3 Elfen Leid Signatures (C/C or Tips please).

[VjuliusT]

Well just before tipit "crashed" I had a signature request by Ryder but as the forums was down after I made the first one I decided to make 2 more.

 

 

 

C/c or Tips would be awesome.

 

 

 

1.

 

 

 

 

I'm pretty happy how the colours turned out but I noticed (too late) that I didn't blend in the render in the background properly.

 

 

 

2.

 

 

 

 

I'm also pretty happy with the colours on this one but yet again I didn't blend it properly and the flow is somewhat "meh".

 

 

 

3.

 

Version 1

 

 

 

 

Version 2

 

 

 

 

Version 3

 

 

 

 

I'm happy with this one (Was thinking of using it myself :P), was thinking of adding a C4D but it was too hard, any tips ?

 

 

 

I just stated my opinion under these Signatures, I would love to hear yours.

[Chained_life]

work on flow and depth.

 

 

 

Seems kinda plain as well, add more to the BG, not bad :P

[VjuliusT]

Ah, thanks, yes I'm working on the flow but I'm clueless on how to work on the depth? (Is that the blending of the render/bg?)

 

 

 

I tried adding C4Ds to the background but as it's so "bright" the C4Ds turn out "bad" if I put it like that, I'll work on it though.

 

 

 

Thanks a lot for your reply, it means a lot to me.

[Jopie211]

1: Not bad, but the blending is indeed quite a big issue. Also, it's a bit simple and lacks depth. This basically means that the sig looks very flat and 2-dimensional, whereas you're going for a more 3D-looking background. Try adding in some C4Ds/other things and blurring parts that are meant to look like they are further away.

 

 

 

2: Same as #1 really, but the render placement could also be better here.

 

 

 

3: V3 looks quite good, the blending is definitely much better here. Still, the comments about depth on the first one still go here. It could also use a simple border, just a one pixel white one would work best I think.

[VjuliusT]

Thanks for "kickass" comment Jopie :D, I'll drain that advice as a sponge, I'll try to make my background darker next time so I can get in some C4Ds.

[shivers21]

Hmm, the first 2 are fine, but the 3rd either you went over te render with your brush, or it's a horrible render cut. a way to fix this is make a new layer and paste the render over.

 

 

 

 

 

just testing out the new forum atm, i'm not really liking it :(

[VjuliusT]

It's actually a distort that caused it, I did it to make the background better while getting the render to blend in a bit.

[Jopie211]

Hmm, the first 2 are fine, but the 3rd either you went over te render with your brush, or it's a horrible render cut. a way to fix this is make a new layer and paste the render over.

 

 

 

 

 

just testing out the new forum atm, i'm not really liking it :(

 

 

 

Oh no, please don't. Adding an untouched copy of the render on top of everything else will make it stand out way too much.

[Chazimcgee]

You're doing great julius.

 

 

 

Keep finding some tuts to add to your bag. I like the last one you did doing C4d's are very hard to find good placement, its just a matter of trial and error here mate.

 

 

 

Looking forward to your new ones

[VjuliusT]

Thanks a lot Charls, cheered me up a bit *smiles*.