starting to get the hang of this

I've only really been messing around with PS the last week, and i think i've learned a lot just from doing the tuts on this site.

i just made this sig
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/h...dynastysig.jpg

Ver. 2
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/h...ynastysig2.jpg

Please tell me what you think, and give me some advice, it's a work in progress.

BG seems to blend in smoothly with the render and font is good, whats with the top left part though?

AHAHHA I LOVE IT MAN GOOD JOB! i still am first to come up with pb sigs though on here:P i like it tho man maybe smallen the japanese in cornor and it will look pretty nice who is that by the way? rau? greenspan?

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Originally Posted by Aristodemus

whats with the top left part though?

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It's Dynasty in Japanese or Chinese, it's part of their team logo so i thought i should include it.

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Originally Posted by Goat

AHAHHA I LOVE IT MAN GOOD JOB! i still am first to come up with pb sigs though on here:P i like it tho man maybe smallen the japanese in cornor and it will look pretty nice who is that by the way? rau? greenspan?

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thanks man, i got the idea to make a PB sig from yours lol. I'm pretty sure it's greenspan, i got the picture form Dynasty Dysected Vol. 2 Cover. http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/h...er/sigs/77.jpg

very nice man, im gonna make anther paintball sig 2maro

just as your stand up sig this one looks good think the guy could use some more blending into the bg so he doesnt look stamped on and its a bit to monotone for my taste u could also throw in some light source and some gradient maps to make it look better text looks great though

Good stuff man. Though I have a few crits.
This sig is lacking a lot of contrast. I see it and i really just want to add a levels in and make it have more. You can also add contrast with a curves "s" curve. Some contrast would do wonders.
The blending is perfect you did a great job on it. Also the text is pretty slick, however you have got to get rid of the chinese letter on the top. It doesn't belong there at all, and has no point in being there.

Also i think this sig lacks depth. To fix this do the following.
1. Create new layer.
2. Image>apply Image.
Duplicate the image, and name the top on sharpen, and thee bottom blur.
3. On the sharpen layer go to Filter>sharpen
4.Then on the blur layer go filter>bur>blur more
5.Then on the sharpen layer erase/mask out everything but the render and SOME effects.
6. on the blur layer erase/mask out like everything except for the edges and some of the sides of the sig.

This wil not only strengthen your focal, but it will aslo add depth.

Aside form that your smudging is awesome, your text is pretty good. Keep it up.