SOTW# 197 Theme & Entry!

[DeviousOne]

Shiggity that's badass bro good shit seems like you got it down!

[Kuro]

Damn this weeks looking great so far I really liked all of them so far.

[Cybertox]

was thinking of doing another one but computer crashed.

Man this signature is classy however the black borders on the sides dont make it better but the other way around.

[MentallyCritical]

Love that beastly sig. Mind if I have the source image?

http://chasingartwork.deviantart.com...Kiss-325414831

[-Kwesnoth-]

http://chasingartwork.deviantart.com...Kiss-325414831

Wow, makes your sig look even better.

[spyrde]

[Kuro]

Lol..nice one spydre

[DeviousOne]

Excellent as usual spy! Lol

[-Kwesnoth-]

I think I might do a more serious entry, I like my current, but I don't know if it has what it takes to win.

[DeviousOne]

Started working on mine not really feeling it but I was able to learn some new effects now I'm kinda rethinking what I want to do with it...

[-Kwesnoth-]

PM it to me, maybe I can help.

[DeviousOne]

When I get home I will I think its just a concept mental block I'm having just not able to do much more to the image because of the primary layer. Ill show you guys later on today

[The Black Wolf]

Hey,

can the next SOTW be about historical figures?

[-Kwesnoth-]

We did a historical figures one not too long ago. Attendance was pretty low. :/

[MentallyCritical]

lets have a set render one.

[spyrde]

lets have a set render one.

Could be interesting.

[DeviousOne]

That would be cool ill be down!

[MentallyCritical]

Could be interesting.

lets go for a set stock rather i don't think we've done stocks.

[The Black Wolf]

Here's my entry:



I know this time I did a better job on the render.

How's the sig? Is it crap? See ANY improvement?

I know the text isn't that good, but I just haven't took the time to download more text fonts.

[DeviousOne]

The background looks awesome def an improvement!!! Good job!

[Cyklops]

Here's my entry:



I know this time I did a better job on the render.

How's the sig? Is it crap? See ANY improvement?

I know the text isn't that good, but I just haven't took the time to download more text fonts.

Hmm, I would honestly rate it 3-4/10. The font is really bad and illegible, while the render and background are literally the same colour. That makes it very difficult to isolate the two elements of the signature, while also producing zero depth.

These are my two cents at least. Didn't mean to offend you, or anything.

[Blacksite]

Here's my entry:



I know this time I did a better job on the render.

How's the sig? Is it crap? See ANY improvement?

I know the text isn't that good, but I just haven't took the time to download more text fonts.

It's too dark. I can't read the text layer.

[-Kwesnoth-]

lets go for a set stock rather i don't think we've done stocks.

Hell yeah, its always cool seeing peoples different designs of the same thing.

Here's my entry:



I know this time I did a better job on the render.

How's the sig? Is it crap? See ANY improvement?

I know the text isn't that good, but I just haven't took the time to download more text fonts.

Try using a different colored text, and again, I can't stress the importance of getting the render too look like it part of the sig. And maybe a more direct light source added that focuses on the focal point, which would be the render.

Its also a good idea to put the text closer to the focal of the sig.

Take this for example.


This, looks like shit. Not good lighting, and the render is slapped on. Then it becomes this.



While it still looks like shit, the lighting is focused, the render is blended better by some simple round brushes. But its that minimal stuff that will make the sig look better.

[Kuro]

I thought we were doing Retro Gaming what happened to that? Lol

[-Kwesnoth-]

Retro gaming would undoubtedly not have too many entries..mine not included.