First Photoshop Sig

kyrr · 08-09-2008, 02:23 PM

So I'm going to school to become a web designer/developer type person. My husband lovingly decided to scour the internet for the CS3 suite for me at the lowest cost humanly possible.My first foray into it is photoshop since I took a basic class for that already and I figure a lot of the free graphic manipulators are somewhat based on it.So below is my first sig using it. Lemme know whatcha think. My goal is to make an animated one eventually.

Cheesyfish · 08-09-2008, 07:47 PM

i like it very much, especially for a first time sig. one thing i found difficult about it though is i didnt see the text instantly and just saw a big open space

[BiOHaZaRd] · 08-10-2008, 04:10 PM

That is a nice looking sig for a first one. I studied myself in computer graphics and i aint that bad with photoshop.First thing your closecut is well executed and looks smooth, maybe a little feather around the one with less opacity would be nice (his arm looks edgy a bit but still looks nice) The typo is nice looking, i only thing that it is too much on the edge of the pic. Maybe like move it a bit inside and leave a lil border around and maybe a little drop shadow would make it more visible. (i agree with cheesyfish's comment about visibility) Though if you want to add like your class/server/guild info on your sig u might have to change the disposition but in overall i like your sig SMILEY

kyrr · 08-11-2008, 08:46 PM

Thanks for the replies. I figured out how to download brushes and patterns. So I tried a sig for my dirge.

I availed myself of a few tutorials laying around here.

Beckah · 08-11-2008, 09:23 PM

Looks good! SMILEY

[BiOHaZaRd] · 08-12-2008, 03:23 AM

Wow that 2nd sig of yours looks really nice

! The color gives a nice render.Though i think you made a typo it should be: Extraordinaire and not Extrodinaire

Seagoat · 08-12-2008, 10:07 AM

You've got a great start here. SMILEY

Practice makes perfect!

kyrr · 08-12-2008, 04:27 PM

Bah! missed an a in there!Thanks everyone!Edit: This stuff's addictive! I made a new toon just to play around with screenies/sigs.

Original (cut out of screenie)

Touched up:

Resulting in:

Sooooooo addictive! My poor husband saw me searching for a graphics tablet and just rolled his eyes at me.

08-11-2008, 08:46 PM	#4
kyrr General Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 446	Thanks for the replies. I figured out how to download brushes and patterns. So I tried a sig for my dirge.I availed myself of a few tutorials laying around here.

08-11-2008, 09:23 PM	#5
Beckah Tester Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 677	Looks good! __________________

08-12-2008, 03:23 AM	#6
[BiOHaZaRd] Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3	Wow that 2nd sig of yours looks really nice! The color gives a nice render.Though i think you made a typo it should be: Extraordinaire and not Extrodinaire

08-12-2008, 10:07 AM	#7
Seagoat Tester Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Marlborough, MA Posts: 1,641	You've got a great start here. Practice makes perfect! __________________ Cloak Designer Â· Sigs Â· UI Mods Â· Roster Master Â· EQ2 Gallery Â· Follow Me! Â· G33kG0dd3ss

08-12-2008, 04:27 PM	#8
kyrr General Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 446	Bah! missed an a in there!Thanks everyone!Edit: This stuff's addictive! I made a new toon just to play around with screenies/sigs. Original (cut out of screenie)Touched up:Resulting in:Sooooooo addictive! My poor husband saw me searching for a graphics tablet and just rolled his eyes at me.

08-09-2008, 02:23 PM	#1
kyrr General Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 446	So I'm going to school to become a web designer/developer type person. My husband lovingly decided to scour the internet for the CS3 suite for me at the lowest cost humanly possible.My first foray into it is photoshop since I took a basic class for that already and I figure a lot of the free graphic manipulators are somewhat based on it.So below is my first sig using it. Lemme know whatcha think. My goal is to make an animated one eventually.

08-09-2008, 07:47 PM	#2
Cheesyfish Scholar Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3	i like it very much, especially for a first time sig. one thing i found difficult about it though is i didnt see the text instantly and just saw a big open space

08-10-2008, 04:10 PM	#3
[BiOHaZaRd] Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3	That is a nice looking sig for a first one. I studied myself in computer graphics and i aint that bad with photoshop.First thing your closecut is well executed and looks smooth, maybe a little feather around the one with less opacity would be nice (his arm looks edgy a bit but still looks nice) The typo is nice looking, i only thing that it is too much on the edge of the pic. Maybe like move it a bit inside and leave a lil border around and maybe a little drop shadow would make it more visible. (i agree with cheesyfish's comment about visibility) Though if you want to add like your class/server/guild info on your sig u might have to change the disposition but in overall i like your sig