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giveallamagetallama...GO LLAMAS!!!!
For vision, I like the colors you used. You didn't overdo it with random colors, and the shades all blend well together and makes it look quite nice.
Originality, there's a lot of llama art here on dA. This one really sticks out to me though; I don't think there's a lot of llama typography, and I think you did a nice job presenting this.
Technique; definitely fantastic. This is great work, especially for your first typography. The background is pretty simple, but it compliments the colors and looks good in your image. The text was a nice choice and it doesn't look distorted in any way.
Impact; definitely an artwork to be proud of! Again, I can't believe this is your first time doing typography as you definitely made good work here, and I look forward to more of your text artwork in the future.
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Alyssa
From a compositional standpoint, it's pretty strong, and it's clear what you're trying to do: create the illusion of a low-pixel graphic by using type in place of square pixels. And to that end, I think you've done well.
From a typographical standpoint is where I think it could use improvement. I'm a bit of a type purist, so perhaps my input is irrelevant, but the distortion of the characters is something that I tend to stay away from, as it renders useless the careful proportioning of each character by the type designer. It's my belief that when type is the only element in a composition, its proportions should be preserved as intended. The use of centered strokes on the characters also detracts from the typeface's intended shape. While I understand that you were doing this to fill in the counter space, it's probably not the best solution. Perhaps using a heavier weight and tighter kerning (to the point of creating ligatures) would have done better. Or perhaps constraining yourself to all caps would have been a better solution as well.
Also, don't be afraid to utilize the designed condensed variants of the typeface. It's always better to use a condensed variant of a typeface that to accomplish a "condensed" form artificially by distorting the proportions. That's why the condensed faces exist, after all. Modern Swiss typefaces like Helvetica Neue have a LOT of variants, so you should be able to accomplish this same composition without having to manually distort any of the characters.
Overall, however, I think it's a nice piece, and it's definitely something that a deviant can be proud of. I'm sure it's pretty clear how much love you're getting for it.
I'm still a student, so my perception of typographic composition is still a bit unripe, but hopefully this has been constructive.
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