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Firstly you have 1 person agreeing with you. Not that I don't respect Paradigm's opinion, but it's you and him that think that, there's no majority vote here. If you think it's fuzzy then you can have your opinion, but didn't you once say that opinions didn't matter.

Secondly, when you said the same shade, I assumed you meant the red's weren't the same, and the green's were. If you had really wanted to give constructive criticism, you would have understood that from when I said "red's are the same, green's have a gradient". Nowhere did I mention that green was the same shade as the red.
Now I love the cute sleuthing you've done with the colour picker, I didn't think anyone as professional as you would have the time to do such a thing.

Not everything needs depth, although you'd like to believe it, I don't intend for this userbar to have much depth.  The example you provided is YOUR take on it. Which really isn't that hard to make and quite frankly plain af.

Not that hard, not that special. That came out of my arse, it took less than 10 minutes.

This userbar is MY take on it, I didn't want cool depth, or for it to look real. All I wanted in it was cards, chips and a casino table.

Wowch, you've really been on the "high horse" for too long it seems. (Because I do not believe you were this bad at taking feedback in the past.) So let me correct you. (Again.)

"Firstly" as you put it. My opinion is not what is in question here, the fact that you deny a proven fact is however. The cards, no matter how you try to twist and bend on it, are blurred or at least appear to be so. That is because Photoshop is trying to make up for the lost pixels by making them soft instead of sharp. A common mistake to do in Photoshop when rotating shapes. (As said earlier.) If there are one or thousand of people agreeing with me doesn't matter, but the fact that you claimed that "it is only" you were my reason for pointing out Para's comment. (Meaning your original statement was wrong as it isn't only me that see it.) Also for the record, so far not a single soul on here have agreed with you, so the standing is; "2v1" right now. Which is the majority of people who have commented on this specific point. (Also, not saying anything about it isn't the same as agreeing with you.)

"Secondly" you are either lying, tired or stupid. "I assumed" has to be the oldest excuse in the book for making a mistake, I said and I quote;

Well, red and green are good contrasts but not when they are so different in shades.

This specifically points out that I am talking about both colors, not just one or the other, but both. Hence, I was talking about the difference in the shades of the two colors, there is no other way to take it or to word it for me to convey it better. I pointed out I was talking about the colors, the contrast of them (being complimentary to each other and everything) and I talked about the difference in shade on them. I even used the word "they" when talking about shades. Also, step down from your high horse before you make a fool of yourself here. "If you wanted to give constructive feedback", if I wanted? I did give it, you just tried to cover up your mistakes with either excuse or lies rather than taking it and improving on it. Also, no need to be spiteful simply because you seem to believe that you know exactly how I view myself. (That or being spiteful for the sake of it) The fact that I checked your colors isn't something unique to you, I've already done more research into the work of other artists on this site than I have done in yours.

I only did it to show my point, lack of proper contrast. (A rookie mistake sure, but one that even the most talented artist does from time to time.) Yes, it is your take on it, I never said otherwise. I said that it lacked proper depth, as you have tried to mimic depth but failed horribly at it. (It looks like a 2D sticker with a stock pasted on it.) Don't dare say you didn't try to use depth, because you clearly have done so. Using both shadows and highlights all over the design. Now, my take on it provided depth to it and I never claimed it was hard to do, now did I? Stop being spiteful again. I made that to demonstrate my point rather than trying to explain it, it is often easier to get the message across that way. (And for the record, I made that in roughly 3 min, using resources I already had laying around.)

Also, no not everything needs depth. Microsoft's "Modern" design proves that. However, you decided to make a UB that mimics the table of a poker game and the cards, as well as the chips. You tried to make depth, or you did it accidentally. The fact here is that the userbar you provided has some depth to it, although a very poorly made one.  Hence why I stated the following; (again I quote.)

The lack of proper depth and contrast is a tad annoying.

Now get off that damned horse of yours and fix that awful try at depth you did in the UB that started this thread.