my first sig

[Insane_Panda]

Yeah i kno, it very choobish. I really have no clue how to use ps brushes, so i kinda guess, thats y the bg is sorta simple. and it only took me 30 mins to put together (excluding the 40 minutes it took me to get on sro :p)



Oh and yeah i kno i need to touch up the corners on the santa hat :p, i got lazy and its 3 am right now

[Nannari]

Actually, if its the first you've made, im impressed. It looks really nice, its not too busy, nice colours..

I do however got some of that constructive;

Try not to have the popout that large, as it tends to upset a few people *cough*Bakemaster*cough*. Also blend the render somewhat, and get a simple border.

[Im_On_56k]

To big imo. The main body of it would be a good size, without the head sticking out at the top.

[Moogie]

It's good, first try or not! The background is just that - a background: attractive, non-cluttered, lets the eye swim right over it with ease, but it is interesting and does a good job of breaking up the large area of unfilled space. If the background there was a monotonous pattern or some flat colour all the way across, can you visualise how that would make it look bad? ...If you can understand the difference between that and what you have done in this sig, you have learnt an important thing, and I offer my congrats as a suprising number of people can't grasp the concept.

I would agree with the others and say that the popout is a tad bit big, but you could alternatively shrink the whole sig down if you want to keep those proportions. The text is readable and decently placed, though perhaps you could pull them in a few pixels away from the edges for a better feel. I also do not believe a border is absolutely essential - it highly depends on the look and feel you're trying to achieve.

Well done.

[Insane_Panda]

yeah, im a photoshop noob. Dunno how to make ne cool borders. Ill shrink the sig down now, and move the font farther form the border

Edit:

Still dont know a good way to make a border, so i left some room for one, I shrunk the sig down to 490 x 225. So yeah, can someone give me a good detailed way to make a border (liek i said, im a photoshop noob) [/list]

[Rockshmo]

Creating A Simple Border In 3 Easy Steps:
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1. Create a new layer
2. Ctrl+A
3. Right click -> Stroke

Then you're done! The size, color, and placement of the stroke is entirely up to you but a basic border is 1px, black, inside.

Edit: Be careful on the popout sig that you don't have the border layer above your render layer.

[Insane_Panda]

final product! woo. Ill fix it up more later probably, but for now i think its good. Id like some more comments on how to make it better tho

hmm just relooked at my sig... coudl use a bigger border >.< eh like i said its good for now, ill fix it some other day

[dom]

Creating A Simple Border In 3 Easy Steps:
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1. Create a new layer
2. Ctrl+A
3. Right click -> Stroke

Then you're done! The size, color, and placement of the stroke is entirely up to you but a basic border is 1px, black, inside.

Edit: Be careful on the popout sig that you don't have the border layer above your render layer.

I make a new layer and use the pen tool. Better for when you need to put details on border afterwards (eg: such as drawn drop shadows)

[Rockshmo]

Interesting technique, is that how you made the borders for your current sig/avatar?

They make me jealous, I've never been too into borders but those look really nice.

[naljamees51]

its nice for ur first sig

[hellsharpt]

looks nice panda, dom why don't you get on vent and help the poor boy out. While you're at it make me a new sig

[dom]

looks nice panda, dom why don't you get on vent and help the poor boy out. While you're at it make me a new sig

I bought a new mic the other day

And I typod my previous post. I use the pencil tool.