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Status Bar Critique Wanted

January 10th 2010, 01:19 AM
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DinkDude95
Peasant He/Him Australia
The guy with the cute D-Mod. 
Without magic/weapon armed.

With magic/weapon armed.

Okay, so, here's a status bar I made. All I really want is for you to tell me what you think.

I, personally, am very proud of it. But I made it, so that's expected.

Any criticisms, suggestions and such would be appreciated.
January 10th 2010, 01:51 AM
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MsDink
Peasant She/Her New Zealand
Tag - Umm.. tag, you're it? 
I rather like it - it doesn't detract from the screen appearance, isn't too much of an overkill like some I have seen

I think its nice and subtle, tasteful and Dinkish Like the grey as I feel it fits in well. (Did u you use the 'cracklature' filter?)

My only criticism is maybe the words could be a little bolder (attack, magic, life, gold etc) because they are a little hard to read being a thin font.
8.5/10
January 10th 2010, 01:52 AM
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Fireball5
Peasant He/Him Australia
Let me heat that up for you... 
What does the inventory screen look like?
January 10th 2010, 03:20 AM
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DInkDude95
Peasant He/Him Australia
The guy with the cute D-Mod. 
My only criticism is maybe the words could be a little bolder (attack, magic, life, gold etc) because they are a little hard to read being a thin font.

Thanks MsDink, I'll look into using a different font.

What does the inventory screen look like?

I haven't done the Inventory or the Screenlock bars, otherwise I would have posted them. If I do get something done though, I can post them then, if you want.
January 10th 2010, 04:20 AM
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Skull
Peasant He/Him Finland bloop
A Disembodied Sod 
Oooh, nice. Upload them quickly so I can use them in Historical Hero!
January 10th 2010, 07:19 AM
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rabidwolf9
Peasant He/Him United States
twitch.tv/rabidwolf9 
The words just seem to be on top of the status bar and not a part of it. Take a better look at the original. The status bar somehow conformed to the words. Other than that it looks fairly good.
January 10th 2010, 07:59 AM
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Christiaan
Bard They/Them Netherlands
Lazy bum 
I like it. The text is indeed a bit too hard to read, and the side bars could be better "connected" to the bottem bar, but other then that, it's pretty good!
January 10th 2010, 08:06 AM
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Skull
Peasant He/Him Finland bloop
A Disembodied Sod 
That's what I usually find the problem in fan-made status bars. The connection beetwen the status bar and the side bars.

EDIT: By the connection I mean that there is no connection.
January 10th 2010, 08:25 AM
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Marpro
Peasant He/Him bloop
 
It looks pretty static... The textures doesn't looks like high quality material (might look better when you don't look at it from a screenshot, though) and the attribute texts doesn't really fit the rest of the status bar. I think you've potential with this, but I don't know if I like its current state... Could be the dull colors.
January 10th 2010, 06:27 PM
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DinkDude95
Peasant He/Him Australia
The guy with the cute D-Mod. 
Thank you for your feedback, everyone. I've been downloading some new fonts and stuff, and I'll look into improving the sidebars and text.
January 10th 2010, 06:34 PM
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I like it overall... it fits nicely with Dink and doesn't look out of place like some of the sidebars do.
January 10th 2010, 08:46 PM
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EvilEarl
Peasant He/Him United States
In memory of Skull. 
It's downright ugly and probably kills polar bears each time it's used!!

Oh, wait. Critique, not criticize. My bad. It looks pretty cool, but it probably kills polar bears anyway.
January 11th 2010, 12:50 AM
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Everything doesn't fit together that much. The attack, defense and magic texts don't look like they belong in the stony theme, the side bars don't connect to the down bar (there's also a bit of empty space between them and the edge of the screen), and it would be neat if the health bar was somehow stonier, too.

It's not half bad, though, the weapon and magic slots and the experience bar look good, it could be great with a little bit of adjustment.
January 11th 2010, 05:39 AM
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DinkDude95
Peasant He/Him Australia
The guy with the cute D-Mod. 
This is harder than what people make it out to be.

What do you think?

Edit: Hmm... just noticed that I'm not quite sure about the 'Life' and 'Gold' text. Oh well.
January 11th 2010, 06:28 AM
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Much better, especially when you compare them, the previous version looks flat and terrible by comparison. The right side looks great, and the attack, defence and magic texts look better too. On the negative side, the left bar still doesn't connect well, and yeah, the life/gold text is kind of... off.
January 11th 2010, 08:54 AM
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Christiaan
Bard They/Them Netherlands
Lazy bum 
Wow, a big improvement indeed!
January 11th 2010, 04:50 PM
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MsDink
Peasant She/Her New Zealand
Tag - Umm.. tag, you're it? 
Right side fits better but left has a gap and the bezzeled edge doesn't look right there - make it match up like the right and it would be good - also is the length of the sides too short??
Like the lettering much better but agree the gold doesn't work too well - if you want to keep it gold maybe put a black copy of the lettering under the gold (layered slightly to emphasise it?) Just a thought... Heading in the right direction tho Well done
Edit: I would also move the right square box over to the middle as its right on the edge - if you want picky
January 11th 2010, 06:17 PM
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Fireball5
Peasant He/Him Australia
Let me heat that up for you... 
If I were doing this in photoshop, I would use an outer glow with 'black' as the colour and 'multiply' or something as the mode, to put an emphasizing border around the text...

Another good idea is to put a dark border on the inside and a faint golden glow on the outside. Works well.