New sig

CobbZ · Post by **CobbZ** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:37 am

My new sig.

What you guys think?

I downloaded the fonts from http://www.dafonts.com

Snudge · Post by **Snudge** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:41 am

I'm going to beat Rizla to this. And I'm going to enjoy this as much as I can...

XD

Anyway, you should search some nice tutorials. There are enough of 'em that'll help you a long way.
I'm sorry, I'm not going to comment any further on this sig. ^^'

CobbZ · Post by **CobbZ** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:42 am

so it sucks then?

Snudge · Post by **Snudge** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:47 am

In comparison to some of the other sigs here... yes. Sorry. Don't worry though, we all started sucky, it's all in following the right tutorials(even though some people can without o.o) and remembering the tools used. After a while you'll start creating sigs without tutorials.

Here's some just to get started

BrokenSaint · Post by **BrokenSaint** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:20 am

Yeah dude. Try to get started on some quality sigs in Photoshop or if you can't buy it, use GIMP.

If you want my opinion, the color choice is horrible. Try choosing colors that match with each other.

TwelveEleven · Post by **TwelveEleven** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:34 pm

And do your renders better..

SuicideGrl · Post by **SuicideGrl** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:29 pm

TwelveEleven wrote:And do your renders better..

in this case, be more precise in cutting out your character. that way there are no hard edges, so places where there are pointy bits where you could see the background of the SS, and the outline will more closely follow the outline of your character.

what's the focal point of the sig? the text, or your character? when people look at it, what do you want them to see first? where do you want their eyes to naturally go? this is called flow. your sig doesn't really have any.

color choice was mentioned above. in this case, nothing matches anything else. this doesn't mean everything needs to all be shades of the same color, but these jarring contrasts probably aren't what you're going for. ask yourself these questions:
a) does my background match my stock/render (the main picture you're using in the sig)?
b) does my text color match my background and my stock/render?
c) do any effects i've used match as well?
chances are that if you wouldn't wear two colors together out in public, they don't belong next to each other in a sig.

consider "depth". depth is what makes a good sig look like it's not "flat", like it has multiple layers, some of which are closer to you than others. this sig seems like you just stuck the stock onto the background like a sticker and then painted the text on. depth is hard. try playing with the opacity of laters. that means how visible/tramsparent they are. it'll allow you to have things in front of others to create depth without obscuring what's below.

hope those comments help more than "ZOMG read tuts!!"

Rizla · Post by **Rizla** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:40 pm

SuicideGrl wrote:"ZOMG read tuts!!"

CrimsonNuker · Post by **CrimsonNuker** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:49 pm

Your background needs colour.

CobbZ · Post by **CobbZ** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 1:45 pm

I tried to do colour, but when u press "CTRL + U" which normally brings up colour/hue it just didnt happen :S

Im working on a new on soon anyway

Thanks a lot for your comments, especially your's SuicideGrl.

THANKS

rek · Post by **rek** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:29 am

When you choose your text, look at your sig and see if it fits. Dont choose any cool text in your sigs or it wont look cool. And when you colour your text, get matching colours.