Hello fellow artists!

Alright! Oldie here! or should i say Deadloader HAHA!

I used to frequent void, i notice there's still some old cats lurking about on this here interforum.
I'm in need of a bit of help. I've lost touch with photoshop and indesign as of recent.
I really wanted to get back into it a lot more now since i have a lot more free time.
I was hoping that some of you would be able to advise me on some of the new techniques that are popular these days.
For instance the trends in signature design?
Some of these signatures i see are so much better than what i used to produce and even though back then there was a general disposition towards signature design and that jazz.
They've always had such nice techniques which could be used on a bigger scale.

In short what i'm after is like some good tutorials to get me back into design. I'm up to date with photoshop software and haven't really lost the basic touches.
So any help you're willing to give i'm willing to accept all advice.
Thank you for reading!
Auf Wiedersehen!

Deadloader:) Welcome back!
'm not much of a sig maker myself, so cant help you tho.

If you're looking for really pro sig tutorials, there isn't one here :) While the standard of tags here is good, there isn't anything like ZOMFGTHATSPRO. would be cool to see what you could come out with though. ;0

Welcome back. I'd rather not advise you on today's "trends" of signature design. They all look the same already. What we need is something new and different. So take a look at some of the sigs here, and make them a case of what not to do. Set some trends of your own so I can finally stop handing out the same old CnC for the same old type of sigs. Cheers :)

Welcome back Dead, haven't seen you in a while, glad to see you're back.

As far as gfx goes, can't really help you out on that one cause I rarely do it anymore, just check out the tut section and I'm sure you'll find something helpful eventually, ha.

Welcome back!

Hmm, can't say much but if you are looking to stand out I would say follow these sig artists here we have at the Void:
From the top of my head
(-) Ion is at the top of my list.
RadillacVII
Kritez
JustIncredible

Get tips from them if you want or ask other artists like Scrib or Pet.

Welcome back bro.

wel.kome

Holy hell. Welcome back man.

Hey guys, please. I didn't ask for a political debate on the makings of a forum signature. I'm talking about the effects and shit on them. I made clear i'm pretty advanced n00b. I'm not entirely amazing. I wanted tutorials and shit to follow. That's all, specific ones you like etc. I can figure out from those tutorials, what other stuff to do. I just need a place to start. Cheers

i'd love to help ya. do you have an msn?

Yeah man it's on my posts here. If you click "Send Message via MSN" That's my email or should be. If not it's "stubob1337@gmail.com" Just add me and let me know who you are and that. :) I'm usually always on.

welcome back mate

Heya, a lot of people make heavy use of Cinema 4D renders these days, then there's also vectors, smudge signatures and liquify signatures that are pretty popular. Usually it's a mix of multiple techniques, the main thing that's changed in my opinion since the good old "grunge sig" days is that everyone seems to care about lighting and depth.

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Heya, a lot of people make heavy use of Cinema 4D renders these days, then there's also vectors, smudge signatures and liquify signatures that are pretty popular. Usually it's a mix of multiple techniques, the main thing that's changed in my opinion since the good old "grunge sig" days is that everyone seems to care about lighting and depth.

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That's awesome. Just the thing I need. I do remember those grunge sig days. I thought lighting and depth has been considered in art for years but I guess it's only become a priority in signature designers since ego's got involved on graphics websites and a "high-horse" mentality took over.

Cheers Aether. Also are there any good tutorial sites that you use, or specific tutorials for the techniques that you mentioned.

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Originally Posted by Deadloader

That's awesome. Just the thing I need. I do remember those grunge sig days. I thought lighting and depth has been considered in art for years but I guess it's only become a priority in signature designers since ego's got involved on graphics websites and a "high-horse" mentality took over.

Cheers Aether. Also are there any good tutorial sites that you use, or specific tutorials for the techniques that you mentioned.

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Sure, I'll link you some in a PM as I don't want to advertise for other sites:)

Nice one broski. Also, I don't see a problem with advertising other sites to be honest. I do remember there was a big war about it, a long time ago. I think of it as a good referance for ideas. Ideas are meant to be shared otherwise what's the point if only you know about it and NOBODY else does. It doesn't make for good art that.

Also thank you again! :D

There are two things you could do:

1) Splatter brush+Clipping mask/making it look messy as hell.

or

2) Actually be creative.