I made two versions of this sig for the STOW contest, but I can't decide which version to submit (right now its V1 just in case I can't decide before the entry closes). EDIT: Hid older versions to show (hopefully) final version. Spoiler V1 V2 V3 Comments? Criticisms?
My suggestions... use V2, crop the top a bit, change the text, then sharpen the render a bit and blend it more with the BG.
What should I improve on? What specifically don't you like> I have cropped the top down to just about the top of the middle white spike. I can't really sharpen the render because its 100+ layers to do the whole vectorization by hand, and the edges were made with the polygonal lasso tool, so they are about as straight and crisp as they are going to get. As far as blending the rended with the BG, I can't think of what to do to make it look better/more natural. I think that the C4D kind or throws things off, so I might get rid of some of that...
V3 shows some good improvement. The cropping and text is well improved. But I wish sharpening was possible, maybe you could stroke a small line around her?
Actually, the stroking idea is really good. It gives it a cool effect... and really accentuates the vectors.
Hate the text, doesn't really fit with the Mirrors Edge type of style, great sig though, definitely sharpen it a little bit, it seems a little dull.
I have made many of the requested changes, hopefully this is the final version. I didn't make a new thread because this one was already here and I don't want duplicate CnC threads...
It looks really good. You should've entered that for SOTW rather than your original. Nonetheless, its quite impressive.