Really not sure about the Psilocin Blue vs Wise Owl Brown for my panel.
I really only changed because I thought it wasn't going to be switched.
I'm so used to seeing the brown one....perhaps I should leave it to you lots to choose.
Wot u reckon?

Agree with Guy about Nils' levels

Also think the Bufo Toad could have a small (invisible) spotlight under his chin...low levels tho.

I like the brown as well Cyb. I also think that the stroke is no longer needed with the new slight pulse you've incorporated. Enough to attract some attention without being overbearing. Awesome work man.

To me it seems better balanced in the original.

To Guy: do you mean like adding a vignette? That wouldn't be to hard, but since the white is in the center (if that's what sticks out to you) I'm not sure how to address that.

I have a request, but it might seem a bit selfish

I felt the way the "tetris blocks" in my piece cam out of the frame really added a sense of depth and 3d, i was wondering if people would mind if one or two came slightly out of the new frame on it?

If anyone has a problem with this, i dont mind keeping it as is, but id love for a slight block-frame-overlap thing to happen

Otherwise, truly love the final composition, little tweaks here and there will improve it, but overall i can see this is gonna be a stellar front page we can all be proud of every time we log on

xx

PS- glad to here you're still on it T!

Well, that would be a copyright violation, which is something we're definitely trying to avoid. Plus, isn't it a bit passe in comparison to the brave new world of the molecule? We do, however, have some pretty cool electronic composers in residence. I think some ambient electronica would be really cool - especially if it changed when you rolled the cursor over the different page links, kind of like an interactive Larry Carlson piece.

I don't see an issue with that. I'm also not sure why you would consider it selfish.

personally i think thats a pretty important aspect of your piece nils, do any other pieces lend themselves to this easily to keep some balance and unity?

the suggestion was a joke Art, but thats not a bad idea if someone has material that would fit it properly

I was gonna write something about consistency and integrity because I'm very OCD about that kind of stuff, but you know what why the hell not.. It's not like hyperspace is very consistent anyway. And now that I changed it, it actually looks much better now that the frames aren't cropping your blocks..

And speaking of consistency, I also changed the grid pulse directions to be vertical instead of from the flower, now they look more like digital screens with a sort of holographic touch. Which was the original point, digital meets organic.. in space.

i dont wanna drop any names out of respect but I know of a musician right here on the nexus that is making some truly visionary stuff, ill check with him and see what he thinks, i think that would really complete it and add a entirely new dimension to it.

I think the 3D blocks look inconsistent and out of place, personally. It throws off the balance of the composition.

I promise I'm not trying to be snide, but was there a mock up that I missed? How did you reach this conclusion without having seen it?

awesome, thanks daedaloops

Sorry to hear that Art, i wouldn't want anyone to feel like the composition was uneven for the sake of one frame, but i also felt the depth of my piece was badly compromised by the blocks being covered by its frame. . . maybe we'll leave it untill more overall tweaking has been done, and see if we can find a solution?

(BTW daedaloops, i was going to photoshop the black backgound in my image to a darker shade, and send it to you to update, but its probably simpler for you to do that on the current one eh? let me know, im happy to tweak myself otherwise)

I keep updating the preview site, you might need to press F5 or Ctrl+F5 before the changes show.

Ah, all is clear now. I like it. I think it's subtle enough that it doesn't distract, not to mention I think it looks cool.

Just my opinion.

I think that in order to get away with that, another one or two panels would need breakaway elements too. And by then, this carefully balanced bastion of complexity may have crossed the line into messiness.

Maybe make some of the blocks bigger within the panel? Might really wake it up another notch.

Ok so I guess the one time that I decide to stand up to that ocd guy in my head, it's the wrong time.. But I also didn't want to revert it back to some of the blocks being cropped by the frame, so I tried to reach some sort of compromise by pushing the cropped blocks inside the frame, and also making some of them bigger like Guyo suggested.. I hope you don't mind stale that I took the liberty of messing with your piece, it was just to see how it would look and I think it looks pretty good, while hopefully pleasing everyone..

(edit: and stale about the background, yeah I can adjust that and I've already done it quite alot, but didn't want to make it go all the way to black so it would stand out from the black space behind the screen..)

Definitely better.

I think the OCD guy in your head is a big part of what makes you such a good artist, D. May he badger you for the rest of your days.

I just noticed, by the way, your hidden "smoalk moar" while the page is loading. Very funny touch.

and it's not the only one.. It wouldn't be a proper homage to DMT without having a bunch of hidden easter eggs. The flashy graphics are just a distraction...

(altho that smoalk moar wasn't supposed to be visible on loading.. fixed, thanks)