gta-connor Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Last one I had a lot of help on. Any hints on how I can make them better i'm using Gimp 2 by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 There not to bad, but myself, I live and breath borders. Boards make things look more complete. So don't forget to add them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 The 4th one looks really bad, but the rest are all right. Experiment with different fonts though, and add a bit of stroke to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 The 4th one looks really bad, but the rest are all right. Experiment with different fonts though, and add a bit of stroke to them. Yeah, looks like a bad quality JPG with two differnet images blended badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ X Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 i only like that last one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gta-connor Posted February 8, 2007 Author Share Posted February 8, 2007 The 4th is the first one i ever made. Thanks for the hint but anyone know where I could get a boarder or how to make on with gimp 2.2 though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Try to make them look a little less repeatitive. I'm going to take a wild guess and say you used brushes, right? Whatever you used, it's apparent where you used the same thing over and over again. Try to put more variation so it looks less repeatitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gta-connor Posted February 9, 2007 Author Share Posted February 9, 2007 ok thanks do you know where I can get a boarder for my pictures though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 You make a border.... If you got them off the internet you'd practically need a new one for every sig. I don't use GIMP, I use PS, so I don't actually know how Gimp works. Try this, though. Create a new layer and put it at the very top. Hit CTRL + A to select all, maybe that doesn't work in Gimp, I don't know. Just select the entire canvas. Then go to Edit and see if you have the option "Stroke". Put a 1-3 pixel stroke of whatever color you want, and make sure it's set to "Inside", not "Center" or "Outside". If that doesn't work, well, then, I don't know. That's how I do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gta-connor Posted February 9, 2007 Author Share Posted February 9, 2007 That works i'll try that out later, also I made some new sigs, no border yet though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 1. Don't brush OVER your point of interest in there, for these, especially, it takes away. 2. Make sure the brushing has a point to it. The random grunge doesn't go with Salvatore, really. 3. Following off of number 3, pay attention to color. A grey-blue color would've worked on that a little better, IMO. 4. Sometimes things look cool, but just don't work. Not to sound mean, but don't use effects just for the sake of using them. Inverting colors is used way too often just to look cool. Not saying don't do it, I'm saying atleast do it with a reason behind it, and where it matches the signature. Just keep working on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gta-connor Posted February 10, 2007 Author Share Posted February 10, 2007 these three I made the ethan one is for my friend who may be joining this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 I like them, the last one is a little two dark however, and the text in all 3 is a little to dark. But apart from that, there not to bad. What did you make them with out of interest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gta-connor Posted February 10, 2007 Author Share Posted February 10, 2007 No not really, I like the grungy looking text but it is kidna dark I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 There not to bad, but myself, I live and breath borders. Boards make things look more complete. So don't forget to add them. God kills a kitten everytime you use a 1px border Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gta-connor Posted February 10, 2007 Author Share Posted February 10, 2007 lol I think a thin outline looks good, but thats only my opinion, big borders take away from the image, small ones sem to nicely frame it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 There not to bad, but myself, I live and breath borders. Boards make things look more complete. So don't forget to add them. God kills a kitten everytime you use a 1px border You DO realise you're wearing two sigs with 1pxl borders on them, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 There not to bad, but myself, I live and breath borders. Boards make things look more complete. So don't forget to add them. God kills a kitten everytime you use a 1px border You DO realise you're wearing two sigs with 1pxl borders on them, right? Yeah, he wasn't really very smart about that comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slayer Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 You DO realise you're wearing two sigs with 1pxl borders on them, right? I wouldn't say he has a border on the Jeff Buckley one. But he has on userbars, and the GLS one has a wider border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Christ guys it was a joke almost everybody suggests using a border and so I came out with that, don't take everything so seriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Christ guys it was a joke almost everybody suggests using a border and so I came out with that, don't take everything so seriously You need to add a little bit more emotion to you posts so they look like jokes then } example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K9 Krew Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 well id on't know much about making sigs but they all look a little too dark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 well id on't know much about making sigs but they all look a little too dark They are a little dark, yes, but in some types of signatures thats good. Depends on what you like too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gta-connor Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share Posted February 13, 2007 Lol i've been practicing, any other hints put them here, but I havn't made any real good ones in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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