Originally Posted by
CarlosJ
First of all regarding your sigs i think you need to work on proprtions, (remember always hold shift when resizing a render/stock etc) because on many sigs they are wrong and ruin the feel of the sig, for instance you dont want a really wide but short canvas (generally, but all depends on the style)
i dont think there was a need to post the gift as it wasnt you that made and tbh the animation only ruins the sig (the tech animation doesnt feel that style of sig)
my favourite of your sigs are your latest and 2nd one. thats because of the sharpening and effects you have added to them to help focus on the focal point.
however most of your sigs really lack detail and partly because of this have poor depth(they appear flat). the stock/render on most of the sigs appears to be in a very seperate foreground layer to the background, you need to work on blending the render into the sig (start with it first and work from it).
you're most recent sig i think demonstrates how you should be blending your sigs to try give a feel of depth, also there you have some lighting but no direct light source, because of that the sig appears flat. add a simple light source into the piece and then add complemnting lights and shadows to the sig using burn/dodge tool(or others) to help continue that.
also you need to work on your text, alot of the time your font either doesnt match the style of the sig or is too far from the focal detracting attention to that. keep practising with text styles and think about text to fit with the sig depending on the signatures style (i can find some tutorials if you feel it would be easier)
just keep practicising and try to focus on realistic factors within the signatures to help add flow and depth to them.
edit:loll sorry for the mini essay:P