My First Sig Attempt, what do you think

[theraptor]

Okay, this is my first attempt at a signature pic. Tell me what you think.

[Brandon]

I think it really boring and way to big.. I can't see your name onit very well haha, i would say good start but its a poor start im sorry.

[theraptor]

here is a resized one:

[flyboy]

Very poor job. There is basically no effects that i see that you have added to the render. All i see that you have done is placed a render and added a radial background ( i think. Then possibly smudged the background a little)

In my opinion this is not a sig. Just look at tutorials and play around with say spatter effects etc.

http://www.sigtutorials.com/

[theraptor]

Very poor job. There is basically no effects that i see that you have added to the render.All i can see that you have done is place a render and added a radial background ( i think. Then possibly smudged the background a little)

In my opinion this is not a sig. Just look at tutorials and play around with say spatter effects etc.

Wat? I didn't understand half of that.

[Hendo]

there are some things you want to think about while making a good sig
lighting, depth blending, colours, flow and focal.

Check out this tutorial:
http://gfxbb.deviantart.com/art/Basic-Sig-...ements-91647487

and I've got 5 psd packs of signatures if oyu want to take a look, just dont rip them
get 'em here
http://gfxbb.deviantart.com/

[theraptor]

there are some things you want to think about while making a good sig
lighting, depth blending, colours, flow and focal.

Check out this tutorial:
http://gfxbb.deviantart.com/art/Basic-Sig-...ements-91647487

and I've got 5 psd packs of signatures if oyu want to take a look, just dont rip them
get 'em here
http://gfxbb.deviantart.com/

Thanks, what part is he talking about in the tutorial when he is talking about making the render blend?

[L. Kaiserblazer]

in photoshop, there are extra tools you can use when creating siggies. i think thats what he means by render. like an effect.

[Brandon]

here is a resized one:

Still think its too big, look at the links Hendo posted they are very helpful, and try to look for tutorials on how to do a good background and text effects etc..
Good Site
http://www.good-tutorials.com/

[flyboy]

Oky sorry for those of you who dont know what a render is in sig creation. I know Hendo does. A render is simply an image IE Cloud from final fantasy cut out. Thats it. Go to planet render and see for your self. I usually render my own images etc. By using the pen tool. I use the pen tool in actually everything i do.

AS to L. Kaiserblazer Yes there is tools in adobe photoshop that is called Render. Which is used for clouds . etc effects. I wasnt refering to this. But yeah you are right

Ok when someone creates a sig i automatically assume they know the technical term for almost everything. NExt time i wont be so

Anyway i will be doing tutorials very soon. One of them is how to create a logo such as this

[theraptor]

flyoy and hendo: thanks for the sites, they are useful. I will need to look into them more.

Day two of messing with gimp gives me this:



I used the advice from your tutorial, hendo and added some blurring and darkness around the corners to give it some depth.

What do you guys think?

[theraptor]

here is one edited according to trippin's advice:



theraptor

[flyboy]

Not bad try adding like a splater effect you know like broken glass effect

[Jenie]

thats one hell of a logo flyboy! amazing