Half Life 2 Sig Tutorial Easy, good result.

[Frozen 0]

Alright, well my firs tutorial I guess wasn't a big hit, so I decided to give this another whirl.

 

Start off with a signature, i used the size 325 x 125.

Get out your brushes, and brush your sig.

Now, create a new layer, and make your brushes black, and brush over the white brushing, and make they layer set to overlay.

Now, Find yourself a render to use, I used this one:

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

Any render will work, and get out the lasso tool. Carefully draw a circle on the outside of the render, and clikc the layer mask on the layer pallete.

Now add yourself some contrast to the sig, by going to layer>New Adjustment Layer> Brightness/Contrast.

Now add some text. I used the simple text effect to match the background by: Start off with white text. Go to layer>style> Blending Options. Drop Shadow> Leave the settings alone. Then Inner Shadow> 75%-40% optacity lower. Then Bevel and Emboss>size 5-0.

Now, it is time for color. Some use the render itself for the color, but i didnt this time. Go to Layer>new adjustment layer> color balance. Mess around with your settings, filter>render>clouds, after 2 colors. So on and so forth.

Now simply add a 1px black border, and voila, nice looking signature!

 

For the Brushes, credit Eigza. here's his deviant art with the brushes located. Any questions, feel free to ask here.

 

http://eigza.deviantart.com/

[Johnny 1]

Approved. And decent tutorial, but those brushes aren't that great.

[Frozen 0]

Thanks dude, The brushes seem good to me :DAnyways, thanks for checking it out

[biscuitrat 0]

Eh, I think the background's too busy for the render. Also the font is hard to see and it's not at all Halo-y. Too many patches of white. Also, why is there a giant space between the end of the sig and the end of a post? I think an edit's in order.Mmm...5/10 :/

[Frozen 0]

This isn't a sig, it's a tutorial. Something you use to learn from o.O

[biscuitrat 0]

I know, I'm rating the sig the tutorial produced. Habit, and all.

 

And I meant an edit is in order for the post, not the sig.

[Frozen 0]

Beats me, I tried placing a render there, and it obviously didn't work lol.

[Johnny 1]

Eh, I think the background's too busy for the render. Also the font is hard to see and it's not at all Halo-y. Too many patches of white. Also, why is there a giant space between the end of the sig and the end of a post? I think an edit's in order.

 

Mmm...5/10 :/

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I agree on the background being too busy. And I think you meant "Half-Life-y".

 

Froze, I edited your post to get rid of the giant space, and changed vwala to voila.

[biscuitrat 0]

Yes, I do mean Half Life-y. God, I'm so confused today.

[Frozen 0]

Heh thanks for the spelling correction

[Saint_Michael 3]

like isad earlier these tutorials are good for the beginners, yeah i agree that brush would look better with a camo style going with it.

[Johnny 1]

Yes, I do mean Half Life-y. God, I'm so confused today.

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Don't worry...sometimes I feel I'm in a constant state of confusion.

 

like isad earlier these tutorials are good for the beginners, yeah i agree that brush would look better with a camo style going with it.

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Well, the brushes aren't bad, but like biscuit said, they're too busy for the render. And making brushes that look like that is easy.

[Frozen 0]

Agreed. This is more for the begginers anways, because it seems their are more begginers here than anything.

[Johnny 1]

You have a point there.

[Frozen 0]

Don't I always :-pAnyways, thanks for all the views guys, it will continue to inspire me to make these