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Nov 17 2005, 09:24 PM
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'Prentice de-Zighner Group: Members Posts: 368 Joined: 23-January 05 From: USA Member No.: 2,290 myCENTs:93.97 |
Thanks alot on the comments guys I'll work harder to make my next sigs even better. SM just one comment about your filefront brushes - LOTS of people download them. I had to wait like 20minutes for my turn to download them. I suppose you're very MUCH known to be a great sig-artist around =P.
Anyways, thanks for the tips on adding borders but i think I'll go with my own method of adding borders which is to try and error till i get a good one for each different sig. I like change so this is what i am. How did you custom-made your brushes by the way? In Photoshop? Like you did a pattern on photoshop and saved it as a brush style? I tried that before and it worked only when i did it following a tutorial. Although you(SM) said that i should not use filters for the background, I don't really feel comfortable with brushes alone. For right now, my brush backgrounds don't look too natural and i need the help of filters to make it look more real. Other than that, all the rest of the tips are great (everyone else's too!) and i appreciate them. |
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Nov 18 2005, 03:30 AM
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SM- the Man -The Myth - The Legend Himself Group: Members Posts: 453 Joined: 4-September 05 From: Drinking da rootbeers Member No.: 8,313 myCENTs:55.62 |
with brushes you start with one style I recommend the following order to learn them from hardest to easiest.
Grunge/tech Vector Abstract fractal grunge and tech are one of the hardest to work due to grunge being fuzzy, but to work out grunge you want to start off with at least 3 different sets that good well with each other if you go to H-j set you got some good grunge brushes in their, theirs also some others but you have to trail and error what you like. Now with tech that one of the most difficult to work with due to the fact that you can to match them and put enough in a background without making it look bad, That goes with doing tech borders as well you have to take you time and pay attention to it Vector is like tech just have to find the right combinations to use and layer properties as well to make them work well. now with abstract its not as difficult you just have to mix and match them, with fractals it easy its mostly a bunch of lines goign all over the place but coloring can be difficult with that. But read tutorials and you will get the hang of brushes, but also read tutorials on filters as well and you can pull of some good stuff. |
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Nov 18 2005, 12:07 PM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 18-November 05 From: Sweden Member No.: 9,680 |
The image edges are a little boring, you should try doing a emboss or something similar. If you aren't using Photoshop, I suggest doing that.
But it could always be good to use different applications to first make a rough look on the image. Photoshop is easy and there are several tutorials out there. Such as: www.tutorialized.com I love that site. I either check that site or do trail and error (play around). But other then the edges, it looks good. I'd pick the second version. |
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