[help, stuck!] Casualties

HI, A new little piece of shit ive made:
Im kinda stuck.

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1...iessigcopy.jpg

You can clearly see an outline around the render that needs some better smudging but lets leave that for what it is cuz i know that.

What should I improve here? I ran outta ideas/inspiration so i need your help. What to do to make this look better except smudging the render better.

Thx Gabba

Read some tutorials to get some ideas for the basics, and also read some text tutorials as well, this will help you get inspired to try different things and just generally play around in ps/gimp whatever you use..

Yes I know, thx but what to do on this sig.
Ive tried many tuts but I cant seem to make it look like my own, it always ends up as a copy of the tut :S

to make something you're own, dont just immediately go to the computer, have an idea, plan it out and then carry out that idea, rather than just opening ps and making it up as you go along... ;)

Shit, thats a great tip!
Usually the only preparing thing I do is picking the render.
Thx

Well change that and you'll find you create much better pieces :)

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to make something you're own, dont just immediately go to the computer, have an idea, plan it out and then carry out that idea, rather than just opening ps and making it up as you go along... ;)

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Thats what i do....
but if your just now starting of or fairly new at Ps i would recommend what he is telling you
:D

No offense, but I believe this sig is too far to bring it back. It's bad. The colors are far too bright. It's overblended. The background is boring and the text is horrible.

Maybe you can add some splatter brushes on soft light at the bottom of the render?
Jus't experiment, and you may want to turn the brightness/contract down a bit.

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and also read some text tutorials as well

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Uhm, that would be a great idea for me too, yet I can't find any. Can you point one out for me?

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Uhm, that would be a great idea for me too, yet I can't find any. Can you point one out for me?

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Well there are some on deviant art if you type in things like Text Tutorials or something similar.

This is a pretty good one I just found though, shows you some text then tells you how they got it.
http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=text...et=48#/d2aniq1

Woot thanks, that's going to help alot! Maybe I'll make a sig, post it in Signatures & Avatars section and use one of these techniques ;)

http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/web...design-theory/
This has some really good articles everyone should check out.

http://ilovetypography.com/2008/04/04/on-choosing-type/
This one in particular has really good type theory on it. Very good read, for all of those who have a hard time with typography, and for anyone who could use a refresher.

Thanks all, Ive done nothing on the text, it wasnt finished yet but thx