[Criticise] First PS Sig without help

[Ciris]

Anything that should be done to it? Mistakes? Anything? Would appreciate constructive criticism.

I just began using photoshop yesterday so still getting used to tools and mechanics.

[Hunterplay]

Perhaps put the text some were else.It looks like text has chopped some of picture off.Apart from that its good.

[JD]

I like I like =D

[Ciris]

Perhaps put the text some were else.It looks like text has chopped some of picture off.Apart from that its good.

Yeah, the renders hair ended randomly and that was the only "vacant" spot I could find, I'll probably switch it later.

[Mitron]

I like it alot it's the best one ive seen for a long time using an anime girl

[Reflection]

I do not have time to post a long criticism.. But I'll tell you this. Great start, looks really good for a beginner. Work on "blending", text and "depth" though. Blending is basically mixing the items of the signature with the environment. Depth is how your eye gets drawn. The trick is to fool the eye to look at the focal, most often the render.
You can get this depth by having the render the sharpest point and the rest slightly blurred. The lightest part of the signature should also be the render.

I understand if it sounds hard, but the best advice I can give you is to look at a few tutorials. They really help.

[Ciris]

I do not have time to post a long criticism.. But I'll tell you this. Great start, looks really good for a beginner. Work on "blending", text and "depth" though. Blending is basically mixing the items of the signature with the environment. Depth is how your eye gets drawn. The trick is to fool the eye to look at the focal, most often the render.
You can get this depth by having the render the sharpest point and the rest slightly blurred. The lightest part of the signature should also be the render.

I understand if it sounds hard, but the best advice I can give you is to look at a few tutorials. They really help.

Will do, as for slightly blurring them, possibly a small smudging would create this effect?

I've checked out a couple including yours, I'm more of a doing/watching learning than reading and recreating. Thanks a ton though.

[Reflection]

Just do like I do; create a new layer. When on the new layer press ctrl+alt+shift+e to apply all visible layers on one. From there go to Filter -> Blur and point to gaussian blur. Use a relatively small amount such as 0.3-0.5px. Then just click E to get the eraser tool, use a quite large brush, something like a round brush at 50-70 px. Erase around the render and where you want it not to be blurred.

Good luck.

[Narudan]

Or like I do
When im finished with the sig i make a new layer, apply the image. sharpen it, set the opacity to ~20% and delete everything but the render (ofc with layer masks). then i duplicate the layer, make the whole layer mask black and brush over the foreground/things you want to put focus on + the render again..

New layer, applied image, blur the layer, add a layer mask strg+I to make it black, with a soft brush brush on the parts you want blurred. Duplicate that layer and repeat the step. Play with opacity settings.

I just had an idea: I think sigs would look better if you chose a higher blur amount but a lower opacity. I need to try that out.

[Zore]

It is pretty good, I would rate it at about seven or eight out of ten, either way,
it is good. Just work on the blending .