A Final Fantasy 7 Crysis Core signature

[Namor]

This was a tutorial made by a friend of mine, however, the signature was made by me. He just looked at the layers, and then wrote down what I did.
The one that has "Ricky" on it is mine.




If there is a demand for more tutorials, I'd be happy to make them.

[Namor]

Y u view, but no comment!?

[Sneakylemons]

Idk, I personally don't like the sig. Sorry, man. Needs more depth, flow, a better color scheme, and the render is in a spot that creates too much negative space to me. Just my 2c.

[Namor]

I guess it's about perception, because I see a decent level of consistant movement, and some could argue that the negative space around the text merely adds emphasis to the focus, which would be the render.
But no one's right, they're just matters of opinion.

[Reflection]

Thanks for the tutorial. The signature, however, is not my favorite. Your main problem is focus. Bright, white spots take away that focus from the render and the render is awfully dark as well. Not to mention that it it is so far out towards the right side that it looks as if you just threw it in there, disregarding its location. The signature doesn't attract me at all since it's just another fancy render and smudge signature with adjustment layers. I'm sorry, but that's really what it is and as such there is already too many tutorials of the kind.

As far as the tutorial itself goes, I know it's not you who made it, but it is very poor. The font has horrible readability. Tutorial text shouldn't have that. Sans-serif, all caps and an odd font is never good when it comes to body text - there is a reason all book authors use a serif font such as Times New Roman or Garamond. It is easy to read. Tutorial text is meant to inform you, not impress you by it's appearance.

The one who wrote the tutorial hardly explains anything. Sure, you can copy everything and have a similar signature as yours but you won't be able to use the skills you've been taught for other creations as the author doesn't explain WHY he does things, just what he does. A good tutorial shows you what you need to do, how you do it and why you do it. Not just one or the other. He hardly gives any details either, making it very hard for beginners to follow. For example: "Re add the stock of course set to lighten press ctrl+u hit colorize and make it a nice fitting color". What does the lighten mode do? Why would you use that, and not linear dodge or screen? What's a "fitting color"? These things are all subject to change as the renders used change. Explanations are quite frankly horrible.

The common style used in the signature, the bad explanations and the unplanned tutorial is overall quite sub-par. I'm sorry for being harsh on you, but I'm just giving you my honest opinion here and as such, you can choose to ignore it as it's mostly my opinion and not an objective fact. Constructive criticism is never bad, though.

Thanks for the effort regardless and be sure to stick around and show us some new stuff later on. Tell your friend to practice some more on explanations and look at other tutorials that has many views for inspiration

Take care.

[Namor]

Definitely not arguable. Criticism very much appreciated.

[Villadsen]

Thanks for the tutorial. The signature, however, is not my favorite. Your main problem is focus. Bright, white spots take away that focus from the render and the render is awfully dark as well. Not to mention that it it is so far out towards the right side that it looks as if you just threw it in there, disregarding its location. The signature doesn't attract me at all since it's just another fancy render and smudge signature with adjustment layers. I'm sorry, but that's really what it is and as such there is already too many tutorials of the kind.

As far as the tutorial itself goes, I know it's not you who made it, but it is very poor. The font has horrible readability. Tutorial text shouldn't have that. Sans-serif, all caps and an odd font is never good when it comes to body text - there is a reason all book authors use a serif font such as Times New Roman or Garamond. It is easy to read. Tutorial text is meant to inform you, not impress you by it's appearance.

The one who wrote the tutorial hardly explains anything. Sure, you can copy everything and have a similar signature as yours but you won't be able to use the skills you've been taught for other creations as the author doesn't explain WHY he does things, just what he does. A good tutorial shows you what you need to do, how you do it and why you do it. Not just one or the other. He hardly gives any details either, making it very hard for beginners to follow. For example: "Re add the stock of course set to lighten press ctrl+u hit colorize and make it a nice fitting color". What does the lighten mode do? Why would you use that, and not linear dodge or screen? What's a "fitting color"? These things are all subject to change as the renders used change. Explanations are quite frankly horrible.

The common style used in the signature, the bad explanations and the unplanned tutorial is overall quite sub-par. I'm sorry for being harsh on you, but I'm just giving you my honest opinion here and as such, you can choose to ignore it as it's mostly my opinion and not an objective fact. Constructive criticism is never bad, though.

Thanks for the effort regardless and be sure to stick around and show us some new stuff later on. Tell your friend to practice some more on explanations and look at other tutorials that has many views for inspiration

Take care.

Great CC as usual, straight to the point.