My current sig/work

Steve · **Posted:** April 10th, 2006, 7:44 am

Whipped this up in 20min. I need help with everything.

Adbot · **Posted:** April 10th, 2006, 7:44 am

Tjbartz2009 · **Posted:** April 10th, 2006, 2:44 pm

How did that take 20min no offense

The text doesnt match it either it looks like it has an gold color in it...not to great 5/10

rikusora321 · **Posted:** April 10th, 2006, 3:33 pm

its... original i guess. not great but at least you have a background that
wasn't stolen good for one of your first works but not great

Steve · **Posted:** April 10th, 2006, 5:25 pm

Ok....i'm only learning remember....and the colours in the letters go blue yellow blue.

Litis · **Posted:** April 11th, 2006, 12:08 am

Uhh, you've obviously didn't take a tutorial for that one, right? Look, when you'll feel more experienced and had taken a good ammount of tutorials and you know that the result won't come out bad, then it's a good time to begin to experiment. The background's way too smooth, I think you've excessed with the effect, and the stroke in your text doesn't match the signature itself. So, don't experiment for now. Take tutorials, they're harmless.

Mushroom Queen · **Posted:** April 11th, 2006, 12:15 am

You know what? I had a completely opposite way of learning. I said to hell with tutorials and just experimented. It's more fun when you're not looking at a manual on how to make a sig. It really is. Sure, you can look at tuts to learn how to use a programme..but there is no tut that can teach you how to be creative.

Adbot · **Posted:** April 11th, 2006, 12:15 am

Litis · **Posted:** April 11th, 2006, 12:16 am

Well, let him throw everything to hell and decide what would he'd like to do.

Anubis · **Posted:** April 11th, 2006, 9:06 am

Mushroom Queen wrote:

You know what? I had a completely opposite way of learning. I said to hell with tutorials and just experimented. It's more fun when you're not looking at a manual on how to make a sig. It really is. Sure, you can look at tuts to learn how to use a programme..but there is no tut that can teach you how to be creative.

Thats what I did. I only ever used/use tutorials when I know exactly what I want to create and I dont know how to do it myself. Eventually I learn/learned what creates these effects and I dont/didnt need to use them any more.

Anyway, speaking abotu the sig.

I wouldnt use the liquify tool that much. I use it every now and then in photo manips, like in one I was working on a while back the teeth of the model looked 'ugly', so I liquified them to line up with the rest of the teeth.

Since you're new at this, like others have said, I would experiment with everything.

Litis · **Posted:** April 11th, 2006, 9:43 am

You two are photomanipulators. He's attempting at signature making. These two are two different things, except both of them are rubrics in design.

Anubis · **Posted:** April 11th, 2006, 10:28 am

Litis wrote:

You two are photomanipulators. He's attempting at signature making. These two are two different things, except both of them are rubrics in design.

I chose an example in photo manipulation so it was easier to understand what the liquify tool is used for - i.e. minor changes.

Litis · **Posted:** April 11th, 2006, 10:35 am

But you are... okay, let's put this in another way: you both are digital artists. He attempts to become a signature maker. How can you make a digital artist out of a future signature maker?

Anubis · **Posted:** April 11th, 2006, 10:38 am

I dont get you, if he's using digital programs to make the sigs, then he's creating digital art anyway, even if he's making a sig..

Litis · **Posted:** April 11th, 2006, 10:52 am

Forget it, you've seen what was the result of his experiment. I insist that the punishment would be taking tutorials to the rest of his life. XD

kingofrogue0 · **Posted:** April 11th, 2006, 9:54 pm

I agree with Anubis. I only use tutorials when I need to find out how to do something I have no dea how to do, or when I forget how to do something. I am not familiar with Photoshop, I just use Gimp. Therefore I really cannot give a lot of direction on where to go from here. But I would start with something simple, like grunge, then move up to abstract, tech, no brush/render, animation, etc. Maybe even make your own brushes, if you don't like the ones you find.

Chief Snake · **Posted:** April 12th, 2006, 12:18 am

Mushroom Queen wrote:

You know what? I had a completely opposite way of learning. I said to hell with tutorials and just experimented. It's more fun when you're not looking at a manual on how to make a sig. It really is. Sure, you can look at tuts to learn how to use a programme..but there is no tut that can teach you how to be creative.

Precisely!
It may take a while, but originality is everything. That was one reason why Neo's sig wasn't the winner of the SOTW this week. It looked stunning but the tutorial used for it was just too common.