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My first sig. Critique and pointers please.

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:49 am
by Pottan
my first signature ever.

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It's extremely basic but I like that in a sig.

I would like some pointers etc.
like I said I'm a complete noob so be gentle ^^.

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 7:05 am
by pantrofl
seems nice, render fits in well.. allthough i dont rly like the colours

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 8:01 am
by Geedunk
It has actually got a very nice depth, looks better than alot "less" newbs on this forum.

Now, you want to get a lightsource by taking out a soft round brush on 100-300 and brush with white somewhere, you want lighten (ONLY ONE PLACE!!!)

Then make it more than one color - monotone sigs are.. Mmeh..

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:43 pm
by Pottan
Geedunk wrote:
Now, you want to get a lightsource by taking out a soft round brush on 100-300 and brush with white somewhere, you want lighten (ONLY ONE PLACE!!!)



say what?

well here's the sig in colour, not as good looking if I may say so.

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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 1:43 pm
by JackB4u3r
Even tho i'm a horrible sig maker, i know how a good sig looks like :D

So now, the colors are a bit too different, your render is red and background is green and that is a horrible combination. As they said make a light source, but better leave the whole sig green. Or also try now just fitting the render into the green of the background, since this green looks more deep and realistic then the yellow-green mix that you made earlier.

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:16 pm
by Pottan
I'm totally new in this so someone be kind enough to explain/show what you mean by lightsource?

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:18 pm
by ElCapuccino
*points out the right way* straight ahead, than after 100m go right till you get too you get to a crossover, go left, second one right and you're there.
It's quite a road, try stopping by by tuts if you're lost, getting some colours should be good too.

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:36 am
by rek
Geedunk wrote:It has actually got a very nice depth, looks better than alot "less" newbs on this forum.

Now, you want to get a lightsource by taking out a soft round brush on 100-300 and brush with white somewhere, you want lighten (ONLY ONE PLACE!!!)

Then make it more than one color - monotone sigs are.. Mmeh..


u prbly mean me :roll:

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:55 am
by Nave47
No he means me.

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:10 am
by Chosn1
dude i like it. its clean and i like the contrast. also its not black and white, but it still have that feel to it, w/o being to plane. Gj!

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:45 pm
by Pottan
Thanks chosn1.

I never found any explanation to lightsource (i know what it is but how to use it in a sig) so I guess I'll have to keep making sigs and eventually figure it out.

here's my second sig I finished yesterday:

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the big nonresized picture is found here

Render: http://planetrenders.net/renders/displa ... ?pos=-8457
Cut by: Crimson


And yes, simple onecolour sigs is what I like the most so... :oops:

::EDIT::

Great_Master wrote:Or also try now just fitting the render into the green of the background


Like this?

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