Sig Attempt

[Jonathan Meer]

Yes, it sucks. I haven't done anything with Photoshop before this morning (other than the Liquefy thing).

Gimme the strongest criticism you can. If it sucks, tell me, but don't do so without telling me what to fix. Don't try to glaze it over and say, "Damn, great first try." On the same note, I don't want to hear, "Don't ever try again."

In other words, hit me with your best shot.

http://i147.exs.cx/img147/3543/krillinsig0mh.gif

EDIT: Link no worky. When I figure it out, the sig will be up.

EDIT2: I don't believe it. The link won't work because the two characters that constitute the '8o' emoticon are right next to each other.

EDIT3: I = n00b. I can't figure out how to get this thing to show up directly in the browser. Each time, it's a box with that red 'X'. You'll just have to click the link.

[Jonathan Meer]

Fixed.

While we're at it, does anyone have a suggestion for an uploading site? I'm currently using ImageShack, but I'd like to know if there's some uber site out there with tons of features and crap.

[Jonathan Meer]

*smacks head*

I knew I forgot something!

[Jonathan Meer]

Le fixed. Thoughts?

EDIT: Damn straight! It actually worked!

[Hellfighter 17]

Originally posted by Krillin

A border would do it nicely, maybe an orange with a hint of red? The pic looks a little... grainy. Some people may like that, but I don't feel that the look goes with backfround. The font seems a little but too large, but I feel it goes with the rest of the sig. I think it owuld be better if you had the font and the pic switch sides, but have the font an inch in, maybe. Just my opinion.

EDIT: You beat me, Krillin =(

EDITEDIT: He's right, the hat still loks cut off too much, maybe a 4 pixel border? I'm not sure.

[Jonathan Meer]

Yeah, the pic isn't as good of quality as I'd like, but it's not horrid. I wouldn't use this as a finished piece, but I just liked the picture.

Fixed, with border.



EDIT: I'm looking through that blending tut right now, thanks Bun.

[Hellfighter 17]

I forgot to say that I like the background. The whole sig seems to come laong nicely, it has a nice feel to it. Reminds me of New York.

That damned hat! It looks like there's no border there, unless you look closely.

[Hellfighter 17]

Yea, I have that in my PM box. I'm just not sure, the pic doesn't really seem to flow with me, it's good, it just doesn't flow for me. Thanks, though.

[Jonathan Meer]

The background wasn't made from skill, it was made from random clicking. All I did was do a clouded background, make grid lines across it, and skip along the Filter menu.

At the moment, I'm leaving this current sig at that, and move on to another one. I can't do any blending with the picture because the layer got locked, and I'm not sure how to unlock it.

[Jonathan Meer]

Just signed up there. Thanks a bunch.

While I don't think imageshack has as many restrictions, it also doesn't do much else than host images.

[Jonathan Meer]

Boom.



EDIT: By the way, I'd like to note that I made that background. Yes. Me. I didn't steal it, I didn't skimp on it, I made it from scratch. Yee-haw.

[Hellfighter 17]

That is pretty good, I doubt Gohan will use it, though. Maybe we should start a petition to make him use it.

[Jonathan Meer]

Yeah, I didn't think he'd want it. I made it for myself on another site.

Dang, this isn't too hard. At first I was spazzing from having the text being too lame, but I did a fine job, eh?

[Hellfighter 17]

Yea, it's pretty good. I just don't like how the picture is blended in =/

[Jonathan Meer]

Better?

[Hellfighter 17]

Hmm... now the text seems to stand out more. Maybe raise the text into the upper left corner and bring it closer to the left side. Also, maybe make the text a little less bright. I don't know what you are trying to do with the brighter colours to teh right of Gohan, but I think it would be better if they weren't so bright.

My opinion matters... yay!

[Jonathan Meer]

I think it's nearly impossible to fix that now. I didn't exactly know what I was doing with the Layers when I first created them, so there's no way for me to use the Gradient on just the background without effecting the picture also.

Well, there's probably SOME way, but I don't know how to do it at the moment.

[Jonathan Meer]

All I did was mess around with the gradient tool. Use that a whole lot, then switch up the coloring, and see what you have.

I recommend taking the first hour of Photoshop and fooling around. Click the buttons, see what they do, learn how they work, etc.

If you have the User Guide, you should flip through the first dozen or so pages, at least.

[Jonathan Meer]

I'll keep the bit about the Krillin sig in mind.

Any tips you can give on the Gohan sig?

[Jonathan Meer]

On another thought, what are the laws behind the copyrights of these images? I'm not breaking any laws here by using the images from http://www.myfavoritegames.com, or from Google, eh?

I just realized, that's not good stuff.