Johnny

Bad render. Plain and simple.

Hi:

 

Well, I definately am in the minority here.  And since I am happily married, my opinion may need to be taken with a grain of salt.  But, that being said, I have made non-romantic friends from the internet. 

 

The internet is just one more way of interacting with people.  Relating to people comes in all dimensions.  You can write (remember the lost art of penpals?), talk on the phone, chat in a chatroom, view webcams. and of course interact live face to face. 

 

And being together live involves various dimensions as well.  There is intimate heart to heart conversations as well as doing things together.  Is playing an online game of blackjack, cards  or scrabble so much different than playing the same game face to face?  Both are still enjoying the others company and having fun together.

 

Just because the internet  is not 100% being with the other person, does not mean that the internet is an invalid means of communication, or sharing.  It also doees not invalidate that two people can develop feelings for each other on-line.

 

Sunkist

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It wasn't about cyber friendship, it was about cyber dating. I already pointed out that internet friends are more than okay, they're great.

im not saying kissing with the hands im saying using the hands for the sensual massage to get it really going and hot hot hot.  its all in the art of love, sond like chef on southpark, but serious though hands can be your ally or your friend you just go to know when and how to use them.

SNLIL curious what did your teacher say about the siliva? cuz i don't remember filling buckets of it when i do it. its just a small amount from my experiance.

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Chef on South Park also talks/sings about chocolate salty balls just a BIT too much.

i use most of the tme overlay on the border.

 

to answer about the strokes on the layers i just do one like johnny said its alot easier to do.

 

action???

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Actions. You can open it up by going to the window menu. If you've used "macros" in Microsoft Office, it's basically the same concept.

i got ideas just don't know who to give them to

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Givem to me, I just started that topic, and I can add more suggestions as they come along.

Actually, the Masterchief render was huge, and it wasn't choppy when I reduced it down, too. I think it's the color balance that made it turn out that way. I didn't want to use Ctrl+U because that tends to make stuff monotone, and monotone is a no-no....

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Nah, a color balance wouldn't make a render choppy. But there you go! You're learning! No Ctrl+U!

Yeah it doesn't look so bad imo. I think that old green Naruto sig would be a better pick for the "noobish" look

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Those are probably my worst three sigs ever.

 

Anyway, back on topic ladies and gents.

i know that just taken some of the work load off of you and since im such a nice guy.

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Heh, well, I'd prefer to do them myself, because I'm probably a lot more familiar with the concepts, but hey, do what you like. I'll still be doing my own though.

 

Good tutorial, dude. I see I'm already guilty of some of the things mentioned.

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I know. Quite a few other members are too, and it's obvious. It's okay though, you guys are all still learning, so don't worry about it. Just learn.

Maybe it's just a lack of motivation, then.

yeah now i can really do sigs now, actually johnny might help you out on the tutoriials, i use me week end to work on one with images and all yeah!!!

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Nah, I'm already gonna do my own image tuts. Don't worry about it.

Alrighty. Sounds good. This makes me 2-0 (if a tie counts as a win for both sides, but he cheated anyway) then, counting that old battle with damann.And 4-0, if I also win against Kremit and Muksimp.Anyway, great battle. I'll move this to "Finished" now.

Okay guys, to hold you over until I EVENTUALLY get off my lazy butt and...well, actually, I'd still be on my lazy butt, but whatever. Until I "get off" my lazy butt and do those tutorials I said I would, here's like a mini-tutorial as like a teaser or whatever. It's basically just general tips and resources...

 

Tips (In no particular order):

 

Don't use colored brushes.

Don't use Hue/Saturation.

Always add a brightness contrast layer and up the contrast.

Always use color balance layers to color.

Rarely leave text a flat color. Usually it's best to lower the text layer's fill opacity.

Always add text effects. Drop shadow, and a black stroke with lowered opacity is very effective.

Don't use bevels.

Don't mix styles (grunge sig with tech border, for example.)

An extra black brushing layer set on overlay is useful for toning down midtone colors.

Patterns are very effective.

Always use a border.

When resizing a render, make sure the chainlink icon is clicked, so it resizes with height-width in proportion.

Always use white or black text/brushing (white's usually better) for brushing, text, and similar details, and color later with color balance layers.

Avoid Photoshop default filters and brushes.

 

Resources:

 

Brushes:

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/(Grunge)*

http://destiny952.deviantart.com/(Everything)

http://metal-cx.deviantart.com/(Grunge) *

http://wurklash.deviantart.com/(Tech) *

http://sexyalice.deviantart.com/(Fractal)

http://nickmeister.deviantart.com/(Tech)

http://bash.deviantart.com/(Grunge)

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/(Grunge)

http://aleaja.deviantart.com/?rnrd=58429 (Lighting)

 

The () show what style brushes they make, but some of them aren't limited to just one category...that's just what they PRIMARILY make.

 

Renders:

http://www.gamefront.com/ (Packs of renders)*

http://www.gamerenders.com/forum/(Newly cut renders)

 

Fonts:

http://www.dafont.com/de/*

http://www.1001fonts.com/

 

Tutorials:

http://www.good-tutorials.com/(Photoshop only)*

http://www.pixel2life.com/(Photoshop, but a bunch of other programs, along with scripting)

 

Now, remember, the tips have exceptions (quite a few, for some of them), so don't take it as "set in stone". You can break a rule or add to one...those are just IN GENERAL.

 

Also, some resources may be more useful than others, but I've found them all to be quite useful.

 

* -- Recommended resource.

 

Okay guys, that should give you a tiny bit of insight for now, I suppose. Keep an eye out for those tutorials of mine.

Okay Mike, this is a close one, but I'm in the lead (5-4) and nobody's voting. Should I call it a win or let it go?

Meh...well, scratch that. It's 4-1, with me up, and nobody else seems to be voting. Can I call it a win here, or should we keep going?

I was trying to show that you were once terrible...

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That was one of my best old sigs...and definitely one, if not THE, best tech border sig I've done.

Wel, it's 6-0, Johnny up, and nobody else is voting...can I just call it a win here Muksimp, or would you like to keep going?

I think a lot of you guys are getting it a bit wrong...I believe the idea was to show your love for a girl to HER, but not to everyone ELSE. Either way, I still say it's better to show her and the rest of the world.

I've never French kissed...or kissed before. *cries*

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Aren't you older than me too? That's quite sad, Nguyen.

 

@Mike -- Hands, sometimes? How exactly do you go about kissing with your hands?

That'd be one with the 2px part as white, on a overlay or hard light blending mode. I never really liked those kind though.

Johnny got good, fast - and whilst he's a genius - I'm sure you (hulunes) can do it too

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True...I did get good fast, but I dunno about the genius part.

 

Haha, yeah. Take a look at Brook's Megaman sig with the tech borders. If I can find it, I'd post it....

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This one? What about it?

 

yes hulunes joined the dark side of sig making and you will become as powerful as i muhahahahaha, it is the only way.

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Dark side...riiight. X.x

1st (abstracts) -- 11.76MB2nd (games) -- 318.47MB3rd (anime) -- 65.81MB4th (comics) -- 47.55MB5th (dragons) -- 8.79MB6th (vehicles) -- 48.38MB7th (misc) -- 151.96MB8th (tv-movies) -- 41.8MB9th (ladies) -- 80.93MB10th (misc) -- 20.22MB11th (misc) -- 24.05MB12th (misc) -- 10.45MB13th (misc) -- 50.79MBIt lists them all and their sizes when you click the link, but I went ahead and wrote them all out for you.

...which is why you should make those tutorials.

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Bah...I know....I know. I just get so LAZY...

 

OH, GENIUS IDEA! I'll split it into parts...I can do the first parts of a tutorial...take a break, and do the rest later. Silly Johnny.

 

@SM -- The trick to using defaults/filters to make something really nice is to -explore-. You wouldn't believe the different stuff I've found just by fiddling and looking around in Photoshop.

And yes, animation kills sig, exempting a few rare cases. (Mostly only pros can make animation HELP a sig instead of hurt it...I'm still not to that level, but I don't really -want- to animate my stuff.)

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http://forums.xisto.com/topic/24673-1v1-grunge-battle-me/

 

See what I meant?

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That's what I said...dirt, cracks, erosion. That kinda thing.

 

Edit: Fixed your bbcode

You mean the whitespace? The same whitespace that Michael had in his render?

Do I need to make a new layer after each stroke or should I do them one-at-a-time on one layer?

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No, not transparent space...like, a fully uncut render, with a big white background still on it.

 

And no, it doesn't really matter if you put the srtokes on seperate layers or not...it might make it easier if you decide to edit them later...but I just stick them all on one layer to save time and space.

Cat sig -- It's monotone color-wise, the borders not so great, and the grass background's kinda odd (because it's white grass on...pink ground?) and like Nguyen said, the text isn't the greatest. 6.5/10.Other sig -- That looks like a really great background, but the border doesn't fit it (color-wise and style-wise.) and the text, although it matches the border, doesn't really match the bg. Oh, and stay away from stencil text. 7/10.