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Damage Blade
30th July 2009, 01:42 AM
Hello , it would be really nice if someone could make me a wiked sig.

Thanks

any type with damage blade on it

thnx

Calneon
30th July 2009, 01:45 AM
Gimp (http://www.gimp.org/)

Tutorials (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&hs=Eqe&q=gimp+signature+tutorial&btnG=Search&meta=)

Best way to learn is to do it yourself :).

Damage Blade
30th July 2009, 03:07 AM
i asked if someone could please make me one not a tutorial how to make one

(ive tried and tried again i cant do them)

D_K_Head
30th July 2009, 03:24 AM
Can anyone make ame a sig?

No...

Chazlene
30th July 2009, 09:01 AM
Can, but won't.

Honestly try it yourself... look at Vox, my Photoshop apprentice :p, when he came here he was pretty awful (no offence Vox), but after only a few weeks he was churning out some nice sigs, and now is doing some of the design for the site with me.

Do you have Photoshop? If so then check out www.good-tutorials.com.

VoX
30th July 2009, 09:58 AM
Can, but won't.

Honestly try it yourself... look at Vox, my Photoshop apprentice :p, when he came here he was pretty awful (no offence Vox), but after only a few weeks he was churning out some nice sigs, and now is doing some of the design for the site with me.

Do you have Photoshop? If so then check out www.good-tutorials.com.


No need to apologise, I was shockingly awful!

+1 for good-tutorials, you'd be surprised how quickly you improve.

Example: Early work


http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/139/bladeeoccopygy0.jpg



Recent attempt at a GCOS GUI


http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8107/giuideawip3.jpg





If you practice, you notice a difference in days :D.

Vicious Horizon
30th July 2009, 10:01 AM
That you will, DM.
Just start practising with one tool at a time, find out what you can do with things, and pretty soon you'll be making sick sigs in no time.

Calneon
30th July 2009, 11:48 AM
Chaz, your new sig is epic sick. You gotta show me how to do that! The moderator and www.atkcommunity.com text kinda spoils it though.

Lexity
30th July 2009, 12:18 PM
I haven't used Photoshop for about a year lol...lost all my old smudge settings :(.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f3/venomxsigs/damagebladesig.png

VoX
30th July 2009, 12:28 PM
Chaz, your new sig is epic sick. You gotta show me how to do that!.

This.

D_K_Head
30th July 2009, 01:23 PM
He be blingin' ya dig? Innit lads!

Chazlene
30th July 2009, 01:51 PM
Chaz, your new sig is epic sick. You gotta show me how to do that! The moderator and www.atkcommunity.com text kinda spoils it though.

Cheers, yeah it looked a bit empty without the extra text... and it'll take ages to explain what I did, I was making it up as I went along. :p

Basically the background was done using the halftone pixelate with quick mask... and the text I mucked about with a metallic gradient and added a chunky drop shadow. I'll explain fully at i37. :D

VoX
30th July 2009, 02:15 PM
Is it sad that I actually understood what you meant there Chaz? lol.

Damage Blade
30th July 2009, 02:47 PM
i know its crap but it took me a life time.

http://www.atkcommunity.com/imagehosting/thum_2614a71a46941e73.jpg (http://www.atkcommunity.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=385)

VoX
30th July 2009, 04:08 PM
When you save as a jpeg, make sure the quality is set to maximum :p.

Not a bad first attempt though :D.

Lexity
30th July 2009, 04:28 PM
Which program are you using DB?

D_K_Head
30th July 2009, 07:12 PM
has anyone else noticed all these new sigs popping up on other people?

Damage Blade
30th July 2009, 07:16 PM
i used adobe photo shop elements 6.0

Vicious Horizon
30th July 2009, 07:46 PM
Lol DK. 'tis true. I just decided to add my old sig again, needs a little 'colour'.

VoX
1st August 2009, 06:53 PM
Just pissing about with the halftone filter. I think it looks a bit too busy when squished into sig size.

http://i25.tinypic.com/28srfnm.jpg


Could do without border, but then the sort of black glow ends randomly.


Still, not bad for only the second time using the hafltone filter :p.

Vicious Horizon
1st August 2009, 06:58 PM
Besides, I learnt from you that a sig generally needs a border =P

(We've gone just a tad off topic now, haven't we?)

VoX
1st August 2009, 06:59 PM
Oh well lol.

Yeah, I'm to used to bordered sigs, which in fairness if they are solid they need, but a free flowing one tends to look meh with a border unless done perfectly.

Chazlene
1st August 2009, 08:59 PM
Just pissing about with the halftone filter. I think it looks a bit too busy when squished into sig size.

http://i25.tinypic.com/28srfnm.jpg


Could do without border, but then the sort of black glow ends randomly.


Still, not bad for only the second time using the hafltone filter :p.

Nice Vox, what's with the random bat guy though lol.

I have actually fallen in love with the halftone pixelate option though, using it with everything now.

VoX
1st August 2009, 11:38 PM
Mate has pretty awesome doodle skills so I just got him to draw the bat and I got bored today and scanned it and and vectored it.

And yeah, when the halfton filter is used well looks awesome and becomes addictive, I'm slightly addicted to subtle outer glows and drop shadows as they soften the contrast between text and background.

Lexity
1st August 2009, 11:45 PM
VoX you should make the background to yours transparent :). You can still kinda see the box around it.

VoX
2nd August 2009, 10:59 AM
It should be, I've been trying to find out which layer is causing it to be a bit darker as the BG is exactly the same as the site, I'm thinking I've left an outer glow on somewhere it shouldn't be.

Vicious Horizon
2nd August 2009, 11:00 AM
That's what it looks like from here, VoX.

VoX
2nd August 2009, 11:05 AM
Think I fixed it, where I had duplicated the group for the bat to merge them into a single layer, I forgot to hide the original group, which had an outer glow.

Vicious Horizon
2nd August 2009, 11:06 AM
Nice work, now get posting in the other thread :P