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im trying to make my own sig from scratch. ive gotten alot of ideas on the main part of the sig, but im having issues with the background. so my question is ...


where, how do you come up with those bad ass backgrounds? alot of sigs on here, man are some great stuff. just wondering how to come up with the multiple shadow effects within the bg itself.

are you cutting the bg from something else then adding the cool things to it later, or are the bgs that you all make here from scratch?


if you want an example of the bg of the sigs im talking about, see the peoples sigs below... ^^

thanks ...

sig examples names:

[SD]draquish( the second one )
Caras
Raiden
Deacon
RuYi
deathtoall
Miyoko
Dystopia
WaX
.rek
bladecarlo
MasterKojito

and many MANY more. those peoples sigs are examples of the bg's that im asking about.

brushes.

google "photoshop brushes" and you will find some great stuff.

best place to get brushes is at deviantart.com

cool. thanks. hard to believe that those bg's are just brushes =P


i just made this one. i dont like it much.



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yea so the font sucks and all that, but dam, brushes are the shit for real. that is how you come up with those cool BG's... btw thanks for the deviant art tip... great brushes there ^^

Havnt looked at the sigs you but as far as I know Caras, Miyoko, .reK dont use brushes, maybe some but only for small effects.

I usually start with a render, and then start thinking about a background that fits it. I usually choose colors or the style for the background depending on the render itself.
I never really have a plan on how it SHOULD be looking, I just try to get the look that I want and change bits by bits until I'm happy with it.

I usually don't use brushes, the only sig I made that uses brushes was this one:

(Brushes for this one are created by Annika Von Holdt.)

The majority of my backgrounds are made from scratch, and sometimes I add a photograph with it aswell, but as I said, it just depends on the render I use.

ok when you say render, ..... i dont get it ...

filter -> render -> OPTIONS = clouds, difference clouds, fibers, lens flare, lighting effects ...

so when you say render, what do you mean, i tried the fiber thing, and my image ended up looking like bark from a tree, the clouds thing i use to make lightning ... so far im using the lighting effects, layer by layer....


im pretty sure tho thats not what yall are talking about =P

Render is a cut out image in your sig, in your case Homer.

Find loads here; http://www.planetrenders.net

cool thanks !!

Im not on that list

Edit:now i am happy

now you are xD

I feel so left out

render = cutout, stock = actual photo, screenshot, etc., right? like, my sig uses a stock, and yours uses a render. at least that is what i was led to believe.

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disclaimer:

for those that i did not list the name, feel proud that your name is listed within the " and many MANY more " part =P

i just didnt want to copy paste everyones name that has a bad ass sig ^^

but worry not, for those names that are not listed, one could say saving the best ... for last

*Sigh* guess i'll have to make a bad-ass sig again

yea also too add some affects we use C4D renders awell which you can also get of planetrenders.net

T_T

dont mean for the noob in my to pour out onto the ground, byt i know what a render is now, and c4d what is that? use cs2 lol???



nevermind, i figured it out. pretty much is all 3d renders ... lol, reading other threads helps on answering questions lmao

Correct. Stock brushes only.

alot of people use stocks, and renders for their background

other people just pick a solid color, then use the basic brushes,

i myself like to make a simple background then use filters and distort the render, there are countless ways, all that look pretty good