SaShman's slow journey to photoshop greatness!

[SaShman]

Well I figured I should post some of my work with Photoshop, Here are all the Sigs I've made in the order I made them in. So here we go:

1: My very first Sig Everrrrr! Lol back than I didn't know C4D's existed and I just assumed all those crazy lights were made within Photoshop.

and an Avatar to match:

2: With this one I decided to do a twilight zone themed Sig, by this time I knew C4D's existed, I just didn't know how to use them

Avatar:

3: With this one, I thought I needed something more colorful so I went for a good ol' Morello Sig I still didn't know how to use C4D's (I had to use the clone stamp tool to extend the stock thats why it looks a lil dodgey)

and an avatar, all I did was use a bit of the sig coz I was lazy:

4:Here is my current Sig (and my favorite thus far), I finally figured out how to use those damn C4D's (note: I would like to give props to Dark Cloud's tutorial http://www.finalfantasyforums.net/tutorials/signature-tutorial-20582.html, it really helped me out a lot)

and my current Avatar:

5: Here is a Sig I made with help from Casanova's tutorial http://www.finalfantasyforums.net/tutorials/background-tutorial-22585.html

6: Here's one I made today:

7: And another one I made today:

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Well there ya go, any constructive criticism or advice would be very much appreciated

 

[Casanova]

The Zack Fair set looks pretty good, I can see how you've progressed with C4Ds. The only things I'm not crazy on are your sizes and borders.

Pretty good so far, keep it up.

 

[SaShman]

Thanks for the tip, which sizes would you recommend?

 

[Casanova]

400x110 with a 2 px border, nothing OTT.

It's just a nice conventional size that tends to be more pleasing to the eye if you're at the stage where you are now.

 

[SaShman]

Ok here's one I just finished, using the size suggested:

Critiques please

 

[Casanova]

Is that a road-side cafe I see there? xD

Peculiar choice of stocks but it all ties up nicely, and the border isn't intruding at all. Keep at it.

 

[Mitsuki]

You're doing pretty good. Your DBZ tag is probably the best since it has that solid look, but I'm not sure the pink color on the top works too well. It still has a nice background though.

You've shown some progress on your most recent sig. I see that you tried to blend your stock/render more with the background, which is good. The purple effects (especially on his hands) are a nice touch, but I'm not too sure about the effects on the top. Overall though you're greatly improving so keep it up! =]

 

[SaShman]

Thanks Mitsuki, I'll try some different effects around the top for my next one!

Is that a road-side cafe I see there?

I wouldn't know , I just typed in London into Google images and voila

 

[SaShman]

Sorry about the double post guys, but I've just finished some new sigs and would like some critiques.


With this one I tried experimenting with different filters:

Another Dragonball one for ya :

EDIT: Here's one I just Finished, I decided to take a darker approach to this one:

I made this one just before to experiment with different brushes I followed a tutorial but unfortunately I lost the link for it, anyway:

 

[Mitsuki]

Your last two is definitely your best sigs. You're getting better, so don't give up! I really like the Death Note sig. Good use of colors and effects since the theme seems so "dark". The last tag is also pretty decent, but I'm not sure the blurred effect in the BG went well with the overall tag. (Was it a motion blur?) Still pretty good though and the green is a nice addition to The Joker.

 

[SaShman]

Bout time I update this a little;

I made this one just to experiment a little bit with transparency, and I discovered just how tedious transparency can be.

Here's one I made today

and I just finished this one

Comments and critiques are welcome and demanded

 

[SapphireStar]

I love the FMA one. You have improved alot and your work is fab, keep at it!

 

[SaShman]

It's been a good while since I've updated this so here we go.


I mainly did this one so I could experiment with brushes:

And some wallpapers for ya:

Made by request for a friend:

Anyway, criticism and feedback are always welcome. Even if you outright hate my work feel free to tell me as long as you offer suggestions on what I can do to improve it or at least tell me what's wrong with it.