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Originally Posted by Gino
Yes good job! That reflection is a great thing to learn and can really be used a lot.
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Terribly sorry about this, but
I disagree so bad it hurts! The reflection thing is beautiful and I got an orgasm the first time I saw iTunes-coverflow. I've used the reflection myself too, but now it's everywhere, and it's beginning to say less "ooh nice and shiny effect" and more "generic web2.0". Putting that effect on a logo is like buying bigger speakers for your car. It can be good in some cases, but it's in no way "instant coolness" like it seems it is now. I'm sorry if this sounds agressive or attacking, it's really not meant like that, I'm just saying my point of view on it. I try to be constructive, in my opinion it's not a good thing if every new designer see this as an "instant coolness, just add text"-thing. It is in some ways like helvetica, it can make your design look really good, but it's so overused that you run the risk of it looking generic.
There are some things I'd like to comment about the logo too, but I realize that this is a tutorial and not a logo, so I'll shut up.
One more thing and I'll stop beeing a sour old hag:
This should really be called
text effect tutorial and not a logo tutorial.
there
on a more positive note I think it's a well written tutorial, and shows some important technical techniques ^_^ So keep it up and nevermind me beeing negative
