Hey everyone, it's been a couple months since I last made a sig... I acquired PS and since it has a moderately steep learning curve (at least for me) I was learning a bit and now I have a bit more skill in using it. I have been busy with school as well and whatnot, but without further ado... With Text No Text Different effect, with text. Different effect, without text. Please give your thoughts, feedback, ideas, etc. as it will help me improve. Thanks EDIT: V2 up, I think this is a bit better, followed you guys' suggestions for the disintegrated effect and added some subtle gradient maps. Critique and comment, please. V3, added a couple of suggestions, made it smaller and made much less visible gradient maps but they still alter the colors just a tad. Also sharpened the end result. I obviously can't please everyone PLUS myself so some will like v2 better or v3, so moving on....
First effect for sure, so thats the one im talking about... Holy this is a huge improvement since the last time I remember seeing you post. There are some things you still need to learn, but all in all well done; the focal is good, the effects are subtle for the background, the colors are good, the effects on the ODST are fairly good. What I would try is experiment with gradient maps to unify the colors a bit, it could probably help you a lot. Oh and I would probably only have done the shatter, disintegrate or w/e effect on one side (left) for this signature.
The BG is fine, but I really don't like what you did to the ODST, how it looks kinda like its melting into a pool of purple acid.
Definitely should've done the shatter on the left only, more specifically, imo, angling downward diagonally. The Background is fine, but think it would've been a bit better if the left had continued getting darker, rather then lighting back up. The third and fourth the flames are incredibly distracting. Gradient maps would definitely help bring the whole thing together, as it stands the ODST is just kind of there. Overall, however, much better than previous things I've seen from you.
Thank you all for the awesome feedback, I'll see what I can do about the getting darker, and I will probably slap some gradient maps on, idk how I forgot such an important step. As for only making the left side dissolve, I might not be able to because I mixed some layers. I'll definitely upload a v2 tomorrow or sometime this week. It's good to know I've improved (if only a little).
Personally, I don't really like the glow around the edges or the rather wide border. Also, the sort of splatter effect is a bit excessive, as others have said. Otherwise, this is a huge improvement from your previous graphics. Keep going sir!
Hmm. I think I would crop some of the right side off, and bring the lightsource closer to the odst, I think that would bring it together nicely.
I know it sucks to hear, but it would have been better (imo) if you used the first color scheme and the same splattering effects.
Hahaha actually, I had mixed feelings about how it came out at last... the color scheme I found a bit too dark in the first one and so I made it lighter, but it looks weird. The effects are better, though. I'll see if I modify it one last time... it's so hard now with these more advanced techniques :/ and in any case, if I don't make it better I'll just try another one, I started a sig shop in some Halocharts groups and hopefully I can practice more from making those. Thanks to everyone for the critique! EDIT: I felt motivated and changed it a bit. I'm moving on from this sig lol.