New sig or wallpaper? show it off here!

[Lucifus]

It is really good, I am definatly liking it, but as BoC said, someone who doesn't know who he is would have a really hard time with the render.

[xDarkMaster]

Thanks for all the comments on my Zangetsu sig guys. Sorry I couldn't respond sooner but I was in NY and without internet. :mad:

Here's my latest sig.

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

[Itachi_y2k5]

that pretty cool but theres to much empty space IMO

[xDarkMaster]

Yeah, I usually make sure the sig itself looks good before I add text.

Tried adding text to the Zang sig. Any thoughts?

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/xDarkMaster/Board/zang3.png

[IFHTT]

@ xDarkMaster: I like the render you used in the naruto sig alot, the sig itself is sweet and once you add text it'll be even sweeter. The outline of the desktop pic looks good in the sig too. The Zang sig looked good to me from the start, that thing is absolutely awesome, and also looks even better with the text. Great stuff dude!

[masamuneehs]

you new guys are seriously improving damn fast... i haven't made anything I'm proud of in the past month...

Xdark: love the naruto one, the render and the bg. Does seem to have too much empty space tho. I like the Naruto chalk outline in the background, but maybe you could do something like that in the other, more empty) part of the sig?
The zangetsu one has too much brushing going on on his right side. Also, maybe use a quote from Zangetsu rather than just 'bankai'?

Dragonrage: Where the fuck did you come from with making good sigs? :p

[xDarkMaster]

Thanks for the comments IFHTT and Masamuneehs. I am going to add some text to the Naruto one to make get rid of some of the empty space.

Do you have any ideas for a quote?

[dragonrage]

you new guys are seriously improving damn fast... i haven't made anything I'm proud of in the past month...

Dragonrage: Where the fuck did you come from with making good sigs? :p

lol thanks man... for the compliment and encouraging me to join the discussions... drawing has been one of my oldest hobbies.. guess i just applied it to photoshop....it so freaking awsome. again i have to say thanks to all the guys that made all those great tuts.

@ xdarkmaster the naruto render looks sweet.... but like they said it a little empty and also the render color is clashing a little with the back ground.. just alittle... but its awsome non the less... have nothing to say about the zangetsu sig since he is my fav. character can't go wrong while using him.

[xDarkMaster]

Okay here's hopefully the final version of my Zang sig.

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

And here's a fix on my Naruto sig.

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

[PSJ]

That Naruto one is great, could you post that render in the render thread?

[xDarkMaster]

Sure thing, it's done.

[dragonrage]

Just killing time :rolleyes: ....

This one goes out to all the ladies that had to put up with our basic instincts.... i am so ashamed of myself and every straight men's behavior... this one goes out to you...

It is also for the guys that had to have just one more look...

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

enjoy :D

probably redo it later...

[GLS]

Funny stuff, dragonrage. I'm sure you could have a whole series of sigs like that.

Semi-new sig from me.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/gaaralovessand/bocca_gw.jpg

[dragonrage]

@GLS: thanks but i think that will be the last one of those for a while...

I have completed the first draft of my new sig however i think something is missing besides "text". Here it is, comment away.

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

[IFHTT]

That ed render is sweet dragonrage, I don't really see what it's missing, besides text lol, although you may not need the render the left.

Well I know I've sort of been on hiatus in this forum. I've just been too damned busy. but here is just a little something, nothing special.

<---New Ava

Should I put my initials on it?

[xDarkMaster]

Okay this isn't a new sig but I need to ask your opinions.

Should I make a Kenpachi or Byakuya sig

and

Should I make a Neji or Kakashi or Itachi sig?

[IFHTT]

Definately do neji, We don't see enough of him sigwise.

[xDarkMaster]

So, here's my Neji sig. Not sure if I like it or not. :confused:

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

I'll add text after I'm satisfied with the sig itself.

Also, should I do a Kenpachi or Byakuya sig?

[Assertn]

xDarkMaster, I had to come to this thread just to say...your new OP sig cracks me up...

The design is good, but the quote really doesn't fit the super pissed look in shank's eyes.
I'd almost say to the point where it looks borderline sarcastic.

[xDarkMaster]

Thanks for your opinion, but I don't know that I agree. Considering the other render as well as the reason he was super pissed I say it was resonable.

Also, there really isn't anything I can do about it now because I deleted the original document. It would have been helpful if you had said that before...

[Assertn]

It also would have been helpful if you save the work you spend the time to make.

Sure the reason matches with the quote, but not the mood. If you're trying to capture a moment of time for use in a design, you should focus on the moment of time itself, rather than the cause or effect of the moment of time.

That moment of time speaks to me more like "Get the f*ck away from Luffy" rather than "I'm just relieved your OK"

[xDarkMaster]

Fair enough.

And I did save it, I just deleted the original photoshop file b/c I figured I was done and wanted to save space, so I can't edit it anymore. Well, I could, but not as layers.

[dragonrage]

That ed render is sweet dragonrage, I don't really see what it's missing, besides text lol, although you may not need the render the left.

Well I know I've sort of been on hiatus in this forum. I've just been too damned busy. but here is just a little something, nothing special.

<---New Ava

Should I put my initials on it?

thanks man, but the pic to the left is AL and it relates to the text i am gonna put in it, just have to find the right style. But i suppose i can make another one withont he render to the left.

About your new avatar, its nice but i am fond of your old one always made me smile and a little hungry lol.

[xDarkMaster]

Okay, becuase Masa has kindly pointed out a spelling error in my Shanks sig, I have decided to redo it. So, if you have any suggestions on what the text should be, speak NOW (that means you Assertn)!

Also, any comments on my Neji sig?

[IFHTT]

Ok, Well I've been so damn busy, and I've been deprived of sig making time, and today I finally got some time, so I whipped up a Fate/Stay Night sig. I think it looks kind of bland though...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig13.png
Any recommendations?

Edit: Well I just realized I forgot to add a border... shit I need some stress relief, its killing me :(

Edit 2: Ok added a border...

[Board of Command]

The render looks extremely weird due to the perspective of the shot. Maybe if you add some motion effect or put something over the moon it would reduce the awkwardness.

[IFHTT]

Yeah, it was an akward render to begin with, so I see what you're saying but what do you mean by put something over the moon?

[dragonrage]

nice sig. but BOC is right the render is alittle out place, maybe if you flip it and add something else to it it would make it better. Haven't seen fate/stay night so i can't really recommend anythings.... sorry if i am its not helping you. Is that anime any good btw?

[Board of Command]

Yeah, it was an akward render to begin with, so I see what you're saying but what do you mean by put something over the moon?
Maybe add an effect that makes Saber look like she's flying "at us" and put an enlarged see-through version over the moon.

But again, that's just a bad render to put in the middle. I like the background, so if you could somehow tweak the render it would be a nice sig.

[IFHTT]

Oh lol Sorry about that, duh. Thanks for clarifying that for me. Yeah thats a good idea, let me see what I can do with it. Thanks man, I was about to give up on the render.

Edit: Well I couldn't get anything that satisfied me, so I just went to a new render. I think this one looks better anyway.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig13b.png

[PSJ]

Looks good tonton. Only thing i don't like is that "Saber" text. Something about it that just spoils the sig for me.

[IFHTT]

Thanks, If text is all that needs fixing now, then that's no problem. I'm going font searching a little later today anyways, so I'll try to find a good one that would match the theme of the sig.

Now that I've thought about it, should I just leave the text out completely or add say the F/S Night logo?

[PSJ]

Depends on how the logo looks. But i would probably leace the text out completly.

[IFHTT]

Alright, thats sounds good. I'll just move the render a little more to the right to cover for some blank space and it should look ok still.

Edit: Here, I agree PSJ, it looks better with no text.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig13c.png

[xDarkMaster]

Awesome sig TonTon. Is the moon from a brush or a picture?

My latest sig.

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

[IFHTT]

Thanks man, the moon is a brush.... it came with the huge brush pack I posted a while back, the brush set is called starry night I think. Here is the url if you want it. (http://www.flock.22pixels.com/) Its free and has loads of brushes.

Your new sig looks sweet! I'm liking the render to the left.

[xDarkMaster]

Thanks for the link and welcome back to Fanart!

[IFHTT]

Heh, hopefully shit will settle down around here and I can stay alot longer lol.

[djblingsingh]

what ya'll think of my sig?

PSJ made it for me:)

[masamuneehs]

if it's made by PSJ it's damn good. considering you're new, have a Neg Rep and he still made such a cool sig for you you should count yourself damn lucky.

lol at how he put 'From PSJ to...' in there

[djblingsingh]

yeah but that neg reap was only cuz my keyboard is messed up, and i was rushing to post on interesting topics rather than reading the rules:)

but the sig is good, i would have made my own but i havent used photoshop for sig's in a while and i dont have or if i did, i lost all of my bleach renders

[PSJ]

To tell you guys the truth i thought about not making it but i felt nice and it was a good chance to do some PS work without having to look around for interesting renders and stuff. It is much easier to do a request since they point out pretty much how they want it, if they don't at least the character or series choice gives you some ideas.

[Krynn]

Where do you find your main source of renders?

[PSJ]

Websites.

Render-world.com
gamerenders.com

are the 2 that i got in memory at the moment. I'm sure the others will share some to.

[IFHTT]

animerender.com

You have to sign up to use renders and have a certain amount of posts to access the renders or you can pay like $2.60 to view the premium renders, or $5 for both premium and gold renders... which is logical but kinda gay. But there are a bunch of good renders It was worth the money for me.

[PSJ]

I think i remember that site, can't you get access to the renders by posting alot to?

[IFHTT]

Yeah it used to be like 15 posts to get premium renders and 50 for gold. Now they bumped it up to 50(i think) for premium and 250 for gold. I didn't think I'd be posting there that often, so I just forked over the 5 bucks via paypal. I can see why they do it though. I wouldn't want leechers coming and tearing through my bandwidth with out at least contributing something either.

Edit:sorry that was 5 british pounds, not dollars. Its $8.70 after the conversion to USD.

[PSJ]

Yea it's a good idea since the renders are very good. I dislike that they got like 1 million anime girls in swimsuits renders and shit all over the place though, it would be much better if they actually had more badass cool renders.

[IFHTT]

Yeah, they don't have a good useless to cool useful render ratio lol. And thanks to who ever neg repped me and left a really helpful comment... "Yar" Ass.

[xDarkMaster]

I dunno if it's just me but I prefer to render my own pictures.

[IFHTT]

As do I. But sometimes you just can't find renderable pics, plus I like to stockpile renders anyway, so that I'll have them ready if needed.

[dragonrage]

your not alone xdarkmaster....but having a ready made render is not bad at all, if your lazy or lazy-ish sometimes lol

[Kraco]

No, it's not just you. I also prefer to do that for a very specific reason: It gets me involved in the work from an earlier stage. Of course even better would be to draw it from scratch (if I had the skills). That's why I also, in a twisted sense, like when there's something that needs fixing in the image: removing text, adding some clipped parts... That sort of things.

[xDarkMaster]

Tonton: I also stockpile renders and your totally right, it's nice already having a render to use sometimes.

[Board of Command]

I'm with Kraco on this one. I cut most of the renders myself because I like to have complete control over the stuff I'm working with. It also gives you a lot more pictures to choose from because there are millions of pictures out there that aren't rendered and probably never will be (i.e. the guy in my sig).

Only time I use renders is if I happen to stumble across a really good one, and by really good I mean it better bring tears to my eyes (i.e. the Turks render I used).

[Phoenix20578]

It may be more time consuming, but I do the same. There are never any good renders of what I want.

[Krynn]

OK, now sorry for being a complete newb, are you referring to render as being an original jpeg file thats simply coloured? or are you referring to something else? I feel as if I'm missing something, and thanks alot for the websites, they look good ;)

[IFHTT]

A render is a what it is called when you take a regular image with characters or someother point of interest and essentially remove the rest of the image around them so that the character is the only thing left so you can use them in sigs and other graphic design.

[Krynn]

Awesome, thanks for clearing that up...

now back to Photoshop CS and my dragonlings :p

[masamuneehs]

my first sig in a while...
http://forums.gotwoot.net/gallery/files/8/5/5/0/reysigfornaomicopy.png

any suggestions? I know it probably needs some work... anyone know a place to find good texts?

[IFHTT]

Sweet Masa!! I like that background alot. dafont.com for some fonts. I think it looks good though. Could use a border, and the render on the right, blending doesn't blend to great, but not so much that it takes away from the sig. Other than that, great sig :)

[PSJ]

I'm one of those people that insists on that you don't need a cool font, just mess around with a normal font and it can look good. But then again i suck on working with fonts so that might be it.

As for the sig, i recommend trying to stick to just one render and then focus alot of energy on the background, with brushing and highlights/shadows. It also generally looks better if the render isn't at the edge of the sig, this is only my own preference of course, but if gives you the option to work the background diffrently on both sides of the character regarding color scheme or other design issues.

[Board of Command]

Latest sig...
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/9206/kyubi1copy8hn.jpg

[dragonrage]

nice sig masa... but the render on the right doesn't blend in very well as ton ton said as for the text the site he recomended is great, i know, been hacking away bit by bit at that site they have some really cool fonts...

i think PSJ is right with the one render thing, but i like using multiple renders so... i am not totally sure. Maybe if you increase the size of one of the render and fade it into the background and use it to inhance the primary render then that might be better. As for the text thing PSJ i disagree, while i don't know much about tweeking a normal font, so a cool font is always a nice way to add detail to a sig....always good if it goes with the theme and emotion of the sig.....

[IFHTT]

BoC: That sig is f'ing SICK. That render is awesome!!

[dragonrage]

BOC: .................................WOW.............. .........

i am not worthy.... i am not worthy.....teach me oh great one, teach me....

[xDarkMaster]

Awesome sig BoC! Do you think you can post the render or PM it to me since it's a spoiler?

[Board of Command]

Here's the render. Spoiler or not...you know it's coming eventually.
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4281/kyuubi0no.th.png (http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kyuubi0no.png)

I think this render would look better on a wallpaper than on a sig.

[masamuneehs]

BoC - from the only guy who sucks at sigs yet makes lots of comments on others':
The face of Kyuubi Naruto is TOO sharp! Need to blur it a bit and make it meld better with the background

btw, thanks for the recommendatoins all!

[xDarkMaster]

Hmmmm, I like the way BoC's sig looks right now but darkening it alitle might be interesting.

Just keep trying Masa!

[Board of Command]

Ok here's 2nd edition:
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/8978/kyubi2copy5ts.jpg
Hmm maybe I shouldn't blur the hair that much.

Compared to 1st edition:
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/9206/kyubi1copy8hn.jpg

[djblingsingh]

i like the first one better

but i think it might be just a bit too wide, but real good placement of boc:D

[dragonrage]

@BOC: you dissapointed me man i thought you made that from scratch..... serious dude... i disown you are my teacher..... but its a cool sig though....its a little less amazing to know that you just basically cut and paste....but its good never the less.

[Board of Command]

O_O did it look like I made it? Maybe the spikes at the bottom and those "bubbles", but other than that, no way in hell I did that from scratch. Just found a cool render and brushed over it.

and btw I like the 1st edition better because the 2nd one looks like a floating head.

[dragonrage]

need some advice on how i could improve this sig, any will do.

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

[IFHTT]

I already replied to your pm dragonrage but I think it looks awesome dude. I guess if there is really anything that needs to be changed, the only thing I can see would be the Come get some text, maybe just make it a couple sizes bigger but that's not even really necessary.

[PSJ]

I like that naruto sig BoC. Maybe find something inbetween the first edition blurring and the 2nd edition nothing at all. And get rid of that cursed child text, or at least redo it so it doesn't look so much out of place, try to make it look like a part of the background when you got all of it filled like that. Good render choice though, that looks real badass.

[masamuneehs]

got so sick of looking at Renton's ugly hair in my sig that I decided to mess around with it a bit. Added a border, but not so sure if I like it or not...

http://forums.gotwoot.net/gallery/files/8/5/5/0/e7sigburncopy.png
tell me what you think.

[dragonrage]

the border looks nice, makes it look more clean and professional..... cool.

[Zinobi]

a sig...first in awhile though
its ashame that i dont like it
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/3558/rikusig2copy6pd.jpg
edit: fixed the img

[Phoenix20578]

Sorry Zinobi, but I dont like it. It seems way to forced. Nothing blends together and it seems that there are to many renders there.

[Zinobi]

yeah nothing blends it it is a bit forced but i really just did it to experiment with the text...

[IFHTT]

@ Masa: Hell yeah that border makes it look like a whole new sig! I like it.

@ Zinobi: IMO That wouldn't look to shabby if the text wasn't so unreadable due to color.

[dragonrage]

@zinobi..... yeah this could be an aswome sig but some blending adjustment have to be made and the text is totally screwed up from the name on the arm(great idea btw) onwards.... its impossible to read, and makes it look even worst that it actually is.... nice idea about bluring the text, but its a little to thick to blur it that much and the background color is similar to the text color so there is nothing to really make it stand out. Also i don't think there is a border so nothing to seperate it from the page.

[Board of Command]

I agree with Phoenix. Everything just looks packed together, to the point of messy.

[master_me]

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/blfxcdfinishmg.png
I found this one a bit too bright, so I made this next one:

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/blfxcdfinishmg2.png
A bit too dark. Then I decided to do nothing at all:

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/blfxcdfinishmg3.png
A bit too flat. Urgh.

I'd also like to point that Sasuke didn't have his arm around Itachi like that when I found the renders, so some image manipulation went on to match them together.

EDIT: One last stab:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/blfx4.png

[xDarkMaster]

hmmm I like the sig but have two problems with it.

The brotherly love text feels too bright and your renders are too blured IMO.

[Board of Command]

I think he was going for the blurry look, which I personally like. I've seen those renders before and they're not blurry to start with.

And I agree with the text. Make it closer to the color of the background.

[IFHTT]

New one. I wanted to do a naruto group sig, but wanted to go about it in a different way. I wanted it to sort of be like a teaser/promo type sig, but still a sig and not an advertisement. I like the way it came out, but I am kind of questioning whether or not I should take out the naruto/sasuke preview to the right. I originally added it in as a "what's to come" type deal. What should I do?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig14b.png

[xDarkMaster]

hmmm, I like it. I wouldn't mind if you experimented with the side thing alittle more though.

Phoenix, sweet new avy!

[master_me]

The edges seem a bit anti-aliased, I think they'd look nicer with feathered edges. The side thing also looks a bit c+p currently, maybe if you blended those two together it would be better.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/deathmg2.png
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/deathmg.png

I know I have the same problem with the text. People with a version of IE below 7 won't be able to correctly view the transparencies.

The top one was made after the lower one, I merely added light because the lower one looked a bit static.

[Board of Command]

I don't see any differences between the two. Is the top one supposed to be slightly brighter?

[IFHTT]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig14c.png

I didn't think it'd be this tough to get it the way I want it, and I am still kinda iffy about it.







For GLS: Here's (http://forums.gotwoot.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=6&stc=1&d=1144469788) the fonts you requested, enjoy :D

[xDarkMaster]

hmmm....yeah, looking at this I would say the first one is better. This one loos crowded and kinda random.

BTW, can you please post that cursed seal sauske render?

[IFHTT]

Yeah no problem, Any suggestions on what could make it look better??? I am running out of ideas. I may just leave those two renders out completely. It may give it a sort of ominous feel to it. Then again, I may just be thinking too much into it.

Edit: Cursed Seal sasuke render up in render gallery now :D
Cursed Seal sasuke render (http://forums.gotwoot.net/gallery/files/1/0/1/0/5/sasuke2.png)

Edit 2: Heres one without the two renders...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig14d.png

[xDarkMaster]

Unfortunatley I don't have any more ideas. :( Even so, the sig is good. I would go with the first or third try.

Thanks for the render!

[master_me]

I don't see any differences between the two. Is the top one supposed to be slightly brighter?

Indeed. I suppose it doesn't matter, though.

[Mr Squiggles]

My first attempt at making a sig:
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/9108/alucardfrenzyfaceomg1337lolol9.png
kinda meh-ish... what do you guys think?

[PSJ]

Tonton, i like the one with naruto and sasuke in the background, the one without them feels a bit empty.

So i just did a photomanip with the Sasuke-Naruto render when they clash with Rasengan/Chidori. Feel free to comment on it.
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/582/photomanipnarusasufinished4ho.png

And here is the original photo i used for the background.
http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/photos/american_west/images/Mirror%20Lake%20@%20Yosemite.jpg

[xDarkMaster]

That is AWESOME PSJ! Could you tell me how to do it or the tut you learned it from?

Squiggles: Not bad at all for your first try. I would try making your name more readable though.

[PSJ]

Kage made a photomanip tut in the tutorial thread. The process isn't that much diffrent from a normal signature or something. You use some brushes, lighting effects, etc. really whatever you want to make it look good. The basic thing though is to take a photo and manipulate it, you can do it with or without a render.

[Board of Command]

Very nice work PSJ. My only concern is the mountain in the back behind Sasuke. The cliff is right on Sasuke's face, so if you could trim the mountain a little I think it would make the guys stand out more.

[xDarkMaster]

Kage made a photomanip tut in the tutorial thread. The process isn't that much diffrent from a normal signature or something. You use some brushes, lighting effects, etc. really whatever you want to make it look good. The basic thing though is to take a photo and manipulate it, you can do it with or without a render.

Thanks, your helpful as usual PSJ!

I thought I would give it a try. Tell me what you guys think.

http://img424.imageshack.us/img424/9586/86cu.png

[IFHTT]

Wow dude!! That looks freaking awesome!!! I love the feel you get when you look at it, it almost looks like a real piece of art.. Great job xDM!

[dragonrage]

@xdarkamster... looks really nice man.... i think its about time i watch that tut....great job.

[PSJ]

Looks great man. Good work, keep em coming.

[xDarkMaster]

Wow, thanks for all the complimants guys! I didn't expect my first try to be so well liked.

[PSJ]

You matched the render and the background beautifully. The only thing i don't like as usual is the text.

[xDarkMaster]

heh...how can you not like it, there barely is any and its SMALL...

*pouts*

:p

[PSJ]

I don't really know it's the style, to wierd of a font to use, use a normal font instead something that looks rather plain.

[Mr Squiggles]

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/2264/alucardfrenzyfaceomg1337lolol3.png

There, I made the text a little bigger. It's a little better, i guess...

[master_me]

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/schid_master_mecopy.png
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/mmbo_releasethebeast.png

I sort of like the Sasuke one, but I have a number of problems with the second one, starting with the text. I would love some ideas to fix the text on the second one.

EDIT: And two more x_x

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/startfinish_Layer0copy3.png
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/mffxc_Layer1.png

[Zinobi]

on the second one try switching the text colors (make the red blue and the blue red)

[Board of Command]

New work. I don't like it - looks too messy.
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/4170/cloudmidgar5xq.jpg

[master_me]

I can see what you mean messy. It's still nice, imo. Try revamping the background or choosing a different hue/saturation.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/rocknrolln_Layer1copy.png
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/gyroreq_Layer1copy.png

Both were requests at another forum. I've been toying around with Imageready, and I have to say, life without brushes is easier than I though it would be.

[djblingsingh]

the first one is better looking but hte second hsa a better concept. if you added hte text from teh sec to the first then it would be pretty good, but hte heads of the renders need a but more work, it seems as if they stick out of the border, a layer change would probably fix that


good work

[IFHTT]

New F/SN sig, since this is now no longer considered a spoiler. I've been itching to make this one for a while.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig15a.png

Comments?

[Zinobi]

well then here we go
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7559/rikusig2copy1im.jpg
yeah it is still pretty messy but im not gonna use it anyway...meh...
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6200/rikusig3copy7uc.jpg
yes i know im kinda obsessed with Riku right now itll pass....
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/2750/seagirlcopy2zj.jpg

[masamuneehs]

gosh damn someone help me with this Xenogears sig!
http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/1856/untitled1copy2gy.png
edit: after getting some feedback in IRC methinks i might just want to start all over with this one : (

[Phoenix20578]

I like the render for Welltail. Everything else is too dark. What you might want to do is Get rid of the Fei render and make Welltail the focus Making the Text more dynamic would help also. This sig suffers from some simple errors, like text placement, render placement, and mis-lighting. Once those are fixed, I see alot from this one. I like the bg against all that though.

[PSJ]

Master_me: I like your new style with the boxes and shit. Keep working hard man, looking good.

Zinobi: The best advice i can give you is keep it to one render and brush alot, alternate between black and white to create shadows and highlights. Start with this and work your way up. You can find alot of good brushes at www.deviantart.com, just search for photoshop brushes.

Masamuneehs: I'll give you the same advice as i gave Zinobi. One render, best quality as possible and alot fo brushing.

Keep working hard guys.

Okey so here's a new work comin up.

In this one i didn't brush at all. This is my first smudge sig ever. Comments are appreciated.

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/8412/orcwithaxecopy5bh.png

[xDarkMaster]

Hmmmm, I dunno if it's just me but when I glance at it, it looks AWESOME. However, if I actually look at it, it's a bit confusing. All the boxes make it hard to see what the pic actually is, especially with the axe.

[Zinobi]

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3281/linksigcopy8sp.jpg
yay or nay?

[Knives122]

it's needs to be a tad bit brighter.

[PSJ]

xDM: I see what you mean, i wasn't too sure about it. I experimented alot on it and it probably needs alot of work, after looking at it for a while i realised that there is no main point of focus, it's just some effects and boxes. I don't feel "Look at *insert part of sig*" it's more like you're looking at all of it and can't decide what to focus on.

[Zinobi]

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/8537/cloudsig2copy4dr.jpg
hai or iie?
^yes ^no

[xDarkMaster]

Ummm I dunno whether it's hai or iie but I like it. I would recommend taking out the smaller render though. It's also a bit hard to read the text.

[IFHTT]

I like it too, make the text a little easier to read as xDM said, and you've got yourself a very very nice sig! Good job.

[Zinobi]

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/7900/cloudsig2copy6si.jpg
si or....uhh...errr...no

[IFHTT]

Sí, miradas buenas. Una recomendación sin embargo, agrega quizá una frontera.

^ Yep that looks good, maybe add a border though. :p

[Zinobi]

hmm ok ill think about adding a border but frankly i dont like em for some reason
thanx though :P

[IFHTT]

I fully understand, in either case it looks awesome.

[heero]

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/7900/cloudsig2copy6si.jpg
si or....uhh...errr...no

I liked it. cloud rocks btw ;)

[dragonrage]

@PSJ its is nice but confusing. I like the way you cut the pic to make it look like an abstract. Very nice.

@zinobi... i like it... very nice. Keep em coming.

[masamuneehs]

PSJ - way too confusing for my tastes. I like how different it is from most other sigs but I just think there's too much going on.

Zinobi- I just don't like the Cloud w/ sunglasses render, and the 2nd smaller Cloud render also doesn't really fit where it is. I'd delete the 2nd one all together. I love the background tho. Where do you get your texts from?

edit - well now it's your turn to (again) tear my attempt at a sig into pieces. I tried brushing it and making the Gear render more at the center (and i learned what Color Masking is!) but i'm not still satisfied with it... oh and no text this time, as I still haven't found any good ones...
http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/4963/untitled2copy2xo.png

[xDarkMaster]

Well, I'll keep with what PSJ said because I agree, stick to one GOOD render or maybe two, but they have to fit together. The guy on the left with yellow skin just doesn't fit IMO.

[Zinobi]

@masa the text is called Scriptina from a pack that was posted awhile ago here by...err....

also thanx for the compliments and such ^_^

edit: just made this
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/7987/sasukesigcopy5rr.jpg

[Board of Command]

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/7900/cloudsig2copy6si.jpg
si or....uhh...errr...no
Make the Cloud in the background less visible. Either tune down the saturation, opacity, or both. Some blurring could also help. Right now the two faces aren't mixing very well.

[xDarkMaster]

Seeing how my first one turned out so cool, I thought I would make another one.

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/9669/sanjicopy2ku.png

Not sure if I like this one as much...

[Phoenix20578]

The render stands out to much man.

[IFHTT]

I decided to redo my latest Fate/Stay Night sig of Archer. Do you guys think I made it too complex or does it look better?

Old: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig15a.png

New: http://forums.gotwoot.net/gallery/files/1/0/1/0/5/sig15b.png

[IFHTT]

Sorry Double post.....

[Zinobi]

@xDM yeah like phoenix said it sticks out too much
@IFHTT nice i like both of em cant really tell which is better


http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/6285/valkyriesigcopy4qa.jpg
comments suggestions welcome

[dragonrage]

I decided to redo my latest Fate/Stay Night sig of Archer. Do you guys think I made it too complex or does it look better?

Old: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig15a.png

New: http://forums.gotwoot.net/gallery/files/1/0/1/0/5/sig15b.png


the new one is deffernately better but what exactly does that text mean? I like the new render and the position it is in. It looks good.

@zinobi... dude were you feeling lazy when you created that sig because i know exactly what the orginal pic looks like for that. Are you trying to pull a fast lol. Keep on make em, i enjoy watching them.

[IFHTT]

^ You'll find out if you watch the anime :p.... Well I'll tell you this much, so as to avoid spoiling it for you: It is a quote from a sort of poem he says before he unleashes a certain attack. That's as far as I'm going with it. I was afraid that this question might come up so I thought about just leaving the text out all together... I may take it out because there is nothing worse than a sig that doesn't make sense in general IMO. Thanks for answering my question though. Anyone else have any comments/recommendations?

[masamuneehs]

IFHTT: Awesome job on the Archer sig. the only thing that looks a little weird is the steel beam in the background that seems to be sticking out of Archer's head. Blur it a bit like the majority of the background and see how it looks. Text is a little cramped and I personally don't know what the quote means either, but it really isn't 'cool sounding' (obviously, as i haven't seen that part in the show yet)
I know those are really minor details I have problems with, but that's cuz the sig is by and large fucking awesome. I love the new background and the position of the render. Good work man.

Zinobi- lol at dragonrage. Just way too bright at the bottom for my tastes, and it would be good with a background despite how cool the wings and swords might be. Maybe use less of the render or make it smaller? (or make the render the background and add from there?)

[IFHTT]

Well I decided to bite the bullet and remove the line that Archer says. I think it still works well without it, especially if it didn't help set the image in motion in your mind in the first place. Thanks for the comment Masa. I agree about the steel bar looking like it's coming out of his head, so I tried to remove the steel bar from the picture all together .I think I did alright given the room I had to work with and making it look like it wasn't there in the first place.

Anyways here's the newest version, sans text and bar: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/habighk/sig15c.png

[dragonrage]

It looks way better now with out the steel beam, great job with clone stamp? But i think It still need some text to go with it. It looks kinda empty, without the text. you are really putting out some nice stuff man. Since i join the sig making company to now you have gotten way better....Although i still like your original avatar( glad to see its back) and the wife beater sig, its just too funny.

edit: i think it was time i redo my first sig ever, so Vicious is here to fill in for awhile. But have no fear Vash is gonna return.

[xDarkMaster]

I dunno if it needs the text. To me it looks just fine as it is.

Great job yet again Tonton!

[IFHTT]

Yep, Clone stamp all the way heh. Thanks for the compliments! And yeah good ole toast eating Naruto is back up after I failed to produce anything satisfactory, plus I guess I had used that ava for so long that people just knew me by it so I decided to stick with it. :D I'm experimenting with some texts right now to see if I can come up with something that doesn't just clog up that bottom space.

Edit: Thanks xDM! I didn't see your post till after I submitted this one. I am torn between keeping text or leaving it out. To me either way will do, but I don't want a quote that no one will get...

[Zinobi]

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/979/valkyrie3zr.png
this is apparently the render i used for the sig...now i guess you can see why i didnt put a whole lot of work into the bg...

[masamuneehs]

as my interest in e7 has waned recently I am really trying to get a new sig/avatar combo up and running ASAP

started from scratch on the Xenogears sig. This is what I got...
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5306/id4copy6uy.png
as always your feedback is much appreciated

edit - version 1.4
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/9239/id5copy9qa.png

[PSJ]

I can't see what that sig is supposed to be. I see a face on the left but everything else is just a mess.

Masa, check out Kage's tutorials in the tutorial thread, they are very good and you'll learn alot.

[xDarkMaster]

Masa, I don't mean to be rude, but seriously, listen to PSJ's advise (about using one render). Not only is it hard to tell what the right render is but the edges are poorly done. On the other hand, the BG seems to look cool.

[masamuneehs]

i will check out the tutorial, but since i've done this new attempt i figure i'd post it as well
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/9138/id96pa.png
guess i have to go back and learn it all over again eh?

edit- thanks! i accidentally dragged the unaltered image (the Gear with the planet) into the image (the BG is actually the face and Clone Stamped hair) then fiddled with the settings and some Layer Masks! Now to give it a border!

[IFHTT]

The new one looks Great dude! Is the planet blended with another layer? Whatever it is it looks damn cool.

[Zinobi]

looks much better ^_^

[dragonrage]

^^^^ what they said..... and good job... keep it up. I see that you are sticking to the one render thing that is good. Its a little too dark though... buts it is really nice.

[xDarkMaster]

My only complaint is to make it alittle brighter, other than that it's perfect. A HUGE, DRAMATIC improvement. Keep it up Masa!

[Zinobi]

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/4332/tidussigcopy4wz.jpg
paper or plastic?

[dragonrage]

well its been a while but here is something i was working on.... the text was a bit long, so it didn't come out as well as i wanted it too... tell me what you think.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f342/Drage1/fmasigalanded1.jpg

[IFHTT]

Honestly dragonrage, I think I have yet to see a sig from you that didn't impress me! That looks good, I can see what you mean with the text but all in all it looks really nice!

Edit: Sorry Zinobi I was going to post on yours too but the image didn't load until after I closed firefox and reopened it. That looks good. As with DR, I don't know much about final fantasy as I've never followed the games, but as sig material that looks good. I also recommend you brighten the To Zanarkand text up just a little and maybe the render a little bit too but other than that I think it looks sweet!

[dragonrage]

*blushes* thanks man, glad you like it.

edit: while i am at it, i think i am gonna make one more almost forgot how to make one, after that long break.

@ zinobi: sorry that you feel left out, and i appologize that i didn't comment on your sig on the forums. So here goes: its looks pretty nice, although i don't know much about final fantasy i was a little stricking by the text I think it could be better. and you could enhance the render a little more, that would make it better as well. nice job, it was an improvement for the angel sig. which looked like you didn't put any effort into it at all. Keep 'em coming.

[Zinobi]

DR youve gotten really good you prodigy you.

[Phoenix20578]

i will check out the tutorial, but since i've done this new attempt i figure i'd post it as well
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/9138/id96pa.png


This try is defenately the best that I've seen from you. Looks beautiful!

[Board of Command]

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/9138/id96pa.png
guess i have to go back and learn it all over again eh?

You think you can post that picture of Id Weltall? I haven't seen any good pictures of Xenogears stuff.

Btw it looks good, but I suggest you remove the face on the left and just keep the gear. Oh, and add a border for completeness sake.

edit: Damn, masa, now I just had to make a Xenogears sig...
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6526/emeralda18wj.jpg

Comments? Concerns?

[masamuneehs]

here ya go BoC
Id's Gear with Spacey Background (http://forums.gotwoot.net/gallery/files/8/5/5/0/xenosig_original.jpg)

damn you just pumped out that Emeralda sig in a heartbeat! I was doing and redoing my current one for days now... I'm not sure if I like the render of her as a child. I would personally use a pic of her Gear, Crescens (one of the most, if not the most, beautiful Gears ever) but that's just me. Background fits damn well

[Terracosmo]

BoC, I absolutely adore the Emeralda sig. I'm a sucker for green and it has a dreamy feeling to it.

I do think it would be better without her as a child in the corner though.

[Board of Command]

Masa, I wouldn't call it a heartbeat. It was frickin tough to render the adult Emeralda because the original was a fairly low quality picture. I'll make some adjustments so expect an updated version soon.

[Board of Command]

Ok, finished the second version. Here's a head to head comparison.

Version 1:
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6526/emeralda18wj.jpg

Version 2:
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1972/emeralda22qz.jpg

It was hard to fit Crescens on there because it's long and narrow. I tried to get more of the wings on but they simply don't fit :(

OH NOES DOUBLE POST!!11

[masamuneehs]

i have finally gone through the tutorials, yet I still can't make myself go about creating sigs like that... I never thought that i could have an artistic 'style' so to say, but I guess I do, and it doesn't seem to want to budge to follow those tutorials...

so, i made 2 versions of a new sig. Obviously they both need more work, and I think I went a little nuts with the brushing in the second one...

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2604/sasukesig12copy0ec.png
this version seemed too empty and 'blue' for my tastes, and i wanted to play with a sorta pop-out style so I went to this one
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/1509/sasukesig15copy3vr.png
And then got annoyed that their heads were cut off so I adapted it again to:
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/3087/sasukesig162copy7wc.png
as always feedback is appreciated! Sorry that i'm a deviant and can't just stick to the simple render BG thing (tho the Itachi part technically is the BG, but altered quite a bit)

perhaps I should try to get some studying in today... :(

[Phoenix20578]

That final product looks great. The colors blend veryt nicely with the renders. Great job Masa!

[PSJ]

I like it to. The text however is bad. Re-work that so it fits with the general theme of the sig.

[Board of Command]

That text is extremely hard to read. Does that line come with the font? Because if it doesn't, get rid of it. Other than the text the sig is very nice.

[IFHTT]

I agree with all of the above Masa, change the font and that is one hell of a badass sig. Keep them rolling out, you're getting better and better.

[dragonrage]

i agree the text need work, and as i said before it is awsome. Glad to see the tree is gone. I think you should add a border as well especially since it is white, kinda seperate the sig from the page, also make it look even better i think.

[masamuneehs]

a border on a Pop-Out sig... how does that come to be exactly?

I agree it would look better with some kind of border, but with this kind of sig I am clueless how to go about getting it...

edit - thaks everyone for the feedback. that text will change soon.

[xDarkMaster]

I dont think he realized it was a pop out sig because it is a bit hard to tell. Keep it up Masa, now you are really starting to get better. I'm liking you style. :)

Here is my latest sig.

This is the original.

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/1222/shinocopy8qk.png

And then I tried to make the render blend in more.

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/2158/shinocopy22co.png

Let me know what you think or which one is better.

[Phoenix20578]

#2 is kickass Dark. Definatly your best work.

[PSJ]

I like the first better, the render looks jagged in the second one, if you can fix that it would look alot better.

[darkshadow]

The renders look the same to me, and yes #2 is great!

[xDarkMaster]

I like the first better, the render looks jagged in the second one, if you can fix that it would look alot better.

The renders are the same on both of them. The only thing I changed between them is a color balance layer.

Edit: Well, I kinda see what you mean so here is a fix. Dunno if it's better though.

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/8936/shinofinal6kf.png

[IFHTT]

WOW! I am actually at a loss of words to describe how fucking excellent that looks xDM... You can almost feel like you're there in the field with him. Supurb work dude!

[xDarkMaster]

*blushes*

Thanks for all the compliments and help guys. I probably won't make another sig in awhile because of school, but I'll be sure to still come here and try to help all of you out.

[Board of Command]

Nice sig xDarkMaster. I like the first one better because the blue tint just isn't my cup of tea. Maybe if you tone down that blue a bit.

PS: No offense but your Neji sig is atrocious. Fix it asap...

[dragonrage]

@ masa i don't know if this is what you are looking for but i hope it helps with the border.

http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?t=12507

@xdarkmaster... incredible job on the sig man. Nice work mixing reality with anime... it really looks nice man. keep it up.

[Zinobi]

@masa nice job it blends nicely, i like it...even though im not a fan of pop out sigs

@xDM awesome job my friend...wanna hook me up with that render?

[PSJ]

New sig guys.
Comments appreciated.
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/8189/hirumayahacopy4hf.png

xDM: Color balance can sometimes make the renders look jagged if you do to much, the same goes for brightness/contrast layers.

[xDarkMaster]

New sig guys.
xDM: Color balance can sometimes make the renders look jagged if you do to much, the same goes for brightness/contrast layers.

Ah, I didn't know that.

And I'll put the render up in a bit for anyone who wants it.

Edit: I uploaded it in our gallery but the size and quality were reduced.

Here it is on imageshack but the quality also seems to have been reduced for some reason.

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9816/shinocoloredbypokefreak2kg.png

[NM]

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/8936/shinofinal6kf.png

Was the background a photomanipulation? If so, photomanips FTW! I'm liking this one alot DarkMaster, fantastic job!

EDIT: DM, if possible, could you link me to the original stock photo that you used for that? That background looks so kickass, I wanna make a facebook picture out of it for my profile by photoshopping both the photo and myself onto it. :D

[xDarkMaster]

Yeah, it was a photomanip. If you mean the BG of Shino, I don't have it anymore. However, I could try to find you the field.

Edit: Found it (http://www.deviantart.com/view/31586482/)

[NM]

Thanks alot for the stock! :)

[xDarkMaster]

No problem, glad I could help. Thanks again for the support guys!

[Carnage]

Im new at this, but what do you guys think?

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2230/batmancopy4am.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[naruto=pwnage]

I'm even newer:p whatcha think? it's my first try even using photoshop.

please feel fre to ridicule and give suggestions

[Alhuin]

God #2: the batman image is a nice crop... did you do it yourself? It's not perfect... I see some spots around the right arm... but if you did it, it's nice for a first try. The bat signal in the back is nice too... though off-center for the sig itself. I'm not feeling the blue brushing though. All in all... the sig is way too big. Try cropping more than half of it; but batman in the center, and center the bat signal behind him. Then go from there.


n=p: Good job for a first try. It's simple... to the point, and not cluttered. Better than my first days with paint. I don't recommend using the default brushes though. They kinda throw the sig off... and the colour isn't constant. The text over the brushing is somewhat hard to read... and the Gaara part looks cut off at the top. You should also add a border.

To everyone else... great job at the sigs I've seen lately. IFHTT, you've gotten a lot better over time. I've been gone for awhile... and took the change of forums as quite a surprise. Anyways, I'm a bit rusty, but I started up Photoshop and began working on a few sigs. I have about 3 or 4 in the making... but this one is giving me some trouble. I can't find a decent tech. for it. This is how it looks right now:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v376/Alhuin/Sigs/samus.jpg

Criticism is appreciated.

[xDarkMaster]

DAMN! You call that a bit rusty? I like it as is, maybe some text. Can't wait to see your other work.

[Phoenix20578]

Heh, oh Alhuin, you need to stop going on and off so much. Anyway, thats not bad at all. Its clean and simple with alot of good contrast. Good job.

[Alhuin]

Haha... I get real busy with all my anime and what-not... so I get burned out on Photoshop... and stop going so many places online. Well... I still visited Gotwoot... I just never felt the need to login and post. Not until I have something to contribute.

I think the sig looks nice myself... and want to add some text... but don't know what would fit. The main thing I wanted help with was around samus' head; where it wasn't cropped perfectly. I can't find good brushing to cover it up, and didn't know what I could do. It's too noticeable to me... I don't know about you all...

[xDarkMaster]

Why don't you just recrop it then?

[Alhuin]

I got the render off a site; I didn't do it myself. I did find out that I had accidentally duplicated the render though, and it made the edges thicker. I deleted the duplication, and it helped some. Not the best, but better than that^. Haha... me and my mistakes....

[IFHTT]

IFHTT, you've gotten a lot better over time.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v376/Alhuin/Sigs/samus.jpg

Criticism is appreciated.
Thanks a lot! I appreciate it. And I'll have to agree with xDarkMaster on this one, that is just awesome!!! I'd like to be able to consistantly produce stuff like that! Great job. I too await your other works :cool:

[PSJ]

Great to see you back Alhuin and great new work on that one. I hope you find some tech brushes to make it look even more awesome. Show us the other 3 you were working on will ya?

[Carnage]

Thx alot for the advice Alhuin. What do you guys think about these? (Note: I had pretty bad quality pictures to work with, so please bere with me):

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/9074/bragosig5hd.jpg

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/2562/gashsig7iu.jpg

[Board of Command]

Mesmerizing :eek: But hey, if that's your style then all power to you. First one is a bit dark because you can't see the guy at all

[Alhuin]

Great to see you back Alhuin and great new work on that one. I hope you find some tech brushes to make it look even more awesome. Show us the other 3 you were working on will ya?

Well... the other three aren't that good; save the exception of one. I'll post them, but just remember I'm still working on them. Oh, and I changed my Samus sig a bit, so I'll post the update of that.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v376/Alhuin/Sigs/samus2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v376/Alhuin/Sigs/predator.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v376/Alhuin/Sigs/yoda.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v376/Alhuin/Sigs/zelda.jpg

I'll be gone for the weekend, so I won't get any of the criticism until Monday. It will be appreciated though.

[naruto=pwnage]

God #2: n=p: Good job for a first try. It's simple... to the point, and not cluttered. Better than my first days with paint. I don't recommend using the default brushes though. They kinda throw the sig off... and the colour isn't constant. The text over the brushing is somewhat hard to read... and the Gaara part looks cut off at the top. You should also add a border.

I know that the "GAARA" text got cut off a bit but I'm still trying to figure out how to downsize the pic without cutting anything out. also the font isn't all that great, I know but still it is a rather nice font. if anyone could tell me how to downsize a pic or make it bigger without cutting anything or creating white spaces it would be nice. thanks

[naruto=pwnage]

oops. sorry I double posted the same message and I don't kno if I can completely get rid of my posts...

[xDarkMaster]

I know that the "GAARA" text got cut off a bit but I'm still trying to figure out how to downsize the pic without cutting anything out. also the font isn't all that great, I know but still it is a rather nice font. if anyone could tell me how to downsize a pic or make it bigger without cutting anything or creating white spaces it would be nice. thanks

What part of read some basic tutorials first don't you understand? I mean, just playing with the tools and going through the menus you should be able to figure out how to do it.

[dragonrage]

nice new sigs everyone, there are to many to give individual attention too.

@naruto=pwnage nice first try... keep at it.

@PSJ... its abit different from what i have seen from you (the render i am talking about), but its awsome and alittle freaky as well, cool.

@Ahuin... welcome back, although we never actually met. Great Samus sig, i really like it, but i like anything with Samus in it, nevertheless awsome sig. I also like the Link sig, freaking wicked, but the text is messed up fix that and it will be alot more amazing.

[heero]

Here's a set of Hokage sigs I made
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/heeroyuri/Shoudaime.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/heeroyuri/Nidaime.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/heeroyuri/Sandaime.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/heeroyuri/Yondaime3.jpg

Didn't really do anything fancy. I'm not that great with Photoshop, so don't be too harsh on me plz :p



Oh, and I changed my Samus sig a bit, so I'll post the update of that.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v376/Alhuin/Sigs/samus2.jpg
I love that Samus sig Alhuin :D

[PSJ]

Here's a new work from me in two version, unfortunaly it's a naruto anime spoiler so i can't post it directly at the boards so i'll link them.

Version 1
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8471/obitosig10iu.png
Version 2
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3003/obitosig29fh.png

I personally like version 1 better, what do you guys think(the ones that aren't afraid spoilers)

[xDarkMaster]

Definitely version one PSJ. My only complaint is it is a little hard to see where the render ends and where the BG begins.

[PSJ]

Yea i used the render to make the bg.

[Psyke]

I don't usually show the stuff I do here, due to the fact that most of you guys here are way better than what I'm capable of, and that the stuff I do are mostly related to Tokusatsu rather than anime. But I've just set up a new page of what I've done till now, so do check it out. Here's the link:

Psyke Creations (http://ultranosekai.50webs.com/psykecreations.htm)

Thanks! :D

[PSJ]

You got a very unique style Psyke, i like it alot actually, very simple and not to serious. I liked the spiderman one very much, don't know how much you actually did in that one though.

[xDarkMaster]

I totally agree, very unique and simple, yet it looks good most of the time. This might be a noobish question but, what is that? Like, Japanese Power Rangers?

@Heero: I like the idea, but they are not the best they could be. The text could use some fixing and you should add a border. You should also find better pictures of the 1st and 2nd or enhance those pics to make them look better. You also need the fifth. :p

[master_me]

PSJ - I honestly like the first one better. The second version's scanlines look sort of odd, maybe lower the opacity, or have less spacing in between? I do like the text, though~

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/GTA1_Layer1.png
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/GTA2_Layer1.png
I'm aware these are both the same backgrounds XD;
I do like the way they turned out, though.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/pukubm_Layer1.png
This wasn't supposed to be "good" or anything, but I was just testing a different way of
coloring my backgrounds which apparently works well enough that I'll use it in the future.

...I'm still using Imageready whilst Photoshop is broken.

[Psyke]

I totally agree, very unique and simple, yet it looks good most of the time. This might be a noobish question but, what is that? Like, Japanese Power Rangers?


Tokusatsu is a genre in Japan which refers to live action shows, such as Masked Rider, Power Rangers (known as Sentai), and Ultraman. It's been labelled as "Power Rangers" in most other parts of the world due to the series being "Americanised", but back in Japan it's pretty much main stream, and definately not all Tokusatsu shows are aimed at kids. There are shows for adults as well, such as the recently concluded Garo, with enough gore and nudity to have a late night time slot.

As for the Spider-man sig, I did nothing at all, only re-sizing and changing the positon of the number "3". Just made it because I liked that image. :D

[heero]

@Heero: I like the idea, but they are not the best they could be. The text could use some fixing and you should add a border. You should also find better pictures of the 1st and 2nd or enhance those pics to make them look better. You also need the fifth. :p

Thx for ur reply. It helps a lot. I'll go back and try to fix it :) and ya, I'll make one for the fifth too :D

[master_me]

Updated a sig~

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/GTA1_Layer1_Layer1.gif

[masamuneehs]

master_me, i love the border you added to the GTA sig, but I'm not so sure it fits with the background so well. Maybe try to spice up the background a little bit or change it to a more 'futuristic/high-tech' feel to match the border. Good work tho.

Heero, Good products for a first try. The text needs to be changed so it's all visible and you should try Narutomaster's quality enhancing technique on the pics of the 1st and 2nd. Next step would be to maybe mess with some brushing and blending to give each a more individual feel. Great start

Psyke, I like them alot, especially the style and the backgrounds. Only thing i'd mess some more with is different texts.

[Kraco]

@master_me: Aye, it's certainly a very impressive border / frame you have drawn. Not an easy task, no doubt. Although masa might be right with what he said. The frame is looks very scifi, whereas he actual picture inside doesn't, so there's a slight clash, even if the frame colour helps somewhat..

[master_me]

Yeah, I'm going to edit the city a bit so it looks slightly more hi-tech I suppose. I was testing a new border and that was my latest work, so, I went with it.

[Vegechan]

Having a hard time choosing from two sigs I made. These are my first attempts at photoshop. Tell me what you think.

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/9696/goufcustom1dn.jpg

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/7356/goufcustomsig7yg.jpg

I'm leaning towards the second one. I like the edgier look. I was trying to figure out how to make a crystalized looking background but haven't figured it out just yet. I'll get it eventually though.

One thing I can't figure out, what happens if I want to change the settings for a filter I've already placed up? The only way I could figure it out was deleting it and reapplying it with the different settings. Any other easier way?

[PSJ]

You really should put the render on top in the second one that would look alot better.

[Kraco]

Well, the filters work pretty much in real time, so undoing them and applying a new with different settings, like you have been doing, is pretty much the only way. In the end only layer effects and blending options, layer transparencies and such are things that don't directly touch to bitmap information, and are thus infinitely adjustable without loss of information.

Your first sig is more harmonious but somewhat faint. The second one is more clear, aggressive and strong, but it looks quite raw and unfinished (the text effect is much better than in the first though).

In my opinion you might want to play around in PS for little longer hunting for a more balanced feeling. Clearly you didn't achieve your vision yet because you said you didn't succeed in creating the crystallized background. Whilst filters can create fancy surfaces and effect, it's indispensable to first know what you want and then try to create it, no matter how long it takes.

[Vegechan]

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/4427/goufcustomsig5mh.jpg

Got the effect I wanted. I like this one a lot. Probably will end up using this one.

EDIT: Also just finished this one for a friend. I like the way it came out.

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/711/hollowichigo7ul.jpg

Opinions? On both?

[xDarkMaster]

That is much better than your first two, you definitely found some balance. I might tune down the effect a bit around his head though. Keep up the good work.

[Alhuin]

Okay, so I think I'm finished with my Samus sig. If you can't tell, the text reads "Samus Aran". I think it looks pretty decent.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v376/Alhuin/Sigs/samusfinal.jpg

Also, I update my Predator sig and changed the text around. I think it looks okay... but it probably still needs some work.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v376/Alhuin/Sigs/predator2.jpg

By the way, nice sigs everyone the posted since I was gone for the weekend. Some were pretty good for a first try, and some needed some work. But I think everyone else has commented on those parts, so I won't bother.

Also, where has Kage gone?

[djblingsingh]

well a friend of mine asked me to make a sig for her and and this was the outcome
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c125/djblingsingh/aanchal.jpg
C&C

i really like that GTA one by master_me
the samus and predator sigs are both well done but i like the predator one more

GJ everyone

[master_me]

Major testing again, lol

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/bcuzrm_Layer2.png

Being my current age and attempting to utilize the powers of Imageready alone, I think the outcome is sort of nice. The darkness couldn't have been helped because of the render, but I'm not real please with it anyway.

[heero]

My latest work. Feed back appreciated. :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v152/heeroyuri/Iceman.jpg

Edit: with or without borders?

[AnimePunk]

@djblingsingh : I really like your sig but i don't like the dark area in the center

@heero: Like the sig; would be nice if you play around with the text

I need to do ps again, see some great sigs

[Kraco]

@Heero: Aye, I have to say the text doesn't fit currently the impressive graphics. Right now it looks like the name is added there as a signature indicating you made the image, as in a painting. However, I don't think that's really an issue with a sig. Maybe it's just my personal view, but I think if there's your name there, it should rather be there to help people recognize you, and be an integral part of the image. But like I said, maybe that's just me. Very good work, though.

[heero]

thx for the feedback guys. Ill try to fix the font.

[Board of Command]

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/bcuzrm_Layer2.png
Maybe play around with levels and curves a bit, because I cannot see a thing.

[master_me]

I'm actually ditching that one. I was testing a new style and apparently it doesn't work with dark renders. I might make another sig using that render later, though.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/sfinish_Layer1.png
I made that with a combination of GIMP and Imageready, Imageready was just for the text though~ I honestly love the outcome of this one.

[IFHTT]

Yeah, master_me that one looks sweet. Nice work dude!

[dragonrage]

I'm actually ditching that one. I was testing a new style and apparently it doesn't work with dark renders. I might make another sig using that render later, though.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j107/mgfxn/sfinish_Layer1.png
I made that with a combination of GIMP and Imageready, Imageready was just for the text though~ I honestly love the outcome of this one.

nice sig. dude. good job, keep it up.

[Zinobi]

GIMP? what is GIMP?

[Kraco]

Gimp is a freeware editing/drawing program. Offers a wide variety of functions. Maybe even close to the level of PS. I haven't personally used it, but many do and are happy. From what I hear it's somewhat different compared to PS, so it might not be easy to get used to it if you have been using PS (or of course vice versa from Gimp to PS).

@master_me: That's indeed a sweet sig. Impressive work. The colours especially are very well balanced.

[master_me]

I much prefer Photoshop, but sadly, my copy is broken. GIMP isn't great for image manip unless you're talented and have a lot of experience in the field, which of course I don't. If you want to make some nice graphics though, GIMP is nice.

[Alhuin]

That's a nice sig master_me. I really like that render, and the graphics look great. I love the effect over Sora as well. The text is a little hard on my eyes, with the diagonal pattern. But it still looks great. Might I ask where you got that (and maybe other KH renders)?

Here's an update of an older sig I did. I didn't mess much with the render itself, just messed around with everything else. Hope it looks decent... I personally like the render and would love for the sig to be awesome...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v376/Alhuin/Sigs/albel.jpg

The text may be off... but I'm not in a creative mind-state at the moment, so that's all I could think of to do.

[Carnage]

Ok, Ok, what do you guys think of this? Do you think its a small improvement?

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1136/luffysig7yi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[xDarkMaster]

Not really, this one is more of a step down. BG is dull. Text doesn't fit. Right render, what is the right render of? I see the hat... I like the left render though. :p

[Carnage]

Thx. i got the right render from the 4th movie where Luffy is about to use Gomu Gomu Rocket. And what is BG? (Im a noob at this :o )

[dragonrage]

BG = BackGround.... and yeah i agree with xDM that your previous work was better than this. the render on the right is horrible, and the background is way to simple, and it doesn't fit at all. I think the background is your main problem, and i suggest that you look at some of the tutorials on image enhancing, that will bring more life to your render.

[NM]

Had some free time on my hands so I thought I'd hit up the Photoshop again. I haven't updated my brushes and such and I think I'm still kinda rusty. The text could probably be better to (especially the placing of my name). I thought I'd do a Wisdom Sora sig since I haven't seen that render used that much around here. Much thanks to whoever rendered it in the Render thread (I think it was Phoenix, right?). And if your wondering why I wrote Sanctuary for the text, I was listening to the song while making this. :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/NarutoMaster/WisdomSorasig.jpg

[xDarkMaster]

I like it, the BG looks good and also fits with the render. The problem, as you said, is the text. Is it just me or does the render look stretched horizontally?