Satenza Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 I made a new sig, which i have been sig for a few days now. I used images of different things i like including films and bands and threw them together with some style (hopefully). Here's three different versions: This is the first ever signature i made using GIMP and it was quite fun. Anyway the images it includes are: Background from an artistic poster of Apocalypse Now (One of my favourite films) The Figure on the left is Orson Welles from The Third Man (My favourite film) Pink Floyd writing from their albums on the right (My favourite band) The Rolling Stones Logo on the right (One of my favourite bands) The Who Picture on the left (Another of my favourite bands) The Beatles in the middle (Another of my favourite bands) Anyway what do you guys think of it? :o (GIMP is a free paintshop programme - http://www.gimp.org to download it search around on the site) With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 I like it! The second one is the best, it fits the sig a lot more. Anyways, it's put together very nice. Not much to crit really, especialy considering it is your first. Well done I must say, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak722 Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 The best GIMP sigs I have ever seen. :shock: The Enrichment Center reminds you that the weighted companion cube will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak. In the event that the weighted companion cube does speak, the Enrichment Center urges you to disregard its advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satenza Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 I tried using the second one but the image file size is too big :-k With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadburys_egg Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 I tried using the second one but the image file size is too big :-k Yep, it's hard to compress a signature which needs transparency and has a shadow. You can take off the shadow and do it though. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satenza Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 However it's the shadow that makes that design :P I tried .gif and no shadow :( With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadburys_egg Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 However it's the shadow that makes that design :P I tried .gif and no shadow :( You can get a shadow, it just won't look like that, it'll be a solid shadow. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beesafree Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 pretty nice for gimping it.... but it's kinda just a collage, considering everything is a render even thebackground, or did i miss something although still good for a first, just stray away from full rendered sigs =D> =D> =D> http://forums.thegamehomepage.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satenza Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 However it's the shadow that makes that design :P I tried .gif and no shadow :( You can get a shadow, it just won't look like that, it'll be a solid shadow. :P Yes and thats no shadow at all just a border which i don't like! :o And I do not know what rendered means :| But thanks O:) With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadburys_egg Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 However it's the shadow that makes that design :P I tried .gif and no shadow :( You can get a shadow, it just won't look like that, it'll be a solid shadow. :P Yes and thats no shadow at all just a border which i don't like! :o And I do not know what rendered means :| But thanks O:) He means just filling a signature with renders. And I don't blame you for not liking a solid shadow. :) I'll see if I can try something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satenza Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 Thanks. I looked at renders on GIMP under filters and i didn't use any. Can you give me an example of a render? With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadburys_egg Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Thanks. I looked at renders on GIMP under filters and i didn't use any. Can you give me an example of a render? A render has many different meanings, in this context it means images used in a signature. And, here's a quick go at it; That's as near as I can get to a proper shadow. :( Oh well, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satenza Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 Ah thanks, I'll use that one. The shadow is there! With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddawn509 Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 I like the 2nd, good job, fellow GIMP user :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramps_Kill Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 I havn't had the oportunity to work with GIMP yet, but it's a nice montage. I would stick with rounded edges without the shadow, the shadow is a little much for the average sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INLINER Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 I made the sig I have attached this evening (30 Minutes) 8-) . But it is nothing like yours. Mine is simply a mix of paint, Screenies, and Word. However.. I Like it \ :lol: 3,331st to 99 Fishing - 9-18-07 | 25,851st to 99 Cooking - 10-6-07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Flat Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 I got so freaked out by the title of this... so i'm so glad that you explained about the imaging program Gimp (never heard of it before today) I do like it, and infact i like the second one the best, but in your current sig that's had the shadow added by cadburys i dont really like, the shadow looks so fake and dithered... Black Flat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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