Gramps' Sig Gallery and Other Graphics

[Aero]

Originally posted by Grandpa Gohan
Yes he does, or i'm blind o.o Which I doubt.

I use a 200pc soft brush. then duplicate and motion blur the to eh desired location. =x I have many more tricks that I can add with it too. ^_^

[Captain Silver]

Originally posted by Gokua

Originally posted by Grandpa Gohan
Yes he does, or i'm blind o.o Which I doubt.

I use a 200pc soft brush. then duplicate and motion blur the to eh desired location. =x I have many more tricks that I can add with it too. ^_^

Told you bitch. Told. You.

[Grandpa Gohan]

Haven't made a sig in awhile, damn you youngin's, able to spit out like a sig an hour.

Btw: His arm could have turned out WAY better. =(

[Grandpa Gohan]

I gasmed when I saw, this, and nearly shot myself for not going to Planet Renders sooner. I had to make a sig outta it >_>;

The Pic

The sig:

[Grandpa Gohan]

*triple posu*


^Everyone else made a spidey sig, why not me =o

I guess me and Ep1c are competeing for who can be most active xD haha

[Olibu]

I think my Backgrounds are too busy and yours are too plain. Woe is us, however, it works with this spiderman sig, I like it, it looks like he's swinging out of some foggy area. 7/10

=O

[Captain Silver]

Eh, I won't give scores, just CnC and stuff.

Okay, for this one, I like it.. although I'm not a great fan of the colours and stuff. I know you love your grunge styles and stuff, but colour and abstract is nothing to be scared of. Try this out..

New layer and take a nice abstracty brush if you have one, and brush around near the bottom of him. Don't do to much, and don't do to little. If you can't get it right, you can always adjust the opacity and shit.

Now, if you have any on, like Colour Balace, Hue/Sat, Gradient maps. Delete them, hide them.. whatever. Just take them off. They're horrid, sorry. But, try this out for size.

Add a black and white gradient map and set it to Darken, after that add another one, this time a blue to orange one. You may need to use the reverse option on one of the other gradient maps. Set that layer to soft light, and then finally add a purple to orange or w/e and set that colour dodge. And lower the opacity to around 60% (You may need to lower it on some of the others too, different sigs have a different effect with these, you can also try out some other ones if you need to)

Now do a new layer, and then do "Apply Image" just click ok on the little box that pops up. Now, go to "filter > blur > guassin (wtf cnt spel lolk) blur... set it to maybe 2.3px. Then just click okay. Set the layer to a nice lighten, if it's to bright around the face or body etc take a default brush (soft brush 65px) and erase some of it out.

Looking good eh? (I hope)

(Warning!!1111 SAVE BEFORE THIS PART) Now finally, this may be a bit hard but meh, grab a soft brush again, around 100px size and erase parts of the sides off each layer. Try and make it so it does go straight down, try and get it so its free form and wavey kinda.

There, some tips. I could of gave more but I'm hella lazy.

>.>

Okay, maybe one more. You can use this if you need to. New layer, then apply image and use a sharpen filter on it once. Erase unwanted parts.

[Grandpa Gohan]

le' retouch:

[Captain Silver]

Much better.

[Aero]

I disagree. I liked the first one more. It had more of an ancient feel to it that I very much respected. This newer version seems like some type of try to learn how to use color manipulation/brightness manipulation, and gradient mapping.

[Jinpo]

Originally posted by Gokua
I disagree. I liked the first one more. It had more of an ancient feel to it that I very much respected. This newer version seems like some type of try to learn how to use color manipulation/brightness manipulation, and gradient mapping.

I agree.

[Aqua]

Originally posted by Cargo

Originally posted by Gokua
I disagree. I liked the first one more. It had more of an ancient feel to it that I very much respected. This newer version seems like some type of try to learn how to use color manipulation/brightness manipulation, and gradient mapping.

I agree.

I prefered the first one because it had the right kind of feel in relation to the stock.

An example of this is Picasso (i dont think I spelled that right). His art word, essentially, conveys emotion through a rational, rather than empircal, sensory perception. Now, IMO the stock image you choose for a sig already has a certain emotion or feeling associated with it. It is the artist's job to enhance that emotion and feeling with his graphic work. This is all just a long way of saying I think his first style matched the image better. I just didn't want to throw up an arbitrary one line response this time. ^_^

[Grandpa Gohan]

I like *how* its colored, though, and Toms knows this, I wasnt for the pink/purple, but whatever

Im happy with the added brushwork however, I feel it brings something to the sig and ties in nicely. Just my oppinion however. I could just recolor it so its something more fitting of the image.

[Aqua]

Color kind of has a lot to do with the emotion an image conveys IMO >.>

Changing it might be a good idea.

[Grandpa Gohan]

Marc: That's a good blend of active/blandness ;o

[Captain Silver]

Not bad, Doug. You should apply and sharpen the image though.

[Shun]

Oh this is why I have nothing on you. It's true.

[Grandpa Gohan]

I applied, guassian and soft lighted it.

Which sharpen? >_> It makes it all.. fugly Dx

v2:

Only change is a bigger fill on the sides.

[Aqua]

Maybe Im just a fan of grungier styles, but I like this one a lot as well. Good job.

[Captain Silver]

Originally posted by Grandpa Gohan
I applied, guassian and soft lighted it.

Which sharpen? >_> It makes it all.. fugly Dx

v2:

Only change is a bigger fill on the sides.

Apply it, set it to lighten, erase around the face, repeat but instead do sharpen in the filter menu.