My First Sig.

OK erm..

Try following this tutorial..
http://www.avivadirectory.com/photos...udge-tutorial/

Don't smudge the gun though like it would suggest to do so in the tut, just stick with the colours on the guy. See how that looks. Keep smudging out and it should fill the canvas.

If you have any problems with that, get back to me and I'll try and explain it myself, I think a slight smudge might work with this sig.

Erm ok i didnt really understand that tut lol

Ok, give me a few moments and I'll cool something up for you to help. Is that ok?
Bare with me, I'm easily distracted.

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Originally Posted by Kanariya

Ok, give me a few moments and I'll cool something up for you to help. Is that ok?
Bare with me, I'm easily distracted.

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Yea thats ok, No rush :)

Oh btw what progam are you using? Photoshop?
Also could you provide me with the render?

Photoshop CS4 Extended ;)

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Originally Posted by Kanariya

OK erm..

Try following this tutorial..
http://www.avivadirectory.com/photos...udge-tutorial/

Don't smudge the gun though like it would suggest to do so in the tut, just stick with the colours on the guy. See how that looks. Keep smudging out and it should fill the canvas.

If you have any problems with that, get back to me and I'll try and explain it myself, I think a slight smudge might work with this sig.

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Thanks for the link, i remember looking for a smudge tutorial a while back.

Okie dokie. This is VERY BASIC, but it shows you the settings you need and i'll explain it best I can. I'll do a tutorial for smudge one I remember how to do it properly, I'm VERY rusty at it - but for the purpose of what you need it for, this SHOULD suffice.

Anways.

http://i39.tinypic.com/2dgnymw.jpg

Take a look at that image, (You will need both images for the settings so hold tight before you get started).

I have circled the brush i used, it's a default brush called Chalk so don't worry you don't need to download ANYTHING! To your right you should be able to see brush options. Make sure you have the smudge tool selected which is the little hand pointing, you can see it next to the image of brush i circled for you. (this is an image copied and pasted onto the canvas)

Really hope I'm not confusing things there.
Anyways...

Make sure you set the settings like i have for scattering. (or as close as you want)

http://i44.tinypic.com/2cgosw4.jpg

Then make the settings the same for shape dynamics, the other two boxes you see ticked just tick them ;).

If you see at the top of the picture you can see my 'render' (it's a photo, it's not been rendered). I have drawn on arrows for the direction you smudge. For the background you need to smudge away from the image, outwards.

The second image you can see what it looks like once its done - doesn't have to be exactly the same, course yours wont be... different images bring varied results. However can you see how this gives you the perfect colours for your background? It also looks slightly like an army cameo (Or will do with your colour scheme)

Does this help at all? If not I'll be less lazy and make a proper tut.

I understoon that Thanks. I duplicated the render and blurred the bottom layer and did a bit to the background aswell. Here is what it ended up like :)


http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/w...niperSig-2.png

I looks must better imo.
I'd try and find some C4D to pop in there because it still looks slightly bland. Try and stretch the smudging all the way -------->
Don't pop a layer effect on, make the background stand out more.

Little suggestion for you.
Try and work with smaller canvas', it means you have less room to fill so your sigs look less spacious. As you are just starting out you are still learning things so you have less knowledge to fill large canvas'... plus I think large sigs look unsightly.

Choose a nice small render, the sniper rifle does some damage to that sig due to its size and it mean you're being left with a lorra' space to fill.