Topic: My First Sig (Read 173 times)

Modderxtrordanare · « **Reply #45 on:** January 22, 2006, 11:04:00 PM »

And apparently next week, I'm judging.
Am I allowed to enter?

Hazanko · « **Reply #46 on:** January 22, 2006, 11:50:00 PM »

yeah, can we enter if we are running the SOTW?

soupy_31 · « **Reply #47 on:** January 23, 2006, 07:26:00 AM »

QUOTE(Hazanko @ Jan 23 2006, 01:57 AM)

yeah, can we enter if we are running the SOTW?

Uhm.. yah.

CattyKid · « **Reply #48 on:** January 24, 2006, 09:18:00 PM »

Here is another sig, just me testing out some stuff and practicing more with brushes. I was also playing with DROP SHADOW and the LENS FLARE. I like the drop shadow, I should be able to use it in some other stuff.

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The background is still a little plain, though. I need to improve on those.

EDIT: I subtly threw my name in the upper left hand corner, I didn't want it to stand out too much.

Modderxtrordanare · « **Reply #49 on:** January 24, 2006, 10:37:00 PM »

I think you need to swap up some of your backgrounds, they all seem to look the same but with different colors.

And that font just doesnt seem to fit nor does that red seem all that suitable.

But I do like the lens flare effect

Your improving drastically

h34d5h0tz · « **Reply #50 on:** January 24, 2006, 11:10:00 PM »

the lense flare would look beter if it was like, touching the sword to make it look like a glare coming off the blade. a 1 px black stroke will make the font easier to read. nothing big, but you should flip the sword horizontaly, put the "live by the sword" on the top left and the "die by the sword on the bottom right. since we read things from top left to bottom right, it makes more sence to arange the sig like that.

CattyKid · « **Reply #51 on:** January 25, 2006, 07:18:00 PM »

Okay, I'll work on all these recommendations right now.

CattyKid · « **Reply #52 on:** January 25, 2006, 08:18:00 PM »

Okay, MooderX, I liked the basic font (it's a gothic font, according to dafont, which I think seemed to go well with the sword), but I switched the color to a deeper red and added a gradient stroke to go along with the lens flare. I thought it made it look like the outside of the text was being lighted up. And yes, my BGs did all look alike (even though I wasn't trying to do that), so it got overhauled.

h34d5h0tz, I changed the lens flare, and it does look better + flipped the sword render. I did a 2 px gradient for the reasons mentioned above, and moved the text so it's more readable.

In addition, after redoing the background, I upped the brightness a little and decreased the contrast, which I thought helped make it look more as if the light was brightening the picture.
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Any thoughts on the new version?

Once again, I want to thank you all for your kind words, but especially your criticisms. I definately think I'm much better, and I'm most importantly having a good time.

CattyKid · « **Reply #53 on:** January 27, 2006, 10:14:00 PM »

Sure we don't have any thoughts on this new one?

Modderxtrordanare · « **Reply #54 on:** January 27, 2006, 10:22:00 PM »

Move the font in a little so its not off the edge.
Get rid of that horrible 2px gradient stroke around the words.

CattyKid · « **Reply #55 on:** January 27, 2006, 11:09:00 PM »

QUOTE(Modderxtrordanare @ Jan 28 2006, 12:29 AM)

Move the font in a little so its not off the edge.
Get rid of that horrible 2px gradient stroke around the words.

Done. The text then looked plain, so I added a 1 px border around it and a drop shadow.

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In this pick, I did a little beveling and liked the outcome.
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Which of the two do you guys like better, and why?

Modderxtrordanare · « **Reply #56 on:** January 28, 2006, 10:10:00 AM »

The second one, I too like the beveling on the words.

CattyKid · « **Reply #57 on:** January 28, 2006, 03:25:00 PM »

QUOTE(Modderxtrordanare @ Jan 28 2006, 12:17 PM)

The second one, I too like the beveling on the words.

Yeah, I really like the way that this one turned out.
Thanks for the help.

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