[sig] Quebec City

Eh, its a bit simple to me it just seems like you just got the picture, cropped it and set teh picture on top it to overlay.

I would have added a border and perhaps some cool effects to make it look more appealing.

 

What exactly did you do to it? Post the original.

Edit: Actually, I can answer that myself. You added text and a custom shape and did absolutely nothing else. 0/10.

 

A little bit of help would be nice? For starters, actually do something to the image you're working with. Adding text is NOT designing.

And honestly, neither is a mosaic filter. Mess with colors, contrast, lighting, and everything else in Photoshop.

 

No reason at all to be a douche, jesus.

there's different ways of conveying information, many of which require no condescension at all.

 

I don't believe I was a douche. I didn't tell him the signature looked bad. I didn't swear at him.

I told him what he posted is not original work.

And "flaming" is attacking a user, not something posted by a user. The only one flaming here is you.

 

Dude, you are always a douche in the G&A. You never compliment the user, and always criticize.

You have to point out the good points of a signature too you know.

On-topic, the sig is great. I like the border you have there. If you want it that simple, then I would go with it. If you want it to be better, I would try add flare, or mess with the brightness.

Good signature otherwise.

 

That's not true. How am I a douche for telling people what I think is wrong with their signatures? Have I ever blatantly insulted people because their signatures are bad? Find one example of a post in which I have.

I leave plenty of good comments on sites I visit that are actually focused on graphics. I'm here for Forge, but I visit the graphics section because it's an added bonus. But I don't have to point out the good points of signatures. What good does it do to tell someone their _____ looks good? Nothing. It only makes them feel good. Plus, individual aspects of graphics differ by the graphic. I can't say "the text looks great, just do the same thing in every signature you make" because the signatures will always be different. You get good by learning what NOT to do. If they want to ever improve, they have to understand that it's criticisms that help.

I think other members on this site would agree that you're not one to call me, or anyone else, a douche.

To make my post relevant to the OP, I'll offer these suggestions. At the very least, enhance the stock photograph you used. I'd recommend New Adjustment Layer > Curves. Bring the lighting depth up. Maybe try a color tint and some sort of an overlay effect. Remove the logo for sure, and I'd say the text as well. Find a more elegant font, one more fitting for the stock image. And maybe shift the stock as well. It seems like you have too much sky showing and not enough of the structure to focus on.

 

What you believe and what happened are two different things in this case.
Clearly you were, because A) he took offense B) I saw it as such C) Fraggy even joined in

Now, you could have just said that "it isn't original work try doing ::blah blah blah::" not "actually doing something to the image youre working on, adding text is not designing"

seriously, thats a douche move whether you realize it or not, im on the verge for infracting you as such, keep it going.

condescension =/= constructive criticism, learn the difference or stay out of the G&A forum.

PM me if you wish to discuss it further, any other such talks will be regarded as spam and punished.

and yes, on topic

regardless of what was said, its better than anything I can currently do with photoshop.

 

People need to cool their breachers. Ravn was a little harsh perhaps, but I don't think offensive. Penny aim to have just one focal. My attention is drawn to the castle and to the custom shape, make the building more central and loose the shape so my attention is focused.



PROTIP: telling users they are being a douche and provoking them to "keep it going" is not going to solve any problems.

 

Shut-up Sarge, just because I argue in a thread, doesn't mean I thought it was offensive all the time.

Yes, I understand, but you rarely EVER give anyone criticism that is actually good advice, or any that complement the signature. I can't remember a time when you have complemented a signature. You are always telling them what's wrong with a signature, and not tell them they are making progress, then you're not helping. You're basically telling them to put art down, and step away.

So you never insult anybody? What happened here? Isn't that indirectly insulting me here?

Never mind that, that's beside the argument.

 

STOP. I'll lock the thread and infract if this persists.

 

Does it really matter what he did to the image? I mean it still looks nice in my opinion, if you guys are going to complain about it, you're just stupid. Note that sigs are pretty little things that you're meant to look at. If you guys care about how it is made and what it means, go make some real ****ing art.

Anyway, I really like what you've done with the border, but as Mallet said, take away that custom shape(maybe replace it with some simple lines that streak across the image). The stock photo is really nice, but it uses warm colours and the custom shape is a cold colour. So if you were thinking of replacing it, use only reds, browns, oranges, creams and maybe some warm yellow(not lemon yellow).

 

I like it, but it could use work. Try playing with different shades of the sky, nothing too loud, and then smudging the colors together. That might be the flare to make this great.

 

Wrong and unique are different.