First sig in a long time... Devil May Cry

[nixon]

Hey guys this is my first sig in a really long time any suggestions you all would have would be great...

[Studhorse]

Not bad, but I think a little empty, there really isn't much depth to it.
Also, a more clearly defined light source and focal would help.

Hope this helps.

[nixon]

trying to work on my lighting is this one better?

[Studhorse]

Render looks either very oversharpened or did you use a dissolve filter on it?
lighting seems to be a bit strong too.

[nixon]

yeah i figured the render was to small but that was halfway through making it haha. you got any tips on lighting?

[Studhorse]

I think Papa gave me the best advice and that was simply to create a new layer above your render and then fill it with black and set it on color dodge.

Then with a soft brush on very low opacity (like 10%) or so, brush the areas that you want to have a light source on.

You can create your light source this way too by using a much larger brush and brushing in the spot you want your light to come from.

[Elleray]

the second one is better, but there is just too much contrast. the background is kind of plain. Not really much goin on for the typo either.

[Daemon]

I think Papa gave me the best advice and that was simply to create a new layer above your render and then fill it with black and set it on color dodge.

Then with a soft brush on very low opacity (like 10%) or so, brush the areas that you want to have a light source on.

You can create your light source this way too by using a much larger brush and brushing in the spot you want your light to come from.

Of course this layer have to be Linear Dogde.

I normaly take a Large brush 180-200px sodt, then i brush one click on my mouse were i want light most of the brush out of the canvas to get it nice and soft, then i put this on soft layer and opacity down, create a new Layer Make a smaller brush and then brush the same place as before lower opacity if needed

[Studhorse]

actually i set mine to color dodge and it seems to work good.
what's the difference between the 2 Daemon?