first sig without a tut :D

2008-10-22 06:44:38

#1

Zee.OMGits a54: name sucks kthnx; +6|6136|Earth

tell me what you guys think aye?
i still needa learn how to do borders, i made that one myself lol.
any tips and constructive critisism appreciated

2008-10-22 06:49:35

#2

Hakei: Banned; +295|6216

Way too big.

2008-10-22 06:52:30

#3

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6841|Mhz

They all look pretty good, nothing big wrong with any of them

On borders I always just do a basic 1-2px stroke on a separate layer, set it to overlay and pop the opacity down til it looks good.

On cutouts like that I put a faint drop shadow on too, nothing too noticeable, just gives it a little 'pop' to make it stand out more.

2nd is best, the colours tie in nicely, I'd use the blur you did on the background of the 3rd on the 2nd one, but nowhere near as harsh, 1px or 2px gaussian blur would be plenty, you just need to bring the focus more to the foreground, not knock out the whole of the background detail.

Subtlety is the key, use lots of very tiny effects to make a big impact, not one over the top effect.

2008-10-22 07:10:58

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Zee.OMGits a54: name sucks kthnx; +6|6136|Earth

yeah, i was going to put the blur on the second one aswell but something screwed up bigtime and i ended up not having the logo there. cbf cutting it all out again so i just didn't do the blur on it.

and with the border thing, my border doesn't seem to wanna work, using a 2px stroke on a seperate layer, it always does the fade thing which i have no idea how to change :\

thanks for the critisism though mate

and hakei, they aren't made for these forums. the forums that they'll be used on will work just fine with them

2008-10-22 09:54:56

#5

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6841|Mhz

Host the pdf file for the one of them somewhere, I'll show you what I mean.

2008-10-22 11:55:06

#6

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6674|The Twilight Zone

Very nice buddy! Keep it up!

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2008-10-22 11:59:30

#7

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6377|Vancouver | Canada

Way to big vertically, in my opinion. Mine are 350x120.
I don't recommend using borders, unless you really know what you're doing.
...and the main thing: Never put your focal point in the middle. Use the rule of thirds.

TheEternalPessimist wrote:
Host the pdf file for the one of them somewhere, I'll show you what I mean.

I lol'd.

Last edited by DefCon-17 (2008-10-22 12:00:27)

2008-10-22 12:17:08

#8

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6674|The Twilight Zone

If you want you can send me the .psd file over xfire and I'll host it on my FTP.

2008-10-22 12:21:58

#9

Brasso: member; +1,549|6851

i think they look good, but i'm not really a graphics guy. they seem big though, even pre-40px-height bf2s.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-10-22 12:44:44

#10

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6841|Mhz

DefCon-17 wrote:
Way to big vertically, in my opinion. Mine are 350x120.
I don't recommend using borders, unless you really know what you're doing.
...and the main thing: Never put your focal point in the middle. Use the rule of thirds.

TheEternalPessimist wrote:
Host the pdf file for the one of them somewhere, I'll show you what I mean.
I lol'd.

lol, sorry I've been working on fucking pdf's all day.

2008-10-23 02:10:59

#11

Zee.OMGits a54: name sucks kthnx; +6|6136|Earth

DefCon-17 wrote:
Way to big vertically, in my opinion. Mine are 350x120.
I don't recommend using borders, unless you really know what you're doing.
...and the main thing: Never put your focal point in the middle. Use the rule of thirds.

the guy was already there so yeah. i didn't add the render or anything, otherwise he wouldn't be put him in the centre :p

2008-10-23 09:28:24

#12

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6377|Vancouver | Canada

Zee.OMGits a54 wrote:
DefCon-17 wrote:
Way to big vertically, in my opinion. Mine are 350x120.
I don't recommend using borders, unless you really know what you're doing.
...and the main thing: Never put your focal point in the middle. Use the rule of thirds.
the guy was already there so yeah. i didn't add the render or anything, otherwise he wouldn't be put him in the centre :p

Weeeeell unless the picture cuts off at the left border, you could just move the entire thing.

Or resize it to keep the guy out of the center.

2008-10-24 01:39:04

#13

Zee.OMGits a54: name sucks kthnx; +6|6136|Earth

alright that's my second sig. much much better than the first imo.
critiques?
should really start cutting out renders and stuff now :>

2008-10-24 02:09:19

#14

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6674|The Twilight Zone

I think the first ones were better. The sniper is blurry, image doesn't have quality, border would be in order and reduce the height of the sig.

2008-10-24 03:08:13

#15

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6841|Mhz

https://img126.imageshack.us/img126/115/izox11ipd8.png

My border looks shite, I'm at work, not got time to do it properly, render was way too blurry to use but the positioning is better this time round Drop shadow makes it look a lot nicer.

2008-10-24 04:45:50

#16

Zee.OMGits a54: name sucks kthnx; +6|6136|Earth

haha mate. it looks the exact opposite of shit. that's great mate thanks tonnes haha <3
now to learn how to do that >
i google'd how to make borders and stuff step by step, but the guides i got all gave me borders that were actually the background, or borders that gave me some really gay fade effect.

bottom line is, could you possibly write out a guide to make a border for me? would be very muchly appreciated

2008-10-24 07:33:58

#17

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7064|Alberta, Canada

Too big.

2008-10-24 07:38:50

#18

Zee.OMGits a54: name sucks kthnx; +6|6136|Earth

smaller than some of the other first sigs i have seen actually :\

2008-10-24 10:52:25

#19

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6377|Vancouver | Canada

Zee.OMGits a54 wrote:
http://i33.tinypic.com/izox1i.png
alright that's my second sig. much much better than the first imo.
critiques?
should really start cutting out renders and stuff now :>

Definite better focal point placement.

But the sniper is a little too dark and (as Sup said) blurry.

2008-10-24 12:36:14

#20

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6841|Mhz

Zee.OMGits a54 wrote:
haha mate. it looks the exact opposite of shit. that's great mate thanks tonnes haha <3
now to learn how to do that >
i google'd how to make borders and stuff step by step, but the guides i got all gave me borders that were actually the background, or borders that gave me some really gay fade effect.

bottom line is, could you possibly write out a guide to make a border for me? would be very muchly appreciated

It's really simple, when you create the main rectangle section, make sure you keep it on a totally separate layer so it's easier to work on.

When you're ready to put the border on, make a new layer above the rectange layer but below everything you want to make 'pop' out.

Make sure you are on your new blank layer and hold ctrl and click on the layer with the rectangle in, it should make an exact selection of the rectangle.

Now go to edit at the top and choose Stroke, I used a 2px white stroke. Then altered the border layers blending mode to Overlay, then set the opacity to 75%.

EDIT: Oh and the shadow is just the basic dropshadow with default settings applied to everything in the sig.

Last edited by TheEternalPessimist (2008-10-24 12:37:27)

2008-10-24 17:12:12

#21

Zee.OMGits a54: name sucks kthnx; +6|6136|Earth

thanks heaps mate gunna test that out ^^

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