[Help/Rate] My first attempt at something like a sig.

[insignia96]

Okay,

First of all HI! I just got PS CS4 and decided to follow a tutorial for a sig. I followed sheepking's (kind-of) and this was the end result:



Now i know it probably sucks but i was wondering if you guys who know what they are doing could provide some constructive criticism. I would like to get good at this.

EDIT:

2nd try:



EDIT2:

3rd Try!

[Dombo]

I suggest you do some more tutorials, that's how I started out and I've became quite good.

I can see you also have the will to improve your skills, which is essential.

Not bad for a first timer

[Acespades]

Filter>Sharpen is a great tool when used in moderation, it gives your picture that HD look.

Before:

After:


Find a cool font at Dafont.com and throw it in your image.
I usually use Outer Glow and Drop Shadow, because it adds depth.

Before:

After:


Also, a nice finishing touch. Create a new layer, and hit Ctrl-A (Select All). Edit>Stroke: Pick the stroke color (black usually looks best), pixel size (1-3px looks nicest), and select inside. This just gives the signature a cleaner look.

Before:

After:



Yours looks really nice, I like it a lot. These are just some things that I always do with signatures to clean them up. Keep up the good work

PS: here is a fun website to get some graphics off of: http://planetrenders.net

[insignia96]

i thought it sucked!

anyways thanks for the tips ace! I was going to add text but no matter what i did it looked stupid imo, but i was using Comic Sans MS and i added no fx. I think my next project will be alot better!

[[Kronus]]

Tip: Dont add text until you start getting the signature base down.

But you did a great job for your first sig. Just keep following tutorials and you'll get good quickly.

[insignia96]

Tried again following tips. Posted in thread.

[[Kronus]]

You should try lowering the opacity of the applied image sharpened layer. Maybe even erase the render a bit. As you can see, it is overly sharpened because it has sharp hair lines. When you sharpened the layer, it just made them over sharpened.

[insignia96]

Fixed.

invisible fillah of doom!

[Deadly Tomato]

Filter>Sharpen is a great tool when used in moderation, it gives your picture that HD look.

Before:

After:


Find a cool font at Dafont.com and throw it in your image.
I usually use Outer Glow and Drop Shadow, because it adds depth.

Before:

After:


Also, a nice finishing touch. Create a new layer, and hit Ctrl-A (Select All). Edit>Stroke: Pick the stroke color (black usually looks best), pixel size (1-3px looks nicest), and select inside. This just gives the signature a cleaner look.

Before:

After:



Yours looks really nice, I like it a lot. These are just some things that I always do with signatures to clean them up. Keep up the good work

PS: here is a fun website to get some graphics off of: http://planetrenders.net

*facepalm* You're not meant to sharpen. Not that much. Also, don't use Base as a text, nor cowboys.

[insignia96]

Made another one. Added to main.

[sheepking]

Add the C4Ds and the Wireframes ABOVE the render and set them either to "Screen" or "Linear Dodge (Add)"

Then erase parts you dont like

[Acespades]

*facepalm* You're not meant to sharpen. Not that much. Also, don't use Base as a text, nor cowboys.

You do realize on the text thing that I threw that in as an example...
Also, Sharpen looks nice, it is all opinion

[Reflection]

Sharpen does look nice, not just too sharpened. Also, I find unsharp mask looking better than regular sharpen.