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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stldanceartist, post: 7663553, member: 13307&quot;]<b>Factual portion of my response:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>All the included coins are absolutely gorgeous.&nbsp; The images speak for themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Opinion/constructive criticism portion of my response:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Aesthetically I would recommend circle-cropping the images (except the square coin) and using .png files without a background so there aren&#039;t squares around the images.&nbsp; In my opinion, the squares of blank color detract from the attractiveness of the images of the coins.&nbsp; Getting rid of this helps the viewer focus solely on the images.&nbsp; If you&#039;d like me to do it for you, I can do the circle cropping/creating a .png image for free.&nbsp; It won&#039;t take more than a couple minutes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would also recommend eliminating the sole black corner in one of two ways: 1) make all the background the deep blue color or (preferable) 2) enlarge and crop the globe, eliminate the deep blue background, and create a title plate for your text that&#039;s superimposed over one edge (top, bottom) of your globe.&nbsp; The enlarged globe will give more room for your coin images, the symmetry of the title placement will allow the images of the coins to be the focal point of your image, not the high-contrast black corner that doesn&#039;t match anything else.</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel like it&#039;s a little confusing to include a globe, have some of the coins near their geographical origin, but some way off (The thaler over Antarctica, for example.)&nbsp; I wonder if you could outline the country in a particular color, and have a similarly colored ring around the matching coin?&nbsp; This might be a bit more work than it&#039;s worth, just an idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s an interesting group of coins, and an fun way to present them.&nbsp; Thank you for sharing![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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