Posted August 22, 201015 yr I've been trying to get better at using Gimp to make sigs, so I thought I'd make a thread about my progress. If you guys have any constructive criticism, advice, or opinions, that'd be really helpful (so that way I can improve)! Sigs are from oldest to newest:
August 22, 201015 yr 1- Spoilers mate -.-' 2- You are even more epic than I am at Gimp, no criticism for you (http://sorage55.deviantart.com/)
August 22, 201015 yr dang it mate your better than me at it keep up the good work.......yes one of my work's is my own sig
August 22, 201015 yr 1. Good: The grey and red definitely capture the mood of Elfen Lied. Bad: The white in the background stands out too much. 2. Good: I like the younger Sora picture. owo Bad: Text is kind of hard to read. 3. Good: The background's nice. Bad: The text and the difference between Riku's and Aqua's sizes. Probably my least favorite. 4. Good: I really like all the different things you put in it. Bad: The difference in text and the rose are distracting. 5. Good: REALLY like the the way the text and background go together. Bad: Ventus sticks out a little too much imo. Still really like this one. 6. Good: Everything < 3 My favorite one. Bad: I honestly don't have anything bad to say about it. owo Sorry.
August 22, 201015 yr Author 1. Good: The grey and red definitely capture the mood of Elfen Lied. Bad: The white in the background stands out too much. 2. Good: I like the younger Sora picture. owo Bad: Text is kind of hard to read. 3. Good: The background's nice. Bad: The text and the difference between Riku's and Aqua's sizes. Probably my least favorite. 4. Good: I really like all the different things you put in it. Bad: The difference in text and the rose are distracting. 5. Good: REALLY like the the way the text and background go together. Bad: Ventus sticks out a little too much imo. Still really like this one. 6. Good: Everything < 3 My favorite one. Bad: I honestly don't have anything bad to say about it. owo Sorry. 1: When I was making the background, I forgot any transparent areas would be white when I made it o.02: I remember you telling me this, that's why on the other sigs I was so worried about the text color (especially on 5). 3: I had a hard time finding good Riku and Aqua renders, so that's why there different sizes. Plus I was goofing around with random texts. I'll stick to just one font next time! 4: Again, goofing around with texts. Plus I wasn't sure on the rose size so I just made it big for.. some reason I forgot <_<. 5: I actually followed a tutorial on this one. I tried to make Ven a lil' blurry kind of like wind? I dunno. 6: Thank you! I actually followed a tutorial on this one too, and I was completely lost throughout it. I was satisfied when the background turned out like the sun (That was not intentional, more like a fortunate mistake o-o;; ). Thank you for critiquing, Coded~ <3 I wanna steal the last one owo. Please don't. Ask first if you want to use it o.0
August 22, 201015 yr 1. It's actually alright, but it could have been a bit darker.The focal actually is not bad but some of the brushing or effects covering the stock was a bit overwhelming and swallowing the stock. The font was nice, but a more eerie one could have been used and good idea on repeating the text to make it stand out and seem like a chaotic and lonely scene. I'm not crazy on the white lighting near the edges of the signature, but I understand that was one of your first works. Pretty good for a first. 2. Not really liking it all so much. It seems a little cramped and the color of the bg doesn't go well with the rest of the flow of the signature. The two different images of Sora are distracting and conflicting with which is the focal point. The fan art of Sora to the right is a bit too sharp and jagged at the edges, it disturbs the gentleness of the signature, but I do like the effect in his hand. On the original artwork of Sora, I love how you made the effect swirl around him as if he is being swept away, nice touch; however, the font was a bad choice and hard to see. The position of the font is not a bad try but I believe it could have been placed or angled elsewhere? I think it should have been a different color too beside dark purple. 3. Pretty nice with the blue bg, since Aqua and Riku both fit blue nicely. The 2 things that bother me about this one is the font choice and effects. The effects are a bit overused on Aqua and Riku, I just feel like there are too many swirls. I love how it looks like Riku is being taken by the darkness though. *-* The text could have been a bit more elegant and you could have found font that all looked a bit similar but idk font is so hard to critique, but www.dafont.com has awesome font to choose from. 4. 10/10 I love unmasked Vanitas. *-* -drools- but nah really, the stock is not cropped well I can still see the white line where it looked like it was cut out. I love the effects in this one and the rose, I don't really have a bad say about it and the positioning is well. <3 5. Sorry, I don't like this one at all. I like how you tried something new and I wonder if that is a c4d in the background you used or a brush? If it is a c4d then I am impressed you tried to use one. The Ventus render is poorly cut out and the dark color green is too intense. The font was not a good choice and nor was the 3-D effect for it. 6. MY FAVORITE!!! You have really improved!! The focal is awesome and the colors are amazing, I love the positioning and lighting of the whole signature. <3 The only problem is the text again but good effort on trying to make it look all character-ish for like kanji or whatever lol. The other thing I noticed was the Sun looked a little squashed in the bg but other than that awesome signature. You're pretty awesome. <3
August 24, 201015 yr Ooh, I like all of them! They're all really good! I like the spoiler one the best.
October 28, 201015 yr Author I've wanted some constructive criticism on some new sigs I've made over the past few months. I've stopped using tutorials on youtube, so I can find my own style and whatnot. So, here they are from oldest to newest:
October 28, 201015 yr The first one is sexy because I'm in it/shot The Rainbow sig is nice, and the text blends nicely with the overall sig 8D The third one is a little messy and chaotic, and the right and left side don't really balance out but I love the text and the image <3 OMG JOHAN. MONSTER. JIZZ. The manga scans are love<3 Only thing is that I think the text that says "Johan Liebert" should have been on the left. The fifth one is purty <3 Last one is really awesome.I love the image and the colors and the background <3 I'm not good at crit, stfu D:
October 29, 201015 yr Author The first one is sexy because I'm in it/shot The Rainbow sig is nice, and the text blends nicely with the overall sig 8D The third one is a little messy and chaotic, and the right and left side don't really balance out but I love the text and the image <3 OMG JOHAN. MONSTER. JIZZ. The manga scansare love<3 Only thing is that I think the text that says "Johan Liebert" should have been on the left. The fifth one is purty <3 Last one is really awesome.I love the image and the colors and the background <3 I'm not good at crit, stfu D: The third sig.. yeah it's a bit splotchy, I guess I was trying a bit too hard for the whole "I'm a lunatic" look. I'll try not to go overboard if I try that approach next time owo. On the Johan sig, I couldn't really put the text "Johan Leibert" anywhere else, since I couldn't fit the text "Don't become a monster" anywhere else. Hmm.. maybe now that I look at it again, I could've put "Johan Leibert" vertically on the left side. Koko is good at crit, because she actually gives me crit 8D
I've been trying to get better at using Gimp to make sigs, so I thought I'd make a thread about my progress. If you guys have any constructive criticism, advice, or opinions, that'd be really helpful (so that way I can improve)!
Sigs are from oldest to newest: