Hey guys l know this sig is pretty horrible but can you rate anyways?Thanks

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n...n803/shine.jpg


Ive been trying to improve heaps but l dont think l am excelling yet.Can someone please rate this and if criticizing could you please leave a link that could help me improve.Id appreciate it heaps guys.Thanks

Oh, look at you lookin for pitty, lol jk. Really nice, the colors blend nice.

Really not very nice. Sorry. The render is overblended, the bg is very plain. Try out some tuts and see where you go from there.

well i really like the color, but the background pattern is too defined, there's no variation or anything that ads depth to it. For the render it looks like you just erased a couple of parts so the background shows through. try useing copying the render layer, then useing the smudge tool to blend it in...depending on the brush and the settings for the brush you can get some really cool results. honestly if you just go to the tutorial section of this site it has a lot of good ones...look for the video tutorials i think there's one for "Jade Empire" that's pretty good. also a good link for general photoshop turorials is Tutorialized.com...hope this helps...don't wory if you feel like you're hitting a wall keep at it...

i think it looks ok wolf the colours all suit each other good job if that'd be your worst

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Originally Posted by Graffight

well i really like the color, but the background pattern is too defined, there's no variation or anything that ads depth to it. For the render it looks like you just erased a couple of parts so the background shows through. try useing copying the render layer, then useing the smudge tool to blend it in...depending on the brush and the settings for the brush you can get some really cool results. honestly if you just go to the tutorial section of this site it has a lot of good ones...look for the video tutorials i think there's one for "Jade Empire" that's pretty good. also a good link for general photoshop turorials is Tutorialized.com...hope this helps...don't wory if you feel like you're hitting a wall keep at it...

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Thanks Graffight ill keep trying,I am following like so many tuts from this site but l guess l will focus extra hard and try to come up with something good.My problem is that l can barely ever choose a good bg colour to go well with whatever render l am using do you have any method to select a suitable bg?Also if you have msn please pm me it.Thanks

Use the color picker tool.

hmm... its ok
if i were you:
first. i'd delete the render, and put it in again. DONT blend it in like you have done here, just make sure the cut is clean and smooth. now, i know its ment to look like its part of the image, but blending it in like you've done there makes her look like a ghost or something. dont worry, a lot of people do this but its my mission in life to make them snap out of it.

second. the background needs to be more interesting, you could try shuffling it about a bit with some simple effects, or try my 3D tut then adding some custom colouring and stuff to it.

third. text, just make it better... maybe a white outer glow...

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Originally Posted by Wolf

Thanks Graffight ill keep trying,I am following like so many tuts from this site but l guess l will focus extra hard and try to come up with something good.My problem is that l can barely ever choose a good bg colour to go well with whatever render l am using do you have any method to select a suitable bg?Also if you have msn please pm me it.Thanks

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i only have aol, but my name is the same as on here "Graffight" also a tut video that's REEEEAAALLLy good is the one in the signatures section on page 2 i think it's the second from the last...it's by "Push" it's called [video]Depth/Multicoloring Tutorial...its a video tutorial and this dude is really good...good background effect and even a little bit about making good text...i defanantly recomend that one...

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Originally Posted by Dark Method

Use the color picker tool.

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I do use that l just dont know a suitable colour to choose.

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Originally Posted by mannos

hmm... its ok
if i were you:
first. i'd delete the render, and put it in again. DONT blend it in like you have done here, just make sure the cut is clean and smooth. now, i know its ment to look like its part of the image, but blending it in like you've done there makes her look like a ghost or something. dont worry, a lot of people do this but its my mission in life to make them snap out of it.


second. the background needs to be more interesting, you could try shuffling it about a bit with some simple effects, or try my 3D tut then adding some custom colouring and stuff to it.

third. text, just make it better... maybe a white outer glow...

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Thanks mannos ill try what you said and use it to improve =)

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Originally Posted by Graffight

i only have aol, but my name is the same as on here "Graffight" also a tut video that's REEEEAAALLLy good is the one in the signatures section on page 2 i think it's the second from the last...it's by "Push" it's called [video]Depth/Multicoloring Tutorial...its a video tutorial and this dude is really good...good background effect and even a little bit about making good text...i defanantly recomend that one...

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Ok Graffight ill check out the video if you ever make an msn pm me =)

You just used someone elses worked and turned it in to a brush and slaped it on. You havn't done anything yourselfe, I don't think that's gonna help you improve. The least you could have done was to smudge or somethin so we wouldn't notice.

most people start off making sigs like this :/

yeah man that was kinda messed up, he's just starting out, and he's getting better...keep it up wolf you're gonna get good soon enough...

Thanks for sticking up for me Graffight and l hope l do improve like you say lol :D

just a quick question Wolf
how did you blend the render, did you feather it?
If you did then you did way too much. I set it to 10 ox just about and then continue.
If you used an eraser you just want to go around the edges a bit.

I use the polygonal tool set feather to 15 and make a shape around my render ill try setting it to 10 px and see what happens look out for my next sig and tell me what you think it will be a 10 px one.

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Originally Posted by mannos

most people start off making sigs like this :/

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I understand, I am just saying he won't improve that way I am not trying to discourage him.

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Originally Posted by Wolf

Thanks for sticking up for me Graffight and l hope l do improve like you say lol :D

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:eek:
i did too :(

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Originally Posted by L0neW0lfe

I understand, I am just saying he won't improve that way I am not trying to discourage him.

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yeah, but he's just starting, so we shouldnt expect anything more. if he did this a month ago, then i'd understand your comments

I wouldn't categorize it as "horrible" :)
Your trying, and your listening to others suggestions, that makes any sig in my mind have a couple extra +.

The background -

Is too repetitive, I'm not sure if that was a large brush or an image to begin with, but the design is not too great.

That render is a soft anime character, it's wearing armour though so possibly a light solid background with some swift brushes added in the the direction she's facing

The render -

It looks like you've selected sections of it and lowered the opacity.
A simple way to blend is use the smudge or blur tool, on a decently small set size, first blend the edges all around the render. If you wish to have further parts of it blended continue with slightly larger sizes so you can't see the actual brush strokes of the blending.

There are a lot of other ways to do blending, it depends on the style and options you want/have.

The text -

That's more of a tech brush. An oriental or a simple slightly curved text would suit this better.

That's all for now, keep it up! ^_^

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Originally Posted by mannos

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i did too :(

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omg im sorry thank you too mannos! :D

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Originally Posted by Aesahaettr

I wouldn't categorize it as "horrible" :)
Your trying, and your listening to others suggestions, that makes any sig in my mind have a couple extra +.

The background -

Is too repetitive, I'm not sure if that was a large brush or an image to begin with, but the design is not too great.

That render is a soft anime character, it's wearing armour though so possibly a light solid background with some swift brushes added in the the direction she's facing

The render -

It looks like you've selected sections of it and lowered the opacity.
A simple way to blend is use the smudge or blur tool, on a decently small set size, first blend the edges all around the render. If you wish to have further parts of it blended continue with slightly larger sizes so you can't see the actual brush strokes of the blending.

There are a lot of other ways to do blending, it depends on the style and options you want/have.

The text -

That's more of a tech brush. An oriental or a simple slightly curved text would suit this better.

That's all for now, keep it up! ^_^

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Thanks ill use your suggestions when l attempt another sig later :)