My first sigs ( Critics and comments please :P )

[Sithius]

Hi, so I'm kinda new into this photo manipulating stuff... Anyways I've made some sigs, these are my first so they prolly suck but... Its kinda like my 'blizzard series' or something, coz I made one from diablo, one from SC ( or two counting the one i made for kyu69 ), and one from wawcraft.

Really, I didn't like the diablo but I wanted to make myself better making these so I tried something new; a non-homemade background. Druid was prolly the character that goes best with nature backgrounds even tho I couldnt find as good pictures for him...

Critics and comments please. Thanks.

EDIT: I'm posting the one i made for kyu too :P.

[Darkslayer633]

They look awesome, especially teh one with illidan. conrast of the red to bring put illidan is great, nice font choice aswell. Even the blending is nice, its waay better then some of my first work.
You're a natural.

[BlackHawk]

I'm going to be brutally honest, so if you don't like brutal honesty, avert your eyes now.

First one (http://www.warboards.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=2618): The blending (or the cutting of the character) isn't bad; however, I just think he looks a bit wierd in the signature. He's just there. I dunno, maybe try another background or something?

Second One (http://www.warboards.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=2619): Again, the cutting out of the character isn't bad, you're pretty good at that. The background...where to start. Don't use filters like that. Please, learn this now -- pure filters = bad. They take no skill and just make you seem like you have no idea what you're doing (and you definitely have an idea what you're doing, more so then most newbies). The lightning just looks out of place / tacky, if you made the background into a star filled / cloudy night then it would look better.

Third One (http://www.warboards.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=2620): The typo could use some work, but other than that it's pretty good -- the background is also a step up.

Fourth One (http://www.warboards.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=2621): You really like red. Anyway, again the guy is cut out well, and in this case the filtered background actually fits the picture so it's not so bad -- however, I think you could do better.

[Sithius]

Thanks a lot both for the commets/critics. Ok.. Well, yeah I know that druid just appears from nowhere, I was just tired of absctract BGs. I didnt really take time cutting them out. And yeah on the third one, the typo prolly needs some work... tried something new ^^. But the BG was kinda hard to make. Many brushes. And... If you look deepest down its a cloud filter too but after all brushes its not very noticable. Yeah, I know too much red ^^. I was gonna do blue BG on the third one but I dunno why I didn't... So anyways I'm getting kinda lack of ideas, all I can come up with are different types of grunge... So any ideas for BG effects? Thanks.

[Markpyro]

They look good, especially for someone who just started.
BH summed up a lot of what I originally thought. My only other comment is: Be careful on the text, adding several gradients and strokes on uneven fonts can cause it to look pixely.

Also, let me suggest a different method of blending the characters you use (besides the cut/paste, blurr edge). Try blending them into the background, where they dont pop out so much. Try brushing on top of the image, instead of leaving it on top.

[Sithius]

Also, let me suggest a different method of blending the characters you use (besides the cut/paste, blurr edge). Try blending them into the background, where they dont pop out so much. Try brushing on top of the image, instead of leaving it on top.

Ok ... But what do you mean with that? Sorry but my skills aren't that very good and I'm not from a english talking-country, I'm 13 and my Photoshop is in english. Thanks.

[Battlecruiser]

They are definately not bad, but they can be improved. The backrounds can be improved a lot, as mentioned before. Also the text on 2,3 and 4 should be changed. Try not to just use as many filters as you. Think of something that will fit the backround, and then try to make that.

[Sithius]

Ok, thanks Battlecruiser. I gotta go now but I have changed one background ( and the font and some stuff ^^ ).

[Aquarian]

1:The druid should be made abit smaller,instead of letting him stand like that.Good :)

2:The hydra and lightning does not blend.Use image>adjustments and click on any option.I normally use Color Balance and Levels(CTRL+L),but using Hue and Saturation(CTRL+U) is easier.And,try making the hydra abit bigger(CTRL+T),like only showing his head.And the lightning should go over the filtered background,making it the first bg and the abstract the 2nd bg.

3:Again,the same with what I said for number 2.

4:Your best work.But then Illidan should blend in,like adjusting his color to more reddish.The text also sticks out too much.

5:I like the bg,and is an improvement.And,try applying anti aliasing to the font,it looks pixelated.

When you resize an image,it will get pixelated.Use the blur and sharpen tool to patch those up.And,stick to one style.I think the style Illidan is the best.

[Sithius]

1:The druid should be made abit smaller,instead of letting him stand like that.Good :)

2:The hydra and lightning does not blend.Use image>adjustments and click on any option.I normally use Color Balance and Levels(CTRL+L),but using Hue and Saturation(CTRL+U) is easier.And,try making the hydra abit bigger(CTRL+T),like only showing his head.And the lightning should go over the filtered background,making it the first bg and the abstract the 2nd bg.

3:Again,the same with what I said for number 2.

4:Your best work.But then Illidan should blend in,like adjusting his color to more reddish.The text also sticks out too much.

5:I like the bg,and is an improvement.And,try applying anti aliasing to the font,it looks pixelated.

When you resize an image,it will get pixelated.Use the blur and sharpen tool to patch those up.And,stick to one style.I think the style Illidan is the best.

Ok thanks I'm working on it now. BUT my Photoshop is in swedish :S so maybe I won't understand everything, but I think i understood this. Thanks a lot and even more thanks for telling me how to fix it too. ^^

DOH!!! I forgot to save my Illidan picture as a PSD file too :( so I couldnt change much but here it is. So... Is it better? Should I change the opacity of the Hue/Saturtion to more/less? *starts working on the other pics ^^*

Thanks.

EDIT: I made the hydra one saying Sithius now. ( 3rd one i think ) But i have a problem tinting :'( so ... I dunno... Is this good? *attachs file*

EDIT: OMG I suck at blending in stuff ^^. LOL or so I think so is there any tutorial for this?

EDIT: Or could you teach me ? :P:P

EDIT: Oh, and how do I apply anti-alisiasing? ^^ Do you mean in the text effect place and then it says utjämna kanter ( which i think is Anti-Aliase in english ) But that didnt change very much if you ask me:P.

EDIT: Oh I think I get what anti-aliase is now ^^. Is it when u write the text you can select Nothing ( or normal cant remember ), skärpa ( dunno how to say it in english :P ), clear and stuff.

[Sithius]

Made another sig. Abstract, but simple. Maybe too simple, but I dunno, what do you guys think?

[Darkslayer633]

Two things about the new one
1) The blue thing around Homer should not have and "holes" in it, it should be solid blue
2)your name when broken like that seems odd.

[Sithius]

Two things about the new one
1) The blue thing around Homer should not have and "holes" in it, it should be solid blue
2)your name when broken like that seems odd.

Ok fixxed that. Here.

Better or worse?

[Aquarian]

Sig remake

1.Alot better.Really really better!But the text still sticks out abit.
2.Better,too.I see you've been using the blur tool and H&S.But,you went over with the blur tool.
3a.Ditto on what Darkslayer said.
3b.Better,but,I prefer the text in the old Homer sig.

Tutorials,that's how we get better and learns.By tuts.Here (good-tutorials.com) and here. (pixel2life.com)

[Sithius]

2.Better,too.I see you've been using the blur tool and H&S.But,you went over with the blur tool.
3b.Better,but,I prefer the text in the old Homer sig.

Ok thanks

2. W00t? I used no blur ^^ I just made it bigger which made it look blurry.
3b.Yeah i prefer the ol' Homer text too.

[Aquarian]

You can then use the sharpen tool

[Sithius]

Ok thanks a lot.

[Sithius]

I made a wallpaper for ur desktop. Whatcha think 'bout it? ( Yeah, sloppy work I was tired and i had to go so made it fast ^^ )

http://img499.imageshack.us/img499/6569/starcraft10247686lg.th.jpg (http://img499.imageshack.us/my.php?image=starcraft10247686lg.jpg)

EDIT: Yeah, those orange things on border is supposed to be rust. Grrr didn't turn out very good :S.

EDIT 2: Oh yeah and, .... what was I gonna say now again...? Damn forgot xD.

EDIT 3: Now i know. The marine looks kinda blurry and not very "get-ready-for-fightning"-pose but it was DAMN hard to find a terran. Oh and also it's blurry BUT yes i used sharpen, and I had to use levels to make the light fit with the hydra.

EDIT 4: Heh, let's see if u can find the spray I added to the marines armor ^^ ( easy, didn't bother hiding it )

[Aquarian]

There are many ways to make realistic rust and metal.Like I said,tutorials.

But I don't understand much of the WP

[Leosam096]

i think its pretty nice...i'm not going to criticize you or anything.heh.

[Sithius]

K thanks.. Well yeah that one didn't turn out pretty good. Made another one but cant post it ... 30 kbs too big xD. . shrinking it brb..... Ok well now it's shrink'd. Here it is, what do you think? ... I kinda liked it :P lol I even use it as my desktop.

EDIT: Ops forgot to upload it xD. http://img500.imageshack.us/img500/5789/riddaredesktoplowerquality9fj.th.jpg (http://img500.imageshack.us/my.php?image=riddaredesktoplowerquality9fj.jpg) There you go.

EDIT 2: Look at it in 100% scale or else it well look kinda strange.. In my opinion ^^.

[Aquarian]

Ah yes...Lots of improvement.But the text shouldn't be there.

[Sithius]

Ah yes...Lots of improvement.But the text shouldn't be there. Wooho :D , thanks.