First GIMP Signature

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  1. AceOfSpades

    AceOfSpades Talented
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    My first signature using GIMP.

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  2. Shatakai

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    -There's no focal
    -The black thing to the right of his head is distracting
    -There's sort of a blue/green border on the left side
    -The effect you used it just plain ugly and it would be better at a much lower opacity

    All in all not too bad for a first attempt, but you need to work on developing a focal.
     
  3. AceOfSpades

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    The thing to the right of his head was in the stock. Anyway I could get rid of it?

    And how would you go about making a focal? I tried to blur the magnums in the front and sharpen the spartan's head.

    That blue/green border on the left might be because I added the border in Photobucket. I couldn't figure out how to do it in GIMP. How do you add a border in GIMP?

    And by lower opacity, do you mean make it more translucent?
     
  4. Shatakai

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    Hope I helped.
     
  5. AceOfSpades

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    Yes that actually helped a lot. I'll go back and edit it after I do my hw. Damn I still have to do that...
     
  6. loshon

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    Border in GIMP:

    Right Click: Select all. Then right click again>edit>stroke selection. Set the px size to double the desired border size. Done!
     
  7. Donii

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    Move the text closer to the focal and away from the border.
     

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