Johnny

Well, the balls can stay how they are...they don't look bad, but try to avoid "self-made" borders, (I'm guessing that's what you did?) Maybe add a little more brushing, and choose a better font (with a different style).Hate to nitpick, just trying to point out some helpful stuff....

Sorry can't help ya there. What I can tell you is that certain parts can be together, but other ones need to be seperated. Try looking for some tutorials on GT or P2L.

I already told you about the work it needs.(Dentist series though?)

Hm...okay....looks alright this time, but the render's a little TOO blended. The bg is pretty chaotic (which isn't bad, really) so the render is pretty hard to see...try giving it a little saturation back.Also, the text is blended now, but the white gradient kinda "disturbs" it. Try just adding a drop shadow and a white or black stroke at about half opacity...just play around with settings till it blends a little more nicely.But, aside from my obsessive nitpicking, it looks good. You're gettin' better Luki. ^-^

What he said. Also, try some blending with your text. I mean, similar colors is nice, but maybe try lowering the opacity so some of the bg seeps through, or even just brushing over the text. It doesn't seem like that much of a difference, but it is, trust me.Other than that, and what HmmZ said, nice job Luki. Keep at it.EDIT: Also, border. I don't see one on there.

Looks a little better, just maybe a little dark...i'm not sure if there's more there, but I definitely can't see much. And about before, I know you need someplace to start. Everyone does. I did. I started off very similarly, actually. Just accumulate techniques, and more importantly, accumulate knowledge about Photoshop. Photoshop itself is a VERY complex program. The more you know how to do with it, the better stuff you can -produce- with it, you know? Anyway, keep trying. You'll get better with time, I guarantee it.

Kay, I'll try to help out as much as I can...1. -- Look up some brushing tutorials...sounds like you have a nice selection of brushes, just not the technique.2. -- Avoid choppy renders. You can find some nice clean-cut ones with transparent backgrounds at gamerenders.com and a number of other render sites.3. -- Um...what's the deal with the text? It looks like you used a dissolve mode on it...it looks pretty bad...4. -- The Senor Maniac text in the bottom could also be a better font. I suggest a pixel font, like Squarehead10, with a little more blending.5. -- Try not to set the background one single color. As I said before, use brushing, and also try making several color balance layers with the Clouds filter on them, so the sig is multicolored.6. -- When resizing the render, make sure the heighth and width are linked together (there's a chain icon) so it's equally proportioned.7. -- Borders are your friend.I think I covered most of it...sorry if I sound rude, just trying to point some essentials out. Keep trying though. You'll get better with time.

Luki, you still have to post it in the right forum...If everyone used that logic, we'd all just post in the general forum, because that's what gets the most views.Anyway, they look okay, but the last one is really the only one that looks "good". Try to continue with depth.Also, those might look a little better with shadowed lighting and materials. Try it out.

I use feathered lasso, or just brush over the render...those methods seem to work best, but that's just my personal opinion. MechVegita, you've been warned for flaming. This has been your 4th warning. I'd suggest you change your attitude towards other members, especially when you are, in fact, wrong. Photoshop isn't free.

Haha, I'm not the masta either!

Heh, thanks, glad you like it. I could probably spare some time to help you out Nils. Just pm me the info and I'll try to get to it sometime soon. I have Paypal, but payment's not really necessary...I give sigs out for free every day, and this is pretty much the same thing, so I don't need to recieve anything now.

Seems like you're just following tutorials, which is good, but try to get a little more familiar with Photoshop, so instead of just mimicing tutorials, you can modify the techniques you learn from them and add in some of your own flavor to produce a better looking sig.I just recently was playing around in Photoshop, and learned how to do some interesting vector shapes, so I added those to my previous knowledge and my sigs are even better (like the one in my sig, or Cool Freakers, or HmmZ. I made all those.). It's about bringing more to the table, not just taking what's already there.But, that said, nice attempts for a beginner. Keep trying.

I think it looks pretty good...the only things I can point out is that the color on the render should blend slightly more with the bg, and the text could use some work. Try a more "tech" font, and without the bevel.

Hm....a little better mat, but I'd say avoid animation at this stage in the game. Even I don't think my animation is up to par, so I usually avoid it...

Heh, I have something very similar only with a different wood and a glass cup...nice job Luki. Keep at it.

^-^ I had the same problem. I've gotten 3ds max, cinema 4d, illustrator, painter, bryce, photoshop, and a bunch of others...I only use c4d and photoshop now, because those seem best, but I don't do my 3d stuff as much as I used to, because every time I look around people are making stuff SO much better than mine... X.x

Looks nice Luki. A lot better than my first tries in C4d...

Hm...if you don't mind guys, I could also give it a shot...it'd have to wait a little while, but I'd like to try it out.

w00t. Thanks Phyre.

Suggestions duly noted. Thanks Phyre.

Haha, I know, it's just that Saint Mike seems to love red, and it didn't really look right with any other colors mixed in...thanks though.

Hey, alrighty then. Go for it. ^-^ Just letting you know it'll take lots of work...

You can't make games with it. X.x You can make CHARACTER designs, maybe, but that would take months of practice first. It's for modeling though, definitely not game developing.

What he said, and choose better colors. A dark black and blue sig would work much more nicely with lightning bolts than FIRE.

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