Some own make Sig's

[Shardy]

1.


2.
Shardy Signature.jpg

3.
Untitled-1.jpg

4.
Untitled-2.jpg

5.
Sig.gif

6.
Lol Shardy.jpg

Tell me wich 1 u like best (5 i didn't make myself.)

-Shardy

[Dash]

Sorry, I don't really like your style =/

But I like 3 the best.

[Shardy]

ok... i started using photoshop 3 days ok so that could explain it...

[Aeramil]

steer clear of all the filters, and start working on brushing. You can find some good ones browsing around on www.deviantart.com if you don't want to make your own

[BigCJ]

i wanna know how #5 was made

[Shardy]

Originally Posted by BigCJ

i wanna know how #5 was made

the 5. made a friend of me.

[Aeramil]

Not hard.. and the tech totally kills the sig imo :/ Just look up photoshop animation tuts

[Citizen]

1 and 5 are the best

[XenRail]

i'd say 1 and 6. cuz of the design
and heres a few friendly hints:

1. text, unless its realy the subject, make it small, fonts dont REALY... matter.
2. borders. every sig has a border, it can be a 2/3 pix black line, or a nice futuristic border, like #5
3. color themes. very important. worked out well with #6 and #1, #4 didnt work out well. it just doesnt look that attractive so try and mix a few colors together, and see what looks best. then use that.

[Shardy]

about the borders... how the *** do i do that?... number 5 is not made by me so i don't know how to do it... [Xen ik ben het Revenge.. leg ut me ff op msn uit]

Greetz,

-Shardy:P

[Wallison]

Originally Posted by XenRail

i'd say 1 and 6. cuz of the design
and heres a few friendly hints:

1. text, unless its realy the subject, make it small, fonts dont REALY... matter.
2. borders. every sig has a border, it can be a 2/3 pix black line, or a nice futuristic border, like #5
3. color themes. very important. worked out well with #6 and #1, #4 didnt work out well. it just doesnt look that attractive so try and mix a few colors together, and see what looks best. then use that.

I say text is more important than most people think. It should be able to blend well with its surroundings while still being readable. I personally dislike the majority of those sigs (I like 5 though) because the text just doesn't fit.
*agrees with the colour thing*

2's text blends in too much with the background. You have to stare at it for a while to notice there's a name in there.
3's text colour is too dark and bold for a light background.
5 is probably made with something called Adobe ImageReady. Never used it before, but I know but it's used to make animated gif's.

@Shardy: The version of Photoshop (or whatever program one may use) does not have that much effect on the quality of stuff you produce. The only differences I see with higher versions is that you get more filters, tools and basically, simpler ways to do things. I read somewhere that filters actually limit peoples' creativity - I somewhat agree on that... they make some people extra lazy with actual editing.

-Edit-
Borders: There's a line or shape tool somewhere... it doesn't have to be complicated. I'd rather zoom in a ton and do things myself with the paintbrush or pencil.
You could also consider leaving a consistent amount of space around the edges of a pic. Less is more

[XenRail]

text is important, but if you want the sig to focus on some girl owning some dude or w/e then you dont want text in fontsize 30.
so small is better ^_^ and ofcourse fonts should blend with the surroundings, i dont like pics where text is floating halfway the picture.

[Aeramil]

for borders.. new layer --> cntrl + a --> edit --> stroke --> 1 pixel black, inside