Ava/Sig Thread

[Kyrdua]

I particularly don't like you showing Ika's butt, even if it's full of win, I feel bad that you expose her butt in the open, and yes i am obsessive about Ika, just in case anyone wondered why I bother myself, I prefer her remaining pure as she is

ah, but she has em! i believe in the saying "if you got it, flaunt it".

Backgrounds are similiar. Cut outs are getting there I think.

I may now have a follower! ... Maybe ...

how may i serve you,

* Kyrdua bows to Tatsu

Tatsujin~sama?

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actually, i just followed the advice you gave me ages ago. you know, the layers of brushes and overlays thingy.

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@ Tatsujin - what is wrong with you? zedox10 was not critiquing your skills with photoshop but your style just as I did some time ago.

None here doubt that you have great photoshop skills and that you can make great looking signs, but you have to understand that not every bodies taste is the same. You do not have to start to act all offensive, because that way you actually do act like 5 year old.

And I have to agree with zedox10 - the crop out how ever skilfully it is made do look really random ( "..looks like[and not is like] you let a 5 year old cut papper with a scissor"), there is practically no symmetry and no logic, some may like that and some don't.
I will keep on making simple signs/avas that almost none like, everybody is free to critique that, I believe that everybody has a right to his/her own opinion and taste. And I do not use "complex" opinions given by photosho, because I do not see a need for that. As I remember from our last "discussion", you use sign/ava making to master your photoshop skills, nothing bad about that its even good, but you can not expect that everybody will like your style just because it is complicated. Look at recent BrownMaster sets - rather simple to make, but looks great.

I also think that this tread was made so that people can critique the sig/avas others have made and give advises and their opinions. You are free to critique as much as you like as long as you just do not say offensive things, like - you are and idiots and so on.

QFT

[1000mAh]

What do you guys think of these??

   

the reason why it took so long is that I know nothing of file formats

How I planed the sig:

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[harpy]

^ looks nice, the star still do look a bit pixeled, but I think that can be easily fixed if you want to
(I really like the text part in the spoiler sign)
Maybe you could make that the girl drops some shadow? I think it would look nice, not sure but still

[Kyrdua]

What do you guys think of these??

the reason why it took so long is that I know nothing of file formats

How I planed the sig:

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so you're using dropbox too, eh?
anyway, no offense, but the background just doesn't cut it, both for the avatar and the sig. the font is also pretty bad and "1000mAh" sticks out like a sore thumb. nice choice for a render though. also, it doesn't seem like you to use a non-mecha set, but that's just a nitpick.

[1000mAh]

What do you guys think of these??

the reason why it took so long is that I know nothing of file formats

How I planed the sig:

(click to show/hide)

so you're using dropbox too, eh?
anyway, no offense, but the background just doesn't cut it, both for the avatar and the sig. the font is also pretty bad and "1000mAh" sticks out like a sore thumb. nice choice for a render though. also, it doesn't seem like you to use a non-mecha set, but that's just a nitpick.

haha Well, lemme say; I'm still not good with fonts, you  can ask from people how much worse I was.
Yo haven't been here long enough, I've had only 4 mecha sets, and 4 non-mecha sets IN USE.
The ''1000mAa'' was made to stick out, the backgorund is there just bacause the set would look RELLY stupid without, wanna see the original pics I used?
oh, and btw. that is x-mas set.  and Harpy, yes the star is bit pixeled couldn't do anything about that... but it doesn't look so bad xD and yes, I use Dropbox, but I also use imageshack.

why do  I always write long things!?

[harpy]

well I like the font and the text part (in spoiler image)

[1000mAh]

well I like the font and the text part (in spoiler image)

thing is it is ~50kb too big xD and couldn't use JPEG this time... on the other, had to decrease the amount of colours... left 10 colours out...instead of 256 I used 246... you see how big the diff is!?

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How stupid am I?? Fixed it:

but anyways, I'm gonna use that set for at least from today to 2nd January 2011. Gonna put it in use soon --->

[Kyrdua]

What do you guys think of these??

the reason why it took so long is that I know nothing of file formats

How I planed the sig:

(click to show/hide)

so you're using dropbox too, eh?
anyway, no offense, but the background just doesn't cut it, both for the avatar and the sig. the font is also pretty bad and "1000mAh" sticks out like a sore thumb. nice choice for a render though. also, it doesn't seem like you to use a non-mecha set, but that's just a nitpick.

haha Well, lemme say; I'm still not good with fonts, you  can ask from people how much worse I was.
Yo haven't been here long enough, I've had only 4 mecha sets, and 4 non-mecha sets IN USE.
The ''1000mAa'' was made to stick out, the backgorund is there just bacause the set would look RELLY stupid without, wanna see the original pics I used?
oh, and btw. that is x-mas set.  and Harpy, yes the star is bit pixeled couldn't do anything about that... but it doesn't look so bad xD and yes, I use Dropbox, but I also use imageshack.

why do  I always write long things!?

ah, what?

let me rephrase what i said: the set is nice, the background and 1000mAh(prolly a script one, try dafont.com for cool fonts) just doesn't go well with it. use another font and use a different(prolly a night scene with christmas lights around) background.

if you're image is too big, merge everything/make a new layer and put it on top then "apply image" then posterize it by 40 or lower, anything lower than 20 is not recommended as it will make your image look bad. trust me, all my current sigs are each 140KB more or less without this optimization.

[1000mAh]

What do you guys think of these??

the reason why it took so long is that I know nothing of file formats

How I planed the sig:

(click to show/hide)

so you're using dropbox too, eh?
anyway, no offense, but the background just doesn't cut it, both for the avatar and the sig. the font is also pretty bad and "1000mAh" sticks out like a sore thumb. nice choice for a render though. also, it doesn't seem like you to use a non-mecha set, but that's just a nitpick.

haha Well, lemme say; I'm still not good with fonts, you  can ask from people how much worse I was.
Yo haven't been here long enough, I've had only 4 mecha sets, and 4 non-mecha sets IN USE.
The ''1000mAa'' was made to stick out, the backgorund is there just bacause the set would look RELLY stupid without, wanna see the original pics I used?
oh, and btw. that is x-mas set.  and Harpy, yes the star is bit pixeled couldn't do anything about that... but it doesn't look so bad xD and yes, I use Dropbox, but I also use imageshack.

why do  I always write long things!?

ah, what?

let me rephrase what i said: the set is nice, the background and 1000mAh(prolly a script one, try dafont.com for cool fonts) just doesn't go well with it. use another font and use a different(prolly a night scene with christmas lights around) background.

if you're image is too big, merge everything/make a new layer and put it on top then "apply image" then posterize it by 40 or lower, anything lower than 20 is not recommended as it will make your image look bad. trust me, all my current sigs are each 140KB more or less without this optimization.

ah, I found my own way to lower the size xD took about 100kb off... and Yousaw, Harpy likes the font. So there isno reason to change it. the background is Nigh, itis from a park. it is RL picture. the star is on lightpole

[Kyrdua]

ah, I found my own way to lower the size xD took about 100kb off...

this is relevant to my interests, tell me about it.

and Yousaw, Harpy likes the font. So there isno reason to change it. the background is Nigh, itis from a park. it is RL picture. the star is on lightpole

well, your set, your call.

[1000mAh]

ah, I found my own way to lower the size xD took about 100kb off...

this is relevant to my interests, tell me about it.

Well, I use Photoshop prolly was CS2, GIMP and Paint...
But yeah Mostly use Photoshop, so I went to

Code: [Select]

Image -> Mode -> Indexed Color.
Palette: Local (selective)
Colors: 251
Forced: Black and White
          [v] Transparency

Options:
Matte: White
Dither: None

[Kyrdua]

Well, I use Photoshop prolly was CS2, GIMP and Paint...
But yeah Mostly use Photoshop, so I went to

Code: [Select]

Image -> Mode -> Indexed Color.
Palette: Local (selective)
Colors: 251
Forced: Black and White
          [v] Transparency

Options:
Matte: White
Dither: None

ah, dude, i tried it and it literally butchered the quality of my image.

your method(98 KB)


posterize(82 KB)


unoptimized(138 KB)


open each on new tabs and look closely.

[1000mAh]

Well, I use Photoshop prolly was CS2, GIMP and Paint...
But yeah Mostly use Photoshop, so I went to

Code: [Select]

Image -> Mode -> Indexed Color.
Palette: Local (selective)
Colors: 251
Forced: Black and White
          [v] Transparency

Options:
Matte: White
Dither: None

ah, dude, i tried it and it literally butchered the quality of my image.

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your method(98 KB)


posterize(82 KB)


unoptimized(138 KB)

open each on new tabs and look closely.

I can see just fine from those three Well, lets just say that it depends how many shadows and highlights you have on the pick. if there is more to butcher it will butcher. You can't notice it so greatly on my sig, but you can see it if you look closely today was my 1st time using it. Also, I can see similiar flaws on your way In my way, sum of t hem are bigger than in yours   May test your way on the next one I'm gonna make.. After new Year, I'm gonna come here with sumthing completly new for me.

[Kyrdua]

I can see just fine from those three Well, lets just say that it depends how many shadows and highlights you have on the pick. if there is more to butcher it will butcher. You can't notice it so greatly on my sig, but you can see it if you look closely today was my 1st time using it. Also, I can see similiar flaws on your way In my way, sum of t hem are bigger than in yours   May test your way on the next one I'm gonna make.. After new Year, I'm gonna come here with sumthing completly new for me.

be lookin forward to that. 

[1000mAh]

I can see just fine from those three Well, lets just say that it depends how many shadows and highlights you have on the pick. if there is more to butcher it will butcher. You can't notice it so greatly on my sig, but you can see it if you look closely today was my 1st time using it. Also, I can see similiar flaws on your way In my way, sum of t hem are bigger than in yours   May test your way on the next one I'm gonna make.. After new Year, I'm gonna come here with sumthing completly new for me.

be lookin forward to that. 

iy is 75% likely that it isn't Mecha set.

[Tatsujin]

@ Tatsujin - what is wrong with you? zedox10 was not critiquing your skills with photoshop but your style just as I did some time ago.

None here doubt that you have great photoshop skills and that you can make great looking signs, but you have to understand that not every bodies taste is the same. You do not have to start to act all offensive, because that way you actually do act like 5 year old.

And I have to agree with zedox10 - the crop out how ever skilfully it is made do look really random ( "..looks like[and not is like] you let a 5 year old cut papper with a scissor"), there is practically no symmetry and no logic, some may like that and some don't.
I will keep on making simple signs/avas that almost none like, everybody is free to critique that, I believe that everybody has a right to his/her own opinion and taste. And I do not use "complex" opinions given by photosho, because I do not see a need for that. As I remember from our last "discussion", you use sign/ava making to master your photoshop skills, nothing bad about that its even good, but you can not expect that everybody will like your style just because it is complicated. Look at recent BrownMaster sets - rather simple to make, but looks great.

I also think that this tread was made so that people can critique the sig/avas others have made and give advises and their opinions. You are free to critique as much as you like as long as you just do not say offensive things, like - you are and idiots and so on.

___
grhh, need to make an ava to my new sign and finish it properly.. grhh...

Did you read what he just said? Random and a 5 year old. Should I give your avatar and sig a name like that too?

[BrownMasterV]

You're all skanks
Now gimme a good quote for this!

Was watching the last episode of Oreimo and found an awesome screenshot.



Anyone have a nice quote/text ideas that'd fit this?

[1000mAh]

You're all skanks
Now gimme a good quote for this!

Was watching the last episode of Oreimo and found an awesome screenshot.



Anyone have a nice quote/text ideas that'd fit this?

''aah! it is so peaceful''

[BrownMasterV]

Hmm...how's this?

[Kyrdua]

Hmm...how's this?

grab a random quote about sakura trees and love.