[Illusion]

Design Related:

Do you feel that I have managed to design useful items?
Yes, for every Yearly design so far I managed to find at least a handful of useful items for avatars. You managed to stay away from a distinctive style of design and you keep it sporadic. (What I mean is that you manage to keep stuff from looking similar to something you've already done before. Take Fen for example, because she makes so many items every once in a while one item will take a very similar look to something else she has created.)

Do you like the items?
I do, your my 2nd favorite Trisphee pixelist of all time. (1st being Kami.) I hope I made you blush because it's true. Your items really stand out and take various distinctive elements from many existing styles and concepts, and change them into your own.

Have you noticed something about my items that have bothered you?
Only one thing, it's that you have your outfits so fitting to each other that if you separate the shirt from the pants that it wouldn't look good without it. Your item sets look best with the same item on, while this can be easily fix as you make more items but as I stated before you have a sporadic nature towards designing so odds are it would take a while until someone made something that matched or went with something you created in the past. I personally don't want you to change your sporadic nature because you keep items on Trisphee feel fresh, but you should be more open to thinking of ideas that would make that shirt go with many different items without the need of having both the shirt and the pants.

Is there something that you wish for me to make more of?
Keep making fantasy/un-realistic clothing, that is probably your strong point. Don't make basic stuff. (Like shirts and pants.) (Well.. Unless you want to, no one is stopping you.) You design too well to just be sitting around making simple jeans.


If you have one, which is your favorite item that i have designed?
Toughie... Right now it has to be the Radiant Seductress, when Fen was pixeling them I couldn't do anything but stare at the concept art, great coloring, wonderful design, it really made me take an interest in your designing. (After seeing that you inspired me to doodle a few concepts myself, I'm not an amazing drawer but I have enough ability to put something on paper and have it look half decent.)

What would you like to see more of? what would you like to see less of?
As I said before; More fantasy/unbelievable outfits, less simple things.

What would you say are my strengths and weaknesses?
Strengths:
Able to take ideas and change them into original designs.
Blending and Working Difficult/Complex colors.
Sporadic art styles

Weaknesses:
Items that are hard to match/work with items other then it's own set.


Pixeling related:

Have i improved between then and now?
YES. From the first time in pixel class until now, I can say that you really have improved. You still need things pixel fixed here and there but your almost to the point you can go without it.

What do you think are my strengths and weaknesses on pixelling
Your shading needs some work (as do I.. >.<) And you need to work on lightning more/adding more texture to things so they don't seem to dry/bland. (I can't really explain it too well, but your lacking a little depth to some items.)

You do much better with fabric and cloth, and you vary with everything else in a way that I can pinpoint how exactly good you are with them. That's probably something you need to judge with yourself.

Recoloring:
Have i chosen good colors for these items?
For the most part, yes. As I stated before you are good with using harder colors and blending/working with them much better. They make the items look much better and higher quality. But when you use simple/plain colors like plain red and black the items lose that touch of quality. Trisphee has a huge range of colors, continue using the more prettier/fancier colors and avoid simple colors unless they are blending/being used with the fancier ones.

Are they of use to you?
Yes, I always seem to be bouncing back to them when I'm layering. Either I'm using your items for the design piece, or I'm using them for a blending/matching purposes. Very rarely do I use your items as accessories.


I took most of my time writing this while trying to be very constructive and polite as possible with my criticism. So I hope you don't take anything I say the wrong way.