New sig or wallpaper? show it off here!

[Lucifus]

=D Glad ya like, now jsut create away :D

[kenren]

new siggy ...
credits goes to masamuneehs for his wonderful eureka render!

[Lucifus]

I have made about 12 new signatures, All better than the last, I'm going up to 20 before posting em all. I learning tons of techniques, I just need to get a decent render and some decent fonts.

[Board of Command]

It's a shame that no one has yet made a sig using Lil's trademark pose. I'll start.

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/3074/18hr5.jpg

Some suggestions for the text placement would be greatly appreciated.

[Jman]

made this sig for fun for myself in ps.
i was goin for somethin quick and simple.

[masamuneehs]

gadzooks jman isn't dead yet!

and I'm glad someone is using my render :)
I seem to just be switching sigs so often recently. I should really try to settle down for the next month or so, but of course I'm going to have to celebrate the end of Naruto fillers with a Naruto sig...

[Lucifus]

It's a shame that no one has yet made a sig using Lil's trademark pose. I'll start.

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/3074/18hr5.jpg

Some suggestions for the text placement would be greatly appreciated.
That sig is sweet.

[Board of Command]

Wha?!? All of a sudden people like my sigs because I started brushing. Cmon, nothing wrong with my classic stuff :D

[Kraco]

That's a very cool sig, BoC. Very impressive work. The image has nearly perfect contrast between colours and shades, light and shadows.

[Board of Command]

Hmm really? I was just playing with the photo filter adjustment and I thought it looked decent. I'm nowhere close to being an expert in art.

[PSJ]

I wouldn't call that sig amazing or anything.... The render is blurry at the tip of the gun and the "Ergo Proxy" text doesn't fit the sig at all. The BoC text could have been better worked into the sig to.

If you can fix those tings the sig will look way better.

[masamuneehs]

In BoC's defense, the tip of the gun is hazy because in the shot it came from the 'camera' was first zoomed in on the smoking gun, leaving her face all hazy. Then it switched to her face, leaving the gun out of focus.

Now, if you really wanted to make a kickass sig out of that you'd have to get shots from both focuses and merge the in-focus parts together, THEN make the sig. I was going to make a render out of that same image, but I didn't want to bother with that part.

[Board of Command]

First edition:
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/3074/18hr5.jpg

Second edition:
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/154/29ss.jpg

The original picture I used was apparently not a shot straight from the video because it was had a slightly different perspective. I took a shot and matched it as best as I could by clone stamping...

[IFHTT]

New one:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/ccsig1.png

[Board of Command]

The girl's arm looks a little weird. Try to fix the cutting a little.

[IFHTT]

The girl's arm looks a little weird. Try to fix the cutting a little.
Yeah I am starting to get tired of the background too,. I'm gonna redo it real quick.

[Kraco]

Hmm really? I was just playing with the photo filter adjustment and I thought it looked decent. I'm nowhere close to being an expert in art.

Heh heh. Neither am I. I'm nothing but a dabbler, and that's all the more reason why I can freely express my opinion. I just liked the colour scheme (shades. Quite monotonous with two main colours: the skin colour and the from black to blue rest of the image), and the contrast between light and dark. Some works are just initially fated to turn out ok, whereas some never might, no matter how much effort invested.

Now that it was mentioned, the gun might look better completely sharp. Who knows, it didn't bother me that much.

[IFHTT]

Heres the new one, which variation do you guys think is better?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/ccsig2.png

or

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/ccsig3.png

[Lucifus]

I'm liking the second.

[IFHTT]

I'm liking the second.
Awesome that was the one I was thinking looked better too. :D

[masamuneehs]

I agree that the second Chrono Crusade sig looks better than the first, but I hope you don't replace your Naruto sig for that one. That's one anime that I absolutely loathe... More meaningless religious references/allusions that you can shake a stick at. The action and story was pretty static too.

The sig looks good, but I wonder if Chrno and the gun toting nun (an anime character that's played out like Tomagachi) shouldn't be bigger? There seems to be enough space to make them have a bigger presence in the sig. Just my opinion. You've been getting better.

[IFHTT]

Yeah I find the anime a little on the annoying side, but I am a firm believer that they ripped the logo concept from the SNES game Chrono Trigger, and I'm a TOTAL Chrono* whore heh. Plus I wanted to venture out of naruto on one or two. I wanted to have a little bit of torso in the sig,but I thought about making them bigger and I may do a larger variation of it. Don't worry though I have a sig rotater so it shows a random of whatever I put in to the rotation.

edit BTW: which naruto sig were you talking about... Sorry its random every time the page loads so it could be a couple different ones.

[Lucifus]

Hmm, just made this a couple of minutes ago, what do you all think?
http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/6301/gaara6hw.jpg

[Jman]

@lucifus:the text is a bit difficult to read. perhaps you may want to try a different color

[IFHTT]

Hmm, just made this a couple of minutes ago, what do you all think?
http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/6301/gaara6hw.jpg
Gaara looks scary as hell in that one! Text is kinda hard to read, other than that, Great job, I like it.

Edit: A quick Cowboy bebop sig I made out of boredom. It's simple but I kinda like it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/cbsig2.png

[Eurasian]

I hadn't touched Photoshop in 5 months maybe 6. I forgot a lot of the keyboard controls, options, etc.
So I just made a simple sig...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/Not_From_Turkey/yuko2copy.jpg
I'm back to the noob days of experimenting with Photoshop again. :mad:

[LaZie]

Eurasian, thats pretty good except for all the empty space on the left.

[Knives122]

I'm back to the noob days of experimenting with Photoshop again. :mad:

I've been there ever since I started photoshopping :p

anywho did a new sig, I was actually excited about doing this sig, b/c the picture was good and I saw it a long time ago and forgot about it until a wallpaper made me remember it(go firgure, and I had the link to the pic)

Orignal pic (http://www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/~belial/e/160602a.jpg)

after I was done tweaking it (http://img470.imageshack.us/my.php?image=160602a3fa.jpg)

oh yeah, and I pretty much ripped the tattoo off the opposite pic. and stamped it onto the sig

opposite (http://img138.imageshack.us/my.php?image=160602b6qn.jpg)

but anyways I'm not done with it yet so here's the sig:
http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/600/splendidcopy5il.jpg

I just realized there's to many words.....

[Eurasian]

Eurasian, thats pretty good except for all the empty space on the left.
What should I do with it? Do you think there shouldn't be any black showing?

[Knives122]

you should do what I did and put a bunch of crap there to make it seem like it's nice :p

[xDarkMaster]

One way is to just shorten the width. However, I think it looks pretty good as is. IMO it's better to be simple then overcrowded and messy.

[masamuneehs]

Eurasian, one definite thing is to make the text easier to see. Along with that you'd probably want to add more pattern to the far left side of the sig (I would especially try to focus on the top-lefthand corner) to accompany it.

Personally I like it alot. The girl's skin color contrasts nicely with the dark tone of the background, and so I wouldn't go crazy with adding 'more' to the rest of the sig. But the text and maybe a little bit more color (or rearrangement of the text on that side?) would all be stuff I'd fiddle around with. Keep it up!

Knives: Personally I think there's way too much shit on the right side, and that light whiteish blue with the purple and yellow really clash.

Edit: Wow, talk about alot of feedback...
When I ask for help I'm lucky to even get one response :(
Popular girl...

[IFHTT]

@ Eurasian: It looks good, but I agree just put something there like some text or somehting or some more abstract brushing if you want text free.

@Knives: I like it, I don't think that's too much text. I agree with Masamuneehs though about the colors, try not to cover too much of the spectrum or it sort of draws the attention all over the image and not to what it is you are using the color to emphasize. Other than that it looks good.

Masamuneehs: What did you need help with? You know I'll help ;)

[Knives122]

yeah I agree, I think I'll put a lighting effect on the right to completely blind out the yellow and whatever other colors, and lower the opacity to have the colors not so noticable.

So by the end of it, the only colors on there will be green, purple, the blinding white light on the right, the colors on the pic, and what ever color I can get to complement the "blind"

[xDarkMaster]

My latest sig, any comment appreciated.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/ichi2.png

[masamuneehs]

xDark, I don't know if this was just me, but at first I was very confused as to how Ichigo fit into that picture! I could hardly see his legs/torso at all because it blends into the background so much. It looked almost like the sword was coming down from some weird angle in the sky! (I literally tilted my head to try to see if there was a different angle I was supposed to look at it from)

I like the font, but the background render seems a little too 'rigid' feeling. Not sure quite how to put my finger on it... Also, the 'fuzziness' around Ichigo's flowing cape looks too awkward, stands out too much.

The red and black shades in the background compliment the forum color scheme pretty well. I'm also not such a big fan of the Ichigo render in that sig (partly cuz it already randomly appears at the top of pages here), and cuz you can't see his face at all...

IFHTT: I was originally asking for feedback on my current Eureka7 sig. But I'm pretty content with it now... Know the part in the center could be better, but eh...

[Eurasian]

Edit: Wow, talk about alot of feedback...
When I ask for help I'm lucky to even get one response :(
Popular girl...
AWW.../blush
But yes!! Thanks everyone for the feedbacks and advices!!
My second try...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/Not_From_Turkey/yuko2acopy.jpg
I don't want to add text so I just erased some of the black on the left side. I've already shrunkt he canvas size. I usually start out with 400x100 but I cut this one to 330x100. I was going to use this as my new sig...I might just have to use one of my old sigs...

xDarkMaster, I love that picture of Ichigo. I think you might want to adjust it so that his sword stands out more. The black part blends in with this clothes. It's hot and Ichigo is hot. *fangirls*

[xDarkMaster]

Thanks for all the helpful tips guys, I'll work on fixing it or just getting a different pick of Ichigo.

[Knives122]

@Eurasion: riiiggghhhhhtttttttt. um, you should make you're name stand out just a little more, but not too much.

anyhow, I did what I said I was going to do in my last post. so the "blind" and opacity lower takes most of those flower petals and stuff out, and I also moved the render over to the right a little:
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/3964/splendidcopy5is.jpg
also for some reason while I was working on this I put a big red mark on her chest that I eventually made go away, but no it looks like she's wearing an orb around that neck band...and strangely enough it seems to work

I think the funniest thing is that this is the "happiest" sig I've done, seeing how most of mine are depressing

[IFHTT]

Eurasion: that one looks a lot nicer. I didn't even notice your membername in the first one until I looked at it hard

xDarkMaster: Some of the edges on the render are a little choppy, other than that I think its awesome..

Edit
Knives: That looks excellent. Great job!

[Lucifus]

@Knives, excellent job on your sig, and I didn't even notice the orb until you pointed it out, It looked like it was attached to the necklas.

[xDarkMaster]

Okay, fixed it up alittle and...

Original

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/ichi2.png

Fix

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/ichi3.png

[IFHTT]

@xDarkMaster: Yeah that looks fuggin awesome!

[Lucifus]

I have a paper to write, but screw that, I'm try doing a decent sig. Be back soon.

[master_me]

PoP render + new brushes. I spent near an hour altogether, testing out a ton of random stuff. It's sad I don't like them much, but it's way better than the Auron set I made imo.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a271/Master_I_Me/avy6060.png
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a271/Master_I_Me/pop1010.png
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a271/Master_I_Me/popsig.png

[Lucifus]

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/6153/chick8ev.jpg
Comments?:confused:

[xDarkMaster]

Sorry, WAY too blurry and unlcear for my liking. It also doesn't help I have no idea what that's from. :p

Anymore comments on my sig?

[Lucifus]

Loving it, I wanted to do oe with that Ichigo render, but I decided its been too played out, and I couldn't fidn teh render xD

[Board of Command]

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/6153/chick8ev.jpg
Comments?:confused:
I don't know what to say for that. Looks kinda like a crayon drawing.

[Lucifus]

Thats sorta what I was going for..., Am I crazy? o.0000 Thats why I decided to post it xD

[Zinobi]

some new ones

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/1166/elishasigcopy1xm.jpg
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6972/gungirlsigcopy1bq.jpg
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1314/homersigcopy1al.jpg
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/5940/kingsorasigcopy0ab.jpg

[Zinobi]

heres the rest

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3950/ninjaturtlessigcopy8rl.jpg
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/9301/yunasigcopy7ap.jpg

[Lucifus]

Liking the second one man.:D

[Zinobi]

the one with the girl with guns or the yuna one?

[Lucifus]

Hmm Both, but I was talking about the girl with guns at first =)

[Board of Command]

I like the Simpsons one.

[IFHTT]

A or B?

A:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/gaararightsig.png

B:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/gaararightsig2.png

I can't decide if the brushes on two are just too much or not.

[Grapes]

They are too much indeed, but the first one is too empty :P The BG on the second one looks ok, just remove the Gaara copies.

[masamuneehs]

Try to give feedback to everyone... Remember, just my opinion and its your sig after all so feel free to ignore me and do whatever you think is best

Luficus- Too blurry, also feel the light blue is too 'tropical on the left side

Master Me- Always good work man. Goes damn well with the avatar.

xDark- MUCH Better! And I guess I'm the only one who doesn't like that pic...

Zinobi - You couldn't find a better picture of Cuthbert? That one's OK but I'm sure there's much more 'jaw-dropping- material out there than that one.
The Kwik-E-Mart on the Simpsons one is too rough.
Sora and his throne should stand out more.
Poor Raphael is almost squished out of the sig! He always gets razzed...
They're all pretty damn good.

IFHTT- A mix of the second brush (on a lower opacity?) on the top sig would be cool. I'd also scratch that top brush (glass shard looking one), as it is too much. I'd try lowering the opacities on the brushes first

[PSJ]

BoC, the new version of your Ergo Proxy sig looks great. Good work man.

[IFHTT]

Thanks for the feedback guys. Pretty much everything mentioned I felt completely the same about. I looked at them this morning an my second one almost gave me a seizure lol. I am probably going to completely redesign them. I hate wasting so much time on making sigs that I end up hating.

[KitKat]

Hey, it's not a waste of time if you're learning! I have a lot of sigs I made when I first started that I think are pretty terrible, but they all helped me learn a lot about sig making and improve. I'm really impressed with all the improvement I'm seeing here from those of you relatively new to the sig-making scene. Just a couple of suggestions for some things I'm seeing repeatedly. First, try to have one point of focus on your sig, and make everything else designed so that it draws the viewer's eyes to that point of focus. You can have a relatively busy with a lot of images if they're not fighting for attention but rather complementing each other and designed around one point of focus. Also, spend a lot of time on text. You don't want your text to look like it was slapped on top of the design, rather it needs to be part of the design, complementing the atmosphere of the sig and placed carefully. As for how to achieve these things, well, I'm still learning myself. But they're good to keep in mind as you're designing. I really like coming here and seeing the things you guys are coming up with. It makes me want to get back into photoshop myself and start making some new sigs.

@ Eura: It's good to see you making sigs again! You're one of my favourite artists.

[Lucifus]

Hey, it's not a waste of time if you're learning! I have a lot of sigs I made when I first started that I think are pretty terrible, but they all helped me learn a lot about sig making and improve. I'm really impressed with all the improvement I'm seeing here from those of you relatively new to the sig-making scene. Just a couple of suggestions for some things I'm seeing repeatedly. First, try to have one point of focus on your sig, and make everything else designed so that it draws the viewer's eyes to that point of focus. You can have a relatively busy with a lot of images if they're not fighting for attention but rather complementing each other and designed around one point of focus. Also, spend a lot of time on text. You don't want your text to look like it was slapped on top of the design, rather it needs to be part of the design, complementing the atmosphere of the sig and placed carefully. As for how to achieve these things, well, I'm still learning myself. But they're good to keep in mind as you're designing. I really like coming here and seeing the things you guys are coming up with. It makes me want to get back into photoshop myself and start making some new sigs.

@ Eura: It's good to see you making sigs again! You're one of my favourite artists.

You have inspired me, Screw my research paper, I'm going to do a kool sig, hmmm, I know the perfect render.

[Knives122]

^lol

you just reminded me of that guy on Robot Chicken that got addicted to TIVO.

you should flip a coin

[Lucifus]

Robot Chicken! I should do a signature on Robot Chicken, Your a genius!!! It came out heads.:D

[Psyke]

I made a series of Studio Ghbli sigs today. You can take a look at them here (http://ultramanlah.com/community/index.php?topic=215.60). I've been doing requests for a Tokusatsu forum, so you can also check out what I've done there. :D

[Lucifus]

Representing One Piece all, Whatd'ya think?:D
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/4225/gsm14nl.jpg
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/7822/gsm29lh.jpg
http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/8939/gsm36kr.jpg
First, second, or thrid?

Edit: Now that I think about it...they all sorta look the same....o.0, anyway, comments?

Looked so much different in PNG format, damn JPG T-T

[xDarkMaster]

I would like that sig if you just made the BG green so it matched and then change the text abit.

[Lucifus]

Result looks alot better, I dunno why, But I've been making all my sigs blue latly, o.0
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/5012/gsmg014wy.jpg
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/7725/gsmg024ai.jpg

Which do you all prefer? :cool:

[xDarkMaster]

Yeah, it looks better b/c the BG and render should match. Not just a random color.

Anyways, I feel it's time for a new sig. And I'm letting you guys choose. So, which one?

1 (http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/Ace.jpg)
2 (http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/Gaara.jpg)
3 (http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/ichi3.png)
4 (http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/sanjikick.png)
5 (http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/Shika.jpg)
6 (http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/Untitled-2.png)
7 (http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/Uruhara.png)

[Zinobi]

The Gaara One! The Gaara One!!!!

[master_me]

A request on another forum:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a271/Master_I_Me/heatcrosssig2.png
It's a bit too dark. I'm really loving my new brushes though~
I definetly wish I still had a copy of Photoshop. There's so much I want to try out.

[Lucifus]

I say the Shikamaru one, its pretty kool. =)

[Board of Command]

Second the Shikamaru one.

[master_me]

Third. I love that pic of Shikamaru :D

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a271/Master_I_Me/dss.png
Yet another request. I tested some things, and I think it still came out very nicely.

[masamuneehs]

Master_me, that is a great sig. Keep em going!

Lucifus- quite honestly man, I don't like any of them. I prefer the darker blue background over the green one, but I am not really feeling either of them. I don't know if I don't like the render used or the background... I just feel like neither of the two compliment each other much. Sorry I can't be more specifc (a bit durnk)
The text is great though.

xDark: The Gaara one is the best by far.


Psyke: Those are all very nice works, but I still think you can do more with backgrounds. Keep it up

[Zinobi]

a couple more

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/1588/hacksigcopy6py.jpg
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/6379/sanosukesigcopy5zx.jpg

@master_me You are getting pretty good :P

[master_me]

Aye, thanks everyone!
Zinobi - I love both of the sigs. The first one could use a bit of work on the text, but it's wonderful imo.

I also have a new signature and avatar:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a271/Master_I_Me/cca.png
100x100
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a271/Master_I_Me/ccs.png

[IFHTT]

Finally, I've done one that I absolutely love, maybe because it's from one of my fav. animes, but I'll let you guys see what you think

Well is it a keeper?(not that it matters, I'm keeping it anyway.:D)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/amgsig1.png

[Lucifus]

The Renders don't go too bad with that background, ya could add a little glow to the text and a border, but other than all that, I'm definatly liking it. Nice job!:D

[PSJ]

New work by me.

Opinions people?
http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/8995/chibifreedom3lu.png

[Board of Command]

Looks great. How does it look without the grid?

[Itachi_y2k5]

made a new sig, what do you guys think ?
vv

[Phoenix20578]

It looks nice. The only thing is that Vincent looks kinda dull against that vibrent bg.

[IFHTT]

I redid my previous gaara attempt, but was a dumbass and forgot to save the psd file of it so this a final *smashes hammer over head for stupidity*

I like it a little better, the text is supposed to look the way it does.Edit: Except I just realized I left the outline stroke on the second line of the gaara phrase. I swear to god I am in a funk today :mad: You guys think it looks any better?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/gaararightsig3.png

[KitKat]

@ IFHTT: I absolutely love the Ah! My Goddess sig you did. But then, I really like simple sigs. I thought the render placement and text work really well on that one. Is there any way you can save it in a higher quality format? It seems like there are a lot of details getting lost from your render, making it blurry and detracting from the sig. Likewise the text looks kinda rough at that size, not really crisp enough. If you can't sharpen things up, maybe try increasing the size of the sig a bit. Also, the Gaara one is pretty good, but Gaara is positioned too close to the edge. I would move him and the text a bit more towards the centre of the sig, and that would also keep it from looking like there's a hole in the middle of the sig.

@ PSJ: I like it a lot, but the grid is a bit too much of a muchness. Maybe make it more transparent over top of your render, or even just parts of your render, and I think that would add a lot.

@ itachi: I agree with Phoenix that the brighness of your bg and the darkness of Vincent's face don't really seem to be working. You could experiment with some lighting effects on Vincent's face, or tone down the bg, or move the bright spot so it's not directly behind Vincent.

[masamuneehs]

PSJ- It's fucking beautiful, too bad I hate the chibi-Gundam on it... Seriously though, excellent work

Itachi- I wish oh how I wish I could make backgrounds that good. Incredible. Second Kitkat's idea about Vincent's face.

IFHTT- It's pretty kickass, but I mostly think the right side is too empty and that maybe playing around with the spacing of Gaara and the text could make it look even better.

I'm starting to grasp Photoshop, but I'm buried in an avalanche of reading for classes, so no new sigs from me for awhile :( Stupid reading... I think I'll go watch an episode of Eureka 7 instead :)

[IFHTT]

Thanks for the comments Lucifus, Kitkat, Masa. I've fixed the AMG sig a little, I made the text a little sharper as well as the render. I can't get the render too big without cutting either all but the tip of belldandy's head or holy bell's head completely off :(. here's the comparison....

Before:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/amgsig1.png
After:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/amgsig2.png
Better?

As for the gaara sig, since I no longer have the orginal document it'll be tough, but I will see what I can do. I would pull the gaara render to the left more, but right at the back on the gourd where it cuts off is the actual end of the render. Maybe I can't blur the back of the gourd to make it look more complete so I can move it. I'll see what I can do. I need to redo the text anyway since I f'd up the second line. I'll repost with the updated version in a bit.

[Phoenix20578]

Wow, seeing all these new guys makes me want to do some photoshopping. Guess I'm gonna have to make some time when I'm done with my 2 papers.

[master_me]

It looks much better, imho. The render could use a small outer glow, but it's great otherwise.

I've got two new sigs:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a271/Master_I_Me/abs.png
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a271/Master_I_Me/ebs.png

They're pretty much of the same design, but I still sort of like them.

[xDarkMaster]

Awesome sigs master_me and you definatley getting better IFHTT.

So, I decided to go w/ the Shika sig. Thanks for your opinions.

[Board of Command]

I need some serious help with this sig. It just doesn't look right and I think it has to do with the hand.
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5823/te7gi.png

[IFHTT]

Shit, it looks good to me!? Maybe rotate the hand a little to the left to make it look like he's got an arm, it kinda looks like a floating glove.

[Lucifus]

Doesn't look right? o.0 uh..That sig looks pretty sweet, rotate the hand to see if you like that better, but I see nothing wrong with that sig.

[Board of Command]

Amano Ginji 2nd edition:
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/5081/te21ia.png

I tried to reconstruct the arm but that did not go well at all. In the end I just cropped the whole thing smaller and squished everything together so there's no need for the arm.

PS. Here are some old classics from the pre-anime sig era for the more recent members. They are the primary reason for my terrible user rating back on Fusetalk.
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/1619/viagrasig0lh.jpg

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/7715/netlimiter2av.jpg

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/821/slamdunk1bn.jpg

[KitKat]

@IFHTT: Yeah! That extra sharpness is exactly what that sig needed. If you want you could re-introduce the slight blur around some of the edges of your render if you want to soften the edges a bit, but having the extra definition on their faces makes it a whole lot better.

@BoC: I like the first version better. In the second one it's almost as if his hand is right on his face, and the position seems kinda awkward. I'd say go back you your original placement and move your whole render up a bit, maybe to show a bit more of his arm if you can. I think that would give back the perspective and make it look more natural.

[Lucifus]

I'm in agreement with KitKat,I don't know what you felt was wrong with the first version, I like it. You could attempt moving the arm up, but that might take some work, if ya don't feel up to it, go with the first one, It looks pretty sweet man.

[Board of Command]

Thanks KitKat, you were right about the hand. Here's sorta like a combined version of the two versions:
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5254/te37vv.png

[master_me]

Or, take the arm/hand off of the render and move that up a bit, rotating as needed so it still looks like his hand. Still looks kickass, anyway.

[Board of Command]

Ok that's the problem. The hand and the face are two separate renders. I can only rotate the hand so much before it looks like a floating glove as shown in the very first version.

[IFHTT]

Well then just keep the first version. I didn't think anything was wrong with it. The hand didn't look too out of place, but you were asking about what to do so I just mentioned something. But I think the first version still looks fuckin awesome! As does Lucifius from what I gathered in his posts. I say keep the first one.

[Board of Command]

Alright, final decision. Here are #1 (modified) and #3. Slight differences.

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/9315/te1kt.png

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5254/te37vv.png

[IFHTT]

I still like the first one!

I was bored today so I decided to rewatch this weeks episode of naruto. I found this episode a little humorous, so I decided to make some sigs from some screens I took. Two of them are just goofy sigs because I was in goofy mood when I made them.

First one: Hinata and Naruto, this is the serious one. It occurs after hinata does her jutsu and almost passes out, and she comes to rest on naruto's shoulder. I think it turned out pretty nice!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig4.png

Second one: Hinata and Naruto again. I had to do this, as soon as I saw the episode the idea was stuck in my head and this is the result. Once again I don't think it turned out too shabby.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig3.png

Third one: I just loved the expression on naruto's face and since I couldn't come up with a good text line I just decided to show some love for the site and parody the got milk commercials since hes got toast in his mouth. I like this one alot too.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/narutogotwoot.png


Ironically todays goofyness turned out to be some of the best work i've done in the last week or so. What do you guys think?

[xDarkMaster]

I like the first two, the third one is alittle boring. I don't like you avy, but that's just because everytime I see it I wanna puke.

[IFHTT]

hahahaha Its the gums isn't it... I can see what you mean with the third one. You'd almost be like "WTF" if I didn't explain it prehand. Any recommendations for the third sig?

[xDarkMaster]

I don't know, my sigs haven't been turning out great recently. :( Make the render bigger? Make the background more complicated and interesting. You should also think about adding borders to your sigs.

[Board of Command]

The wife beater one is by far the best.

[IFHTT]

Yeah I usually add a white border but have just been leaving them out lately. I pm'd you back, and I'll play around with the third sig to see if I can manage to think of something to do with the render, because I really want to use it.

Edit: ^ Yeah it seemed like too much of a good idea to abandon so I went for it and it turned out better than I thought

[Lucifus]

Hey, whatdya think of this, just had to do one after seeing it, but It doesn't feel right. Gonna try a different background and render if you guys don't lke it. Did three different versions.
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/9853/nami010yr.jpg
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/7007/namibright6pz.jpg
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/6936/namismooth2el.jpg


Edit: My god, this got blurry. Can anyone tell how or direct me to info on how to save JPG equal to the quality of PNG according to Assertnfailure..... Or at least a more decent JPG then this....

[IFHTT]

I like it, but I am unaware of a way to save png quaility in a jpeg. I just take the hit and lose 50 pixels in my sigs so that I can save them as pngs. I would rather the work look better than have more area...


Edit: I have decided! I am going to use the render in the third sig as my avatar once I get around to making a new one Then I'm going to be updating my current sigs with borders because seeing the newones with out one is really bugging the hell out of me lol.

[Lucifus]

Bah, I'm watching too much One Piece, you guys have pulled way ahead of me.:D Got to start practicing with Photoshop again but One Piece is just so f*cking good... And they're so many Episodes already out for me to watch. Least I have a inspiration for sigs from One Piece, but no time. T-T

[Board of Command]

Edit: My god, this got blurry. Can anyone tell how or direct me to info on how to save JPG equal to the quality of PNG according to Assertnfailure..... Or at least a more decent JPG then this....
Judging from the filesizes of your JPGs, you saved them as very low quality. The thing about JPG format is that you can select the image quality. A high quality JPG should be about the same size as its PNG counterpart, while a low quality JPG would be about the size of your sigs. You are using Photoshop right? When you choose to save as JPG it should give you a quality selection window with quality on a scale of 1-12. A quality of 12 is almost lossless and is about the same size as PNG, while a size of 1 generates 400x100 of utter crap. It seems like you're saving them at about 3-5 quality.

[xDarkMaster]

My latest sig:

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/hawkeyes.png

I really like how this one turned out. Comments would be appreciated.

[masamuneehs]

IFHTT: Wife beater all the way man. That shit is hilarious. Just have to get a better background fo rit.

Lucifus: I don't know what kind of program you are using or what file type you're saving it as, but NONE of those are good quality. I like to go wiht .png (or at worst .gif) files, but ever since I switched from GIMP to Photoshop I've been at a loss as how to save quality files... I also recommend checking out NarutoMaster's Quality Enhancing thread (Gaussian Blue 2.5 to duplicat layer, set it on Overlay) for the first sig you posted.

XDark: I love the contrast going on in that sig and the background is good. But the text ('Best inthe World') is a little hard to read and the random cross shape is almost too intricate/prominent in the sig also, the color on the text for your name could be a little better/ more unique, dont ya think?

[Board of Command]

My latest sig:

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/hawkeyes.png

I really like how this one turned out. Comments would be appreciated.
-Edit out the neon green feathers because they are very distracting.
-Find a better picture of his sword if you want to use that. You could even try using a really big picture of it and blending it right into the background.
-Text color doesn't math the overall color scheme.



Lucifus: I don't know what kind of program you are using or what file type you're saving it as, but NONE of those are good quality. I like to go wiht .png (or at worst .gif) files, but ever since I switched from GIMP to Photoshop I've been at a loss as how to save quality files

Like I said, JPG at 11 or 12 quality is very sufficient. The quality selection window pops up when you save as JPG, so I don't know how you miss that.

[xDarkMaster]

Thanks for the advice, not sure I chenged my own name too much because I don't want it to draw too much attention.


Find a better picture of his sword if you want to use that. You could even try using a really big picture of it and blending it right into the background.
Hmm, what do you mean?

I also have two diff versions...

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/hawkeyes1.png

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/hawkeyes2.png

[IFHTT]

I think the second kicks ass. On the first I couldn't really tell that his sillouette was in the background w/ the sword, but the side shot on the second one looks cool.


I finally got my sigs some borders...

[woofcat]

That is an awesome sig xdarkmaster. Keep up the good work.

[PSJ]

The first one is better Darkmaster. The sillouette of him in it works very well but you need to work more with the background in the sig and the text. The Background is to flat and simple and the text just doesn't fit.

[xDarkMaster]

Okay, here's another fix...

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/hawk3.png

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/hawk4.png

Thanks for all the comments guys, please keep 'em coming. :)

[IFHTT]

I have to say... I like the first one best now. And I like that background more than the others on the new ones.

Here's a new one from me, I can't really decide whether or not I like it. The concept sounded good and easy in my head but I feel like it's a little plain and the render didn't turn out quite like I wanted it to. I think I need to move away from Naruto sigs for a little bit also, as I'm starting to get burnt out on them. :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig8.png
Comments? Recommendations?

[master_me]

Ooh, I love that! The Konoha Leaf symbol is a nice touch. The color could be a bit more... I want to say rainbow, though I'll say multi-color of sorts, rather than a color that in a way only represents one.

OOC, stupid question, what are the avatar size limits?

[IFHTT]

Thanks! I'll play around with the colors to see if I can find a scheme that really fits the characters.

Avatar limits are 80x80 pixels and 25kb :D


Edit: Here's one with the colors... I think this is just what it needed! Thanks for the suggestion master_me. Any other comments or suggestions on the two of them?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig8-2.png

[master_me]

That's perfect! I now dub it "totally pwner"

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/6471/nmsf2aw.gif
Request on another forum. Again. I'm still using GIMP, but I unearthed my copy of Imageready. Photoshop is still broker than Ray-ray's ***. That's pretty broke, iimsm.

[xDarkMaster]

Love the sig Tonton. Another idea w/ the colors might be to make it so the color of the background coressponds w/ the person it is near. Even so I still love it, a good break from all you silly sigs.

[IFHTT]

Thanks man! I honestly didn't expect to get a such a great response regarding this sig. Also, I thought at first about doing what you said with coordinating the colors with the characters, but I couldn't think of what colors to put behind them, aside from the naruto orange.. Maybe green for lee since he's known as konoha's green beast, and blue for shikamaru since he likes to stare at the clouds. Other than that I couldn't think of what else to use for each.

[Board of Command]

The wife beater sig inspired me to make this:

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/6629/stoneturtlesig0jv.jpg

I just replaced my old CRT with a LCD, and most of you should know that LCD+Photoshop is a bad, bad mix. Graphics editing will be a pain from now on :(

[IFHTT]

I do have to ask wtf is it? :D

I use an lcd, aside from the picture quality of crt how does it make graphic design any more difficult? I guess it may make your sigs look different from what it will look like on a crt, and if thats the case I guess I should start trying the sigs out on both types before posting so that I know someone on the otherside isn't seeing something other than what I am intending. :eek:

[master_me]

Come to speak of it, I've always imagined "colors" as so:

Naruto = Orange (of course)
Sakura = Pink
Sasuke = Blue
Kakashi = Grey
Gaara = Brown
Ino = Purple
Chouji = Green (on the yellow side)
Shikamaru = Green (on the blue side)
Lee = (forest) Green
Hinata = Purple (on the pink side)
Neji = Tan
Shino = Tan (w/black)
Tenten = Pink (on the red[ish] side)
Kiba/Akamaru = Gray (w/red, blending accordingly)

...don't ask.

btw, BOC, wtf is that?


I use an lcd. Ever since I started graphics, which was about six months ago, I've been using an lcd. It's brighter and less... covered in ****. Earlier today I was for some reason or another seeing white speckles where plain old black should be, but that's a first and went away. I'm assuming it was a browser problem.

[xDarkMaster]

OK, another OP sig.:rolleyes:

Still don't know what text I'm going to put on it.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/shankscopy.png

God, all my sigs have been turning up red recently...

[IFHTT]

THAT is a Fucking Beautiful sig!!!! I say leave it as is!!!

[Lucifus]

Shanks look awesome in that one, but I'm guessing that little black thing is Luffy right? I can't tell wth that is, remove Luffy, and brighten the background a bit, and that sig will be one of your best.

[Board of Command]

LCDs are terrible for graphics work. If you just look closely, the display is made of fairly large pixels. The problem is not the color, but the design of the LCD itself. Pictures are simply not as clear as CRT. Take my current sig for example, which I made using a CRT. The background brushing is supposed to have many thin lines, but on your LCD I bet it looks very grainy. LCDs physically cannot display thin lines or small textures properly. A lot of the sigs look grainy to me on my LCD but my CRT displays them very smoothly.

LCDs images look beautiful from a distance but up close they look like junk, sorta like how televisions work. They trick your eyes.

[IFHTT]

Yeah I see what you mean, I guess I need to hook that monstrosity up and go dual monitors for graphics work.. I hate crts because they take up all my desk space lol.

[master_me]

I've got dual moniter, but I only use my LCD.
Other than being flat-screen, I don't see much advantage to flat-screens.

[LaZie]

New sig. Haven't photoshopped in weeks :p

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/LaZieKiD/Edward.jpg

[IFHTT]

Damn, That sig is awesome. The second line of text that I'm assuming reads "LaZie" is kind of hard to read but not enough to warrant changing other than that, its gold!

[PSJ]

Great work Lazie, you're getting really good.

That Lazie text isn't that hard to read..

[Itachi_y2k5]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/Itachi_y2k5/rock.jpg

what you guys think ?

[kenren]

wow...good job...i love your vincent siggy !

[PSJ]

I think you should make the sig in yellow and orange like that glow around him, it will look good. It doesnt fit with the green especially when the green got that toxic color.

The text is great though, the positioning of the render and that snake-like green glow is very good to.

[Terracosmo]

Second one: Hinata and Naruto again. I had to do this, as soon as I saw the episode the idea was stuck in my head and this is the result. Once again I don't think it turned out too shabby.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig3.png

Quite possibly one of the best sigs I've ever seen. KILL HINATA!

[PSJ]

Newest work by me, i'm really pleased with this one, experimented a bit. It turned out rather good.

Any opinions?
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/9917/auelstingcopy8pp.png

[xDarkMaster]

Shanks look awesome in that one, but I'm guessing that little black thing is Luffy right? I can't tell wth that is, remove Luffy, and brighten the background a bit, and that sig will be one of your best.

Okay, so I brightened the BG. However, I kinda like Luffy there b/c it goes w/ the theme of angry shanks. Does anyone know the dialog between Shanks and Luffy around that moment?

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/shank2.png

[PSJ]

Darkmaster don't take this the wrong way but you have to lose that text of your name you always got in your sigs, it simply never fits.

In the shanks one you need to work some on the bg. It is to plain and simple with just one red, try new things, experiment.

Other than that it is coming along nicely keep up the work.

[xDarkMaster]

Darkmaster don't take this the wrong way but you have to lose that text of your name you always got in your sigs, it simply never fits.

In the shanks one you need to work some on the bg. It is to plain and simple with just one red, try new things, experiment.

Other than that it is coming along nicely keep up the work.

I definatley see what you mean about the text, and I'm working on it although it's too late to fix up the older sigs. However, I'm not sure I agree w/ you on the BG. I don't see how adding blue or someother color in there will make it look better.

Damn, getting text to fit seems to be my biggest problem.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/shanks32.png

[PSJ]

I don't mean adding another color, what i mean is brushing more, alternate between black and white to get highlights and shadows, go through some tutorials. Kage's video tuts are great, check the first video tut he did, it will teach you a bit about brushing.

[master_me]

It's an animation, so I guess I can't use it here. I'm not too fond of it.
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/ut3.gif

[LaZie]

Thanks for your comments guys :p

[IFHTT]

@ Itachi: Looks awesome! I agree with PSJ though, make the rest go with the orange glow around him.
@ Terra: Thanks!
@ PSJ: That sig looks beautiful man!
@ xDarkMaster: I say leave in luffy too, And I still think that is looks awesome as is.
@ master_me: That looks good, but as you said it's an animation...

[PSJ]

Glad people like my work.

Lazie i think that you should post the tutorials you have been reading or make one yourself.

[KitKat]

PSJ, I like that one. I like the extreme contrast between the render and the background and the brightness of the colours.

xDarkMaster, I really like how the style of the background matches the drawing style of the render. I think that's really well done. You definitely need to work on the text a bit more though. Just stare at your sig for a bit to soak in the atmosphere that you're working with, and then go to someplace like 1001 free fonts and download a bunch that you think match the mood, and then try them all out on your sig, with different effects, blending styles, placements, etc, until you find one that seems really awesome. It's kinda hit-and-miss, but that's my usual method for doing text.

[LaZie]

Glad people like my work.

Lazie i think that you should post the tutorials you have been reading or make one yourself.


Perhaps I will........sometime......but not now..........im lazy :p

Also, nice work PSJ although it feels empty on the right side.

[PSJ]

The emptyness on the right side is sort of half the thing with it. It gives it that much more feeling on the left with those two.

Here is my newest work that i made for Terra just now. What's your opinions on this one?
http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/3149/terrarequestcopy6el.png

[dragonrage]

@psj i like it, kinda get an empty, devious feel from it but its nice
also i like your sig... really sweet.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f342/Drage1/sigcopy.jpg

edit: this is my first sig wohoooooo.... not exactly what i wanted to make but it is mines nevertheless..... now i am hoping with practice i will get better lol...

[Lucifus]

Very Very nice, but uh.. we cant see the monster that was in the original pic, its just black. but, very nice work for your first.

[IFHTT]

@Dragonrage: for your first sig that background is quite kickass!

New one!

Another naruto sig. I am slowly but surely running out of ideas. I decided to show gamabunta some love, mainly because I love how he's a jackass. I see a bit of my real life self in him.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig9.png

Suggestions/Comments?

[gr3atfull]

I love your sigs. You are sure talented! I wish i knew how to make siggys like yours.

[IFHTT]

^^ I don't want to get preemtive or anything, but if that was directed towards me I REALLY REALLY REALLY appreciate it!!!!!!:o

[gr3atfull]

It was to you, your post was previous to mine. I love GamaBunta.

[IFHTT]

Ok just making sure :D
Thank you very much. It really means a lot to me. Don't get those kinds of comments too often. It made the time spent on the sig very much worth it. :)

[dragonrage]

i know what you mean Ifinghate ton ton wheni heard that my first try was not an absolute disaster..... a tear of accomplishment dripped down my face :rolleyes: ..... ah i was all choked up lol

gama bunta is wicked.

[xDarkMaster]

Totally agree w/ them TonTon. Each sig you make is getting better. Also, thanks for all the comments on my sigs.

[IFHTT]

Totally agree w/ them TonTon. Each sig you make is getting better. Also, thanks for all the comments on my sigs.

Thanks!:D

Watch however as they will probably follow the same pattern they always do for me...

First there will be a few crap ones, then two or three decent ones, then back into crappy. lol. I wish I could keep the streak going :rolleyes: Oh well, the less frequently you make the good ones, the better the comments sound to you when you get a good one. :cool:. Thanks again everyone!

[Board of Command]

http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/3097/t17bz.jpg

Getting used to working with an LCD...

[gr3atfull]

^ I like the background. It goes with the mood ( <-- does that make sense?:confused: ).

[IFHTT]

^^ Hell yeah, looks great.

[KitKat]

BoC, that's really nice! It looks kinda like a stained-glass window.

Here are a couple I made for a friend at another forum. I've been scouring the internet for him for 2 days, but he hasn't come back yet. So in the meantime, you guys get the sneak preview! He requested a sig with a certain picture of Onizuka, so here is what I came up with:

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d125/engphysgirl/sigs/Porklord2.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d125/engphysgirl/sigs/Porklord.jpg

[dragonrage]

@kit kat: NICEEEE...... great teacher onizuka lol.... nice series as well .... the only thing i could think of that could b=make it better it the cig in his mouth at that pervert face he has when daydreaming about girls..

@BOC: have no idea what series it relates to but its is an aswome sig... and welcome to the world of lcd's :D ..... the air is better up here lmao.

[Board of Command]

Funny that you made 2 GTO sigs because I was trying to decide whether make a GTO sig or the Turks sig.


@BOC: have no idea what series it relates to but its is an aswome sig... and welcome to the world of lcd's :D ..... the air is better up here lmao.
It's Reno and Elena from the Turks. Might be a bit hard to recognize from that render though.

[dragonrage]

Funny that you made 2 GTO sigs because I was trying to decide whether make a GTO sig or the Turks sig.

It's Reno and Elena from the Turks. Might be a bit hard to recognize from that render though.


reno and elena from final fantasy right????...... nice getbackers sig..... boc chan boc chan....:p

[PSJ]

Thanks for all the comments guys. It's great to be back working on sigs again.


BoC: That turks one is nice, good work on the background and it fits the render very well. The only thing that i don't like is the text, Try adding a glow in the same color as the background, i think that will help it alot.

Dragonrage: For a first try that sig is very good. Keep them coming and try to add a render.

TonTon: The GamaBunta one is okey, it lacks a bit of color for my taste. The background looks decent, try to brush more and alternate between black and white alot, the results you can get are amazing. Keep them coming and we all do crappy sigs once in a while, you can't always make amazing ones.

KitKat: Your GTO sigs look good, i especially like the brushing in the orange one, that's great work. The only thing about them is the renders. The quality isn't that good really, if you could work that out somehow both of them will look amazing, especially the one with the girls in as the renders in that one draws alot of attention. In the orange one you focus alot on the brushing as well as the render.

It's good to see this thread alive again, it was rather slow a while ago. Keep them sigs coming guys!

EDIT: New sig again.
Feel free to comment on it, i'm not really satisfied with this one.
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/7174/charlie7sigcopy8uf.png

[IFHTT]

^ Damnit You always make awesome sigs :D hehe.

I was kind of going for the gamabunta jumping out of the huge crevase(sp?) in the ground look from one of the older eps.

[PSJ]

Thanks man, glad you like them.

I don't remember that GamaBunta ep jumping thing at all. Haven't watched Naruto in over 6 months now. Ah well it is still a good sig in regards to how long you have been at it, you should have seen my first couple of months, everything i made was horrible.

Sorry if some of my comments sounds harsh, tell me and i'll tone it down a notch.

[IFHTT]

No no no! They aren't harsh at all, I was just letting you in on what I was aiming for when I made it, to see if you could get the feel of it or tell if thats what it was trying to achieve. The episode was back when Naruto first learned how to summon gamabunta which is understandable if you don't remember. Also laughing at the comment about repeatedly making good sigs and how yours are always awesome in my book.:D

@dragonrage below: "PHOTOSHOP is awsome.... "

Indeed it is. The possibilties are almost endless with photoshop.

[dragonrage]

Dragonrage: For a first try that sig is very good. Keep them coming and try to add a render.


It's good to see this thread alive again, it was rather slow a while ago. Keep them sigs coming guys!

EDIT: New sig again.
Feel free to comment on it, i'm not really satisfied with this one.
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/7174/charlie7sigcopy8uf.png



the new sig looks good, but it think her hair clashes with the background...i could be wrong...

THANKS for the complement man..... i working on adding renders ...learning how to use pen tool and experimenting with the backgrounds.... i think i am getting the hang of it PHOTOSHOP is awsome....

sorry i didn;t do this before but thanks Kage, narutomaster, phoenix, BOC and assertnfailure for the great tuts.

[KitKat]

@PSJ: Thanks dude! Like I said, the sigs were a request and the picture was provided for me to work with. It was somewhat small to start out with and therefore not very high quality (also, it really does look better on my CRT monitor than the LCD one I'm using here at school). If anyone knows where I could find a higher quality version of this render, I'd really appreciate it. As for the one with the girls, I made them blurry on purpose because the drawing style doesn't really match the style of the Onizuka render, and so I wanted to minimize that clash by taking the focus away from them and softening the difference.

As for your new sig, I agree that it's kinda strange. Something about the lighting doesn't seem quite right. I don't know. I can't really pinpoint what it is, so I can't really give any suggestions.

[Board of Command]

EDIT: New sig again.
Feel free to comment on it, i'm not really satisfied with this one.
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/7174/charlie7sigcopy8uf.png
Same as what the other guys said. There's just something about that background. I can't really make out what it is but I have a feeling it's some 3d render. I think the problem is where you blended the hair with the background because it kinda looks like the thing in the background is sticking out of her head.

[xDarkMaster]

*sigh* This text thing is annoying. :mad:

Here's another shot. If anyone has any suggestions of what I can do w/ the text I would greatly appreciate it.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/shanks322.png

[Phoenix20578]

Well, I'd say go look for some hot fonts. Heres a site that has a huge selection for free:

http://www.1001freefonts.com/

But yeah,the biggest problem there is the font placement and style

[IFHTT]

www.dafont.com is another good site for fonts... Font choice and placement is the hardest thing for me too. I hate it because I'm never really satisfied and once I find one I like I use it too often.


New Rock Lee sig... I haven't done exclusively rock lee yet, and I found a badass wallpaper and cut the render from it. And I like how it came out but something doesn't feel right about it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig10.png
Suggestions?

[dragonrage]

took PSJ advice and after a couple of hours i added a render:

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f342/Drage1/sigcopycopy.jpg

do you like what you see?
another one i just create is this baby... although i a having a hard time finding a render to go with it.. i made a mistake and made it too bright... any ideas on how i can decrease its brightness?

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f342/Drage1/dragonsigbg.jpg
also thanks to Foomanchew for posting the link in his tut. which is where i got the render to create this sig. love dragons couldn't help myself..

i an having trouble with text if you have any good techniques that you want to share... hey i am free to listen.

edit: made some changes to my third sig ever, i think its better when i find a sig render to match it i'll repost once more.... think i have something in my picture collection on my desktop.. i thinks this is easier on the eyes.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f342/Drage1/moddragonsig.jpg

[FrogKing]

@Dragonrage: I definately like your new one. One the previous sig without the render I was trying to see if 'your inner child' was somehwere in the middle of the sig. The eyeglasses on the Vash render (am I correct? I never watched Trigun) kinda match your brush strokes. Nice touch.

[dragonrage]

@Dragonrage: I definately like your new one. One the previous sig without the render I was trying to see if 'your inner child' was somehwere in the middle of the sig. The eyeglasses on the Vash render (am I correct? I never watched Trigun) kinda match your brush strokes. Nice touch.

actually the brush was made from neo genisis evangelion's ava 1( when the city was being attacked, it the last couple episodes and when ava1 was finally activated " the devil has awakened").... that shot was sooo coool...... when i was finished i actually thought i made a sig lmao..... then psj said to add render.... so i started to think of what would go with it..... it hit me, vash the stampede when all those people were killed by the first assassin that was sent by knives... the scence in the back alley was soo cool him with the devil's eye... couldn't find anything on the web.... went to the photoshop tut once again and found a brief tut from kage on the pen tool....look at collection and found one that would make a good shot...started hacking away with pen tool and a few hours later.... my new sig....

photoshop is sooo coool THANK YOU GUYS FOR TEACHING ME..... you have given me a new hobby.... and i know i have only touched the tip of the ice burg... now only if i could learn to incoperate a descent text style...

THANK YOU... FrogKing, for the compliment and for cheering me up your kind words is much appreciated.......:D :D

[IFHTT]

You really are off to a Great start dragonrage. Its funny, once you start, you get hooked and find yourself trying to find time to make sigs, even if it means putting aside higher priority tasks. Keep up the good work dude.

[PSJ]

Thanks for the comments guys, i'll think about what you said about the girl sig and try to work it out if i don't move on to a new project instead.

Dragonrage: Looks great with the render added and your third sig there looks great in color, keep them coming. As for the text thing i can only give you one suggestion, try to keep it subtle and work it into the sig if possible, as you can see i'm wuite crappy with text, i don't use much fancy techniques or fonts.

Darkmaster: Just keep working with the text and it will come to you eventually.

Tonton: Your current sig is great, like the style of it. Your Rock Lee one is good, there is something about the background though that doesnt really work in my eyes. Try to make it a more forest looking green and add more highlights. 3D brushes are amazingly helpful to get a background to look alot better.

KitKat: Never seen a good GTO picture so i can't really help you there, it's unfortunate that there are such a slim selection of GTO renders.

[IFHTT]

Thanks PSJ, btw Which sig were you talking about? I have them on a rotation, so it could be like 6 or 7 different ones.

I definately need to work on my brushing. Thats what usually makes or breaks my sigs. I don't know how but sometimes I get lucky and they look badass and other times they just look dull and boring. lol. Usually I'll have a great concept in my head and when I get ready to lay it out, I can never get it to look how I really want.I'll play around with some brushes to see what I can come up with. I'll go looking through my brush collection to see if there is any that really stand out. Thanks PSJ.

[dragonrage]

@ ton ton, yeah i am hooked :D ... the rock lee sig is nice, although i don't think the background is right for the render.anyways, good luck with it and thanks for you kind words.

@PSJ. thanks.... hope you fix the sig that you are working on cause she is hot, and i think would make a great sig..... and thanks for trying on the text thing, much appreciated....

[darkshadow]

the rock lee sig is nice, but isnt it "konoha's beautifull blue beast" ?
and @frogking, ive been looking at your sig for awhile now, i think its pretty awesome, could i have that byakuya render?

[Lucifus]

You really are off to a Great start dragonrage. Its funny, once you start, you get hooked and find yourself trying to find time to make sigs, even if it means putting aside higher priority tasks. Keep up the good work dude.

Totally correct there. I've made about 50 sigs since I started 2 weeks ago, but I got hooked on One Piece and have no time to do any sigs. T-T Once I catch up with One Piece, its back to Photoshop. =) On Ep 124

[IFHTT]

the rock lee sig is nice, but isnt it "konoha's beautifull blue beast" ?
Actually its Konoha's Beautiful Green Beast, but All that text took up way too much space so I took out Beautiful.

[drims]

Could some one make mea signature? I would appreciate the help.

[Phoenix20578]

Drims, it would help if you posted what you wanted in it. It would also help if you posted this in the right thread. Like the sig request thread.

[master_me]

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/kms.png
New sig ftw~

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/saitos.png
The render I used was extremely low quality, I dedicated several layers solely to making it look not-stupid.

[drims]

@Phoenix25078
I did but only one person anwsered me, and I havent heard from him/her. Also I was reading through this forum and saw some one ask for one and many people offered to make one. So I thought it was o.k. to ask here.


P.S If any one would do me the favor of making me a sig I can pm the info.



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Wow very awesome sigs master_me! All of them rock. Use the Megaman as your sig. its the best looking one. I say that probally becuase I was a Megaman fan, but its still very nice.

@ Xdarkmaster
Thanks xDarkMaster, just thought you changed your mind

[xDarkMaster]

I said I would make it, just give me some time. It's the end of the quarter and I'm really busy. I probably will get it done Friday.

@Drims: Megaman sig is way too big for these forums.

[IFHTT]

Alright I played around trying to get a forest like theme behind rock lee. Here's what I've come up with...

Old:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig10.png

New:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig10-2.png

Any comments or suggestions.

[xDarkMaster]

Both look good, not sure which one I like more. The second one would prob be better if you made it greener like the first one.

[dragonrage]

@ Ton Ton.... nice improvement and the text i am soo jealious :D ......nice job :D

[IFHTT]

Thanks you guys :D. I know what you mean xDM, I can't tell which is better, I just know that the color on the second one is a little dry. Thanks for the comments though, I'll see if I can get it sorted out. Oh and dragonrage, text is always a bitch to get the way you want it, then when you got it right you still think it looks like shit lol.

[PSJ]

The second one is better, hit it with a contrast/brightness layer and it will look really good.

[IFHTT]

Sweet! :D Thanks! How do I go about creating a brightness/contrast layer? I know how to adjust them but how do you create a layer for it?

[dragonrage]

@PSJ: Thanks dude! Like I said, the sigs were a request and the picture was provided for me to work with. It was somewhat small to start out with and therefore not very high quality (also, it really does look better on my CRT monitor than the LCD one I'm using here at school). If anyone knows where I could find a higher quality version of this render, I'd really appreciate it. As for the one with the girls, I made them blurry on purpose because the drawing style doesn't really match the style of the Onizuka render, and so I wanted to minimize that clash by taking the focus away from them and softening the difference


i was looking through the stash... looking for something good to make into renders and i came upon a few GTO wallpapers.... not very good at making renders just yet so i am posting the wallpapers i have..... don't know if you still need this but oh well, here they are:

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f342/Drage1/gto14.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f342/Drage1/gto17.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f342/Drage1/gto8.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f342/Drage1/gto6.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f342/Drage1/gto3.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f342/Drage1/gto5.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f342/Drage1/gto1_1680.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f342/Drage1/gto_1_1024.jpg

don't know if you still need this since it 2 day later. but maybe you do, maybe you don't.
hope they are useful.

[PSJ]

Sweet! :D Thanks! How do I go about creating a brightness/contrast layer? I know how to adjust them but how do you create a layer for it?

Go to Layers>Adjustment layers>Brightness and Contrast. After that you will get a box where you can adjust birthness and contrast and this will become a layer of it's own, positioned right over the layer you have selected at the moment.

You can play around with all the adjustment layers in that menu to get diffrent results.

I hope it helps.


EDIT: I'm gonna render the 3rd and 7th of those GTO pics, i'll post them in the render thread once i'm done, KitKat feel free to use them if you want.

EDIT 2: The 7th one is now rendered and can be found in the render tpoic. The 3rd one wasn't good enough to be rendered though.

[KitKat]

Wooo, yeah! The 7th pic there is so much better quality than the one I was given. That would be cool. I've already given the sigs to my friend, but I'll probably touch them up and send him the improved copies. Thanks both dragonrage and PSJ!

[IFHTT]

@PSJ: Oh! duh I should have known that. Thanks

@dragonrage: I don't know if I just missed it or if you just did it, but the text placement for your name on your sig looks awesome.

[PSJ]

No problem Tonton.

My 2 newest works follows here.
Anyone want to guess the character?
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/7320/silversurfercopycopy8zs.png

In this one i used the same render as Lazy used in his current. What can i say? His sig inspired me.
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/3043/edwardelricsigcopy9lh.png

Give me some comments on both of them.

[IFHTT]

Silver Surfer??? :D

They both look hella sweet as usual. The first one is kind of cluttered though.

As for #2 I don't blame you for using the same Edward render as Lazy, that render is good sig material and that sig rocks.

My goal is to get to a point where I can brush similarly to you because your sigs always have the most badass brushing I've seen.

[PSJ]

Thanks for the comments, Good job on identifying Silver Surfer. The reason why that sig looks the way it does is because i tried to go for a somewhat abstract look. Guess i kind of failed.

The key to good brushing is good brushes and practice, tryout diffrent styles and ways to use the brushes and you will get better.

[IFHTT]

Nah it is definately abstract, so you didn't fail, it just seems like there is a just a tad bit too much going on in the immediate area of the render. Don't get me wrong, it still looks very badass though. BTW I confess.... I sort of cheated to figure out the character in the first one :D. Keep making them badass though because thats where I get most of my inspiration, and aspiration

[PSJ]

Hehe i'll try to make them as badass as possible, glad to hear that i inspire someone. So when do we get to see your next work? Just keep pumping them out man.

[IFHTT]

Yeah I'll probably have one or two tonight, I just signed up at animerender.com and have loads of new renders to use so I'll probably make a couple. I am at work right now, not to say that that would stop me, its just we don't have photoshop up here lol...

[LaZie]

@PSJ-#2 looks great except one thing......where's your border? Also, it's great to know I inspired someone :p

[drims]

Heres my new sig all thanks to IFingHateTonTon. What do you guys think?

[IFHTT]

I replied to your pm with instructions to add it to your sig, but it seems you've already figured it out :D. I'm glad you like it!

[dragonrage]

@ KitKat: no problem... if i collect i will share it....


@PSJ: Oh! duh I should have known that. Thanks

@dragonrage: I don't know if I just missed it or if you just did it, but the text placement for your name on your sig looks awesome.

thanks man took me about 3 hours before i got something i liked or i thought looked decent.....The font link that you posted if that only for MAC OS?

@PSJ: i agree with Ton Ton both are wicked but the silver surfer looks a little to cluttered.... still really cool though. The second one is awsome, have nothing to say but sweeeeet. i was think about doing one with the same render but you beat me to it... damn:rolleyes:
where is the girl man?..... been wait to see what you did with her. that render is really sweet... i will patiently await her return.

[IFHTT]

Heh as promised PSJ, here's yet another one. However I created one with a brightness/contrast layer, which I must thank you again PSJ for letting me in on that knowledge, they definately help out the look.

Without further adieu, here is my new kakashi sig with a flame type background. I am absolutely loving this sig, so much so, that I can't believe I conceived it at all lol.

Which one do you guys think looks better?

Without B/C adjustment layer:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig11.png

With B/C adjustment layer:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig11-2.png

[KitKat]

Whoa, that's pretty awesome! You just keep getting better and better! I have to say, I think the render and bg match each other better in the first one, but the bg is somewhat bland there. The bg kicks ass in the second one, but it doesn't match your render as well. I'd recommend doing a masked colour adjustment layer on Kakashi to get the colours to be a bit closer to what you've got in your bg.

[LaZie]

New sig :p

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/LaZieKiD/MegamanX.jpg

[dragonrage]

@ Ton Ton: thank you.... thank you.... thank you.... for the fonts i owe you big, real big......nice new sigs man. the one with brightness and color looks really good..... i think you should know i was showing one of my friends what i did with photoshop, and she saw your "Future Wife Beater" sig, she started cracking up. said it "made her night"and " she loved it"... just wanted you to know your sigs are putting smiles on people's faces... keep it up;) :D :D

[IFHTT]

@kitkat: Thanks! :D I was playing around and couldn't adjust the color to something satisfactory. Couple that with my impatience to show it I just gave up and posted it lol.

@LaZyKiD: That looks friggin awesome dude. Great work.The colors work really well with the render, and I really like your brushing technique, its got a very unique feel to it and it's awesome.

@dragonrage: No problem man. Fonts make the text side of sigs a little easier. Thanks for the compliments on the sig too, and just knowing my sigs are putting smiles on people's faces puts a HUGE grin on mine. I'm glad people like them!!! I am probably going to do a trigun sig next as vash in your sig has got me hankering for one :D.

[PSJ]

Lazy: There actually is a border but it's white, didn't work to good on these forums i guess. The old look had darker boards, i guess i should change that border. Your newest sig looks great, i like your new style. Very cool brushes to.

Tonton: I like the Kakashi sig, the second one is better but put the contrast layer on top of kakashi, that will probably make the render and bg work better together, that bg got a cool style keep the good work coming.

Dragonrage: Do you mean the girl i rendered a while ago? I did a sig with her it's a number of pages back, but i guess i can make a new one. I'll see what i can put together later.

[IFHTT]

Tonton: I like the Kakashi sig, the second one is better but put the contrast layer on top of kakashi, that will probably make the render and bg work better together, that bg got a cool style keep the good work coming..

Well sir, You are a genius. I moved the contrast layer up above kakashi, and of course, just what it needed! Thank you once again!! :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig12.png

Better?

[KitKat]

Much better!!! It matches very nicely now.

[PSJ]

Well sir, You are a genius. I moved the contrast layer up above kakashi, and of course, just what it needed! Thank you once again!! :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig12.png

Better?

Looks great man. No problem at all, i'm glad to be able to help someone. Keep them coming.

How's that GTO sig going KitKat? You can find the render i made in the render thread.

[KitKat]

How's that GTO sig going KitKat? You can find the render i made in the render thread.

Yeah, I saw the render and it looks awesome! Very nice cut. I'll probably come back to photoshop as soon as I survive through this terrible last bit of school. I calculated it out, and out of 7 courses I have 250 percentages of my final mark due in the next two weeks (5 major papers, several assignments, etc.), and then after that exams start right away. I might decide to schedule in a bit of photoshop once I decide which assignments I'm not going to attempt :p

[Board of Command]

Just made this. I think it looks pretty mediocre...

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/429/s19fz.jpg

[Jadugar]

You should have chosen Rider.

[xDarkMaster]

Okay, bring on the criticism.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/zang.png

[Knives122]

you made Old man Zangetsu look like a ghost.

[Phoenix20578]

I really like the colors, but the brushing doesn't flow together well to me...

Also, the render on the left doesn't seem needed

[Board of Command]

I agree. The render on the left is rather small and seems out of place. Maybe if you tweak the colors a little it might fit better.

[masamuneehs]

everyone is getting damn good.. and my skills are falling to rot...

i need to learn how to use brushes... I love the Zangetsu one, but agree about the brushing on his left being too much.
BoC- good job, but for some reason im just not feelin that sig at all.... mayeb its cuz im not a fan of that show...

IFHTT- getting better and making sigs for the other guys. keep it up.

im going to go hit my head against my monitor in photoshop (maybe shoulda stuck with GIMP) and hope it creates a decent FFT sig...

[Phoenix20578]

If you need help masamuneehs, you can always IM me on AIM. I'm on fairly often, so if you see me not away, don't hesitate to ask.

[xDarkMaster]

Here's a fix, still not sure if I'm going to add text.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/zang2.png

[IFHTT]

^ Leave it like that. I like the brushing, it goes really well with the render. Sweet sig!

[Board of Command]

Redid the Saber sig. I realized I should have used a blue scheme to start with.

Version 1
http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/429/s19fz.jpg
Version 2
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/1861/s21mi.jpg

[drims]

I dont know much about the technicals of photoshop, but I can see thats a very cool signature BoC. I like the blue it seems to suit the sig better.

[dragonrage]

@ xDarkMaster nice improvement awsome zangetsu sig.....

@BoC version 2 is way better.

[NM]

@DarkMaster: Zangetsu works REALLY well with that bg you made. I like it alot. I think you should slap a border on there though. But the brushing is the best part of it because Zangetsu blended very nicely. Good job!

@BoC: I think v2 is much better (the text on the sword looks better rather than having it float around like in v1).

[Board of Command]

@DarkMaster: Zangetsu works REALLY well with that bg you made. I like it alot. I think you should slap a border on there though. But the brushing is the best part of it because Zangetsu blended very nicely. Good job!

There is a border. It's one of those hard light/vidid light/pin light type borders. To be honest I'm not a fan of those. A simple black 1 px is good enough for me any day of the week.

[dragonrage]

this is my new and last creation until mid terms are over.....comments welcomed.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f342/Drage1/trigungraveyardcopy.jpg

edit: forgot i made another one. actually just added render and text to one i already made. comments welcomed

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f342/Drage1/vicioussig.jpg

[Board of Command]

Everything is nice except the render. Since I know which render you used, it doesn't look as bad to me. But a lot of people probably haven't seen that render before and to them it just looks like one big mess. I know you're going for that dark look, but make the render more visible for those not familiar with it.

[NM]

There is a border. It's one of those hard light/vidid light/pin light type borders. To be honest I'm not a fan of those. A simple black 1 px is good enough for me any day of the week.

Yeah...now that you told me this, I can somewhat see it. I always go for the black 1 pixel border on most of my sigs, its easy to see yet it still looks good at the same time. Don't really see the need to set a blending mode to the stroke of the border itself.

[dragonrage]

Everything is nice except the render. Since I know which render you used, it doesn't look as bad to me. But a lot of people probably haven't seen that render before and to them it just looks like one big mess. I know you're going for that dark look, but make the render more visible for those not familiar with it.

thanks man... the render i use was already dark thats why i liked it.. but i will try to brighten it a little more.... any suggestion on how i could brighten a render that was dark to begin with?... i am still pretty new to photoshop.

[Board of Command]

Read up on tutorials on level and curve. Mostly level if you just want to brighten or darken images. You'll be surprised at how dragging a slider back and forth can completely change the image.

[dragonrage]

played around with the level and this is what i came up with..

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f342/Drage1/trigungraveyardcopy.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f342/Drage1/trigungraveyardmodcopy.jpg

thanks BoC for the advice...

[IFHTT]

Dude! Great job, that is an all around great sig. The text is great too!

[Lucifus]

played around with the level and this is what i came up with..

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f342/Drage1/trigungraveyardcopy.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f342/Drage1/trigungraveyardmodcopy.jpg

thanks BoC for the advice...

To me that sig is f*cking great man. You've got to be the best new guy yet.

[dragonrage]

@ Ton Ton
@ Lucifus

thanks man i am very happy that you like the Trigun sig :D :D ......
did you guys like the Vicious sig too??