opothehippo In the past couple of weeks I've made a few sigs that I would like to show off. I am a unexperienced user of photoshop, and I have only looked at a couple of tutorials. Im still trying to figure out things like borders and effects and stuff, so they might be lacking from these Images. The first serious one I made. I didnt use a render, and it shows quite a bit in my opinion. _________________________________________________ The second one I made, I was testing out a bunch of brushes I downloaded. _________________________________________________ The second one with ripple effects on it. I have used this on my profile for a while _________________________________________________ A sig I just made a few hours ago. _________________________________________________ A user bar I designed (not photoshop): _________________________________________________ Out all of these, which one do you like best? Please comment a give some ideas/criticism to make them better. *edit* I added a new one. I way too simple: Another one I made, I was trying to use effects insted of brushing for the backround: Thanks for all your feedback, it really helps when your learning photoshop.
Re: opothehippo [showroom] I love the second without water effects. The text is brilliant and the tree thing is beautiful. Maybe try to make the background colors match the render a bit more, otherwise lovely. The first and last (sigs) are pretty good, they need some work. Try rendering the first one better and putting some effects on the last. I know you said you don't know how, and thats ok, just play around a bit. Also, the text on those two is pretty bad, unfortunately I have the same problem and generally leave text off my sigs, there is an exception with the one I'm using now. As for borders, I think I'll make some form of tutorial for it.
Re: opothehippo [showroom] I agree with weapwns, but yes you really do need to match the colors, I'm pretty sure there are tons of tutorials for this on the web. GJ though.
Re: opothehippo [showroom] Awsome work! I like the first, second and third sigs. Good work. P.S. What program did you use to make these?
Re: Sigs (opothehippo) *new one added I used that same exact Optimus Prime render. Don't forget if a render or anything ever looks dull add a blur overlay.
Re: Sigs (opothehippo) *new one added Wow, you really have a knack for text, much better then mine. The OP one is really bland. I won't knock you for blending optimus badly because I tried and hes hard to do. Try this on your next sig: Copy the render layer a bunch of times, move the copied ones around so they fill the whole background, merge all those layers, then put some effects on them. Then put in your main render and blend it.
Re: Sigs (opothehippo) *new one added That is exactly what I was doing, I had put a motion blur on the render and then created a really awsome background with duplicates. I was trying to remember a tutorial from a long time ago, something to do with splattering. It was an awesome background, but the main render looked horrible. I tried to put some effects on it, and purely by accident I happened to get the clouds. Thanks for the border tut BTW, It was a real help. I'm interested in photoshop and any help I can get learning it is super awesome.
Re: Sigs (opothehippo) *new one added Lolz, I thought you just rendered some clouds for the background.
Re: Sigs (opothehippo) *new one added These are great! I love the second one, The OP Prime one isn't very good tho.
Re: Sigs (opothehippo) *new one added Your point? lol, I was trying to make this splatter thing, then I messed up. I probaly shouldnt have posted it. Check out my new one though, I just made it.