Sagensyg's thread.

[Lawr]

Trying out a new style...

http://i45.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/vr99va.jpg

http://i46.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/27xf95j.jpg

http://i48.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/nbz1iq.jpg
"Man on the moon."

[rubah]

I like them!

[Shiny]

Ah, the rainbow theme. Just in time for the gay pride parade.

[Imperfectionist]

I make her say oh, oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh p-p-p-poker face p-p-poker faaace :cool:

Love them!

[Fonzie]

why would you leave a blue hint on your focal point >:[

[Lawr]

Thanks for the replies everyone. :-)



Ah, the rainbow theme. Just in time for the gay pride parade. Great joke. I almost laughed!


why would you leave a blue hint on your focal point >:[You have a C4D on your focal point! Next:


http://i49.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/2rz5gki.jpg
This one is a combination of my trademark old stylé and that new stylè.


Only, I didn't make that background from scratch like last time. I wish I could though...

http://i50.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/spzlme.jpg
Cut out from the original, larger image. Untouched.

http://i47.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/m7fku8.jpg
Molested.

[Mirage]

cool but why it is full of black people?

[Fonzie]

The head is my focal point champ

new set needs a better font

last sig. needs to be less sharpened and is too bright

[Lawr]

cool but why it is full of black people?

The Chemical Brothers are white! Do you not recognize your aryan brethren? :-(


The head is my focal point champ

new set needs a better font

last sig. needs to be less sharpened and is too bright

Ok well his nose is the focal point in all of them then! Thanks for the constructive criticism.

edit: I changed the font just for you. (http://i45.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/2l48wy.jpg)

[Pheesh]

I really like the third one, and the new one that you've done (the new font is better as well).

I think if you got yourself a couple of nice fractal brushes then you'd be able to replicate something close to that bg as well. Looks to me like it's just some c4d, fractal (which may also just be more c4d), smudge and splatter.

[Rantz]

If Fonzie can pick at details then I can too!

Kern your text better Sagensyg for christ's sake :irked:

[Fonzie]

Hmm, the next text is better, but it seems like, blended wrong in a way. Add some lines and give the text area some structural support, per se.

[Lawr]

I really like the third one, and the new one that you've done (the new font is better as well).

I think if you got yourself a couple of nice fractal brushes then you'd be able to replicate something close to that bg as well. Looks to me like it's just some c4d, fractal (which may also just be more c4d), smudge and splatter.

Yeah I could try that. But I still don't think it'd look as good!


If Fonzie can pick at details then I can too!

Kern your text better Sagensyg for christ's sake :irked:

W hat   a re   you    t alking   abo ut    man ? Wha t 's      k  ernin g? :-!

I do have to say that the S and the T being connected was intentional but yeah I can see how everything else looks aggravating.


Hmm, the next text is better, but it seems like, blended wrong in a way. Add some lines and give the text area some structural support, per se.

Alright.

[Shiny]

I LOVE the Chemical Brothers sig, but I'm bias because I really like their song Star Guitar. Can you make me a sig of their song The Sunshine Underground purrty pwease? :shiny:

[Lawr]

I LOVE the Chemical Brothers sig, but I'm bias because I really like their song Star Guitar. Can you make me a sig of their song The Sunshine Underground purrty pwease? :shiny:

*cough (http://forums.eyesonff.com/help-forum/113355-signature-service.html)*

If I make a special one for you then I'm finna have to make one for err'body and they mama's!

[Shiny]

:colbert: You made one for another member before.

[Lawr]

:colbert: You made one for another member before.

Who?

AND HOW LONG AGO?

[Lawr]

New one.

http://i48.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/qohr1h.jpg

[Lawr]

Eh, just an animated avatar and an unrelated work in progress.

http://i45.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/34qlro6.jpg
http://i49.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/1zmknjq.jpg

[Lawr]

http://i49.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/1zmknjq.jpg

http://i46.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/ats0h0.jpg

Last sig I'll make for a while.

However, the next one will be titled "sunny cloud!"

[Pheesh]

That one looks really good. Is that checkered pattern that you put on there a brush/c4d? Or something else?

[Lawr]

That one looks really good. Is that checkered pattern that you put on there a brush/c4d? Or something else?

Thanks! It's just a pattern I made. I don't use C4D's because I don't like them!

[Lawr]

http://i26.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/15wccvt.jpg
This one's for Fujiko, my wife of 17 days! :aimkiss:



However, the next one will be titled "sunny cloud!"

Ok I lied. I've got some ideas in my head that I wanna formulate sometime before that. I'm still taking a break though!

[Fujiko]

They all look great! I like them! :aimkiss:

[Lawr]

http://i33.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/2yts9zq.jpg

Yessir!

[Zeldy]

http://i26.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/15wccvt.jpg
This one's for Fujiko, my wife of 17 days! :aimkiss:

This one is actually perfect! The crispness around the edges which is so hard to do when you're working with transparency! Maaaaaaaan, I couldn't manage that.

I'm much preferring you're new style to the style in the very first post with the 3 signatures, they just seem quite bland, and something any person with access to Photoshop could muster if they tried. However, the latest ones are really something :jess:

[Lawr]

http://i34.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/4htvu9.jpg

Lawr is just some dumb nickname I go by sometimes.

[Lawr]

http://i52.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/1448sgk.jpg

One I couldn't get myself to finish.

[Pheesh]

Oh come on....2 squares?! :roll2

Looks good regardless though.

[Lawr]

Sunny cloud was literally finished in Photoshop. I didn't save the PSD and the power went out so yeah.

[Lawr]

Another one.

http://i54.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/9utfu1.jpg

http://i56.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/2jedb49.jpg

[Lawr]

A work in progress?
http://i55.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/10cqdeq.jpg

[Lawr]

Sorry I'm on a roll here.

http://i55.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/10zd0jq.jpg

[Raven Riley]

Wowie, I love that last one! Its incredible!

[Pheesh]

I like the two new ones, really pretty.

Is there any way to get rid of those stroke lines that are around the box in the first one though? The parts where they cut through legs and stuff are really distracting.

[Madonna]

Another one.

http://i54.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/9utfu1.jpgToo tall for a signature, and has nothing so I can only hope it is a base for a banner.


A work in progress?
http://i55.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/10cqdeq.jpgWhere are Marche's feet? They go, but everything else is kept? And what is up with that line overlapping the extensions?


Sorry I'm on a roll here.

http://i55.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/10zd0jq.jpgThis is pretty, the tapering of wings and dress is nice, and it looks good on both light and dark backgrounds. A bit inconsistent in outline opacity, but it is honestly negligible.

You can do pretty things; keep it up.

[Lawr]

Wowie, I love that last one! Its incredible!

You're incredible. ;-)


I like the two new ones, really pretty.

Is there any way to get rid of those stroke lines that are around the box in the first one though? The parts where they cut through legs and stuff are really distracting.

Thanks. Yeah I worked on it a little more and removed the lines that overlapped any of the important parts.



A work in progress?
http://i55.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/10cqdeq.jpgWhere are Marche's feet? They go, but everything else is kept? And what is up with that line overlapping the extensions?

His feet aren't completely there because there was this gigantic paragraph on the wallpaper cutting it off. I was thinking of putting a design or some text to cover it up.



Sorry I'm on a roll here.

http://i55.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/10zd0jq.jpgThis is pretty, the tapering of wings and dress is nice, and it looks good on both light and dark backgrounds. A bit inconsistent in outline opacity, but it is honestly negligible.

Thank you!


You can do pretty things; keep it up.

Yes massa.

[Lawr]

This one's a quickie and it's unfinished but I'm just gonna stop here bleh.

http://i51.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/2ef5chc.jpg



I wanted to make a tutorial for it but maybe some other time. Two more on the way.

[Lawr]

http://i51.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/1zf1weq.jpg

Took longer than I expected but turned out great so no complaints here!

[Rantz]

Very good.

[Lawr]

http://i53.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/2envsk7.jpg

A work in progress, and I'm working on an Armored Core sig tutorial.

[Hollycat]

make sumthink fo MEEEEEEE

[Lawr]

http://i56.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/wi3vbo.jpg

Drizzee Drake!
I could have blended his shoulder a little better since it looks kind of awkward, but I was spending too much time on it anyway. Here's another that's "gold" and then a mix of both:

http://i51.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/2qk8k8o.jpg

http://i54.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/2wrmcer.jpg


Now for the Armored Core 4 sig with tutorial:

http://i55.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/4lm25l.jpg

I quickly threw this together so I could tell you how I quickly threw it together!

Armored Core Signature Tutorial:
This is my first tutorial so bear with me. It's a 10 step tutorial that I tried to make as brief as I best could, plus I split it up into three parts. They're just spoiler tags so click the section titles to expand/contract. Look at me, I'm already giving you a tutorial on how to use spoiler tags.





Step 1 http://gyazo.com/246a6ea20d25b2c1ee1783fc4cf796f9.png
Find or steal a picture that you want to use in a signature or banner.

Step 2 http://gyazo.com/718470e44f2403c98a2f5f94fe5649c0.png
Use Filter > Noise > Reduce Noise to make the image a lot sharper and clearer. (It may not seem like it here but it pays off later.)

Step 3 http://gyazo.com/2640438e2e1a3ec33e26cabed029950f.png
Cut out the image using the Polygon Lasso and Layer Masks; if I remember correctly, in sig-making lingo this is called rendering and the parts that I'm cutting out are called renders. Render your renders.

Step 4 http://gyazo.com/03155afc9b4e289fb966b97a3dfb1e32.png
Now that you've rendered the renders, make a backup of them, and shrink/resize the copies to a size that you think would work best.

Step 5 http://gyazo.com/c7cfd49209709b3e63cd09502ff60707.png
Copy the renders (Reduce Noise again if you want to too) one more time so that it would be a Copy of a Copy and set the Blending Mode to something like Overlay and at 50%, for a nice saturated look. Or a mean saturated look if you want.

Put the renders in a Group.





Step 6 http://gyazo.com/829182a43e8bd1baa5677d28aaf760ad.png
Make another Group and Layer, then create the base of the image: by coloring the entire Layer white and then putting an inverted rectangular mask on the Group.

Step 7 http://gyazo.com/a31a8e2dd5ab5d69ea6068cd4b046de0.png
Now you can start messing around with Filter Effects and things like that. Try finding something cool on Google images and then applying a Filter or two that you like.

Step 8 http://gyazo.com/0bd651b55ad965d5aaf683b452fbdea0.png
Don't be afraid to be generous with the Blending Modes/Options too. You can add as much stuff as you want or be a minimalist, whatever floats your boat old chum!





Step 9 http://gyazo.com/0103613c156bafda3df3e02ef2f6b9a8.png
Now for text, or any more effects. Make a new Group on top of the render Group (or right below it) and repeat some of the processes you did in the previous section.

Step 10 http://gyazo.com/7dec876739312aa5b32729e3114e5268.png
Text is optional, but if you do add some make sure you do something cool with it, like tilt it to the side or have some cool Blending Options. Or both if you're feeling audacious!


Step 11
Time to post your masterpiece in your signature thread!

You do have a signature thread...right?


I should mention that there isn't a "correct" way to make signatures, but there are certain cookie-cutter styles that I see a lot of, which is boring if you ask me, so I try to break out of the mold as much as possible. Firstly by not using C4D's. Not that there's anything wrong with them. I just don't like them...

[Hollycat]

I will love you forever if you make me a signature picture that is a cross between Zack Fair and a cactuar

edit: whatever that thing is in the last bit of your above post, it looks amazing

[Pheesh]

I'll make a sig using your tutorial when I get my new comp up and running.

I absolutely love the background on that drake one though, it looks so wicked.

[Lawr]

I will love you forever if you make me a signature picture that is a cross between Zack Fair and a cactuar

Your eternal love is tempting but sorry I won't be doing requests for a while.


I'll make a sig using your tutorial when I get my new comp up and running.

I absolutely love the background on that drake one though, it looks so wicked.

Ooh thanks, I'm flattered! :aimkiss:

[Lawr]

Another one.

http://i54.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/9utfu1.jpg

http://i56.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/2jedb49.jpg

http://i56.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/2u6lagk.jpg

http://i54.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/16is1va.jpg

I call this the VIP Remix. VIP stands for Variation In Production in the D&B world. I could be wrong though. I'm usually wrong.

[Lawr]

I'm taking requests now I think. For the rest of this week and next week.


I will love you forever if you make me a signature picture that is a cross between Zack Fair and a cactuar

Ok signatures start looking weird when you mix dissimilar things but we'll see how it turns out.

[Hollycat]

how about jfk and zack? Would that look more normal?

[Lawr]

how about jfk and zack? Would that look more normal?

Nah the signature is already well on its way to being finished just give me one more day.

http://gyazo.com/ac8cbe143274bf29b0373b472b1aa36e.png


Edit
It's all done sir.

http://i51.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/eq6kpd.jpg

[Hollycat]

love it!
sorry Eric, but as soon as I figure how to make that my sig I'm using it.

[Lawr]

Here's one for Lil Wayne's best rock song, "Da Da Da." I think I'm getting better at making text look like metal or chrome. What I did with the Drake one was an abomination!

http://i54.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/bzp6q.jpg


Remember I'm still taking requests!

[Lawr]

I still have the PSD's of my old signatures, so I made a star guitar template and blended in the backgrounds. It was fun. And they look awesome.

http://i55.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/xfq2yc.jpg http://i51.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/2llkleu.jpg

Designs from Prisma (http://i56.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/2u6lagk.jpg) and The Resistance (http://i54.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/2wrmcer.jpg).

I was working on four at once but the other two will have to wait.

[Lawr]

Just two Drake sigs and one Kid Cudi.

http://i51.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/f4e9dt.jpg

http://i54.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/s62dfo.jpg

http://i52.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/2nhgh05.jpg


I think I'll probably update this thread one more time before summer's over.

[Pheesh]

They're all awesome, I like the second one especially. :3

[Lawr]

http://i39.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/1693pcj.jpg

Something I threw together, dedicated to a new song of his (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5gAzAGCuIM). He also replied to one of my tweets once so +1!

[Lawr]

http://i46.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/28hms5c.jpg

http://i50.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/sy70xz.jpg

The first one is for the Cruel Summer album by G.O.O.D. Music and the second one is for Drake's Take Care album.

[Shorty]

I love your work, darling! I don't need a new sig or anything at this time, just wanted to say that :love:

[Jinx]

I love your work, darling! I don't need a new sig or anything at this time, just wanted to say that :love:

Seconded. Your sigs have life.

[Lawr]

Thanks you guys! :aimkiss:

[Pheesh]

Glad to see some new sigs by you! They're looking awesome as always :)

[Lawr]

http://i46.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/2a9nmvd.jpg

C4D practice for Netsky's "2" album even though I don't like the album that much. I would make this my new signature but Paulrus thinks I broke the forums and now I can't change it forever.

[Lawr]

blissfuly created in my drunkenness and summarizes my 2012 quite nicely but i'm going bacakwards after making all this progress.
http://i47.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/xft69x.jpg]

[Lawr]

The sig above is clearly my best. Clearly.


http://i48.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/29y120m.jpg
One of my favorite Kid Cudi songs is Maniac, and one of my favorites from Big Sean is Higher.


http://i49.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/xngr39.jpg
Kid Cudi and Clams Casino have nothing to do with each other, but that's the song I was listening to while making this so...

[Lawr]

http://i41.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/214cpqw.jpg

I just gave up here. Too many things "fighting" for attention I think.


http://i44.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/33ypetv.jpg

No new friends no no no!


I'm gonna challenge myself to make these larger from now on.

[Pheesh]

I really like the first one! The text isn't very legible though, maybe had you gone all out and dropped the text's opacity right down then instead of it being text you can't really see it's 'text you're not supposed to be able to see' ;) That said, still looks great as is.

[Lawr]

http://i43.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/fx9v6x.jpg

It took me a while to warm up to Macadelic but now it's one of my all time smurfing favorite mixtapes.

http://i39.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/j5xb1e.jpg

http://i43.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/2iw11z8.jpg

http://i43.:bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou::bou:/ddyrd1.jpg

Currently I'm obsessed with the trippy/misogynistic party lifestyle in Mac Miller's and The Weeknd's music.

This thread is still on hiatus but since Shorty missed me here are some treats!

[Rantz]

Nice! The smoke makes for a really cool effect.

[Pheesh]

Great work with the transparency on those last couple sigs! That can't have been easy.

[LadyJuxtaposition]

Very nice signatures! I was appealed of how you controlled the composition's focus with the sparkling stuff that frames it. :)