Hiya... Completely new to design and sig making... ;)
Check out my first sig... I will be eager to hear all teh CnC I can get... As I am in awe of some of the sigs and graphics I have seen here. :o
-Peace- :blink:
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Hiya... Completely new to design and sig making... ;)
Check out my first sig... I will be eager to hear all teh CnC I can get... As I am in awe of some of the sigs and graphics I have seen here. :o
-Peace- :blink:
Sorry dude but that was noooot good looking. The colors dont match very well and the greyish border looks cartoonish which doesnt match the more techlike background, then u follow it up with some japanese sign which is cool but doesnt match either, the render is blended okej but the font of the text doesnt make me jump around either.
Work on it :P
I think you're trying to do too much in the sig, as most noobs do. Forget the tech border and scanlines, they're too played out and shouldn't really be used imo. Practice making you're backgrounds more, the bg is like the foundation of the sig and once you get good at that, the rest will start to fall into place much easier. Try to make the bg match with the colors of the render that you're using. Then of course you will need to work on your text a bit also.
There are plenty of tutorials on this site that will help you along. Just keep practicing and feel free to ask any questions you might have. Theres alot of talented members here that are willing to help out the new jacks.
Agree ^.^
You should drop the tech-border and try another size like: 350 x 120. And you need to improve ur text and blending on ur render aswell.
GJ tho
Thanks... That's why I took the chance and posted. I want to improve... I will take your advices... and try again. :) And keep working on it. I have been reading like a fool already. And I have been studying like crazy trying to work on the bg.
--Ok... I have removed the tech boarder and the scan lines... I agree they have been over abused. :rolleyes: Can't help it, I am a noob. LOL I changed the sides on the FoGee and my name, as well as removing the last name for the character, Kind of thought it over did it. I also wanted to follow an asian type of style so I put the text in a vertical line. I changed the text color to a sample of one of the colors in the sig, as to keep the color temp the same, and not so harsh on the eyes.
Let me know if I am at least making positive steps. :)
The second attempt is by far better. Still, the sign doesnt match. It just doesnt go with teh sig. Then, the render (that is your knight) is too blurry/bad quality. You need to have a better render. Then, you need to match the bg's colours with the render's colours. Then, try to make a more complicated bg (for a start you could just download some brushes and make a pretty random bg)
agree with pimp and yu still need to make it smaller
Try cleaner text.. And.. Sharpen your render once.. More to the BG.
Thanks a ton guys... Working on it right now, I hope to have another one up yet tonight. :)
Ok so here they are... I worked long and hard... Ok I read tuts for about a day and a half and played with what I was learning... Did some grunge and what not. Down loaded an ass load of brushes and went to town.
Let me know where I am standing.
Here is (a)
http://www.dbimages.com/images/thyphear4.jpg
And my fav (B)
http://www.dbimages.com/images/thyphear5.jpg
Try blending the render.. The outlines are clearly visible.. Don't brush over the render too.. I'd suggest a few curves layer for depth.. Text still needs work..
Improving tho.
First off, thank you very much for coming back time after time and checking this out. Your opinions and comments are helpping, I HOPE to make me better and better. :)
Ok here they are... ;)
http://www.dbimages.com/images/thyphear5.jpg
and my current...
http://www.dbimages.com/images/thyphear6.jpg
I have to admit... I am a little lost on the text. Not sure what really to go with on text. I feel it should be either one extreme or another... SUPER LARGE or itty bitty.
One thing I haven't seen yet is anything about luminosity. That would be the only thing I would want to do to make the text pop a little more would be to add some light behind it. What do you guys think?
-PEACE-
-Thyphear
Simple text works best most of the time (unless you're really good with text)..
It looks much better now.. But I don't think the chinese font fits..
Well you've improved alot since that blue one you posted. Your current is pretty good, practice blending your renders and text is something that drives everybody crazy so don't feel so bad. Also I would reccomend losing that kanji symbol it doesn't fit well at all, or at least remove that white glow and try to make it blend a bit more. All in all, it's a big step forward for you just keep practicing.
Word. Your current is pretty nice. But the text kills it. Like Lumix said, you should go for a simple text (try to blend in a small Times New Roman for example) and that ****ing symbol sucks :P lol. nah gotta agree with heron about the kanji. Also the right side of bg looks weird (not enough colour there like in the left side) and also try giving a more dreamy/smooth effect to your sig by applying the image to a layer and copying the whole sig twice putting the middle layer to lighten or screen and the upper to soft light or overlay then gaussian blur on one of them or both and play with opacity dunno if you'll understand what i mean but oh well ;p
good luck.
LOL... Ok I will nix the Fogee... LOL... It's just a principal of who I am. It is the symbol for Fire, upside down. :) Because it takes perfect control to burn a flame upside down, that is the ideal of my life. I know sounds corny... But hey, it's me. :)
Off, to remove Fogee, and to work on simplifying the text.... I will see if I can get that damn render to blend a bit better. LOL..
You guys... Thanks... As I guess you can see I am LEARNING a TON. :D
Let see if I got this right PIMP...
I have done the multi layers like you suggested and it did pull out some depth and some brightness to it... Don't know it if got the dreamyness to it that you where expecting.
I also killed the kanji. :)
http://www.dbimages.com/images/thyphear8.jpg
Hm. I think I like the new version better ;) Now try fixing the right part of the background and make your text some smaller.
You could also try to press ctrl+U when in the middle layer when doing that 3 layer thing i described earlier and put saturation to 0(make this layer black/white), sometimes it gives a cool colour/effect to your sig ;)
Here it is... I hope the final. :D
http://www.dbimages.com/images/thyphear9.jpg
heheh... I get thumbs on this one, and I will make it my sig. LOL
Yeh I like it better now but the text still needs some work >.<