New sig

MattVortex · **Posted:** March 17th, 2008, 12:48 pm

Well, I haven't been in here for ages. Maybe i'll get slightly more active here.

Anyway, new sig.

And matching avatar.

Comments and criticism welcome. Please no 'omg it is t3h best' or 'omg it is t3h sux0rz'. Justify.

Adbot · **Posted:** March 17th, 2008, 12:48 pm

Davo · **Posted:** March 17th, 2008, 4:04 pm

Looks great!!! I like the whole fire/lava theme. I wish i was this good with photoshop!

Now all you need to do is become an Administrator and everything will match perfectly!

Lol jk.

Great work tho!

Evelyn · **Posted:** March 17th, 2008, 4:39 pm

That's awesome, it looks like a mix between fire and a grid.

Davo wrote:

Now all you need to do is become an Administrator and everything will match perfectly!

Lol, my color-blindness is already letting it match his user rank :p

Sev · **Posted:** March 17th, 2008, 4:53 pm

It's cool, but the white outer glow is a big no no to me

MattVortex · **Posted:** March 18th, 2008, 1:13 am

Sev wrote:

It's cool, but the white outer glow is a big no no to me

Yeah, I wasn't too sure about the text. I basically just ripped it fro the old sig.

I generally suck at text, tbh.

Thanks for the other comments, though, everyone.

Jaden · **Posted:** March 19th, 2008, 4:28 pm

The text is fine and everything looks really cool. Instead of having a white outer glow / shadow for the text maybe have a dark semi-dark glow. Just see what it looks like is what I'm trying to say.

Adbot · **Posted:** March 19th, 2008, 4:28 pm

Davo · **Posted:** March 23rd, 2008, 7:42 pm

WOW! You resigned from your position on the Newspaper Staff!!! But the dragon rank matches your sig and avvy. lol I'll take your spot on Newspaper. haha

Mushroom Queen · **Posted:** March 24th, 2008, 2:18 am

Just my opinion, but matching avatars and sigs just don't look good if the avatar is a copy/pasted selection of the signature in 120x120 form. It's just not that great seeing two of the same thing.

Anyway, my con/crit on this.. Some parts of the background look pixelated, almost like the picture was sharpened after you made it. You can sort of see what I mean in the curves. And yeah, the text. 90% of the time, you should avoid using bevel+emboss on your text. There are very few situations that makes it look good. Instead, try experimenting with the outer glow by adding gradient and changing the mode from Screen to something else.

MattVortex · **Posted:** March 26th, 2008, 10:08 am

I didn't actually use any bevel/emboss for the text. Inner shadow i did use, though :oops:

New versions:

I can't do anything about the fractal. That's just how it came out. :\