My First Attempt at Making a Sig..

Isis · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 4171 **Location:**

I know it isn't as good as some of your sigs, but this is my first attempt at making one

HavinFunSince89 · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 190 **Location:**

kinda simple but nice egyptian style make some adjustments and I bet it will rock. keep up the gud work

Isis · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 4171 **Location:**

HavinFunSince89 wrote:

kinda simple but nice egyptian style make some adjustments and I bet it will rock. keep up the gud work

I wanted it to look simple

But have you got any suggestions of what I could do please..

iBilly · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:56 pm

Well the border completely overpowers the whole thing.

The background/stock you have used is so dark it's hard to really see anything.

There's no distinct focal point.

No real effects used.

No lighting whatsoever.

Text... meh.

I strongly advise you to find some tutorials for sigs & large art pieces, you will improve like everyone does.

Tatianasaphira · **Joined:** May 2006 **Posts:** 596 **Location:**

Bastet wrote:

HavinFunSince89 wrote:

kinda simple but nice egyptian style make some adjustments and I bet it will rock. keep up the gud work

I wanted it to look simple

But have you got any suggestions of what I could do please..

Since your name is the Goddess of the Cat, perhaps a Cat image, or a bit more of the gold along the edge..

But for simplicity sake, it is good

TwelveEleven · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 3806 **Location:** Heaven

iBilly wrote:

Well the border completely overpowers the whole thing.

The background/stock you have used is so dark it's hard to really see anything.

There's no distinct focal point.

No real effects used.

No lighting whatsoever.

Text... meh.

I strongly advise you to find some tutorials for sigs & large art pieces, you will improve like everyone does.

+1

Isis · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 4171 **Location:**

I wanted to come away from the cat image..

I didn't want some thing that was over powering and nothing that was busy..

The background is the pyramids at Giza, you don't need much detail to relise what they are.. and the border is made up of Hieroglyphs..

It was the font that I don't like and I couldn't find anything that I really liked

dom · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:27 pm

Cool idea. I'd use the pen tool trace it, and clean out the lines. Add a black boder, not yellow.

Tatianasaphira · **Joined:** May 2006 **Posts:** 596 **Location:**

Bastet wrote:

I wanted to come away from the cat image..

I didn't want some thing that was over powering and nothing that was busy..

The background is the pyramids at Giza, you don't need much detail to relise what they are.. and the border is made up of Hieroglyphs..

It was the font that I don't like and I couldn't find anything that I really liked

Then what you could try is perhaps putting a lens filter over by the sun to brighten it up. Also maybe tone down the background since 'some' people have such issues with it

Papyrus for the win...

Rizla · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:46 pm

Do not use papyrus please.

One thing I noticed is the picture isnt very good quality, try http://www.flickr.com and look for a better pic to use.

Snudge · **Joined:** Jun 2006 **Posts:** 4200 **Location:**

Rizla wrote:

Do not use papyrus please.

One thing I noticed is the picture isnt very good quality, try http://www.flickr.com http://www.photography.com/ http://www.sxc.hu/ and look for a better pic to use.

Fix'd ^^

cin · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:05 pm

Rizla wrote:

One thing I noticed is the picture isnt very good quality, try http://www.flickr.com and look for a better pic to use.

quality prob might be cause its made in paint

Rizla · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:41 pm

paint doesnt compromise the original photo quality.

CrimsonNuker · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 13791 **Location:**

yeah the stock you used was kinda bad quality..

Isis · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 4171 **Location:**

Ok.. I've tried using the original pic again.. As I had re-sized the other, so I lost some of the quality..Hope that looks better.

dom · **Posted:** Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:19 pm

What I was talking about was retracing it like so:

Got bored and decided to give it a go.

Dystopia · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 2317 **Location:**

U made that out of scratch dom?

CrimsonNuker · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 13791 **Location:**

Dystopia wrote:

U made that out of scratch dom?

Thats my dom. :love:

Rizla · **Posted:** Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:15 am

dom wrote:

What I was talking about was retracing it like so:

Got bored and decided to give it a go.

looks sharp

Knuckles · **Joined:** May 2006 **Posts:** 130 **Location:**

I agree, that's quite catchy

Isis · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 4171 **Location:**

OK... I've changed it again. Hope this one looks better.

cin · **Posted:** Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:02 pm

i like the colors behind the pyramids 10x better than before.
sig is a little too big now imo

Tatianasaphira · **Joined:** May 2006 **Posts:** 596 **Location:**

But it is beautiful...makes me regret not being able to see them in person (stupid family not coughing up the money...)

Shadowman20818 · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 1506

You should make it smaller and remove the link, petite=better.

corkscrew · **Joined:** Mar 2006 **Posts:** 335 **Location:**

i think its nice, simple but nice, the sunset looks very realistic, but it seems like my main focus is the border, you should do something with that

iBilly · **Posted:** Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:32 am

Lol Dom, why do I like that little creation of yours so much? No idea, but you seem to have a nack for creating stuff out of nothing. Good show.

Isis · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 4171 **Location:**

I think I will make it a little smaller, wanted to keep the border. But maybe make it smaller in size.. Hmm don't know.

Hehe can't do it now, I'm at work

Silkroad Online Forums

My First Attempt at Making a Sig..

Who is online