Escape to the stars(Strify sigs)

[Darkness of White]

Are these any good? I just started doing real people sigs yesterday, and these are my favorites. I just barely finished them. I think they are awesome, but I don't know what you guys think.

Also, which do you think is better? I'm not sure on that either.

 

[King Sora X]

I like them, they have a great feature to them, i like the bottom one the most, it appeals to me the most. however i think that there could be a little bit more viriety of effects, and some blurring would not have been a bad idea. But not bad for your beginning sig, so i would say you are off to a great start, keep up the great work..

*huggles*

 

[the legend]

To be honest, I think it looks a little bland and outdated, and there doesn't seem to be any specific alignment or purpose to the text.

But since you're just starting out, that's understandable. I would go around looking at other signatures, find the ones you like, and find out what makes them appealing to you. Then try and experiment with your own effects and se if you can come up with something you like.

 

[Darkness of White]

I've made signatures before, these aren't my first. I've just not really done real people sigs yet.

The text is the name of one of Cinema Bizarre's songs, Escape to the Stars. Strify, the lead singer, is among a ton of stars, simple as that.

 

[Dark Master]

Want some real CnC?

There is no flow to the sig, text is horrible, very LQ, and the stock isn't blended in

 

[Darkness of White]

There is no flow to the sig

What do you mean by that?

text is horrible

As in font, placement, content, all three, or something else?

very LQ

The stock, or the sig itself?

the stock isn't blended in

The intention wasn't to have it blend in, does it really need to? If so, how would I go about doing it?

 

[Dark Master]

What do you mean by that?

You just have random sparks everywhere

As in font, placement, content, all three, or something else?

all three

The stock, or the sig itself?

the sig

The intention wasn't to have it blend in, does it really need to? If so, how would I go about doing it?

if it isn't then it just looks slapped on there. there are many different ways to blend, but the most common IMO is smudging

 

[Darkness of White]

You just have random sparks everywhere

They are supposed to be stars. What do you suggest?

all three

What should I change it to? I thought it was ok because of the song it's from.

Referance:

YouTube - Cinema Bizarre: ESCAPE TO THE STARS (Official)

the sig

Besides what you've already said, anything else that can be changed?

if it isn't then it just looks slapped on there. there are many different ways to blend, but the most common IMO is smudging

I'll work on that.

BTW, this is the origional stock I chose.
http://cs1263.vkontakte.ru/u2525493/3070746/x_022a7785.jpg
I don't know if it will help any, but it's there if it will.

 

[Vicodin]

LQ stock is LQ.

You start by putting thought into the tag.

Thinking about flow, light source, depth, colors.

You have a horrible font choice and horrible placement.

 

[Charlie]

Are these any good? I just started doing real people sigs yesterday, and these are my favorites. I just barely finished them. I think they are awesome, but I don't know what you guys think.

Also, which do you think is better? I'm not sure on that either.

Aye. Beauty's in the eye of the one who creates, right?
For your first attempt at making real-stock signatures, these aren't dreadful.
They get the point across, communication wise.

But execution wise -
The effects that you've chosen to use, the stars, etc - are bland in color, and the stock's too engulfed
in the stars. In this case, an error that you've made is that the tag in general - has no flow or direction.

*The stock is fine, quality wise. It may not be the instant thing that anyone here would choose, but you've pulled off a decent job with it. My only suggestions would've been to try to blend in the stock with its background a bit more. Meaning, add some contrast behind it, or lightly brush faint lighting along the edges to give it the impression that it's still a part of your background. It sticks out too much.

*Slogan for the tags is adorable. But typography wise, it isn't the best choice. It has a transparent distinctiveness to it, and it isn't that appealing since your background is already bright as it is. Use simpler, smoother fonts. It tends to give tags a /crisper/ look, instead of forced, that way. Next, I'd suggest to bring the text closer to your stock, and shrink it by a few sizes.

1st version looks saturated and dry.
2nd version is over contrasted and doesn't mix well with the background.

Work on not drowning your stocks in effects, and adding a balanced amount of light and contrast to your tags as a whole.

They're not bad.
They just need work.
:3


/V/

 

[Darkness of White]

Ok, thanks for the advice. I'm going to start remaking it so maybe it will be better.

Edit:
Any better?

 

[Dee]

TGFX...that's a little harsh, srsli. She just started...of course she isn't gonna be amazingly great!

Geezus....cut her some slack, I'm mean if I tried to do a sig it would look like shit....literally!!

 

[Charlie]

TGFX...that's a little harsh, srsli. She just started...of course she isn't gonna be amazingly great!

Geezus....cut her some slack, I'm mean if I tried to do a sig it would look like shit....literally!!

It's constructive crit compared to a few other responses.
Get over it.

 

[Darkness of White]

Actually, it was MUCH more helpful than what Tavish said Tetsu. He didn't say it was horrible, he tired to help, and that means a lot.

 

[Dee]

Stupid comp....lolz.

 

[Dee]

It's constructive crit compared to a few other responses.
Get over it.

Oh please, some of that was uncalled for. And anyways there's nothing to get over. I could care less I'm not making the sigs...

 

[Charlie]

Oh please, some of that was uncalled for. And anyways there's nothing to get over. I could care less I'm not making the sigs...

Double posting? ;P
Anyways. Making tags is fun.

Try your luck, post some of your shit up -
And we'll see how the dogs treat ya :3

 

[Pablo]

And we'll see how the dogs treat ya :3

Rawr.


Anyway, DoW, just a little tip, when saving your tags, save them as a png file not jpeg. They sometimes tend to lower the quality a bit.

 

[Darkness of White]

I'll keep that in mind, thanks.

 

[Vayne Mechanics]

Rawr.


Anyway, DoW, just a little tip, when saving your tags, save them as a png file not jpeg. They sometimes tend to lower the quality a bit.

This is true, but there's no point in saving as a png unless you want transparency or you're uploading it multiple times. JPG format is lossy, so if you upload it, save it, upload it, save it and then upload it again, the quality is going to deterioriate a little, but it's nothing noticeable unless you do it many, many times.

If you were to save it once as a png, once as a jpg and then upload both formats onto photobucket or a similar hosting site, you can't even tell the difference. The difference is so small it's negligible.

Just felt the need to point that out.