shigajet 0 Report post Posted May 15, 2005 Hey everyone. Here's my sig and I would welcome any comments you have. This is what I plan to use as the header image on my index page. Only the title would be different. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moldboy 0 Report post Posted May 15, 2005 Any idea what the two characters mean?oh yeah, and I like it, nice and simple/clean Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shigajet 0 Report post Posted May 16, 2005 The two characters are read as "Nihon" (or "Nippon"), and it's the Japanese word for Japan. The first character (日- ni or hi, depending on the reading) means sun and the second one (本 - hon or moto, depending on the reading) means book or origin.I apologize to all the others on this forum. Some of you may have to change the encoding to Japanese/Shift-JIS or Japanese/Automatic on your browsers to see the characters in this post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moldboy 0 Report post Posted May 16, 2005 Well that's intresting, so do they have any particular importance to that image, or are they just random? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shigajet 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2005 Well, the image you see on the right is of Nagahama Castle - one of many (about 47, I think) castles in Japan that are still around today. Although some of them have turned into museums inside of a reconstruction (like this one, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Nagoya and Osaka), a lot of them have the original material still intact.Of course, I could have put something like Mt. Fuji, shrine gates or cherry or people in traditional clothing and so forth. I figure this is a good place to start. Perhaps as I use more pics with Japanese imagery I could make several different sigs...just for display. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shigajet 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2005 Well that's intresting, so do they have any particular importance to that image, or are they just random? 142074[/snapback] I just realized...sine you were asking about the characters I used...well I thought they would go well with the castle - one of many prominent symbols of Japan. (Check the post I made earlier.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amezis 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2005 I like the sig, it looks nice and clean. But I think it is too small to use that as a header? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shigajet 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2005 The header I'm using for my website is about double the size of the sig you see now and the title says "Evan In Japan" instead of "ShigaJET". If I have some spare time, I'll browse around my photo archives to make a second sig...and eventually another header image. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ProfBob 0 Report post Posted July 21, 2005 Nice sig...nice clean...looks good...any ways...good job using fireworks for that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snlildude87 0 Report post Posted July 21, 2005 Nice sig...nice clean...looks good...any ways...good job using fireworks for that 163877[/snapback] Wait. Wait. Did you realize something? You just resurrect a dead thread. That's forgivable because I do that sometimes, but to zombiefy a dead thread and comment on a NON-EXISTANT sig is another thing. That just means that you spammed, so you deserve a warning. Thread closed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites