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Ok i did what you guys said and i made my first sig. Tell me what ya think. Yes i did use Brushes this time and did not use distortion. ( exceptfor the light source.



ANyone got any suggestions for a render for this would be cool thxs

effect is really nice, colors are junk unless you're trying to make it look like Earth and the text is bad too. lol =p

Here did this one as a redo what you think now?

Looks like all you did was filter > distort > twirl. Don't really know what to say about it.

if you erase the orange and red. shades of red and blue dont match in my opinion =/

Ok ok i experimented with a picture of the sun and made itlook lik eyou were underwater and as you were rising you can see the sun effect.

Here is first picture i got from google


Then i made it into an udnerwter effect

And heres a very dark watter effect


What u guys think? Any adfvice for a nooblet?

lol you're doing simple things and giving them extravagant captions

Make a sig, dont use the disortions and stuff, actually make something of your own with brushes.

Id say your trying to hypnotise us

The blue underwater effect look good IMO.

Hows this one just finished

Doesnt look to bad, IMO. Would give it a 6-7/10 cant tell you what to fix xD

rofl thats like 10x better than your previous sig
keep up the good work

things to work on
add layer effects
shrink the sig down!!!
fix the text text =/= edges

what islayer effect?

Like you lowered the opacity on the render layer

I been working on this for past hours trying to make the colros perfect but not just randomness any one got a good render for this? And any tips for this likelower colros raise etc?



Edit: Just learned about burn tool seems cool


Yay just finished a 2nd one. I tried to make it to blend in as much as possible so tell me what ya think.


What you guys think i should do this one?

Ok followed some tutorials. I used NO render i just did everything by hand. Me frst time doing this so go easy.

Or does this look better teh Suna s the Light Source.

I was tyring to go for a galaxy shooting comet look.

Rate 1-10 and things i should fix please thank you.

Edit: Justnoticed the S rate without that S please =D.

I like the first one better. It kinda looks odd in the second one how there is a black circle just chillin, or is that the sun?

hmmm...

so much to say, i'd rather advise you to read through some tuts in this section's
main sticky :]

the sigs are also a bit too big for my taste.

I dont know what you guys want me to do to this, I followed teh tutorials and i trued mne best what am i doing wrong =/?

Edit: I see i forgot borders... And is pelled sSilkroad forums ... Anything else?

purple/blue sig. Don't get me wrong, sometimes those are good colors for sigs, however this time it's not the case. Your first sig would go better with browns/grays and darker colors. Also put the opacity on 100% for the render. Second one is kinda odd... dunno.

PFFFF using the brushes I gave you and saying you made it yourself pfff xD jk Its not my type but 5/10 anyways meh


at the guy above me you finally did hit the colors right ;D

Relax, just keep practicing.

Your stuff remind me of my distant past. At least your better than what i used to do. Keep trying

thanks yangkang, all to the help of 0l3n, you, and some others for the comments

I actually followed a guide this time but form a diff site.
I made the blue pieces of crystal thingies as a light source so they shine blue .

Comments,rate, and tips please.

10x better than your current two.

good:

• it has a certain "flow". people talk about flow a lot in here and its basically
  a way of leading the eyes through a sig. yours has a flow from the mid bottom
  towards the outer corners. with some small tricks, you can make the flow even
  more clear and therefor the sig more successful.
• you used vector brushes. these brushes are a good trick to quickly make a
  sig look different from other sigs.
  
  bad:
• color. the colors are too bright and too plain imo. also, the lightblue and dark
  blue dont really go well together. i do like the way the yellow-ish render is set
  on a blue background, but i would change the background to make it better.
• background is plain. you started to work with the custom brushes. now its
  the trick to make the background into something suitable for your sig. in this
  case, one of the weakest points is the fact that you transformed the vector
  arrows, or drew arrows yourself which make em look funny. one more thing
  is that the background gets a little broing cause there is not much going on.
  also, i was talking about the flow of the sig, and with these vector brushes
  you will have more success going with the sigs flow than randomly pushing
  the brush button on the screen.
• text. i dont like the text.. simply dont like it. the font is too plain and there
  is nothing going on really, except you brushed some lightblue over it. try to
  put your text layer on a different mode, like overlay/softlight/whatever, play
  around a little.
• border. personal likings, i like sigs with border better, especially when that
  left arrow goes off the sig.
• lightsource. the blue line in the top makes us believe there is some kind of
  lightsource, but there is a lot of work still to be done with it.
  
  ^ mind you, this is not a rant, just all the tips you need to take into consideration
  in your next sig. like i said, its already TONS better than your older ones,
  and you will see you will keep improving along the way!

<3

Ok Cin i took your advice and i fixed it up a little this is just the theme im trying to show ya.
Version 1.2


This is what im doing Im trying to give it like the lightning and the blue Mana circle thing is surrounding him going around him.

This is the flow im trying to set



Edit: If you have asuggestions in what is hould add do please say whatcolor i should make it on xD.

I dont think that the vector circles will work hre but thats just me. Anyone got any tips for me? I dont want to start a new sig i want to finish 1 for first time =D.

Woah you improved ;D Your sig has actually now a point the sigs before were just put in as much you can IMO I agree with the most points with cin but things I would say you need to fix

lightsource : I liked it how you made the lightsource in your first try but you should have made it a line more like a point but seriously it looks better with

background : I dont like the background to much you tried to make some halfcircle flow I would say but lightings arent the right choose for that


thats it actually :p you should try to mix the first and second try and use the points everyone here writes out to improve but overall you sure did improve keep on like that

Decreasing your sig size, might help abit, as you've got a big template too fill atm. Comes down to personal preference tho.