[Poetic]

All right so since Im taking a break from Manga Editing, I decided to get into Sig making since it seems nice :P as well as there are no demands/deadlines for signatures so I can make sigs at my leisure without wat yelling at me to finish :P. Anywho these are the first 4 sigs I've made.

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(Yes I know the typography sucks for this one But I couldn't find a nice colour to go with the green >.<)

Second Batch:

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3rd Batch:

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Anywho please comment, and post as much tips/feedback as you can :3

[de-kun]

wow, those are your first 4??? ever???
really nice work then
some effects are kind of sharpen and those splater colors like if the sig is cutted or something need some moderation but still a very nice work...try to work with depth and lighting..blury some parts of the bg for better depth, cause it gives the sensation that the thing is far from the render...texts are nice, simple and well displayed, also with nice colors...you have a good hand for it...keep it up man^^

[Poetic]

Thanks a bunch for feedback/tips de-kun XD, Took a crack at it again and here's one I made with Lockon Stratos render.



Kinda blurred it using a gaussian blur at 1px and erased bits that were too fuzzy or I thought didnt look nice. As well as using a fractal render for lighting and setting it to Linear Dodge. (I have no clue how to do lighting like you de-kun >.<, I tried a myriad of stuff but yea couldn't get the same effect as you >.<.) As for the second text "Poetic" I couldn't find a nice colour again lol >.< So I went with white. If there are any suggestions for colour lemme know.

[ALPHA]

Way better than what i can do T_T

[Chie]

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They're pretty good for your firsts, better then the other firsts I've seen (paint? lol). but you need work with changing the settings on the 3D abstracts. It would be better to set them as screen, dodge, or lighting only. Then work on using other tools like smudge etc. On the Kallen one, the effect going over her eyes could be removed, if you want a cool screen effect, use the color 353535, and 171717 both set to lighting only would allow more sharpening. Also, for your first sigs you're already on clipping mask, which is intermidiate. I approve, but it doesn't help when the effects are more noticable then the focal itself (as stated above). Also, it may not seem like it, but the more layers you have the more control you have over your signatures, with 1-5 layers you're restricted to do as many effects then you would with 10-15 layers (just a note).

Overall you did 3/5 on your firsts.

[Poetic]

Hmmm, well I haven't come across any nice sig tutorials showing smudging and while I've tried it using the brushes available to me, I'm not too sure about the smudge settings so I usually end up with a incoherent mess that doesnt look as nice as other's smudges (I.E yours chie). As well as thanks for the tips on the 3D Abstracts, I wasnt sure if I should be changing the settings to them or not, but I guess I'll try it out. In General thanks a bunch Chie, plan on using the combined inputs to make a better sig, hopefully tonight.

[Poetic]

2 New sigs I made just now Please comment on all + these XD.

[de-kun]

well the new ones look better,
the first of then has a nice blending, but the sig looks kind of flat...the small wide canvas with small height doesn't help on that matter...since the renders are very close.
those yellow brushes on the sides looks kind of weird but not so much...
but still nice works, keep on practicing and improving^^

the second one i liked the concept, but i think it would look much better with a canvas with a bit more height and showing at least part of the shoulders of the render...this white look is very nice, also i know it might looks strange but try to make the text color white..it will blend in better with the sig and won't disappear since it is in front of a bit darker color^^

[Poetic]

Thanks for commenting De-Kun XD, guess the gradient map I put onto the Allelujah one was too high in opacity. I'll try lowering it and see what it looks like. As well >.< those aren't yellow brushed on the side but C4D renders set on Lighten I think >.< Guess I need to work on my C4D choice and placement lol. I'll try some different heights on my new sigs, maybe 130. Was always irked by the fact I couldnt show the render fully but I wasnt sure what'd I do with the extra space. I'll post the versions with the suggestions in a bit.

[de-kun]

well, the size is a matter of taste indeed, i see GFXexers who use very small canvas, others that use very big ones...i like to stick with medium size.. i usually use 140x400
but that is just me, i think that this way you can show nice effects without having to worry about filing too much space^^
but again, that goes with your taste, if you want to use small canvas then go with it^^
but i stll stick with the thing of showing the render a bit more...like your current sig...it shows enough of the sig^^

[Poetic]

Lol, well I think I'll stick to 400X100 and then change when the render needs the extra space. The sig im using right now was made by Chie so yea lol XD good judgement of space from him. Anywho, I Fixed up the two sigs above (I put it in the first post) and added in two more sigs that I just made. My friend gave me a bunch of ray and light brushes so Im experimenting with them and seeing how they turn out. Not sure if I can use them effectively though.

EDIT: Also tried using more space, but I think I ended up with a lot of negative space >.<

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[Deathly]

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Hmmm, well I haven't come across any nice sig tutorials showing smudging and while I've tried it using the brushes available to me, I'm not too sure about the smudge settings so I usually end up with a incoherent mess that doesnt look as nice as other's smudges

Just keep practicing with different setting's and eventually you'll find some good ones that work for you.

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the second one i liked the concept, but i think it would look much better with a canvas with a bit more height and showing at least part of the shoulders of the render...this white look is very nice, also i know it might looks strange but try to make the text color white..it will blend in better with the sig and won't disappear since it is in front of a bit darker color^^

I agree with this.

it would make the sig better if you lower the size on the render so it shows more.

other than that Sigs are looking pretty good keep playing around with the c4d's

[de-kun]

nice, i preffer much more these last two..there is aren't negative spaces at all.. you may have spots that doesn't have an effect but that doesn't means its negative...cause you still have the bg working nicely with it...the second one specially..simple but nice, but i would recommend you to blury the light rays a bit more...gaussian blur on it, around 5 px i think....not sure tho..just go with it till the light rays starts to lose the lines^^
but nice work