New sig or wallpaper? show it off here!

[Itachi_y2k5]

i havent posted in a while Oo' anyways i was just playing on photoshop and did this

its pretty crap but its the first peice of photoshop ive done in a while =S

what u guys think

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

Ok BOC, a couple of tips.

Utilize negative space. Pretty much means the entire bg doesn't need to be filled and it should fade to black. Keyword there is fade, dont want an abrubt change into blackyness.

Another thing is the 'direction' of the sig. See how the render is going diagonally down and to the left, yet the bg is just left to right? You always wanna try to match the two as best you can.

Darkmaster, put the original next to the updated version in the same post so I can see the difference.

Itachi, you should start doing PS again, you were getting really good. You should be back to where you were at in no time.

[Board of Command]

Utilize negative space. Pretty much means the entire bg doesn't need to be filled and it should fade to black. Keyword there is fade, dont want an abrubt change into blackyness.

But my background is a photomanip of clouds and plains as if the guy is falling out of the sky. I know what you're saying because I've done it on some of my abstract backgrounds, but it doesn't make much sense to fade a sunny landscape to black.

Another thing is the 'direction' of the sig. See how the render is going diagonally down and to the left, yet the bg is just left to right? You always wanna try to match the two as best you can.

This sounds like a good idea. I'll try it out.

edit: ok I tried that, it looks very awkward because the blade is pointing to the ground. Also, it takes away from the "falling" aspect when the render is aligned parallel to the horizon.

[xDarkMaster]

Kage: Here you go

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Edit: Edited color in 2nd version a bit.

[Kagari]

Found some old sigs i made way back when for the gotwoot sig contests. brings back memories. The sasuke one is the original variation of the sig i'm currently using.

the last one is just something i created today from my Final Fantasy 11 character, wanted to practice with the gradient tools and get back in the sig business
















let me know what you guys think, if the feedback is good i might start up the ol' photoshop again :P

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[PSJ]

Yo Kagari, longtime no see. What made you comeback to the boards?

I like the Neji one and the Zaku one. Work a bit with the background in both. Since you already know your share of PS i can give this advice without getting killed by someone. Read up on some of Kage's tutorials in the tutorial section here at the fanart section, they are really good. The 2 video tut's are great so if you want to fire up PS again it's a good watch.

New work:
Tried something like Kage's Haku sig, comments are welcome.


New work V2:
It turned out very diffrent from Kage's Haku work in the end.

[IFHTT]

Wow PSJ, that looks incredible! Very nice job!

[Board of Command]

Since you already know your share of PS i can give this advice without getting killed by someone. Read up on some of Kage's tutorials in the tutorial section here at the fanart section, they are really good.

You watch what you say, sir!

But ya I agree with PSJ, you need to work on the backgrounds. Try not to fall in love with the difference gradient too much (Neji and FFXI). I don't see any brushing in all 5 pieces, so try to incorporate some of that.

[PSJ]

You watch what you say, sir!

But ya I agree with PSJ, you need to work on the backgrounds. Try not to fall in love with the difference gradient too much (Neji and FFXI). I don't see any brushing in all 5 pieces, so try to incorporate some of that.

Please don't kill me!!!!

But yea i agree with BoC, brushing is a great friend in sig work. Don't fall into the trap of only brushing one layer and then slap a color balance on top of it, switch between brushes and black and white to get a more complex background, also use the layer function as much as possible not to much brushing on each layer, it will be alot harder to edit later. These advice are for everyone that wants to start out with brushing.

Get brushes at www.deviantart.com, just search for photoshop brushes.

[Thi3f]

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[PSJ]

Yea the text is teh suckieness but i'm going to fix that up tomorrow i think.

[Board of Command]

I made that for the University of Waterloo forum.

[PSJ]

Text sucks, the outer glow is worthless, i have seen you do much better texts. You have lowered the opacity on the cape on the render where it pops out of the background so you can see the baby blue border and that looks very strange, also you might try a darker blue on the border.

The background looks pretty nice though.

[Board of Command]

Yeah I cheaped out on the text, it was just a 15 second job. I'll fix the cape.

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

ya fix the text and do what psj said make the border dark blue

[Zinobi]

i got a new sig :P



Thank you to IFHTT for the render because my lazy ass didnt want to cut it out itself...

[Board of Command]

Here's the revised version.


Zinobi, you need a border. I like the overall design.

[Zinobi]

Fine BoC, I'll add a border. But I'm only doing this 'cause your my friend...-_-

[Board of Command]

Fine BoC, I'll add a border. But I'm only doing this 'cause your my friend...-_-

And also because I'll feed you through a wood chipper if you don't. And while you're at it, try to put more contrast between the render and background. Also, like Kage mentioned, fade some of the empty space to black, especially on the right. This adds the feel of lighting.

[Zinobi]

Edit: Oops nevermind get back to ya tomorrow