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[TRF]

@TRF: I like the gritty effects on the character, which mimics the dark mood of the colors, his expression, and his armor. Everything about the visual flows well. The light brings a nice focal point, too. Aside from the font choice, there is no sign of an attempt at typography, though, and it brings down the strength of the overall piece a few notches (it makes the sig appear more suited to be an ad than it does a sig). Overall, it came out nice, but I'd like to see you do more with the text when you decide to use it.

I'll work on the typography. Thanks for the feedback!

[TRF]

I did this as a simple sig for a contest. Normally I'd do more, but my competition isn't very good, so yeah.

[Wiggy_]

Looks cool, Gives a bit of a 3D Effect

[TRF]

Thanks. Hopefully I win.

[TRF]

Yeah, so here's the thing. I'm losing the competition . . . badly.

Personally I think mine looks the best since the second just sucks and the third is just a cropped picture with some lousy, jagged text over it.

[the_jim]

MATRIX APU 6a with lighting adj v low res.jpg
I Still want to do some further tweaks, but what do you guys think?

EDIT: Why is it so small?

[Bio]

@the_jim: Looks like a great scene. So good that I can't tell what you did, though. Haha. Anyway, very dramatic and has a nice mood to it.

The image is small because you made it an attachment instead of linking it in [img] tags. We can see the full size when we click it, though. At any rate, you should do [img] tags instead.

Yeah, so here's the thing. I'm losing the competition . . . badly.

Personally I think mine looks the best since the second just sucks and the third is just a cropped picture with some lousy, jagged text over it.

We can't see the competition without being a member there.

[TRF]

Those are the entries, Bio.

[Wiggy_]

Sig I made for sprites SOTW But didnt want to enter this one..

[TRF]

Sig I made for sprites SOTW But didnt want to enter this one..

Why not enter it? It's great!

[C-Carcharias]

Sig I made for sprites SOTW But didnt want to enter this one..

I honestly think it looks better than the one you submitted.

[Bio]

@Wiggy: Looks interesting. I love the effects. I think Vegeta and the text are oddly placed, though. Everything else about, however, is well done.

Those are the entries, Bio.

I like yours the best easily...so it's a tough call to say why you're being outdone. However, I'm willing to bet you're losing because you lost touch with the taste of your audience. Both of your competing sigs are generic. Yours is creative. If the creativity is not derived at some degree from elements that interest your audience, they will not embrace the creative work over the generic one.

In this case, your sig elements are modern, minimalist, and futuristic. The other works are dramatic and have a masculine feel to them. I think if you incorporated generic themes like these to some degree in your composition, you would have won over more voters. Not that there's anything wrong with how it is. Your audience just didn't seem to connect to it.

[spyrde]

Trying to break out of my boring shell and trying some newer stuff. Still looks a lil generic :/ Tried smudging, have always sucked at it.

[Kint]

Just finish This

[Wiggy_]

Why not enter it? It's great!

I dont another and it looked better to me at the time, But I see this one is better now lol.

I honestly think it looks better than the one you submitted.

I do too tbh. . Should have entered this instead..

@Wiggy: Looks interesting. I love the effects. I think Vegeta and the text are oddly placed, though. Everything else about, however, is well done.



I like yours the best easily...so it's a tough call to say why you're being outdone. However, I'm willing to bet you're losing because you lost touch with the taste of your audience. Both of your competing sigs are generic. Yours is creative. If the creativity is not derived at some degree from elements that interest your audience, they will not embrace the creative work over the generic one.

In this case, your sig elements are modern, minimalist, and futuristic. The other works are dramatic and have a masculine feel to them. I think if you incorporated generic themes like these to some degree in your composition, you would have won over more voters. Not that there's anything wrong with how it is. Your audience just didn't seem to connect to it.

Yeah I was in 2 mind where to put the text, I shouldnt have put any in really but never mind lol.

[Bio]

@spryde: I have no idea what I'm looking at, but it's like an amazingly cool abstract design. I'm seeing some abruptness in where you started the blurriness along the bottom, right, and left contours of the frame, though, which seems to be working against you a little (the abruptness, that is). The strength of everything else makes this easy to ignore, however. Very well done, sir.

@Kint: Looks nice. Interesting color choices and I love the splatter arrangement. I think the duplicated shapes in your splatter effects are bringing down the overall design a bit, though (notably in the region above the text). It's effective to duplicate certain elements to fill the canvas, but not to the point where it's obvious once the work is finished. On the whole, I really dig those colors and arrangements. Good stuff. :]

[Kint]

@spryde: I have no idea what I'm looking at, but it's like an amazingly cool abstract design. I'm seeing some abruptness in where you started the blurriness along the bottom, right, and left contours of the frame, though, which seems to be working against you a little (the abruptness, that is). The strength of everything else makes this easy to ignore, however. Very well done, sir.

@Kint: Looks nice. Interesting color choices and I love the splatter arrangement. I think the duplicated shapes in your splatter effects are bringing down the overall design a bit, though (notably in the region above the text). It's effective to duplicate certain elements to fill the canvas, but not to the point where it's obvious once the work is finished. On the whole, I really dig those colors and arrangements. Good stuff. :]

Thanks for you Comment, I did not duplicate it, I used splatter brush to smudge to get that effect.
I Love you drawing when are you going to draw something new?

[Bio]

Yeah, when you drag the brush, it just duplicates the given shape.

Thanks for the compliment. :] At any rate, it will be awhile before I'm able to finish any drawings. I've been far too busy lately.

[Wiggy_]

Two smudge sigs I done few days back..





I dunno if I like them really.. CnC?

[C-Carcharias]

Two smudge sigs I done few days back..

I dunno if I like them really.. CnC?

Sig 1: The focal and surrounding effects look a bit too over-sharpened/contrasted (if you look closely you can see that its quite heavily pixelated). If you tone it down a bit it will be a great sig.

Sig 2: Same problem as the first one, just not as much. Biggest issue is that the focal is sorta lost in the effects. At first glance it was hard to make out what it was.

Overall, the effects and colours are great. Try blurring from time to time to create some depth (as well as make your focal a bit clearer). Just be careful not to over-sharpen the sig.

[Vengeful_Blur]

Sig 1: The focal and surrounding effects look a bit too over-sharpened/contrasted (if you look closely you can see that its quite heavily pixelated). If you tone it down a bit it will be a great sig.

Sig 2: Same problem as the first one, just not as much. Biggest issue is that the focal is sorta lost in the effects. At first glance it was hard to make out what it was.

Overall, the effects and colours are great. Try blurring from time to time to create some depth (as well as make your focal a bit clearer). Just be careful not to over-sharpen the sig.

Ditto. Keep up the good work, wiggy.

Most of these are pretty old.

and I had more but I deleted them. Thanks for checking out my stuff.

[spyrde]

Real lovely, you have the most original and interesting sigs here without a doubt! My personal favorites are Chun-Li and Hayley Williams.

I think you could make an own thread for all your sigs, I guess I could make one too, been designing for over a year now. Though, most of my stuff is gone.... :/

[Jaeger]

Dayum, Blur, your work is really impressive.

Oh, and spydre - hands off, Miss Williams is all mine.

[Vengeful_Blur]

Thanks, guys. =)

[Wiggy_]

Trying new stuff in PS, Come up with this. Dont know what to think of it really, I like it tbh but I dont know if it looks that good?



Appreciate any CnC?

EDIT: I changed my photobucket a bit os I think the link broke, Here it is again if so..