Let's compare

[Brandon]

First signature I made in photoshop:




most recent signature I've made in photoshop:






What do you think?

[Mythic]

I like the second one more, though the theme is worse.

[GT-7]

I like the first one more.

Joke  I like the second one more, though there aren't a major difference between them.

[Brandon]

Not in any specific order.































Some was for me, some wasn't. I'm still pretty mediocre, I need a new style, I do the same shit over and over.

[VenomX]

Hmm, yeah I agree they're all kinda 'make a background then stick a render on it'.  Not having a go or anything, just trying to help .  I suggest getting some good smudge settings, and playing around with those...add me on msn and I can send you a couple I've come up with which you can get some awesome looking backgrounds from.

[Brandon]

Usually I use pre-made smudge, grunge, and fractal brushes because I'm a nub still, then I just mess with the layer properties until it looks pretty, then I shove a render on, feather it, lower opacity or set the layer setting to overlay, and then I slam some text on and use it, and most people think I'm a god at some other forums

Sometimes I use the blur, sharpen, and burn/sponge tools or the filter gallery, but not a lot.


Where do I edit bursh settings? Just on the side of the brush menu? I use that all the time.

[VenomX]

Yeah, you want to smudge a copy of the render to make the background, then slightly smudge the edges of the render too.

[Brandon]

Yeah, you want to smudge a copy of the render to make the background, then slightly smudge the edges of the render too.

Do you have an image for an example?

[VenomX]

I'll go get one.  You probably don't wanna use the preset smudges, they're not all that great really .

[Aries]

Don't use renders  Use images! Tis the way forward. Pre-made backgrounds.

They are all good, but I agree with Alex about the slapping a render on, try and work the sig around the render, that helps to keep it all in focus with eachother.

[Brandon]

I've done that with some images.

Like:




I made the background because I thought it looked good with the render.

[Aries]

That background blends 10x better with the render than others. Although maybe add some darker spots to the left hand side of the background, otherwise it can look a bit too plain.

Apart from that though, stick with that kind of method.

[Brandon]

I think stuff that clashes is prettier than stuff that matches =/