First animated design

Bitcoiner · May 1, 2016

Hey guys,

I noticed a lot of people on Sythe do animated designs, so I decided to try one. I wanted to make a shop signature (very professional/business-like design), so I started learning After Effects. It took me many hours to learn and fix what I did, but here is my finished product. Ratings are appreciated.

PlanBUK · May 6, 2016

This looks pretty damn good!
Maybe you could add some more payment methods where the credit card is (PP logo, BTC, WU and credit/depit card) or something like that.

Goods4RS · May 6, 2016

I like the animation, simple but still clean and professional. I'd work on the background though, looks pretty plain, but other than that. I think you did an awesome job man. I'm learning Photoshop at the moment, I'm a late bloomer when it comes to this graphic designing stuff, and I want to learn Cinema 4D and After Effects as well too.

Ritysayo · May 6, 2016

It's great; I only have a few critiques directed at improving your future work.

Everything seems sleek, but don't be scared to add more content that relates to the graphic. The suggestion that PlanBUK made would have added a bit of spice to it.

The circle at the start doesn't circle anything; I believe that making it a smaller radius would make it appear a bit better because it is getting too close to the edges.

I'm assuming the "Made By: Bitcoiner" isn't a part of the graphic and only placed on it to show us. If that's correct, you should make sure you center the rest of your work on the green square. It seems pushed down quite a bit due to that signature.

The banner in the top right makes me believe you plan on keeping your name; I would highly suggest not adding that. Designers don't typically place their signature on work like this. If they do, you'll see it in a subtle print. If you were to remove it, make sure everything becomes centered.

Markintosh · May 6, 2016

Wow that looks really, really good dude! Great job!

Swaze · May 7, 2016

simple and nice. pretty sure people would be interested in buying these type of designs if you ever chose to run a service.

imjustsick · May 7, 2016

I like this. Very simple and professional, the best type

JayiARTS · May 7, 2016

Love the minimalist look of it, but you should use some vectors in the background so it doesn't look so plain. The vectors will also contribute to the minimalist theme.

Bitcoiner · May 7, 2016

PlanBUK said:
This looks pretty damn good!
Maybe you could add some more payment methods where the credit card is (PP logo, BTC, WU and credit/depit card) or something like that.

Thanks man! I want to do more of these in the future. And I’ll try to do that for future signatures.

Goods4RS said:
I like the animation, simple but still clean and professional. I'd work on the background though, looks pretty plain, but other than that. I think you did an awesome job man. I'm learning Photoshop at the moment, I'm a late bloomer when it comes to this graphic designing stuff, and I want to learn Cinema 4D and After Effects as well too.

I meant to keep the background as such for a flat/minimalistic style. Good luck with learning the different graphics programs. They take some time to learn, but you will eventually get the hang of it.

Ritysayo said:
It's great; I only have a few critiques directed at improving your future work.

Everything seems sleek, but don't be scared to add more content that relates to the graphic. The suggestion that PlanBUK made would have added a bit of spice to it.

The circle at the start doesn't circle anything; I believe that making it a smaller radius would make it appear a bit better because it is getting too close to the edges.

I'm assuming the "Made By: Bitcoiner" isn't a part of the graphic and only placed on it to show us. If that's correct, you should make sure you center the rest of your work on the green square. It seems pushed down quite a bit due to that signature. I want to learn how to make things like the "Divica" banner in your signature.

The banner in the top right makes me believe you plan on keeping your name; I would highly suggest not adding that. Designers don't typically place their signature on work like this. If they do, you'll see it in a subtle print. If you were to remove it, make sure everything becomes centered.

Really appreciate the in-depth criticism. The “Made By: Bitcoiner” is just a lazy watermark I made, since I didn’t want anyone ripping my work. I’ll make sure to use my other watermark next time.

Markintosh said:
Wow that looks really, really good dude! Great job!

Thanks man!

Swaze said:
simple and nice. pretty sure people would be interested in buying these type of designs if you ever chose to run a service.

I really appreciate your compliment! Once I get better at all aspects of graphics, I’ll start a service. Just need to improve on thread designs and logos.

imjustsick said:
I like this. Very simple and professional, the best type

Thanks! I thought everyone at sythe liked the typical C4D graphics and whatnot. I can do those, but I’m better at this.

JayiARTS said:
Love the minimalist look of it, but you should use some vectors in the background so it doesn't look so plain. The vectors will also contribute to the minimalist theme.

I’ll make sure to find some relevant vectors next time.