Buff:
The old sig? Well for a few hours I tried a bigger version with a different crop/resize that had a 25% zoom effect compared to the one showed in my former message
The original for the new one is on animegallery.net. Just crop/resize but it's possible that model was already a mod from another source.
Regarding the border, well I'll try and see result.
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Some of the sigs you guys make are crazy!! The textures on some of them are very nice. shinta|hikari, ArcAngel and Alhuin, how did you guys do those grid style kind of textures?
@shinta: Honestly, I like the new set better than the old. Colour scheme grabs my attention more. And the chip stands out... it's just beautiful. What type of filtering do you do to your backgrounds? It almost looks like cross-hatch, but I can't really tell...
@gos27: I assume by "grid like textures" you're referring to what I just pointed out with shinta's sig? If that's the case, then I only vaguely have an idea. But if it's something else you were wondering about, would you mind linking an example...
I finally sat down and tried to dish out some BRS avatars to go with my sig (that I should hopefully get up soon)...
I personally really like the two on the right, but the top one may be too "light" to go with the sigs... and the bottom... well, the pose may be too similar to the one from the sigs (minus the sword of course).
Last edited by Alhuin; Thu, 01-20-2011 at 04:57 AM.
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Darken the top right a bit. It's the best out of the 4.
Unfortunately, I didn't do the textures on the sig myself. They were already there on the image. I just rearranged and redrew some parts to make it fit in the sig space well.
Film grain+Cross hatch filters should produce a similar effect though.
Last edited by shinta|hikari; Thu, 01-20-2011 at 05:20 AM.
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Ditto. Avatars that convey expression, emotion and/or atmosphere are the best.Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
Also why the bottom right comes in second.
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@Alhuin : For example in your current avatar and sig, there is a grid effect over the blue flowery thing, what did you do to make this? Sorry if im not making sense
EDIT : Those 4 avatars are cool btw, how did you make the eye blue and the rest Black and White? Or was it already like that?
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@shinta and Bill: That's the problem I had with the top right... I can't darken it (I assume you mean the background). I was unsuccessful in creating anything decent, with the few renders I have, so I resorted to using original images. While the expression of that one is amazing, the background around her was very light. I tried "cutting" around her and making a darker background several times, but it never turned out decent. That's why I was leaning towards the bottom right, even though the top right has the best expression.
@gos: In my current set, the only thing I did was use do some brushing (which is the "blue flowery thing" you are talking about), and then use diagonal "scanlines" (as we call them) on a new layer, then set the opacity to a very low number so the lines are slightly visible, but not overpowering. The way to create the scanlines involves defining a pattern in PS... You make a new canvas, and set the size to 3x3 pixels, or 9x9 pixels... depending on if you want the lines close to each other, or spread apart. Example, in my set, that pattern was made on a 3x3 canvas, while, if you look at some of the GW banners I created that have scanlines, those were made on a 9x9 canvas. Anyways, once you have to canvas created, zoom in all the way. Grab the black, 1px pencil. From here, it depends on how you want the scanlines. Diagonal, just make a diagonal line from one corner of the canvas, to the other. Just click in the corner, move up a diagonal square, click again, etc. For horizontal or vertical, same thing. On a 3x3 canvas, you make one line in the middle of the canvas. On a 9x9, you make two lines... top and middle, or bottom and middle. That's how I made each pattern myself, at least. Anyone else is free to recommend their process.
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@Al - Just turn down the brightness and up contrast a little for the avatar.
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@Alhuin : Ohhh yeah, i made those patterns a while back, didn't think you could get that cool of an effect off them, must use them more!
Have a load of sigs and a few avatars made from ages ago, haven't been making good sigs in a while thoughAlso started making Youtube backgrounds which is hard, and sometimes frustrating
How's this:
Lowered the opacity on the light source too.
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I was thinking of something like this.
Still, my home PC monitor is not calibrated properly, so it might not appear as I want it in other displays. It usually appears too bright and with too much contrast. I still like the newer version you posted compared to the old one though.
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How about making the lighting more eerie to match the sig, or to keep a more similar style to the current one, more like moonlight?
It'll help darken it, but allow you to keep the lighting that makes it so dynamic.
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Honestly shinta... the only difference I can see between the version you did and the new one I changed is that you left the light source stronger, and the contrast is slightly higher... I bumped mine up to 50, so I'm guessing you did yours at 75? It doesn't look bad, but when it's bumped that high, it makes it look choppy, at least on my screen. Which, like you said about yours, mine is probably calibrated differently than most other peoples (I actually think Arch commented on that a year ago). I might go back and re-include the lighting, but I don't think I want to up the contrast any more.
@Bill: I can try some stuff, but I'm not particularly confident I can produce what you are suggesting. Would you happen to know a colour code that is close to what moonlight would look like?
All this hard work on this one is making me just want to scratch it and use the bottom right one from above instead... >_>
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Haha, no idea man. You're talking to a complete noob here.
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I didn't mean that my suggestion was better, just that it was what I meant in my previous post.
I think what you have is already more than good enough, so keep it.
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Apologies if I implied that I thought you meant that... I know you were just exampling the idea you had. I was simply pointing out that, on my screen, I couldn't tell much of a difference between the two, except what I mentioned.... so I was just saying that I used your recommendation, just tried to tone it down a bit. Hope that makes sense... >_>
I think I'm just going to keep what I have. I tried some "moonlight" effects, but it didn't really make any change. I may eventually switch it to the other one we were talking about... the more I look at it, the more I like it.
Anyways, here's a recent one I finished. Well, everything but the text. I wasn't quite sure what to put... I don't want to put "Black Rock Shooter" on three lines again like in my current, but it's too long leaving it as one line. I'm thinking no text might be a viable option.
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How about shortening it to "BRS" with the star instead then?
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I was thinking that... but I haven't been able to figure out how to make a star yet. I googled it about two weeks ago, to put in my current, and the only thing I found was using the shape tool... which, there is a star in that, but... if you remember the BRS sig I did almost a year ago, that had just the smudging, blueish background... the star I used on it is from the shape tool... it's too.... I want to say.... "bubbly" for the sig I just posted. That probably doesn't make any sense... But if I can find a way to make a better star, or find a star render, that's definitely an idea I had in mind.
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Im sure you could get a brush set that has some stars in it!?
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