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Published on July 20, 2016 by WWE.com Staff

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[livid]

Well, first of all, remove the bevel. A lot of people think that beveling text is really cool and good-looking when most of the time, the person using the bevel doesn't pull it off right and it ends up looking like crap.

The pixel text sucks, as most pixel text ends up turning into anyways and doesn't really fit with a "grunge" graphic. As far as "Raven" is concerned, I'd take the orange stroke off of the text and perhaps add a bit of a glow behind the text rather than the stroke, or put it on a overlay, or try using textures and patterns on it, etc.

Yeah, like you said, you ruined it with the brushes. Had you realized it would've need more color, etc. I would've tried using the color filters like gradient overlay or something similar to that and lower the opacity/use some filters on it to give more of a toned down color, rather than whore it out with brushes.

The blending is pretty good though, so that's something you've got going for it.

All in all, it's not a terrible graphic, but it does have quite a few flaws. I'd probably give it a 5/10.

[K]

I think it's all good, although I'd improve the graduation between the two photos. Overall I like the bevel, pixel and brushes.

[alldaws1]

I think a black border would look better. The rest I like though, 7/10.

[Rashid]

-Don't like the orange border.

-Dont like how the Raven pic in front is so blurred.

-Good Pic Choices.

-Great Text.

-You have a problem with the text, if you read Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven you would know its "Quoth" not "Quote", and "Quoth" looks better and when I hear Raven say it I hear more of a "th" sound than a "e" sound.

[alternateyou]

I like it, personally. Could be biased because I'm a huge Raven mark, but I think you did a pretty good job. 7.5-8/10!

I do think a black border would look better.

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