New sig & avatar

[sAiiNt]

Please criticise

...constructively

and any tips or anything..i have a PSD but its the PSD from midway through so yeah..

[SiNAtiK45]

Good avatar

9.5 For Sig
Add a border maybe?

[x--NiGhTmArE--x]

probably one of the best sigs ive seen... 10/10... my only criticism would be darken the background just a little

[x-ScREaMnDeMoN-x]

The lighting is a tad bit weird. Border would be good too. Maybe a spiffiier text. Maybe. 9.5/10

[xMrFoxhoundx]

Darken the background alot, add a border, blend the render a bit, and maybe add some texture. 8.7/10=Meh

Good use of lines(they lead to render and box the text) and good text placement.

[Vice]

I don't like how the render is brightened and the text of course could be improved. 7/10 i would score higher but i'm just not in love with it.

[sAiiNt]

what about them..

2nd one is embossed, 1st one has a border normal

both darkened

[Vice]

not a fan of embossing the entire sig, so i'll say use the one with the border.

[xMrFoxhoundx]

Blend the render edges! Throw in a toned down gradient map while your at it. Then I'd give you a 9/10. I'd go with the one with the border.

[sAiiNt]

and how would i go about blending the render edges?

also what do you mean by toned down gradient map?

wooo n00b questions lol im rusty atm, not been on photoshop for weeks before today, bein full with work

btw i know what a gradient map is, but toned down as in..?

[xMrFoxhoundx]

If you could get on AIM when you have a question it'd be much easier than me typing it out. Especially since all the non graphics people would have no clue what I was saying.

And toned down means low opacity.

[sAiiNt]

Originally Posted by xMrFoxhoundx

Especially since all the non graphics people would have no clue what I was saying.

lol thats what makes it funny

and i thought so

[xMrFoxhoundx]

Ok, I would make a few duplicates of the render and put it behind the original and add motion blur + set to something that looks good to you. Then bring the render up top and get a big eraser and set softness to 0 and erase around the sig so the soft part of it fades out the sig edges if that makes sense.

[sAiiNt]

and set all the duplicates to lighten?

[xMrFoxhoundx]

Doesn't matter. What looks best to you. Just try to get the render to look like its blended in. Right now it looks like a render on a backgroun. Their both good but they look separated.

[sAiiNt]

ok

can anyone tell me some gd fonts?

[SiNAtiK45]

I use plain lined fonts, neuropool or sumin, I got loads of good ones, just dont know names :S

Also, I usually using matting for the edges, Duno if it does anything, I think it takes some off the edge, there is another way too, cant memba how though, ill look and reply later

And darker is much better