abbydog95 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Here is my first (yes i know basic) signature :D Rate/hate/comment/suggest PSN: Skaterguy1224 Tactical Nukes - 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouchy Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Yucky, it's saved as JPEG, so it's grainy. Save it as PNG, that way, it retains the highest quality. Not bad for a first time, but the background is quite weird, and quite distracting. The text is quite difficult to read, but that is the font. Don't bother putting text on signature, as it is just a space filler, and usually makes the looks worse. Was this done on GIMP, or Paint.Net? If GIMP, then go to Gimptalk and look for tutorials there. If you were using Paint.Net, then go to The Paint.Net Forums. Good luck on your tag making journey! Don't give up, and keep practising! :thumbup: P.S. It usually pays not to post your first ever signature, as it usually isn't great. Post your second or third, next time, but it doesn't matter. My relaxation method involves a bottle of lotion, beautiful women, and partial nudity. Yes I get massages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbydog95 Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 Gimp, and how do i save as PNG :ohnoes: and the background is abstractish. PSN: Skaterguy1224 Tactical Nukes - 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaphias Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 You need to blend the render into the background more. Text is hard to read. 8,325th to 99 Firemaking 3/9/08 | 44,811th to 99 Cooking 7/16/084,968th to 99 Farming 10/9/09 | Runescaper August 2005-March 2010Tip.it Mod Feb. 2008-Sep. 2008 | Tip.it Crew Sep. 2008-Nov. 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouchy Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Gimp, and how do i save as PNG :ohnoes: and the background is abstractish. How did you save it as a .JPEG? Do the exact same process, except choose PNG. My relaxation method involves a bottle of lotion, beautiful women, and partial nudity. Yes I get massages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbydog95 Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 Thank you ouchy! I made my own desktop back ground (you can see in hide tags!) \ [hide=][/hide] PSN: Skaterguy1224 Tactical Nukes - 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat_61 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Thats a little small to be a Desktop. - Blending Still Needs Work - That Render? Is horrible cut. Are you magic wanding or getting them from http://www.planetrenders.net? - I don't really like the background for some reason I Support TET!| If you want bunny PM Me.|Click For My DevArt^ Cowboy is the Best ^IT'S A TRAP SHINY JUST WANTS TO STALK YOU.Hell yeah I do. Whats your msn?That's how it all starts. Next he's going to ask you what flavor of candy you enjoy and whats your favorite color van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouchy Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 It's alright, but you used the exact same background for it as your first signature. It is okay if you the same method, but change it around a little. As in different colours, positioning, etc. And go to PR like Pat suggested, you'll find good quality cut outs their. And most backgrounds are a lot bigger than that, like 800x800 and 1204x800 Pixels. By the time it stretches to your screen, it will be pixelated. My relaxation method involves a bottle of lotion, beautiful women, and partial nudity. Yes I get massages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jopie211 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 It's ok, pretty much the average beginner signature: bad text (try not to add it next time), not enough blending on the render and a filter-piled background. For now, just go to a site like deviantART and search for something like 'signature tutorial' and read a lot of those. That's what I did and it really helps. Also, you can take a look at other people's work to get some ideas - don't rip/copy concepts exactly though! pixel avvy by me deviantART Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Remove the text first, then the sig will look so much better. The things I would say to work on are blending, and starting to make your own backgrounds. Experiment with the available adjustments on GIMP too. Though I do like the simple colours on this signature. Keep it up :thumbup: 2257AD.TUMBLR.COM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_u_s_ii_X Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Your doing better than my first but... You need the render to look a lot more like its flowing with the rest instead of it standing out so much. You need to pick a font what goes well with the rest of the signature (Every1s bad at that :P) or just leave the font. If you want other ones go here. www.dafont.com The background looks like you've used black, red and white then went to gradiant tool -> differences then draw loads of diagonal lines. I dunno if you're wrong. Good luck. :thumbup: ⅹ Last.fm YouTube Team A vs Team B M u s ii X Rocky Keane ⅹ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawks Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Here are a couple good tuts from GIMPTalk: http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/penguins- ... 10820.html http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/enguarde- ... 19378.html sig by Soa.....tip.it times.....art & mediadeviantart/flickr/last.fm/steam/twitter/tumblr/youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipkjooo Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 All the above posters mentioned what you need :P Isnt the gallery great? @Hawk - lol those are the tuts I gave you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbydog95 Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 I used plant renders for all renders, ill check out the gimp tutorials PSN: Skaterguy1224 Tactical Nukes - 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat_61 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I used plant renders for all renders, ill check out the gimp tutorials lol I need to go to Plant Renders. :thumbsup: I Support TET!| If you want bunny PM Me.|Click For My DevArt^ Cowboy is the Best ^IT'S A TRAP SHINY JUST WANTS TO STALK YOU.Hell yeah I do. Whats your msn?That's how it all starts. Next he's going to ask you what flavor of candy you enjoy and whats your favorite color van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pryomancer Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 To clarify, saving as a .jpg does not reduce the quality in any way if you save it at 100% quality. Saving as a .jpg in Microsoft Paint reduces the quality because it's been programmed to save at a low quality, nothing can be done about that. Advanced image editing programmes like Photoshop, GIMP and Paint.Net are capable of choosing the quality of the .jpg, so there is no issue with image degradation. .png is still a fine choice for a file type, but the way its algorithms work means the size of the file is higher. .jpg is the most common as it can easily lower file size with compression, by way of artifacts. You can probably get most images down to 50% quality with little noticable loss, and around 80% with almost no detectable loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbydog95 Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 made a new one that moves :ohnoes: PSN: Skaterguy1224 Tactical Nukes - 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipkjooo Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 If you actually made that, its quite nice, if not dont rip... The only real thing is that the text is kinda gross.... And also the whole thing shifts up just before it re-loops itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbydog95 Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 If you actually made that, its quite nice, if not dont rip... The only real thing is that the text is kinda gross.... And also the whole thing shifts up just before it re-loops itself I made it using a tutorial on gimp talk :D took a while but it worked PSN: Skaterguy1224 Tactical Nukes - 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jopie211 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 ^ Pretty sure he did make that, but it's really easy to do, it's just an effect in Gimp with text added to it. abbydog, try to put some more effort into your work than that, I'm pretty sure that's incredibly easy to do. It still looks filter-piled and bad and that animation effect is really boring. And the text is huge and distracting. D: Again, take a look at a few good tutorials. I wouldn't recommend most of the ones on GimpTalk. pixel avvy by me deviantART Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipkjooo Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 The two hawk recommended are both really good though, do a few sigs based off of those, then start to experiment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbydog95 Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 This is bye far my best and favorite signature :D took awhile but was well worth it :twss: PSN: Skaterguy1224 Tactical Nukes - 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipkjooo Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Penguins sig tut :thumbup: C/C Good: -Colours -Background Could Improve: -Blend the render -Foreground effects -Line down the middle of the sig o.O Really improving quickly though :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbydog95 Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 Just made an awsome Assasins Creed Signature :ohnoes: Its scary :twisted: PSN: Skaterguy1224 Tactical Nukes - 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouchy Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Just made an awsome Assasins Creed Signature :ohnoes: Its scary :twisted: The render looks slightly unfocused in that signature. Did you apply a filter to it at all? And ditch the font, or don't add text at all. It's terrible. My relaxation method involves a bottle of lotion, beautiful women, and partial nudity. Yes I get massages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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