Looking for feedback on a new set of watch faces. Iāve gone for a more realistic vibe this time (only the third one has animations and they are fairly subtle). Any comments would be greatly appreciated! 
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Very clean! like them a lot!
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Thanks! Thatās what I was going for
Beautiful, colorful, yet clean. I like them!
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Thanks! Enjoy
@roycaruso,
Definitely like first and third. good backing, good lighting / shadows. I like the slow undulating oscillation between the orange-to-red tick marks.
John
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Thanks! Really appreciate it. Sounds like it was worth the effort!
I believe it was worth the effort, they look great! I look forward to your next release.
~Orakix
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Thanks so much - Stay tuned!
@roycaruso,
I really like the Firestorm a lot. You asked for some comments so I was hoping to expand your thinking to the next level. Take a closer look at your design. The design elements are awesome, the layout just needs a little tuning. You probably know most of this stuff already but Iāll just list some things that come to mind.
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Your starting background has to be perfectly round and straight up 0-degrees at 12:00. If not, squeeze it, stretch it, and rotate it to make it so - even if the rotation is only 0.3 degrees. Should by exactly the same pixels width and height. 12:00 and 6:00 ticks (or numbers) dead-plumb on the vertical centerline. 3:00 and 9:00 ticks (or numbers) dead-level on the horizontal centerline. Once the background is completely perfect in dimension and level, then all other layout can be highly accurate from the center crosshairs.
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Even dimensions: Donāt draw a line thatās 5 pixels wide. Make it either 4 pixels or 6 pixels. Donāt make a circle thatās 25 pixels in diameter. Make it 24 or 26. This will contribute greatly to symmetry. The Creator is going to compress all of your graphics to 320 x 320. If everything is even and symmetrical at the larger size, the scale-down will come out much neater - especially if you have tiny quarter-second ticks on a highly detailed chronograph (like the Firestorm).
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Circle layout: Hour numbers are 30-degrees apart: 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180 etc. That means your four-line ticks should be centered exactly in-between at 15-degrees, 45-degrees, 75, 105, 135, 165, etc.
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Radial layout: Numbers are hard to get exactly the same distance from the center point. Draw yourself a circle as a guide from the center point. After the numbers are all at the right degrees, move them radially and place them on your circle guide. Then throw away the circle. I also make a star of straight lines at each hour-degree to ensure the numbers are the right degrees and the right distance from center.
I hope these help. If you need help or clarity on any of these measures or techniques just ask.
John
ā¦aaaand I spelled ālittleā wrong lol
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Hi John/ @jmorga106 ,
Thank you so much for the comments - Iāll definitely make those edits to bring the watches to that ānext levelā. Really appreciate it I wish Facer Creator had a āZoomā feature to make the fine edits easierā¦Admittedly, you canāt really identify minor imperfections on the actual watch face anyway, but it would be handy when making more realistic faces
Wow! What a great comment from @jmorga106! I feel bad right now too, thinking of some āapproximationsā I do in some of my watch faces. This is a wake up call also for meā¦ THANK YOU John
(@roycaruso letās make the things better 
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For sure, thatās how we all progress and develop My first face got very few syncs - This face just hit 2,500 syncs in only 3 or 4 days. That is progress, largely attributable to hard work and great community here at Facer thanks @Tomas and @jmorga106 !!
2,500 syncs in 4 days (!) 
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Woohoo to 2500!
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@Tomas @jmorga106 Indeed! Thanks Iāve really been pushing to become a premium designer, so itās definitely encouraging
Hi all, check out my latest series here (Iāve tried to take on the great advice presented in this thread):
@Tomas @jmorga106 @syntaxracing @linlay @Facer_Official @jdim1093
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Iāve really been pushing to become a premium designer
[/quote] I do not understand why members are having trouble with that. The requirements are posted. Once met, there shouldnāt be a problem. Maybe there are so many applications that Staff cannot get through all of them?
Well for me, I just havenāt met the requirements yet. Although I still am a fairly new designer and donāt have a large collection yet. Iām gaining traction with each line of faces I release but I do take awhile in between them. I view my faces as art and donāt publish them until I feel they are finished. I publish them in hopes that the world loves my artwork as much as I do. My style, method, knowledge, and skills are constantly evolving and with as much love and dedication that I put into them, making sure they are clean and every pixel is in its place, I know itās only a matter of time.
Possibly. Weāll see how we go