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...