Vampy 05-29-2008, 08:02 AM

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This forum is hardly used, and the people who do use it aren't very good "artists." I'm not trying to be mean, but a lot of the signatures and other such things that come from these posts are very, very, very sub par... I'm going to school for graphic design and whenever I get the chance I'll upload some tutorials of some pretty basic signatures. I hope that with everyone's cooperation and help we can make this forum a great place for gfx people to come!

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Administrator on Methodgfx forums

Intermediate ranked sig artist on National Sig Leage

Administrator on iNciziongfx forums



I've competed in sig battles, made many larger pieces, and have quite a few forum signatures under my belt. I've been called a "guru" before and I know A LOT about photoshop. If you have any questions at all PLEASE pm me or post here... this is gonna be a FAQ topic!

i thing black hawks ronaldo ones are good n no1 cares if there sigs are perfect do they

I like my work, I think it is average. I usely experiment than stick to a tutorial as it limits me. I'd like to see some tutorials from you though.

Vampy, I would like to see some of your work, I'm not a pro at sigs, but I think BlackHawk's are pretty damn good for amatuer work. By the way Black, where;s mine? LOL

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Photoshop died on me, and thanks.

Signatures are Signatures so what?

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unfortunately I'm not trying to brag or offend anyone but the skill level is that of someone brand new to photoshop. Tutorials are meant to inspire and teach people new techniques and ways to do things. They are not to be followed verbatim, but merely to be applie to many different techniques.

Also, a SOTW (Sig of the Week) competition would be GREAT! If you need help setting it up and running it I can help. I've run many SOTW competitions on other sites!

A small example would be something like this:


this took me all of 10 minutes and it's actually pretty good. it got a semi-pro rating... It's very easy to make sigs like this... very easy indeed...

yer go on then start a SOTW
btw carnt tell the difference in quality between that one and blackhawks

I see no flow with that signature, I dont want to start a flaming war but at the end of the day, signatures are an art. Art is opinional, bellis likes my work, you dont...maybe you are more advanced with photoshop than I am, I'll hold my hands up, I am certainly no pro with photoshop, but in my opinion, that sig you just made is no where near a semi-pro rating.

It is monotone and has no colouring, even if it is greyscale you should still use levelling to increase depth of field. Also, your render isn't blended very well and you haven't got a border.

See, its easy to criticise someones work but unless you're going to help them its pointless.