Welcome to my signature gallery. :)

 

 

 

The chances are, these are not in chronological order. I'm not organised enough to go through them all and do that. ^_^ Maybe if i'm extra bored.

 

 

 

Some of these signatures have not been shown on TIF, I mostly post new works only on Graphics Unlimited

 

 

 

 

 

- Signatures for myself. -

 

 

 

Made for fun, I was in the Mario mood. Took a while to do. 12 Frames.

 

 

 

 

Random brushing. I used only one type of brush for this, nothing extra. No filters, just some blending modes managed to create a weird brush stroke in the centre.

 

 

 

 

This took quite a long time. Made only with filters; lens flare and polar co-ordinates. From then it was a case of blending modes, sponging and some adjustment layers.

 

 

 

 

Made by using MTV's smudge tutorial, but since I fail badly, it looks horrible. The "Now in 3D" part isn't anything to do with the render, it was my custom title on GU.

 

 

 

 

Yeah I made this muffin signature, which I ended up giving away to Despaxes, who I knew would never be able to resist it's moist and muffiny texture.

 

 

 

 

Haruhi signature which I used for quite a while while I couldn't be bothered/lack of inspiration for a new signature. New shape, but really doesn't work because the GIF-ness of it lowers quality of the rest of the signature.

 

 

 

 

Nina-Tech signature. First time using tech brushes etc, and a failed. This was the last signature I made that used that kind of colourings, from then I found my own way.

 

 

 

 

Yay another signature made using MTV's tutorial. This time I think I did it justice, except it's a bit too blurry around the render. Plus the brushing I added is a bit too visible. I should've blurred it a bit.

 

 

 

 

Hurray Dante! Boo at the signature! Yeah, it's pretty awful. Old couloring scheme aswell. It was originally like 450x180 or something, so I had to shrink it.

 

 

 

 

Do, do... do you like this signature? I do. First time using a band for a signature. No I didn't rip the logo, I got it from a band logo brush set. I ripped the colours. ;P I have the original that was some-what worse than this somewhere.

 

 

 

 

Hoorah, my current signature. Created using my secret, yet-to-be revealed technique for signatures! It's Sakura from Card Captors (or something), I think the brushing and overall end suits the render completely. Even if I do say so myself.

 

 

 

 

Hmm yes, Diablo. I wanted to get a hellish/demon feel to the signature, which I half-accomplished. I think it just needs more orange/yellow to make a fiery background.

 

 

 

 

Burnout, awesome game - bad attempt at a signature. I'm sure, unless you are blind, you can see what I was trying to attempt here. I wanted it to seem like the signature was as scratched/damaged as the car. Which is ok, in places. I wanted it to keep colour in the places where the holes aren't 100% opacity, but it didn't. I'll attempt again some time.

 

 

 

 

Beastie boys, instant win. Another band (if you can call them that) signature. I probably should've found a better picture/render of them. Using the yellows wasn't a very bright idea of me. Once again, the band logo brushes come into play here.

 

 

 

 

Uniquity. One of my experimental photomanipulations. Sadly I do not have the original, but i'll try to find it. The rocks are kinda pixelly because I blurred them too much and then had to sharpen them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

OSHT NINJA. Yeah, I don't think I posted this here, but you can look at it now. Used new, grainy brushes to attempt an oriental feeling but they were too high of an opacity. The chinese letterings actually say "Cad".

 

 

 

 

Another one I don't think I posted here. Penelo, from FFXII. Trying the holy-light thing again, I wanted to get a swirly, 3D brushings around her but I suck so I couldn't.

 

 

(Darker version.)

 

 

 

Sakura, I made this for someone. But I can't remember who. ><; Anyway, I really liked the outcome so I entered it into 2XGU signature of the week... AND WON. I was pleased so I kept it.

 

Never used it though.

 

 

 

 

Robot breakdown. Not one of my better signatures, another experiment. Ehh, you probably all read the topic I posted this in anyway. Nothing else to mention.

 

 

(Lighter version.)

 

 

 

Heheh, Teenage Kiss. PJB made me make this when he posted his image manip. I actually kept this, I use it on 2XGU. Anyway, consists of 12 layers generally blurring, lightening and colourising the signature. Have nae got the origiminal.

 

 

 

 

- Signatures for other people -

 

 

 

 

 

Zeldaboy125's signature.

 

 

 

 

Skully/GonAndGary's Signature.

 

 

 

 

Sir Hartlar's Signature.

 

 

 

 

Sara Mange's Signature.

 

 

 

 

PK/Irulepoker's Signature.

 

 

 

 

PK/Irulepoker's Second Signature.

 

 

 

 

Megakiller's Signature.

 

 

 

 

Lonk's Signature.

 

 

 

 

Eckered's Signature.

 

 

 

 

Elmo Killer's Signature.

 

 

 

 

Lonk's Second Signature.

 

 

 

 

Fenarox's Signature.

 

 

 

 

Kal/Runemetsa's Signature.

 

 

 

 

Bloodkilla's Signature.

 

 

 

 

Coffe's Signature.

 

 

 

 

Darthdude's Signature.

 

 

 

 

Blood Angel's Signature.

 

 

 

 

Deloriagod's Signature.

 

 

 

 

The Dragon Reborn's Signature.

 

 

 

 

Eckered's Signature.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: these aren't every single signature I have ever made. A lot of my first signatures are on my older computer, which kinda blewed up. So, this is as far back as I can go. If you happen to have any of my older signatures, please PM me with them.

 

 

 

Ok then, rate/CC

 

Thanks for looking and reading. :mrgreen:

My signatures kick donkey :D

 

 

 

What's your msn? It's says it's not valid.. :cry:

My signatures kick donkey :D

 

 

 

What's your msn? It's says it's not valid.. :cry:

 

 

 

Thanks for the comment. :)

 

 

 

Urg, it should work. PM me what it says, you know there's spies everywhere who are wanting MY MSN. :-w

 

Also, add me in-game. I need to eat you. ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâì_ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâì

Urg, it should work. PM me what it says, you know there's spies everywhere who are wanting MY MSN. :-w

 

Also, add me in-game. I need to eat you. ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâì_ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâì

 

[russianaccent]I stole your cat. Your MSN has been leaked. Kthxcatstoled[/russianaccent]

 

 

 

Mmmyah.

 

 

 

Not fond of many of the Other Peoples' signatures, but the ones for yourself are rather nice. ^_^

 

 

 

Cad r pwn inspire.

Cadbury, I'm going to be honest. As that is the best thing I can do. I can say I like them, but when I really don't there isn't much point. Then I'd just be fooling you. You're a good guy, but making signatures just isn't the thing to do for you. They all look the same, and they all look bad. Nothing seems to fit. All out of pace, looking too random. And there's nothing to back them up a little bit content wise. My advice is to focus on other things than making signatures, but if you like making signatures a lot, keep making them. But keep them for yourself and don't post them on the internet. Because nobody is really waiting for them.

 

 

 

Don't take this as offensive, it's meant friendly. This just isn't the thing for you, don't waste your precious time on it. Instead of buying expensive graphic software, buy a guitar, perhaps you're better at making music. :)

I PM'd yaz. You own at siggy making! :mrgreen:

Cadbury, I'm going to be honest. As that is the best thing I can do. I can say I like them, but when I really don't there isn't much point. Then I'd just be fooling you. You're a good guy, but making signatures just isn't the thing to do for you. They all look the same, and they all look bad. Nothing seems to fit. All out of pace, looking too random. And there's nothing to back them up a little bit content wise.

 

 

 

Can I ask you why you think they look bad? I mean, everyone has their own opinion to what looks good. I actually don't use tutorials (fully) to make signatures. Where about a year ago I was, I found my own technique and am still developing it.

 

Content wise? Most of my signatures contain about 10~20 brushing layers, 2 gradients, 2 layers of colour, 3 adjustment layers, 5 renders (some filtered and layer mapped) and a border. Sorry if this sounds a little harsh, but some people just don't know how much can go into making an abstract. All abstract is random to a certain degree.

 

 

 

 

 

My advice is to focus on other things than making signatures, but if you like making signatures a lot, keep making them. But keep them for yourself and don't post them on the internet. Because nobody is really waiting for them.

 

 

 

I do focus on making other things, I just think that there are already many people doing photo manips (which I can do, I just don't usually show them). I have done some wallpapers in my time. I do make lots of other things than signatures, you may have seen my vectorised boxer dog a while ago. I'm still trying to get better at vectorising.

 

I don't get what you mean in your last sentence. :? Nobody's waiting for them? That's because I don't say "Ok i'm going to go make a signature now!".

 

And anyway, if I don't post them I won't be able to get constructive criticism on how to get better. Then i'd really be stuck doing the same bad things over and over.

 

 

 

Don't take this as offensive, it's meant friendly. This just isn't the thing for you, don't waste your precious time on it. Instead of buying expensive graphic software, buy a guitar, perhaps you're better at making music. :)

 

 

 

My dad has a guitar that I practice on and I have a drum kit. :| How is playing them any more wasting my time than creating things like I have?

Cadbury, I'm going to be honest. As that is the best thing I can do. I can say I like them, but when I really don't there isn't much point. Then I'd just be fooling you. You're a good guy, but making signatures just isn't the thing to do for you. They all look the same, and they all look bad. Nothing seems to fit. All out of pace, looking too random. And there's nothing to back them up a little bit content wise.

 

 

 

Can I ask you why you think they look bad? I mean, everyone has their own opinion to what looks good. I actually don't use tutorials (fully) to make signatures. Where about a year ago I was, I found my own technique and am still developing it.

 

Content wise? Most of my signatures contain about 10~20 brushing layers, 2 gradients, 2 layers of colour, 3 adjustment layers, 5 renders (some filtered and layer mapped) and a border. Sorry if this sounds a little harsh, but some people just don't know how much can go into making an abstract. All abstract is random to a certain degree.

 

 

 

Sure you can ask. The pictures you are using don't fit in the signatures. You can't make this 'abstractish' background and randomly put a figure in it. It needs to fit, it doesn't seen well thought out. I mean, look at this objectivly, and then tell me why it looks so good?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because you say it looks good, but I can't see it. And they all look the same. The content part was not about how many things you use. It's about something with a meaning, which could compensate the lack of visual quality in your signatures.

 

 

 

My advice is to focus on other things than making signatures, but if you like making signatures a lot, keep making them. But keep them for yourself and don't post them on the internet. Because nobody is really waiting for them.

 

 

 

I do focus on making other things, I just think that there are already many people doing photo manips (which I can do, I just don't usually show them). I have done some wallpapers in my time. I do make lots of other things than signatures, you may have seen my vectorised boxer dog a while ago. I'm still trying to get better at vectorising.

 

I don't get what you mean in your last sentence. :? Nobody's waiting for them? That's because I don't say "Ok i'm going to go make a signature now!".

 

And anyway, if I don't post them I won't be able to get constructive criticism on how to get better. Then i'd really be stuck doing the same bad things over and over.

 

 

 

Just because other people are doing photo-manips isn't a reason why you should do them of course. With focussing on other things, put the effort you put in this extra in those other things, that you're better at. For making these signatures you need to have a certain 'talent', which goes further than your skills at the program. And from your signatures, I can't see you have it. Because you are already doing the same bad things over and over again. They don't feel orignal, and they're not better than what others doing in any way. The last line in my previous post was perhaps a bit harsh, I'm sorry for that.

 

 

 

Don't take this as offensive, it's meant friendly. This just isn't the thing for you, don't waste your precious time on it. Instead of buying expensive graphic software, buy a guitar, perhaps you're better at making music. :)

 

 

 

My dad has a guitar that I practice on and I have a drum kit. :| How is playing them any more wasting my time than creating things like I have?

 

 

 

It was just an example, do something you're good at. Don't do ten things you're never get better at than mediocre. It's just an advice, you don't have to follow it. But know what you can do, and know what you can't, and go further from that point. For example, I know that I'm not clever enough to use complex programs for my signatures, and I know that I don't have the skills to make a beautiful drawing. So I'm doing something else, which I'm better at, and that way I distinguish myself from others using a less common style (here at the forum), which I am better at. I didn't mean to burn you down to the ground, I was just being honest. Do with it what you like.

All the galleries going about reminded me of mine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Updated with new signatures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OMGLOLBUMP

some very nice stuff there =)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and i never made you make it, you did that entirly on your own accourd :wink:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

remember to keep us updated with more stuff =)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PJB21

the cadbury edition =)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

nice. especally the ones you made for me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i have said it before and ill say it again.

 

 

 

they all look to similar for my taste. just kind of bland. i see that you are developeing your own style, and i encourage that. what i dont really like is that your style is flat. you have minimal flow. the brushes just kinda pove that. you say you tried to make a certan "feal" or "pattern" but failed? thats why all the brush layers have no flow. you need to use other things then that, including

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-different filters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-gradient maps to add color

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-c4d's (or whatever you want to call em... :wall: ) to add flow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-brushing to add lighting. i dont mean what you are doing now, such as a

 

 

 

single light strip, but actually add a small corner with a white circle brushed onto it and guasan blur it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-depth by indluding things both behind and infront of the render.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- change the render a bit, wether it be by adding highlights (ill explain that later, its a techneque i created myself) or gradient mapping it so the colors become brighter/more belnded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-adding color. color is something your sigs all lack. black and white and 1 main color from the render.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

heres how i sugest you do the things i outlined above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

different filters- apply splatter filters, pick filters, pattern filters, be creative. the more uneque the effect is, the beter the sig is in my oppinon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

gradient maps- its under filters, but you know that. i sugest picking two colors from the render, mapping that, and setting it on overlay/screen/waatever photoshop has.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c4ds- you have told me you dont like em because they are to random? find ones that flow. i have over 700 of em on my computer, and i have found a use for almost every one. if you dont like one, find another. just take your time. theres so many to choose from, its impossible to find one that you dont like.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

brushing to add lighting- add a light source. get a render that fills up the whole page, not just 1 inch of your sig. on a new layer, brush around the bottem of the render and run a high repitiion guasan blur on it. set it on whatever blending mode photoshop has.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

depth- i see you tried this on your car sig. what you need to do it have patters both behind and infromt of the sig. one that i created myself was using the line drawing tool thing that photoshop has, create lines with a slight curve coming out from behind the render. try to have one focal point. after that, set them on soft light, or lighten, or whatever. duplicate that layer, and run a low repetition spread filter on them. adds a nice flow. i also sugest using patterns such as that checkered one, and occasional scan lines. those thick lines where people add the text are also nice to use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

changeing the render- this is something i discovered based on how you have to create pixel art, then experimenting with abstracts. on the layer above your render, observe where the highlights are. now take a solid or soft circular brush around 9-11 pixel width(i usually have big renders, possibly smaller for you because you shrink em so much.) brush over the highlights. sold white. use your smudge tool, and smudge them along the length of the highlight. set it on screen/overlay/ whatever photoshop has. (yay for self discovered method!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

adding color- gradient maps are the way i recomend doing this. they add great flow, and color at the same time. use multiple gradient maps to create nice cool blues, and warm golds. that always looks awasome.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

now, take these crits or leave them, but do me a favor, start a new sig, use some of the techneques i outlined above, just to see how it looks. post it here for crits. get more cc. improve.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

enjoy reading the book i just wrote you lol...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-eck.

-c4d's (or whatever you want to call em... :wall: ) to add flow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c4ds- you have told me you dont like em because they are to random? find ones that flow. i have over 700 of em on my computer, and i have found a use for almost every one. if you dont like one, find another. just take your time. theres so many to choose from, its impossible to find one that you dont like.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And i've looked through everyone of them. I've looked at them, and i've tried to implement them into a signature. All the parts I want highlighted with them never are.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

adding color- gradient maps are the way i recomend doing this. they add great flow, and color at the same time. use multiple gradient maps to create nice cool blues, and warm golds. that always looks awasome.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I use gradient maps, cloud layers and coloured gradients.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

brushing to add lighting- add a light source. get a render that fills up the whole page, not just 1 inch of your sig. on a new layer, brush around the bottem of the render and run a high repitiion guasan blur on it. set it on whatever blending mode photoshop has.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using a large render that fills up the signature just hides any brushing or effects and means you must squash it into one corner where it isn't blocked.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

depth- i see you tried this on your car sig. what you need to do it have patters both behind and infromt of the sig. one that i created myself was using the line drawing tool thing that photoshop has, create lines with a slight curve coming out from behind the render. try to have one focal point. after that, set them on soft light, or lighten, or whatever. duplicate that layer, and run a low repetition spread filter on them. adds a nice flow. i also sugest using patterns such as that checkered one, and occasional scan lines. those thick lines where people add the text are also nice to use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I only really use scan lines to darken signatures. I haven't used them in ages.

 

 

 

I sometimes use some white grids and set them to overlay, but I don't tend to use any renders which go well with it. Look at most of my signatures, they are generally anime or game character renders. Just getting a picture of sakura and placing a grid behind the image is just really random and probably won't add much depth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

changeing the render- this is something i discovered based on how you have to create pixel art, then experimenting with abstracts. on the layer above your render, observe where the highlights are. now take a solid or soft circular brush around 9-11 pixel width(i usually have big renders, possibly smaller for you because you shrink em so much.) brush over the highlights. sold white. use your smudge tool, and smudge them along the length of the highlight. set it on screen/overlay/ whatever photoshop has. (yay for self discovered method!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I do something similiar to that, but more subtle. Genrally I take an outline of the render, fill it with white and do a high level blur to it. Then I set it to overlay and a low opacity. Then erase anything that looks bad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-adding color. color is something your sigs all lack. black and white and 1 main color from the render.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I call it blending.

 

 

 

Take the Penlo signature for example, if I were to use blue and yellow the render would simply fade into the background. That's not what I want, I want it to blend but still visible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

different filters- apply splatter filters, pick filters, pattern filters, be creative. the more uneque the effect is, the beter the sig is in my oppinon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most filters generally stink on signatures. I generally only use blurs, renders and artistic (cut-out) filters to add lighting, flow or contrast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I appreciate you writing all this, but I do pretty much all the things you listed but in a different manner or just lesser.

Why are all of your signatures the same?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You asked me few months ago. Im gonna ask you the same question. They all look same. Same effects. You just have few other kind of sigs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't really like the effect wich you had on your tutorial and most of your sigs, but the other sigs like the mario and the filter sig look very nice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I would say the best one is the teenage kiss. Welldone. :thumbsup:

All the galleries going about reminded me of mine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What? :-k (can you explain that?)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All the signatures are good, but you should try something new.

no offence, but you kinda took my advice and threw it out the window.