Anime sig

[ToBiAs]

Yea I worked on this one for a while. It's definitely my best one yet I think, mostly because I did this after I learned a lot more things to do in PS. CNC please.

[narcosynthesis]

It is by far your best, but! One thing dont set the render on luminosity. Thats a no no, other than that its nice

[ToBiAs]

Luminosity? I didn't click anything called luminosity, haha.

[narcosynthesis]

The latyer settings on the layer pallete, It looks like you set it to luminocity and it took all the color outta the render and blended in with the sig.

[ToBiAs]

No I just did a hue/saturation and a color balance. I just did it different layers. And one layer I blended in with the previous layer. Oh well, I'll figure out what I did wrong next time I do another sig.

[narcosynthesis]

Just next time dont color the render with the sig, use the colors of the render as a guide to color the sig, and make sure the color balance layer is under the render

[ToBiAs]

Okay thanks a lot! ^_^

So you're saying to try to make the background the color of the render, not the other way around?

[narcosynthesis]

Sorta, just dont make it extrmely mono like you ahve been, let the render retain its original color. And dont go crazy making the bg match the render but dont make it a horrid clash

[imported_Jack]

Yes and no. Most people here put a render in there and then use some grungey brushes and brush randomly with colors that are similar to that of the render. I say be different. I tell this to everybody, but I rarely see it. Try putting the render in more of an environment. It doesn't have to be scenery, landscape or a building or anything like that, it just has to have depth. It has to be a "place" for the render to be in rather than be on top of. Dont colorize the whole signature the same color. Thats boring. I'm not a big fan of the lighter colored brushing on the left side. It looks like it was done with the same sized brush with the same flow the whole time. Vary it and mix it up a bit if your going to do that. Dont do like an inner glow around the edge of the signature either. The border is a divide between the content in the signature to whatever is outside of it (in this case, these forums). It doesn't need to fade into the border. Borders typically look better as 1 pixel, but its fine if you want to use 2. Dont use the NeverWinter font. Use something simpler. Let the content of the signature be complex. Keep the border and the typography simple. A sarif font gives it more of a classic or grand look while a non sarif font can give it a rougher or less fancy feel. Use less text as well. The "Broken into a thousand pieces" isn't necessary. A signature by definition is something that identifies you. So the most youd need is your name (in my opinion). The outer glow around the render isn't doing much for it. All its doing is separating the render from the background, it isn't blending it into it. Keep up the work, but in the future use more colors (look at a color wheel if you need to see what works well together).

[ToBiAs]

Alright thanks for the advice, but you pretty much told me to change the entire sig. I thought it looked really good.