[A] My First (and subsequent) Sig(s)

[Russielloyd]

I got bored and saw that practically everyone had a flashy sig except me and being heavily into FF:AC at the moment, i though it id would do one on that.


Bear in mind this is my first ever attempt. I can still re-edit it in Macromedia fireworks, so constructive critisism will do, if there is any.
http://www.russielloyd.co.uk/createdpictures/sig/RussieLloyd-sig.jpg

What you guys and gals think?

[Madonna]

I think Cloud suddenly reminds me of Godzilla. It's good, though.

[Russielloyd]

lol how does he remind you of godzilla?

[Zeldy]

Wow. Your first attempt? Thats good.

[Destai]

Wow. Your first attempt? Thats good.yeah its really impressive

[Cruise Control]

My first attempt took like three hours, and I wound up with next to nothing. So I had someone finish it.

EDIT: Ooops! Your sig is teh awesomeness

[Sapphiresea]

WOW that is really good I love it!!:D

[Russielloyd]

Yep, its my first alright.

Thanks guys for the comments, i want to make sure what people thought before i put it in my sig.

I still got a lot to learn on using macromedia, so hopefully i will get better.

Im trying to make my avatar now.

[Yoruhoshi]

I like it. Tis very unique and excellent work. You've got some real talent.

[Madonna]

http://www.godzillatemple.com/photos/gdz10.jpg

[Russielloyd]

Cant see what youve posted

edit: ok i see it now.

Yeah i see the resemblance :rolleyes2 lol

[Russielloyd]

Another sig in two days, yes i am bored.

This one took much longer to work around Tifa and the gang but managed to pull it off.

I tried to give it the emotional appeal, thats all to say really, im sure youve all the seen the movie to see what ive done.

Its in my sig down below already.

What you think?

[Chris]

It looks good, but the group picture in the lower right corner, looks a little edgy, maybe if you airbrushed the edges of the characters a bit?

Otherwise, good job. :)

[Russielloyd]

yeah, i can do that.

[Del Murder]

I have merged your two sig threads. Please keep all your sig creations contained in one thread. Thanks.

[Russielloyd]

yeah ok, no problem.

I re-did the sig, i blurred the edges, it looks smoother now.

[Russielloyd]

So it got to the point where i felt like making a new sig after showing a mate an effect in photoshop. I don't normally make sigs, being that Video editing and effects is my speciality. Anyways, it's the 4th sig i've made in 8 months and also the 4th sig i've ever made.

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7600/aerithcloud1eu.jpg

What do you think?

[ff7+ff10 gurl 100]

Pretty. Its really nice. What program you using? :)

[Russielloyd]

Thanks, I'm using Photoshop 7.

[ff7+ff10 gurl 100]

Cool. I suggest you download some brushes or something to make your sigs more detailed and try some tutorials too :)

[Russielloyd]

Ok, thanks. How could i make that sig more detailed? and where can you download these brushes aswell?

[ff7+ff10 gurl 100]

Well on live journal there are some places like icon extras (http://community.livejournal.com/icon_extras/)
Or you can just search on google.

Oh you can play around with the filters a little to make em detailed. Thats what I did in the backround of my current sig. You see the lines? Filter :D

[Russielloyd]

Yeah, i know about the filters lol, i meant i cant really give the background detail (think you meant graphics or some style), i wanted to keep the background white, so the Aerith and Cloud picture would blend in perfectly and the feeling that their both looking at each other. If you get what i mean lol.

[Jess]

Pretty good! Yeah, what ff gurl said and also try adding a little border. ^_^

[Russielloyd]

Thanks Jess, I'm still learning whennever i use Photoshop, i know the filters and most basic stuff. For borders there no option to make it happen is it? Have to draw them yourself don't you?

[ff7+ff10 gurl 100]

No. What I do is you select all and then stroke. For the thinest border make it 1px :D

Btw, you should probably know that Stroke is under Edit. And yours might not have it maybe it does but im not sure since I use CS2. :)

[Russielloyd]

Yeah,, it has stroke, i found it out earlier. I did a border and got some sort of an effect across the picture.

I mixed the border with blu and pink for both characters, if anyone happens to wonder.

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/5937/aerithcloudv27tf.jpg

Any better?

[ff7+ff10 gurl 100]

Pretty nice :)

[Russielloyd]

Thanks :) just give it another 8 months now and i'll make a new one, lol.

[ff7+ff10 gurl 100]

Hah! Thats long time :p

[Russielloyd]

yeah, mainly to do with that i prefer doing video art (as it could be called.)

[ff7+ff10 gurl 100]

Cool.

[Russielloyd]

Okay i made another sig.

It is shown below,

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/3710/kaka34gq.jpg

For it to be in my actual signature below, i had to reduced the size and quality, just to make sure i didn't break the sig rules.

What you think people?

[Owen Macwere]

nice sig. good work. i like these flying letters around it. gj.

hah, a new mate to photoshop me too... and I'd like to add nice border ^_~

[Russielloyd]

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/9315/sonicsig2mx5.jpg

Another sig i made for a competition on another forums, i had to make a sig of a computer game character and Sonic was the first character that came to mind.

What you people think?

Also can someone change the thread topic to "Russie's Sigs" please?

[Roto13]

Oooh, I love Sonic. Nice job with that. What font is that?

[Owen Macwere]

This is really good. I like this sig shiny. GJ ;)

[Russielloyd]

Oooh, I love Sonic. Nice job with that. What font is that?

It's a Sonic font called "NiseSegaSonic".

Thanks, roto and Owen for the comments.