My First Attempt at Making a Sig..

Isis · Post by **Isis** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:30 pm

I know it isn't as good as some of your sigs, but this is my first attempt at making one

HavinFunSince89 · Post by **HavinFunSince89** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:37 pm

kinda simple but nice egyptian style make some adjustments and I bet it will rock. keep up the gud work

Isis · Post by **Isis** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:43 pm

HavinFunSince89 wrote:kinda simple but nice egyptian style make some adjustments and I bet it will rock. keep up the gud work

I wanted it to look simple

But have you got any suggestions of what I could do please..

iBilly · Post by **iBilly** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:56 pm

Well the border completely overpowers the whole thing.

The background/stock you have used is so dark it's hard to really see anything.

There's no distinct focal point.

No real effects used.

No lighting whatsoever.

Text... meh.

I strongly advise you to find some tutorials for sigs & large art pieces, you will improve like everyone does.

Tatianasaphira · Post by **Tatianasaphira** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 1:56 pm

Bastet wrote:
HavinFunSince89 wrote:kinda simple but nice egyptian style make some adjustments and I bet it will rock. keep up the gud work

I wanted it to look simple But have you got any suggestions of what I could do please..

Since your name is the Goddess of the Cat, perhaps a Cat image, or a bit more of the gold along the edge..

But for simplicity sake, it is good

TwelveEleven · Post by **TwelveEleven** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:19 pm

iBilly wrote:Well the border completely overpowers the whole thing.

The background/stock you have used is so dark it's hard to really see anything.

There's no distinct focal point.

No real effects used.

No lighting whatsoever.

Text... meh.

I strongly advise you to find some tutorials for sigs & large art pieces, you will improve like everyone does.

+1

Isis · Post by **Isis** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:17 pm

I wanted to come away from the cat image..

I didn't want some thing that was over powering and nothing that was busy..

The background is the pyramids at Giza, you don't need much detail to relise what they are.. and the border is made up of Hieroglyphs..

It was the font that I don't like and I couldn't find anything that I really liked

Post by **dom** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:27 pm

Cool idea. I'd use the pen tool trace it, and clean out the lines. Add a black boder, not yellow.

Tatianasaphira · Post by **Tatianasaphira** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:37 pm

Bastet wrote:I wanted to come away from the cat image..

I didn't want some thing that was over powering and nothing that was busy..

The background is the pyramids at Giza, you don't need much detail to relise what they are.. and the border is made up of Hieroglyphs..

It was the font that I don't like and I couldn't find anything that I really liked

Then what you could try is perhaps putting a lens filter over by the sun to brighten it up. Also maybe tone down the background since 'some' people have such issues with it

Papyrus for the win...

Rizla · Post by **Rizla** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:46 pm

Do not use papyrus please.

One thing I noticed is the picture isnt very good quality, try http://www.flickr.com and look for a better pic to use.

Snudge · Post by **Snudge** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:49 pm

Rizla wrote:Do not use papyrus please.

One thing I noticed is the picture isnt very good quality, try http://www.flickr.com http://www.photography.com/ http://www.sxc.hu/ and look for a better pic to use.

Fix'd ^^

cin · Post by **cin** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:05 pm

Rizla wrote:One thing I noticed is the picture isnt very good quality, try http://www.flickr.com and look for a better pic to use.

quality prob might be cause its made in paint

Rizla · Post by **Rizla** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:41 pm

paint doesnt compromise the original photo quality.

CrimsonNuker · Post by **CrimsonNuker** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:43 pm

yeah the stock you used was kinda bad quality..

Isis · Post by **Isis** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:44 pm

Ok.. I've tried using the original pic again.. As I had re-sized the other, so I lost some of the quality..Hope that looks better.

Post by **dom** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:19 pm

What I was talking about was retracing it like so:

Got bored and decided to give it a go.

Dystopia · Post by **Dystopia** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 11:57 pm

U made that out of scratch dom?

CrimsonNuker · Post by **CrimsonNuker** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 1:13 am

Dystopia wrote:U made that out of scratch dom?

Thats my dom. :love:

Rizla · Post by **Rizla** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:15 am

dom wrote:What I was talking about was retracing it like so:

Got bored and decided to give it a go.

looks sharp

Knuckles · Post by **Knuckles** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:29 am

I agree, that's quite catchy

Isis · Post by **Isis** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:16 pm

OK... I've changed it again. Hope this one looks better.

cin · Post by **cin** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:02 pm

i like the colors behind the pyramids 10x better than before.
sig is a little too big now imo

Tatianasaphira · Post by **Tatianasaphira** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:08 pm

But it is beautiful...makes me regret not being able to see them in person (stupid family not coughing up the money...)

Shadowman20818 · Post by **Shadowman20818** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:09 pm

You should make it smaller and remove the link, petite=better.

corkscrew · Post by **corkscrew** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 7:17 pm

i think its nice, simple but nice, the sunset looks very realistic, but it seems like my main focus is the border, you should do something with that

iBilly · Post by **iBilly** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:32 am

Lol Dom, why do I like that little creation of yours so much? No idea, but you seem to have a nack for creating stuff out of nothing. Good show.

Isis · Post by **Isis** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 2:17 pm

I think I will make it a little smaller, wanted to keep the border. But maybe make it smaller in size.. Hmm don't know.

Hehe can't do it now, I'm at work