Brave attempt by a photoshop newb

[Necromagus]

Ok, I made this sig and avatar last night, it's probably only the second or third time I've used photoshop for something like this... go easy on me :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit goes to Azvareth for finding me a good stars tutorial.

[terley]

woah looks spooky. Quality sig for if your new to photoshop... Well im not that good at making small photoshop sigs but it looks good neways.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keep at it you've got talant.

[bs_johannes]

I like the style a lot :D

[Azvareth]

Right, uhm. I think the background serves its purpose, eventhough it could be improved. It looks a bit... moderate, currently. But for a first, it looks good (even if you followed a tutorial :P).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As for the text, it's cool that you chose the Nightwish font (heh), but it's a bit hard to read. Too thin, me thinks (due to its small size). To fix this, go: right click the text layer --> Blending Modes --> Stroke. Add a 1px white stroke, and set the Opacity to about 50+... or just set it to whatever you think looks the best.

 

 

 

Also I suggest you fix the outer glow; make it more focused, because it works as a blur all over the text which, obviously, makes it hard to read, as well. Just alter the "Area" pin (or whatever it's called. It's right under the Contour-thingy) until it looks good, and is more readable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other than that, I like the atmosphere of the piece. So I think you did a fine job, especially for a first. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

// Azvi.

[Necromagus]

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll try to work them out tomorrow.