Focal placement and quality are the biggest problems with this signature. First, it's oversharpened, making it low quality. Either that, or the C4D and the stock were low quality to begin with. Now the focal placement is way to the left, making it seem a bit empty over on the right. Also it just looks odd, IMO. The effects are alright, but they are low quality, like I stated before. Watch your sharpening, and remember to pick high quality C4D's and try to keep it clean. It looks somewhat messy, because of the quality and the crowded-ness. The text is alright...at least you tried some effects with it. A lot of the time clipping masks are a good way to go with text. I think it is too big of a font size, too. Now the lighting...the lighting is extremely bright on the left and then nothing in the middle and the really dark at the right. It doesn't look very real, tbh. There is also a shadow on the left side of his body. That means the effects should be bright in front, but dark to the left of him to create a shadowed look. Overall, it's not one of your bests. Seeing as how there was so much to critique. Just take this critique and keep working on it. Maybe read some tutorials, and find a nice style that comes easy to you. Also find out good effect techniques. Just remember what I told you: always use high quality stocks/renders/C4Ds. It makes the end product a hell of a lot better.
First off, whatever grudge you have against me and my sigs... I don't know... second, if you READ the OP, you would know that I was just testing around with some effects and things, but decided to post anyway because it wasnt horrible. Third, there were no C4D's, just effects that I made, and was testing out... Fourth, this was the wrong version posted I realize, this one is too sharpened. I had a different version less sharpened... Fifth, the light source is being emitted from him, so that is why it isn't as realistic. He just has that glow to him, which was there from the start, I just amplified that. The reason his underarm and side is dark is because that is how it was, and how the light would realistically be, since his arm casts a shadow on his side. Also, I don't need to watch any tuts or anything... I've seen more than my fair share... I've been spending time however trying to come up with a new style, and so all of my last, maybe, 5 sigs or so have been tests of that... Lastly, not to make this a personal thing against you like it would seem is being done to me, but coming from the guy whose most recent sigs haven't been very good either, I wouldn't be telling me to look at tuts on effects, C4D's and **** like that.
If you dont want C&C then dont post your sigs in a thread with the prefix C&C We arent mind readers there are many ways to do anything in photoshop, so what if it isnt a C4D his point still stands Its not his fault you posted the wrong version, why even save an oversharpened version if you know its oversharpened? If they are tests then why ask for C&C? To get advice? Well he is giving it to you Insulting his sigs is pathetic. Either use his C&C or dont, you dont need to be an expert to have an opinion on what looks good
No you have this wrong... I don't mind harsh CnC, it is what helped me improve as I went. Don't ***** at me on his behalf saying I did this and that. Because you see what you see, and not what this/that is/was... I didn't get mad he gave harsh CnC, but because he belittles me in his posts, and goes after me. I won't go into that, because you won't/don't/can't give a ****/understand... and stop ****ing saying, "We aren't mind readers." That is damn annoying. I don't care, and I didn't say, YOU ****ING SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT IT WAS THE WRONG VERSION! I said I admit I put the wrong version up. That is called accepting my faults. And I wasn't pathetically trying to stoop to his level and say, GO WATCH TUTS, I was saying, "I don't want to make this personal like you apparently do, but go watch tuts shouldn't be coming from you." There is a difference... aka, stay out of my discussions/arguments with other people Mallet.
If you think you are above using tutorials you deserve to be belittled. Also since when have I ever said "We're not mind readers" before? And no, its a forum I will butt in where I please =]
How in the **** am I 'belittling' you in my post AT ALL? I gave some CnC, and if you don't like it, then don't post the ****ing sig in the first place! You ask for CnC, I give it. I don't expect someone to ***** back at me, for giving honest, helpful critique. And there's another problem. If you 'watch' tuts, then you aren't getting much help. Watching implies you go to youtube or something, and photoshop tutorials on youtube are **** half of the time. Go read some decent text/image tutorials by good sig creators. Take Mallet's most recent tut for example. You might learn something.
Uh my only real concern that really throws off a very nice sig is the lighting. Its all focused on the left side of the sig and the right side of the sig is too bland, the left side is more dominent. That and I think its over sharpened but thats just my opinion. Overall nice sig, its jus the lighting through it off
1) Never said that. Don't put words in my mouth. I am in no way amazing or perfect at sigs, and I use tuts from time to time... 2) Read your first post in this thread... and it was one of my other sig threads you said the same thing. 3) ... @Diz, I can't believe this will become a grudge match, with you and me at each others throats... I still consider you a friend... and once again, this wasn't my style sig as it is, it was a test. I appreciate the CnC from everyone, Diz, Mallet, and everyone, I obviously know not to do some of the techniques I was trying out here, and stick to my other style(s)... the only main reason I feel that Diz is purposely belittling me, no matter what sig I post, is because he goes for what to criticize, which I only really thought when I saw his post in my Lightning sig thread, where he said my cool colors of blue and green were warm colors, and went into detail about trying to use cool colors instead, and read tuts to learn that. That pissed me off, since I only had used cool colors there, and so seeing this post just made me feel the same way... Mallet probably will continue to *****, but I don't care, but I hope Diz can at least understand how I got mad when you ranted on something untrue.
Thats a funny looking word there... that word, "Need", as in, it is not something I completely need to do. When I feel like I'd like help, or I want to find a newer style or something, then yes I know where to look and will watch. And thank you Diz. Thank you a lot. That was so meaningful, how I wrote my post, and tried explaining some things, and you ignored it and quoted two things and said, "Sorry it had to be done." Yes, because that responded excellently to what I said. Thank you there.
LOL thats funny, diz is definitely the one holding a grudge here Me saying "I'm not a mind reader" twice in two weeks deserves the reply: Lol youre crazy. Bottom line is if you cant take the heat stay out of the kitchen, dont mess with me and diz or you might get burnt by the MOLTEN LAVAAAAAAA
That was the single funniest response. Ever. I laughed big time. I'm sorry I take back everything I have said, if not just for that post... I think that should be sigged, just the pure epicness... the last part though was somewhat cliche...
Actually, I read your whole post. I don't appreciate your sarcasm either. I do NOT purposely belittle you for any reason, I just think your signatures could really improve with some helpful critique. Just because I don't like a signature doesn't mean you don't have to. It's my opinion, and you don't have to take it if you don't want to. I try to help, but you just tell me otherwise. Once again, if you're not going to take helpful critique, then why even post it?
I can take critique, and I do, and I only ever improved from when I was on GIMP to now because I took critique, and watched tuts upon tuts... I got mad when you critiqued something not true. But you still have not responded to that... that was the thing that made me get upset, was that you hated a sig for something that wasn't there. You said the sig was warm colors, it was cool colors, and it just annoyed me that that was why you didn't like that sig, among other things. And so it made me feel and look at it like you purposely did that. You probably didn't, I'll take your word, and I am not mad, though like I said, Mallet won't give this thread a rest. He thinks he is the ****.
Urg I hate this method of backing down. Dont pat me on the back for a good response....... admit defeat or fight on RAWR I think I'm the ****? PFF I KNOW IT RA RA RA