(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Hi NGU, I just wanted to see what you guys thought of my signature I made. I dont think too much of it, more of a placeholder than anything, until I have the time to sit down and actually mess around with things. Let me know! Constructive criticism only please, no posts saying "gay, fag, retard, etc." Its only making you look foolish for negatively bashing a noob of the arts. Thanks! P.S. -I use Photoshop Cs4, and I dont have the best PC in the world, so things are a little slower for me. You must login or register to view this content.

Gayyyyyyyy (dolphin), j/k okay okay let's see, I actually like the text, but not how it's presented you could've added some "fx" to the layers, idk if you were trying to make the , what i think is a dragon, be visible, but you should've done a layer option to that whole picture to make it, well, blend lol, borders are your friend, and they make everything look better, selecting all on a blank transparent layer and filling it with black and going to Slect>modify>border and set to 2px or whatever looks better would make the sig look more fancy... so yeah keep trying not a bad attempt ^_^

WAY TO MANY C4Ds bro.

Wheres the flow at?

Try to use a background that flows with the render.

Could you assist me in finding one? I was just blind firing at this, i was looking a text tutorial with pics, and the tutorial used city stocks, i dont know what would go good with this. Assistance would be wonderful, good sir

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Not quite a dragon, lol. I ran out of ideas with the surrounding of the stock, so i put all sorts of faded c4ds with linear blending to bring the colors out. It was a bad idea, but what are you gonna do when nothings even remotley ok with it? lmao, and also, maybe you could set me up with a good collection of c4ds, stocks, etc.? i can get renders wherever, its just the stock flow thats got me all mixed up

You must login or register to view this content. Always has good C4Ds and other things, from what I remembered

Hi, first of all I'd like to say, that is an excellent signature considering it's the first you've ever made! It's far better than my first signature. I'll try and give you a few pointers to help you improve.

RENDER

The first thing I noticed about the render is that it needs to be bigger. Make it fill up more of the screen and make it the focal point. You did a decent job of making the colours fit with the rest of the signature, his visor matches the colour of the C4D's so good job on that. You need to make the render blend in a bit more, this is done in different ways. You can smudge it, or you can add shapes, splatter brushes and clipping masks if you're going with more of a "vector" style to the signature. In conclusion, just try and make the render stand out more and fit in with the signature.

FLOW & FOCAL POINT

There isn't really much of this at all unfortunately. As I said above, make the render bigger, darken the edges of the signature and add a light source near the render to make it the focal point. (You may also find it easier to have your render to one side of the canvas rather than in the middle) With the C4D you used, you could try and manipulate it so it looks like an explosion coming out from the focal point. The C4D is a bit all over the place unfortunately, but you did a decent job of of making it fit in with the render. Unfortunately it covers too much of the render so erase it a little bit. Try and make it go around the render rather than on the render, this will also help with blending. If I were you, I'd erase the part of the C4D that goes on top of the gun.

BACKGROUND

The background is creative to say the least as it fits in with the theme of the signature. At first I thought "hmm it doesn't really fit" but then looking at it from a different perspective I can see why it's there. However, there are a few issues with it. First of all, the only really affect added to it was the C4D, I think you could have added a bit more content to it like for example smudging some parts of it and adding clipping masks. You could also have added a few brushes here and there. I think I'd like it a bit more if it weren't so overpowering to the rest of the signature. Other than that, a nice idea.

TEXT

The text is actually pretty good considering it's your first signature. Not many beginners think to use Blending Options which can be useful for adding cool effects. However, I'd recommend that you remove the "NGU" bit from the signature as it's a bit distracting and doesn't fit with the rest of the signature. The main text could be a bit smaller and a bit closer to the render, be sure to play around with different fonts and blending options. Other than that, you'll learn more about text as you make more signatures.

Anyways, I hope my advice was helpful. Your signature is great considering it's your first so good job and good luck making your next one.

I rate it: 8/10 (for a beginner)

In fact I like the C4Ds a bit, seems like some powerful force around the render xD For the render you can make a new layer over it and right click/clipping mask and use a soft brush and click outside of the render to give it some lighting and a few bits of shadows to where you want. The text can go a bit smaller and closer to the render, also try using a clipping mask for the text Also remove the BG or make the whole sig BW

I think what he said above is a good example to come back while making a tag and focus on some of those things. Cool tag though Keep it up!

Thank you very much, and to all of you that posted here as well. Feedback is a wonderful thing in my eyes, really helps me see what needs to be changed kept, etc. Check the new one here: You must login or register to view this content.

Im not gonna lie. I dislike the text.. it doesnt seem to math the background image.. if you understand what I mea ? Other than that I do like it, as It's your first one I'd be happy