First off, I made a new signature, with a stock - yes I know it's a creepy clown but we had to use that one for the SOTW - and I'm pretty proud of it.

 

 

 

 

I also rendered this stock:

 

 

Both done in Paint.NET.

The signature looks fairly nice, but I'm not a big fan of the right side. The effect/smudging there doesn't really work for me, I definitely prefer the way the left side looks.

 

 

 

The render looks good, edges seem clean etc. Good job.

Is it just me or does that render have a white background? Not transparent?

If you're using IE6 it might.

I don't really like this. I think all the colours are a tad distracting but overall the effect is alright. Quite a bit of the smudging looks real nice so overall I think you did alright.

 

 

 

The render looks really crisp and clean cut. You nailed the edges and they are real well done. Nice work and mind if I use it?

No, I don't mind. I rendered it for planet renders at first, but I found the stock on Photobucket and I'm not allowed to upload it if that's where it's from. Knock 'em dead ;-)

 

That sir, was one hell of a render. I enjoyed working on this.

Thanks :D

I like most of the smudging in the signature, I think it could be on a lower "strength" though (I don't know what it is in gimp), the colours aren't too interesting, the blending could with the render and background could be better as well, the places you choosed the render to "meld" into the background aren't too nice in my opinion (Not everything). Good job in my opinion :thumbup:.

 

 

 

About the render, I have to say it's a perfect job :thumbup:. Here is a sample on what I did in 5 minutes:

 

 

Not too happy with the results, not done yet though.

That looks really good Julius, I really like your style, but I can never seem to re-create it on gimp. Meh, I have my own style, really grungy and dark. Which I like, though I'm not sure about others. I think your colours and blending work really well, and you nailed it. Which looks really good. I'm not s sure about mine, give C/C if you want....

 

 

 

 

 

 

If anyone would like to comment on it...

 

 

 

Julius, would you be able to lower the file size down? For my sig rotator, I think, instead of the transformer. Thanks in advance

That looks really good Julius, I really like your style, but I can never seem to re-create it on gimp. Meh, I have my own style, really grungy and dark. Which I like, though I'm not sure about others. I think your colours and blending work really well, and you nailed it. Which looks really good. I'm not s sure about mine, give C/C if you want....

 

 

 

 

 

 

If anyone would like to comment on it...

 

 

 

Julius, would you be able to lower the file size down? For my sig rotator, I think, instead of the transformer. Thanks in advance

That signature is pretty good, I like the dark feel (Hard to explain) combined with some simple but yet good looking effects. Some flaws though :|, the signature is a bit too dark, you could possibly lower the dark layer by maybe 5-10% in opacity? the text needs work as well, the colours doesn't go well neither does the font and placement, as I'm bad at texts I can't give you any tips. Overall: Good job :thumbup:.

 

 

 

What do you mean with "Sig rotator"? I could lower the filesize of it if I knew what it was.

 

 

 

Edit: Final outcome:

 

A sig rotator (sp?). Which you put sigs on and every time you refresh it rotates?

 

Dunno the proper name though :? .

 

 

 

But could you lower the size down? and I know what you mean by a bit too dark. I'll change that now. Well, after I finish the base sig for a colab I'm doing with thru.

 

 

 

btw the edit of your sig is looking fine, diddly -ine.

 

33.8kb.

I did everything in Paint.NET, and our smudging is static (no jitter/scatter). So yeah, that's as good as the smudging will get. Julius, I think your smudging is a bit pixel-y. I have no idea if it's going to work for whatever program you use, but what I do is make a 50*50 file, fill it with pencil dots, save it as a brush, and then I smudge with at at 40*40 size.