my artwork.. (4 so far :P)




Posted by FLiPBoY

Um.. I'm not as pro as you pros for this is my first signature.. I haven't been using photoshop for a while.. Probably used it for only about 2 weeks? but then I got bored and started playing games again. Um.. Can you guys gimme some tips?For example.. I like Hyper's shadow and winamp signature but.. I wanna develop my own style but i wanna learn how to make sigs like that.. I dunno?

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/vgchat.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/FLiPBoY_Banner_yo.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/FLiPBoY_Banner.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/newsi.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/newsig.jpg[/IMG](Different Color)




Posted by Haley

Not bad...a good vote from me for the Kingdom Hearts theme, and the general flow of the artwork itself. I'm not sure how you did it, and I don't really care, for it is appeasing to my senses. Good job.




Posted by Klarth

Not pro? Bah! That first one is one of the best-looking banners I've ever seen!

I applaud you.




Posted by Concerto

They're very good. You've balanced the images, colors, text and effects very well. Kudos. ^^




Posted by Night Owl

pretty good




Posted by Hyper

The only part I don't like is the text - work on getting your text styled right and you'll great. The rest is awesome.




Posted by Night Owl

hyper how do you get that cool text on yours?




Posted by Hyper


Quoting Night Owl: hyper how do you get that cool text on yours?

The font itself or the layer style?



Posted by sniper

The only part I don't like about them is that it is all just different shades of the same color. Seems boring. :/

But otherwise, I like the overall look of them. KH artwork is always a plus. B)




Posted by Shade

[COLOR=DARKORANGE]I absolutely love the first one. Phenomenal.[/color]




Posted by Axis

[FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=Black]I like them a bunch. Absolutely great for a beginner. 2 thumbs up![/COLOR][/FONT]




Posted by FLiPBoY

I just made a sonic sig.. I wanted to experiment with something like Hypers sig (sorry hyper if you dislike i'll delete it) but adding a border and using a different technique of abstract.. tell me what ya think even though its not as great as hypers. it is still uncomplete but i'll finish it later after i'm done with my homework.

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/sonicsig.jpg[/IMG]




Posted by Hyper

I like the background, but thats it with this one. The bevel is pretty ugly, reduce it or replace it or something. And the text needs work.




Posted by FLiPBoY

Haha, alright thanks. Anyways.. Is there a way I can change the title of this thread? Now that it is more than 3 so far and I'm going to contiue making some after I'm done with my homework.

EDIT
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Done with my hw and heres the revised Sonic sig. Tell me if ya guys like and comments and tips. I'm still tweeking with the font so feel free to give suggestions. Tell me which looks better. Please and thanks!

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/stillgoodornah.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/goodnah.jpg[/IMG]




Posted by Hyper

The first one looks great. Add a stroke to the text, though, so it stands out. That or make it white. And maybe a 1 pixel black or white border around the entire banner. A big improvement.




Posted by Killer Jordo

honestly, i tried photo shop and all i could do is make a glow like writing......im a disapointment :(




Posted by FLiPBoY

Well.. Heres a post of my progress so far...

Before:
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/stillgoodornah.jpg[/IMG]

After:
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/FLiPBoYHeh.jpg[/IMG]

Though it is still imcomplete, do you people at vgc know where I can find fonts?




Posted by Hyper

[url]www.dafont.com[/url]

I usually find good ones there.

Maybe change the blue stroke to a tad darker shade, to contrast with the white that is behind half of it.




Posted by Vampnagel P. Wingpire

Good job on the Sonic banner. I'm especially loving the background. And the KH one is great, as well.




Posted by Xenos

Hell, your banner is better than some moronic wanna-bes here. VGC commends you!




Posted by FLiPBoY

Just wondering.. Which size looks better?

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/omgsonic.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/omgsonic2.jpg[/IMG]




Posted by Klarth

The larger one meets mit mein approval. Very professionalistic.




Posted by Hyper


Quoting Majesty: The larger one meets mit mein approval. Very professionalistic.

Actually, professional banners are generally smaller from what I've observed.



Posted by Klarth

hush; it gives off that professional aura with the image itself. I didn't mean the size makes it look professional if that's what you thought.




Posted by Xenos

I like smaller ones, they look nice and neat.




Posted by FLiPBoY

New sig:
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/whoawhoawhoa.jpg[/IMG]

Next one is going to be abstract with grunge.




Posted by Hyper

I really like your backgrounds. Are they all brushing, or a combination of brushing and filters, or what?




Posted by FLiPBoY

Um.. Most of them are a combonation of filters. But I usually start off my abstracts with gradient but mode set on difference. Sometimes I would combine different abstract backgrounds I make and then set the blending mode to soft light or lighten.




Posted by Hyper

Ah, ok. So you don't brush usually?




Posted by FLiPBoY

Correct, unless I find a good tutorial with brushing,which is rarely, then I would usually combine that with abstract bgs.




Posted by FLiPBoY

Just made one.. Techish/abstract/soft grunge

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/auaintseenothinyet2.jpg[/IMG]




Posted by Hyper

Nice! I'll comment more later, on the phone.




Posted by FLiPBoY

I think I kind of improve from my original first post in this thread and my "newbie" work.

Edit:
Bigger version
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/auaintseennothinyet3copy.jpg[/IMG]

Anyways.. On this one, I used tech brush, abstract, and grunge.




Posted by Hyper

Ok, now that I'm off the phone.

Yuna seems to be stretched a little, which makes it look weird as hell. The pixel font you used underneath the FlipBoy text should be reduced in size as its too big right now. Its stroke should also be reduced.




Posted by FLiPBoY

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/revised.jpg[/IMG]

Hmm.. I think I'm going to make a pure grunge next signature, I'm not sure.




Posted by Hyper

Take the anti aliasing off of it as well. Pixel fonts should have it set to 'none' 95% of the time.




Posted by FLiPBoY

Alright. Thanks.

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/revised2.jpg[/IMG]




Posted by Vampnagel P. Wingpire

I do like it quite a bit. This last one above me is great. Keep it up.




Posted by FLiPBoY

Anyways, grunge isn't my thing, so I decided to stick with abstract. This abstract background is made of brushes. The font is the same, because I couldn't find any good font but, I'll still work on it, I'm just sleepy right now.

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/Arikku1.jpg[/IMG]




Posted by Scorpion

Do you use any tutorials for help when designing your abstract backrounds? If so, which one? Also, the one above me looks good except for the fact that it seems like there is an un-natural line over Rikku's left arm; It stands out too much.




Posted by Hyper

I like it a lot. Rikku could be blended a little bit better but other than that, nice.




Posted by FLiPBoY

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/geezlawezz2.jpg[/IMG]

After all my most recent ones, I think this one is the worst. I dunno, but I might stop making banners for a while. This is because I just make them for fun when I'm bored and I probably won't ever use them all but bleh.. I'll still make some.




Posted by Scorpion

Yeah, you're right, the color seems a little off in that one. And man do you use a whole lot of blue.




Posted by FLiPBoY

OMG after a long time of not making sigs and staying at my cousins house for 1 week and a hectic schedule, I finally had time to make a sig. This is a different color, but I like it. I am going to change it a bit later.

Edit:I was going to post a different sig but meh.. I feel that it is not ready. I am also going to edit the FLiPBoY text.
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/amajorasmask.jpg[/IMG]

Edit Edit: Heres a different text
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/amajorasmaskcopy1.jpg[/IMG]




Posted by Scorpion

Majora's Mask, nice!




Posted by Alastor

I like the text on top, personally. Well done. MM rocks. :cool:




Posted by FLiPBoY

Geez.. This sig took so long, I won't even bother fixing it anymore. At first, I thought it was going to be a day at the beach but it wasn't. The reason for that Zelda video is because I couldn't find any Majora's Mask, or atleast any good ones in .mov. >_<;

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/zeldaanimated-3.gif[/IMG]

Edit:
I fixed it

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/zeldaanimated-4.gif[/IMG]




Posted by FLiPBoY

Oops

Edit: Will post fixed version.
Edit Edit:




Posted by Vampnagel P. Wingpire

I like how you add the videos in. The cloud one looks a tad off, although I still like it. The Link one is excellent, though. Definitely don't stop making banners. Ever.




Posted by FLiPBoY

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/FFXII.jpg[/IMG]

Meh... I have no more time to make sigs.. School is time consuming.. I tried to show more of the character, so it doesn't look like she's picking her nose.. Oh well. I multi-colored... The person is Ashe, from FFXII.
Edit: Different Lightness/darkness
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/FFXII-2.jpg[/IMG]
Super Edit: Different color and style of multi-coloring other than the 'clouds' way.
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/FFXII-3.jpg[/IMG]




Posted by FLiPBoY

Sorry to double post, because I need your guys opinion and my thread won't get bumped up so.. Which one looks better?
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/test2.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/test.jpg[/IMG]




Posted by Vampnagel P. Wingpire

Ooo, I really like this one. The one with the character is good, but maybe flip your name to the other side.




Posted by Crazy K

there pretty good. Way way better then what I can do.




Posted by FLiPBoY

New one....

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/FLiPBoY/comingback.jpg[/IMG]




Posted by Hyper

Wow, big bump, but it's ok. Nice sig. Though the text is kinda hard to read.




Posted by Vampnagel P. Wingpire

I'd say it looks pretty stunning. Very nicely done.