Sagensyg's thread.

[Lawr]

Another one.

[Lawr]

A work in progress?

[Lawr]

Sorry I'm on a roll here.

[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.

Too tall for a signature, and has nothing so I can only hope it is a base for a banner.

A work in progress?

Where 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.

This 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?

Where 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.

This 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.





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

[Lawr]

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

[Rantz]

Very good.

[Lawr]

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

[Hollycat]

make sumthink fo MEEEEEEE

[Lawr]

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:






Now for the Armored Core 4 sig with tutorial:



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.

Renders - the focal points


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.


Making the background


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!


Last but not least


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.