanusmon

Thanks y'all! I got a few more things to tweak and a lot more treasure to get.

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