I'm Wondering What You All think?

[Geoff Owns]

Hey guys, I'm relatively new to photoshop and I tried something new, so let me know what you think?

 

[Ouchy]

The background looks to busy, and I am not really a fan of the texture you used for it. Good job, none the less :thumbup:

[Sam]

It needs alot of work -

 

 

Colours:

 

When tagmaking, choose colours that are close to eachother, and don't clash #-o

 

 

Background:

 

The filters that you used to make the background don't look very good in my opinion, so I'll give you advice on making a BG yourself

 

Try making the background yourself, using smudging EXAMPLE as a basis for backgrounds is a good start. You could also try using C4D or Fractal Renders as an option for making the background.

 

 

 

Blending:

 

There is no blending #-o

 

There needs to be blending to make a sig look "natural", if you catch my drift. This can be done most of the time by a little smudging

 

 

 

Text/Fonts:

 

Unless it's a request, or whatever, don't put text on your sigs. In my opinion, ALL tags would look better without text on them. It's tempting to use it a space filler too >.<

 

 

 

IF you ARE going to add text, make it blend in with the background so it looks part of the sig, and not slapped on.

[Geoff Owns]

Thanks, I will take what ever people tell me as constructive criticism, and ill work harder to make them better :

 

But when I look for tutorials on how to make mine better by smudging etc, its usually some one showing you how to make the sig they made instead of just showing you how to do the smudging, blending etc. :?

[Sam]

That's good :P Most new people who come here can't take C/C.

 

 

 

Oh, and welcome to tip.it, and the gallery I suppose :thumbup:

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT:

 

Smudging eh?...

 

 

 

well, are you using Photoshop, or GIMP?

 

 

 

I'm a photoshop user, so if you are a GIMP guy, speak to someone like Thruitall, Soa, or Mrshinyredplanet; they're probably the best GIMP artists on this forum.

[Geoff Owns]

O Photo Shop for sure, I have cs3.

 

 

 

I used to photoshop quite a bit like 2 years ago, I still wasn't very good but i have defiantly lost the little bit of touch I had :?

[tripsis]

I think it looks pretty good for someone who is new to PhotoShop :) I too am not really a fan of the texture in the background or the text. But like I said, it's definitely a good start! I think the best thing you can do at this point is just keep practicing, reading more tutorials and posting your work here for comments.

 

 

 

Keep it up :)

[Geoff Owns]

thanks,

 

Little do you know of any websites that will specifically show you how to do the smudging and stuff instead of making a whole sig. I would much rather make my own work then making something people have already made.

[Ouchy]

deviantArt is usually a good place to start. I'm sure LB knows other good site that are for Photoshop only, however.

[tripsis]

deviantArt is usually a good place to start. I'm sure LB knows other good site that are for Photoshop only, however.

 

Well at DeviantArt you can limit your search to PhotoShop only, which does help a bit. Geoff Owns, try this:

 

 

 

• [*:3a9kyy7x]Go to

http://www.deviantart.com/
 
[*:3a9kyy7x]On the left hand side, click "Resources and Stock Images."
 
[*:3a9kyy7x]Select "Tutorials."
 
[*:3a9kyy7x]Select "Application Reference."
 
[*:3a9kyy7x]Select "Photoshop."
 
[*:3a9kyy7x]Make sure you're in the "Popular" tab, and on "All time" (that's the best setting if you're looking for the best/most popular tutorials ;))
 
[*:3a9kyy7x]Type "Blending" or "Smudging" into the search box (or any other related terms). I used "Blending" for my search (below).

 

 

 

Doing that same search, here are a few results I got:

 

 

 

http://redbonniekidd.deviantart.com/art ... n-57622184

 

http://Raynor3.deviantart.com/art/Blend ... r-48104340

 

http://aanoi.deviantart.com/art/Blendin ... l-55999623

 

http://Flawz.deviantart.com/art/Signatu ... l-83296667

 

http://AtomicoX.deviantart.com/art/Smud ... -100905637

 

 

 

Good luck :)

[Sam]

EDIT: Tripsis, you've explained what I didn't. Thanks :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

That seems to be the most comprehensive guide to beginning smudging I can find. I wait for your result :P

 

 

 

You don't have to do the pentool part at the start, though if you know how to use the pentool well, go ahead!

 

 

 

Though you could brush some colors in, and start smudging a little quicker - use these smudge settings - http://rapidshare.com/files/138566341/SmudgeStsNW.png.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DeviantART is really the only site I go on for tutorials like that; sure, there are many GFX Forums/Websites around, but beginner tutorials are rather hard to find.

[Geoff Owns]

ok I know how to do what was in that tut but i cant apply it to any liek images or anything, ugh ps is harder than i remember i have like -20% creativity lol

[pryomancer]

You can't apply it? Do you mean that you are actually unable to?

[tripsis]

You can't apply it? Do you mean that you are actually unable to?

 

I think he means that he finds it difficult to use the techniques in a tutorial with any image other than the one used in the tutorial.

[Geoff Owns]

yea what he said ^

[Kaphias]

yea what he said ^

 

She. :

 

 

 

And thanks for that little tutorial on finding a tutorial tripsis.

[Jopie211]

ok I know how to do what was in that tut but i cant apply it to any liek images or anything, ugh ps is harder than i remember i have like -20% creativity lol

 

 

 

Applying what you read in tutorials is probably what most newer people struggle with, but it will get easier as you get more experienced. For now, I'd recommend just following a few tutorials step-by-step. You don't have to post/keep the outcomes, but doing this will help you understand things better. You can always start making some more creative/original signatures later.

[Geoff Owns]

@tripsis, Sorry for calling you a guy :wall:

 

 

 

 

 

Guys thanks for all the c/c it helped me a lot. I'm quite sure i just found the best sig in life for smudging, it helped me sooooo much!

 

http://ryoku15.deviantart.com/art/C4D-S ... l-35585993

 

 

 

This was my final product \ \

 

 

 

 

I'm really happy that i finally got something to aply with a smudge, and that I even got the text to blend :thumbsup:

[Ouchy]

Wow, that's a huge improvement! The C4D is slightly distracting, but you should be proud of yourself! :thumbup:

[Geoff Owns]

Thanks, You guys can expect me to be on this thread a lot more I love it! :mrgreen:

 

 

 

ps - I got a question for you, How come when ever I look at your sig, its a different picture? How do you do it?

[Ouchy]

I bribed the mods :twss:

 

 

 

Nah, I didn't. There's a site called Uzzisoft.com, and every time you refresh the page, a new signature that you have uploaded to it comes up. I think I have about six running on it.

[Geoff Owns]

that's cool, I might make some animated user bars soon to, because there easy :?

 

ps - Do you know the size of a avatar? I want to make my own :P

[Shiny]

You want it under 8kb. Not hard. At all.

[Ouchy]

You want it under 8kb. Not hard. At all.

 

 

 

Lies, it's 20KB.

[Geoff Owns]

no i mean like the size of the height/width? the dimensions