| @Seikunai - Rather new at this myself so the advice and criticism I am able to offer is rather limited. I think the render is a wee too small and should be a little larger. And perhaps a little lighter on the effects because Gintoki is rather hard to see as is. @SquChan - I like it @kuuurt - You can visit DeviantArt and search for signature tutorials, there are tons of great ones there. GFX Sig Club on this site has a few as well. Heh my turn I guess: |
| @Seikunai I like it, but as katagari said; the render is a bit small. I like the use of the liquify tool, but it's kinda inconsistent (personal opinion). @SquChan I like it as well, I don't understand how you have such good typography for all your signatures -_- @kuuurt I'm pretty new to this stuff as well. I started off with these two tutorials: link & link which taught me the basics of depth, flow, etc. @Katagari Wow, I love it. It's blended in really well, and I like the simplicity |
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| I like this thread, you guys are all so talented! Could I have some advice on my first signature? And if it's not too much to ask for, but perhaps a link to download Photoshop? I used gimp for my current one. |
| @Hero & Katagari: Thanks, I'm happy you like it while this doesn't help me improve tho. Well about the typography, I only recently came there either, but it's not that good. But I like it better like this than my previous typos. @Genocider: I'd like to quote Jeav here, since he says exactly what's on my mind. Jeav said: Some general things to try to avoid next time are not to have your character focal so far to the edge of the sig. You should consider this too for future works and if you plan to edit this one. Also I'd recommend that you sharpen the focal a little. It looks pretty blury. And as it looks pretty simple as it is now, maybe you can add more stuff? Like Textures, brushes etc. The border doesn't fit, maybe choose a different, more matching color. And not a must, but a tip, try add some text. Though if you like it as it is, I see no problem other than that the focal should be placed more to the center. |
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| @Squ - Overall it looks really good. Maybe one thing to tone down a bit is the exposure>offset. Could look better with a bit less, but im not really sure. @Katagari - Everything looks good. I really have no complaints for it. @Kuurt - For a fairly simple smudge tag, it looks decent. I like the text and the lighting isn't too bad. The render seems to be quite over sharpened. |
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| @Squ - Well the effect I am referring to can be done a ton of ways but I usually do it with exposure. Pretty much what im pointing at is the kinda of soft grey feel the tag has. --------------- So made a quick tag in like 30 min, don't really like it. Just trying to get back to c4d's and depth. Let me know what you all think.  |
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| I think I understand, but I'm probably leaving it like that. Thanks though. \o/ I'm doing new tag now which I had planned, will show it here when I'm done. About your sig, I think you should maybe either make the shadow less intense or work on it a little more, because you hardly see anything except her face. :/ And the text looks so simple man D: but I'm probably too biased by now, don't mind me |
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| I dont know how to text T_T |
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| @Hero Yeah i got it fixed finally :D I am the same when it comes to smudge >_< The smudge looks good, but the whole thing looks kinda low quality and the lighting around the edges of the render doesn't look that good. Maybe sharpen it a bit more and work on the lighting on the render. |
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Made a sig today. Still a noob. My second sig with many layers. Please give opinions. So I can improve on my mistakes. |
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| @Seikunai: Gonna quote myself. SquChan said: I'd like to quote Jeav here, since he says exactly what's on my mind. Jeav said: Some general things to try to avoid next time are not to have your character focal so far to the edge of the sig. You should consider this too for future works and if you plan to edit this one- @Geno: Well you should look at Jeav's current signature. The render isn't dead center here, but it's not right at the edge of the signature either, right? Putting the focal/render in the middle is not a crime, but if you're into variation, you should consider changing positions now and then. |
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| @Jeav Thanks for the feedback, I'll work on the lighting and stuff. I found this style pretty fun to do so I'll probably just re-do it @Seikunai You should try putting that gradient layer on lower opacities(around 10-20%), they usually give you kind of an orange-ish tint that gives off sort-of a warm vintage look. |
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| @Kuuurt - It looks better overall then your last one which is really good! If you want to move onto c4ds here are a few tutorials that are decent. http://mohamed-hhs.deviantart.com/art/Space-Girl-Tutorial-LRO-325515385?q=favby%3AJeav9%2F53803875&qo=35 http://platinification.deviantart.com/art/Genesis-AD-Tutorial-252586445?q=favby%3AJeav9%2F53803875&qo=40 http://gfx-3ngine.deviantart.com/art/Fashion-Chiq-Signature-Tutorial-375931521?q=favby%3AJeav9%2F53803875&qo=50 http://gfx-3ngine.deviantart.com/art/Black-Flag-Tutorial-380921635?q=favby%3AJeav9%2F53803875&qo=52 |
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Well like I said, I'll force everyone to look at my newest shitwork.  Critique please.\o/ There is no text, because I didn't find any good place for it. Did some pentooling here and there as well. Main reason I made this tag is simply because I thought this stock and Marluxia were meant to be with each other, that's all. |
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Finally found time to do some creative work again, critiques welcome:  |
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SquChan said: Do I have bad tastes for thinking this sucks? Or is it just that I dislike the look of the character's face?Well like I said, I'll force everyone to look at my newest shitwork. Critique please.o/ There is no text, because I didn't find any good place for it. Did some pentooling here and there as well. Main reason I made this tag is simply because I thought this stock and Marluxia were meant to be with each other, that's all. |
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| @Sophilia: Thanks, you saying that makes me very happy \o/ Yeah I'd really have put text, but I seriously couldn't find a suitable place for it without it looking crappy. @Seikunai: I honestly can't answer this. Though I'm not fond of the face either haha. Renders of him are rare like with the rest of the organization and one of the two renders quality sucks, so I went with this one. *shrugs* Can't please every eye D: |
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SquChan said: Though I think to people who like these kinds of renders would be very pleased.@Sophilia: Thanks, you saying that makes me very happy o/ Yeah I'd really have put text, but I seriously couldn't find a suitable place for it without it looking crappy. @Seikunai: I honestly can't answer this. Though I'm not fond of the face either haha. Renders of him are rare like with the rest of the organization and one of the two renders quality sucks, so I went with this one. *shrugs* Can't please every eye D: |
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Hi, made another sig. It looks messy but I just did it without measuring anything right or anything. Please give feedback. Oh can I also ask a question? All of the renders I have been downloading lately are very big and has a black background? How do I put them on my signature on Photoshop without having to transform it? And how do I remove the black background, because I can't use the C4D if it has a black background. :| |
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| @Seikunai - The whole sig is really really over sharpened and looks really love quality. If it didn't look like that it would be much better Now for getting the black background out of your tif c4ds. 1. Open them in a new tab in PS 2. duplicate it and delete the bottom layer so now you can work with it 3. Go into Channels and find the alpha channel 4. Hold down ctrl and click the little image of the c4d and it will select a bunch of stuff. 5. Inverse the selection (think it is ctrl+shift+I) 6. After it is inversed, just hit delete and all the black background will be gone. 7. Now just drag it into the work you want to or save it as a png so you don't have to repeat this. |
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Jeav said: @Seikunai - The whole sig is really really over sharpened and has really lovely quality. fix'd. |
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| I meant to say "low quality". Don't know how I ended up saying "love".... Guess I shouldn't try to give feedback as soon as I wake up xD |
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| If you mean the little streaks of lightning looking things, they came in a resource pack and then I used extra lighting and some other ways to make it end up looking like that. Same style as in my profile picture. |
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| I tried a different style of smudge, but no matter how I look at it, I feel as though something is wrong and I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT |
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| @Hero: I really like the upper part with the hair, but the lower part looks weird imo. Maybe not going over the render with the smudge strokes. And about the upper part, try to let the hair literally melt into the smudge/background. As it is now, it looks simply being placed on top. |
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| @Hero - The smudge is pretty good overall and with what Squ said it looks a lot better. I think that there is just to much black in the background. Maybe add some more smudging or something since it makes it look quite plain. -------------- New tag for me. I have done this style a fair amount of times, but it has been a while and I think it came out decent. I don't like the text though...  |
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Photoshopped a bit more:  |
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| @Attena - They are really small, but they look really good. |
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Jeav said: Where's the alpha channel?@Seikunai - The whole sig is really really over sharpened and looks really love quality. If it didn't look like that it would be much better Now for getting the black background out of your tif c4ds. 1. Open them in a new tab in PS 2. duplicate it and delete the bottom layer so now you can work with it 3. Go into Channels and find the alpha channel 4. Hold down ctrl and click the little image of the c4d and it will select a bunch of stuff. 5. Inverse the selection (think it is ctrl+shift+I) 6. After it is inversed, just hit delete and all the black background will be gone. 7. Now just drag it into the work you want to or save it as a png so you don't have to repeat this. |
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| @Jeav: Well I'd say instant faved on dA. I really like it. Only thing that bugs me is the text again >D, but it doesn't ruin the work at all. Good job! @Attena: mah, the smaller the sig, the less you can design, which kinda bothers me. Not a friend of huge stuff like layouts, but that tiny space you use atm would really be not enough for me. The dark and red one of the last two looks nice though. |
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| @Seikunai - It should be under the channels section. There are videos out there im sure you can find if you look into it. Also this works for .tif files. @Squ - Thanks a lot :D @Hero - Thanks. For your c4d piece I would suggest you play around with adjustment layers a bit more. More gradient maps and exposure layers and all of that good stuff. It will just bring the colors together a bit more then what it is like right now. The depth is good though. |
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