my pitiful attempt at blending

http://www.eagleimg.com/up/18230.png

dont ask me what happend.... the glow around the picture just arrived... i really dont know how to blend do i?

Try brushing over the picture a bit, and try a different blending mode for the picture maybe. The outer glow would be fine if it weren't so bold.

Nice job apart from that, i like the colours you chose and the text looks good. It just all looks a bit spaced out.

Well done - 8/10

I totally agree with crofty ^^^ bring stuff a bit closer together and it will look better.
Just a tip i learned for blending.......

On the layer you have the pic of gordon on.....select the lasoo tool.Set feather to about 25-30px and draw a circle around gordon. Then go to Layer > Add layer mask > reveal selection.
It should help the pic blend into the background.

Anyway, nice work and if you keep at it you will get better

Good, i kinda like the glow :) Like crofty said it could be a tad bit less bold.

Anywayz, nice try at blending, 9/10 for first, 8.2/10 for normal.

yeah, it is a bit too spread out, next time i will try 300x125, this was 400x125

What mode do you have the render on? Usually if you copy the render twice and then put the two copies on soft light/hard light, then a guassian blur on the second layer it blends pretty well. That's what I did with the Gohan on my sig. The only difference is I copied the top layer (on hard light if I remember correctly) about 6 times to make it stand out.

Other than that it's a little big for the size of the render and your font. So reduce the canvas size a bit and it should be fine.

yeah, i did make the canvas too big, im thinking of what to make next to try out my blending...

How about a grunge sig, with loads of layers and depth

im goan do one saying "silence" and sumthing but i cant think of an image or render to put on it - any ideas?

just finished this, im quite proud since it was a five minuter and has no colour... its i nice effect - does need a border tho, dont hav time now sadly, maybe tomoro

http://www.eagleimg.com/up/18496.png

ok here it is with a simple border, who likes it?

http://www.eagleimg.com/up/18675.png

Nice one deep blue
IMO, the picture doesn't really fit with "Silence" mabey do a google image search for silence, might some find pics that fit better.

You did say this next one was to try out your blending, and i think youve done great job with that. :)

yeah but i like panthers and i thought ah wat the heck ill put a panther in, and it ties in with the black and white theme

Do a graveyard, or a person screaming ... but no no one can hear :( So tragic...

or a gravestone with a skeleton standing by it...

i like panthers and i ahte changing sigs when they are already completed, anyway i flattened it so it would mean making a whole new one and if i do that i at least want to make one on a different topic....