Photoshop Meddlings

[Daenerys]

I thought my other thread was too long, and packed with lots of older stuff I don't like looking at, so, a new thread was needed =]

I'll post all my best stuff, from earliest to newest =]

 

[Bambi]

They are so good marky One day I will learn how to do this stuff....or maybe not

I love the Doublecast, Aerith and the Balthier one. They are made of win

I love the colours you use

 

[Dean Winchester]

I love this one:

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j16/yunasaeonsrock/Aerithfilmstrip.jpg

It is amazing to see how much you have improved. Sadly, I still fail to learn....eternally stuck to in the "novice" level....

Someday, somehow, I'll make a good one

 

[Mitsuki]

That filmstrip one was done really well. The black splatter was a nice touch too. Your last two signatures are awesome! Keep it up, Mark!

 

[Daenerys]

I made 2 different versions of this one sig, the first one was the original result, and the second one was what I went and changed.

V1

V2

And this one, well this was just me messing about with using a real person stock, and a different type of sig size, I don't like it too much though.

 

[Crazee Dayzee]

Love the Axel icon.

Your stock placement is overall great; the only thing I would suggest in regards to that is that you must expose a lot the shoulders in order to prevent the "floating head syndrome".

Also, in regards to text, you should never shove it into the corners unless it's very subtle. The main text should always go near the stock, and if you can't seem to make the text look good, then just get rid of it. Simple fonts like Orator or Arial are often the best to go with, and don't use the emboss/etc. for decoratory purposes, because they often look gaudy. Your Gohan sig has decent text.

You also want to go for one source of lighting, where the colors in the tag appear to have light on them, and then die down a bit. You are adding a lot of effects. Instead, you should use gradients, selective coloring and not-so-busy effects/spots of C4Ds. To make it understandable, the Celes sigs are very good with this, but the Tifa sig is not.

 

[Daenerys]

Thanks for the advie Lady Rufus! I've made two sig sets recently, and I've really tried to incorporate lighting =] and more gradients and stuff. Anyhoo this is what I've got so far =]

Judge Ghis stuff

Vegeta Stuff

I'm using a TV screen as a PC screen right now too, so the signatures look way different to me when I'm using my dads PC, instead of this, so that could be why some of them are really sucky xD

And here's a Goku sig I made too, I was trying to make the Kamehameha ball brighter than the rest of him, but that didn't work too well, plus the render was full of those gay lines -_____-

Goku Stuff

Tried a diffuse glow thing too, but it didn't work out so well...

 

[Dean Winchester]

Thanks for the advie Lady Rufus! I've made two sig sets recently, and I've really tried to incorporate lighting =] and more gradients and stuff. Anyhoo this is what I've got so far =]

Judge Ghis stuff

I may be a noob, but I sure know that this sig is too bright. I can barely tell any difference between Judge Ghis and the background, and it misses some more color. It is too purple. Well that's what Shahab, one of my mentors, used to tell me constantly.

Vegeta Stuff

You refreshed my devotion to DBZ again. Nice signature. I liked the colors.

I'm using a TV screen as a PC screen right now too, so the signatures look way different to me when I'm using my dads PC, instead of this, so that could be why some of them are really sucky xD

Oh, ok..

And here's a Goku sig I made too, I was trying to make the Kamehameha ball brighter than the rest of him, but that didn't work too well, plus the render was full of those gay lines -_____-

Goku Stuff

Tried a diffuse glow thing too, but it didn't work out so well...

I liked it, but the text "Kamehameha" somehow does not fits the signature. Other than that, I think it looks quite good.

 

[Daenerys]

I may be a noob, but I sure know that this sig is too bright. I can barely tell any difference between Judge Ghis and the background, and it misses some more color. It is too purple. Well that's what Shahab, one of my mentors, used to tell me constantly.

Yeah, I know. But this Ghis sig was something I rushed really, and I don't like it that much. I'd edit it but my brother deleted all my psd files -___-

You refreshed my devotion to DBZ again. Nice signature. I liked the colors.

Thanks! I like the Vegeta one best out of all of them I think =]

I liked it, but the text "Kamehameha" somehow does not fits the signature. Other than that, I think it looks quite good.

Yeah, I disliked the text too, I was going to remove it earlier, but then I found out that my psd files = gone ><

Here's something I made earlier today, I'm on a bit of a DBZ render kick at the moment xD

 

[Bambi]

Vegeta Stuff

I adore this one, the colours are greeeat

 

[Dean Winchester]

Yeah, I know. But this Ghis sig was something I rushed really, and I don't like it that much. I'd edit it but my brother deleted all my psd files -___-



Thanks! I like the Vegeta one best out of all of them I think =]



Yeah, I disliked the text too, I was going to remove it earlier, but then I found out that my psd files = gone ><

Here's something I made earlier today, I'm on a bit of a DBZ render kick at the moment xD

Good, still the above border line on the upper left corner is incomplete, though I notice the same happening in the lower right corner. Did it on purpose?

Also the text, the signature looks great, but the text is somewhat odd. How about the same spot, but try adding a curve shape to the text?

Aside from that, cool effects, nice colors around the character and I love the background.

 

[Daenerys]

Mitsuki and I made this signature together =] Comments please, since we may enter this in SOTW 36

 

[Dean Winchester]

Mitsuki and I made this signature together =] Comments please, since we may enter this in SOTW 36

You do love purple, don't you?
I say it looks quite good, though if you could add more colors to have it contrast with the purple it would look better. Also the edges around the image "Lulu" are too sharp, you should use the smudge tool to soften them up.

 

[Daenerys]

I don't mean for them to...but they all end up being purple lately O_O

Yeah, I tried adding more colors but it just looked...wrong. I thought the purple / white thing was quite a simplisitic look which is what I was going for.

 

[Dean Winchester]

Oh so that was the theme? I then it looks ok. But Lulu still needs a little work with the smudge tool.

 

[Mitsuki]

Haha, yes Mark loves purple. It clearly shows. xD

I tried fixing the edges part, but for some reason couldn't. =/ I tried erasing it, and even went through all the layers, but nada. =/ I wasn't familiar with Mark's work, so I felt a little uncomfy messing with the sig, lol.

I'm still impressed though. xD Mark, you've really gotten way better!

 

[Dean Winchester]

You use the smudge tool on the image/layer. The other way around is too add another layer over the image, then use dark colors (the once used for the theme color of the sig, or black because it fits everything) then reduce visibility.

Nevertheless, I still believe that the smudge tool would work better.

 

[Mitsuki]

Oh yeah, I know that works too. But I tend to just erase extra bits here and there by simply using the Zoom In, and erase those extra unwanted edges. I'm still getting the hang of smudging, to be quite honest.

Anyway, that Goku sig kick-ass! But the text could use some workin' on.

 

[Dean Winchester]

Yes, I concur, the only thing spoiling that great signature (referring to the Goku sig this time), is the text, because it is too simple for the overall designing of the signature.

 

[Warbsywoo]

Yeah, blur the black edge a bit, or erase it altogether with the pen tool or something...it makes the stock stand out too much.