Two nights ago at about 4 AM I was bored so I figured I'd try a kind of chalk-burst-smudge thing that'd been going through my head for a while. Unfortunately, it turned out almost nothing like what I wanted, and I'm not happy at all with it, but I figure I'll throw it down here and see what people think. And yeah, I know the text sucks. I just threw it in after I had already given up on the sig itself Very open to constructive criticism, I know it's not very good Edit: v2. I'm more happy with this one, actually. It's still not what I was intending but I think it's not half bad standing alone.
This? It's pretty simple...background was a few layers of clouds, with a gradient over them (I think it's too solid colorey, though...whatever). Then I took the stock and just smudged it with a chalk brush with different settings, moved them around a little, set them to different layer options. I did some other stuff with the smudging of his shoulders and a separate 'head' part for the subtle-ish lense flare...but that's essentially it. Pretty simple.
Nice man, it looks so great but yet simple. Has a modern look to it. I don't even know what program to use, its probably something I'd have to buy correct?
I have Photoshop CS4, which was ridiculously (comparatively to the retail price) cheap at my University Center. However, GIMP (gimp.org) or GIMPshop (gimpshop.com) are good free alternatives.
heh, i know what your limits are insane, and thats pretty good considering. i think i'll go make you it.