Johnny

Almost like me when I first started....I was making 5-10 a day.Anyway, these look okay, but I'd say to spend more time on each sig. I'm not sure how long they took you, but I've found it to be that a good sig usually takes an hour or more.It's also good to have a checklist:RenderTextLightingEffectsBlendingColorBorderFlow/StyleI have a mental checklist that I go through every time I make a sig...it's a lot like that except I have subcategories like render placement or whatever.Anyway, like I said, not bad.

Yay, this one turned out completely different from what I originally thought, like ALWAYS, but I think it looks good like this. I also learned a new defaults technique making this (the energy effect in the bg), it's pretty simple and effective, so I might make a tut for it.

 

Anyway, this is to saga, because he's trying hard and getting better constantly.

 

 

Hope you like it saga.

Ooh, nice job Avalon. Looks great. 10/10 from me.

He's been a dedicated member for a while now.

 

 

Hope you like it, Ava.

Oh, I meant to ask what happened...guess I forgot. That sucks though...glad you're feeling better.

Truefusion's right.And this reminds me of one of Mike's usual sigs.

Interesting change. I think it's as good as the first one, plus it makes the text look a bit better.

Colours contrast a a bit too much - the green is very bright and overpowers all the other aspects of the sig (brown, text and render). Otherwise it's a fantastic start.

Agreed. I would also avoid flat out black text on any sort of dark background. As you can see, the K is almost illegible.

KuBster, I never would have guessed you'd get this good so fast. There's no doubt that your recent stuff blows your beginner stuff away, (though I'm sure it's the same for everyone) and you still have room for improvement. (who doesn't?)Keep it up.

I never cared enough to remember your sigs mike. :(j/k, j/k. But I really don't remember it.That second one looks awesome too supa pimp, I just would have taken the pattern off the render. 8/10, it's a little simple.

I agree with TF. I prefer not to comment gifts. Nice job.

Yep, the second one is definitely much better. My only thing would be to make the font more readable on the side by moving it or resizing it or something -- the A and the R are somewhat hard to see.

I actually don't like the text much, or the backgrounds. I think you've got a good sense of design, just not a good selection of brushes/fonts.

Just noticed the render's identical on each side...and now I can't stop staring at it. Kind of odd.

looks better, imo.

I don't like the blending with the render, but if that were better, that thing would look HOT. In a literal and metaphorical sense.

hopefully next week i will be better than you *rolls on floor* then maybe Saint_Michael *chokes*...thanx again..

 

*ahem* Actually, according to the following heirarchy of graphics design talent:

Art samurais > Dolphins > Johnnicus "Johnny" Maximus > (insert random people here) > Saint_Michael > (insert more random people here)

 

You can see that Johnny is clearly higher than Saint_Michael, so you would in fact, have to surpass Saint_Michael (which, by the way, is absurdly easy to accomplish) long before you would reach the Johnnicus Maximus.

 

And if you hadn't noticed, that entire post was a joke to lighten the mood. I hope you get it.

 

I would've used a different image, as it looks too much like Mike's version, but not bad, I s'pose. Learning never hurts.

Loving the cutout version (I love cutout sigs, especially abstract shaped ones like that.), although the edges seem pixellated or crooked or something. The background is way cool. That's also probably the best sig I've seen with that render in it...it's surprisingly hard to use. I'd say change up the text a bit to make it more visible, but other than that, it's a 9/10, IMO.

I'll look it up.

Very nice mike. Can't find anything wrong with it.

So he was a good guy and a commie?Is anyone against me saying commie? It's not exactly PC, I'm sure...

Saw this in the tutorial topic. Can't really find any of my usual nitpicky issues on this one, so I'll say good job.

Whoa...I was wondering why I saw my name on mayank's post. :(Very very good improvement...The text is better, the bg is better, and the render's blended so he looks like he's in smoke or something. Something about the text seems a bit odd or off or something, but I can't put my finger on what exactly it is, so I'll leave it alone. There's also some repeated brushes, but I had to look for them to see them, so it's fine.Nice job. :(EDIT: Oh, hadn't noticed that was only your third sig. Pfft, at this rate you'll be better than me next week.