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First sig.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:12 pm
by Senor_Grunt
V1
V2
V3 w/Scanlines.
V3 w/o Scanlines.
It is my SOTW entry, but I wanted some C&C on it. It is my first with a 'render'.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:20 pm
by Cobain
i think ..."God On Trucks" is better
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:21 pm
by Senor_Grunt
Why? Normally I skate on wheels, that are on trucks.

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:28 pm
by Cobain
wheels sounds more associated with biking, cars etc...if u get where I'm coming from
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:21 pm
by Ragdoll
The sig isn't that good, but Rodney is! You know I actually had the opportunity to skate with him last summer in NYC. It was one of the best experiences of my life.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:24 pm
by Dsoup
I'd keep with wheels, becuase this is the first thing that comes to mind when I see "God on trucks":
Either is hard to distinguish what the actual meaning is if you aren't familiar with the name, "Rodney Mullen."
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:47 pm
by Senor_Grunt
Ragdoll wrote:The sig isn't that good, but Rodney is! You know I actually had the opportunity to skate with him last summer in NYC. It was one of the best experiences of my life.
I know the sig isn't good, It was a first and I was just testing out how good I could do renders, scanlines, borders, etc. I think its O.K. But can you guys give me tips on improving?
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:52 pm
by Ragdoll
>_< No I can't really, I'm not n=much of a gfx guy so I couldn't tell you what needs improvement.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:50 pm
by Senor_Grunt
Okay, well thanks anyways Ragdoll.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:26 pm
by Cuda
P2L
Read a few, use a few.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:28 pm
by Senor_Grunt
OMG, spank you helpy helperton.. :]
(seriously thanks.)
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:00 am
by Senor_Grunt
Updated with V2.
EDIT
Crap! Double post sorry. :/

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:50 am
by Pepsi
You said this is your first sig so ill have this to say..
It looks nice but could be alot better with little touches of improvement.
For example:
You have the outer glow around some layers as the stock yellow that is by default. Try messing with the colors of that glow to make thing seem more blended. Maybe a darker color would work and give it some depth perhaps. Also a big thing for me seeing this was the size of the sig. Halomods says sigs 120x500 but you can go smaller to obtain a better effect. Maybe if you slid Rodney over to the left so he partially behind his name and cropped off the excess to the right I feel the sig would be less "open" with "dead space". take the slogan of "god on wheels" and place it under his name centered perhaps and bring the opacity down on it some also. One final thing to try would be reducing the brightness on Rodney himself and adding a slight touch of contrast to him.
For a first sig I think its awesome. All the basic functions are represented in the sig meaning it has layers, you can cut out image effectively and you didnt use Halo font

. Just keep at it and try those things I mentioned. Im sure by tinkering with thoes settings your going to find other things as well to make it even better then ever.
GJ and I always pick Rodney Mullen when playing any Tony Hawk game. Hell, he was good enough to do Christian Slaters freestyle skating in Gleaming The Cube so that has to say something about him
EDIT:
This post was made in referance to V1.
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:10 am
by Senor_Grunt
Pepsi, took your advice, screwed with random stuff for a while, came up with v3. :]

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:45 pm
by Dr.Cox
Senor_Grunt wrote:Ragdoll wrote:The sig isn't that good, but Rodney is! You know I actually had the opportunity to skate with him last summer in NYC. It was one of the best experiences of my life.
I know the sig isn't good, It was a first and I was just testing out how good I could do renders, scanlines, borders, etc. I think its O.K. But can you guys give me tips on improving?
*SLAPS S.G*
Stay away from Download able Brushes.

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:31 am
by Lt Slap a ho
Dr.Cox wrote:Senor_Grunt wrote:Ragdoll wrote:The sig isn't that good, but Rodney is! You know I actually had the opportunity to skate with him last summer in NYC. It was one of the best experiences of my life.
I know the sig isn't good, It was a first and I was just testing out how good I could do renders, scanlines, borders, etc. I think its O.K. But can you guys give me tips on improving?
*SLAPS S.G*
Stay away from Download able Brushes.

If you can't do it with defaults, don't do it at all.

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:48 am
by Senor_Grunt
Dr.Cox/Lt Slap a ho wrote:Stay away from Download able Brushes.

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If you can't do it with defaults, don't do it at all.
Thanks for the tips.
Dr.Cox wrote:*SLAPS S.G*
I needed that.
