First attempt on signature. [FAIL]?

[speedsage]

Just got cs5 photoshop; mucking around here and here and did so shit. anyways can i have some advice on how i can improve , tutorials that WILL be HELPFUL to BEGINNERS. Thanks. RATE/HATE HATE HATE/RAGE.



kinda took me a while to figure out abit.

 

[Spraynwipe]

I like the blue streaks, they seem to flow really well with the focal. The green ones kinda ruin it for me. Background seems too empty/plain. Text is eh and the bevel around the image is eh. Just keep working at it, experimenting or looking at psds (try planetrenders) is a good way to get started.

 

[speedsage]

I like the blue streaks, they seem to flow really well with the focal. The green ones kinda ruin it for me. Background seems too empty/plain. Text is eh and the bevel around the image is eh. Just keep working at it, experimenting or looking at psds (try planetrenders) is a good way to get started.

yeah. Thats what i thought , didn't know whether too use green or not also text is just proving its me but there's no need since its so shit no one would show it lol.
And yeah i did planetrender. I'm not sure about the background can you explain to a noob like me?

 

[krophator]

i recommend looking at other peoples GFX to get a better idea on how you should be making your sigs look. (the brush on plain BG isnt a good look)
also search sigtutorials for some beginner stuff =p

 

[flickflackflick]

really like it, although the background is a bit too bright

 

[white_razor0]

The avatar is good, also the blue lines are also good, the green and the background + the text are badly done, perhaps a gradient background without the green stripe and a well designed font would go well.

 

[Gimme a Sec]

ok go to
Make and account
Look at the guides on that for beginners... Thats how i started off and in each one you make you will pick up new techniques
http://www.sigtutorials.com/

 

[w000t]

The avatar is good, also the blue lines are also good, the green and the background + the text are badly done, perhaps a gradient background without the green stripe and a well designed font would go well.

he doesnt have an avatar?? lol

Nicee for a first. but its lacking effects.

 

[Example Of Death]

The overall flow of the signature goes very well together.

Keep messing around with blending and mess around with some more good renders.

You're doing fairly well.

 

[Inspectah]

This is better than my first, although you should rarely center your focal, it doesn't blend very well either. Work on your smudging, not bad for a first!

 

[So Industrial]

nice first attempt