Ike Creations

[Kandy-Sugar]

Well done on this.

You've done a great job at blending and getting the lighting well positioned.

The colours are a bit monotone but it still looks great nonetheless.

I like the sharpness on him. It helps him to stand out more.

Good work at blurring the background a bit to help with the focal too.

The only thing I could suggest is to place the text more to the right of him and maybe change the colour to white so that it's more readable. Possibly search for a more simple and professional looking font too.

Other than that great work!

 

[Ewan]

A very nice tag.

Even though it looks monotone, I think the colours work very well. Great use of C4D as well... the key is to make it subtle and I think you pulled it off nicely. Also, the sharpening and blurring adds a good sense of depth to the tag.

A few minor things: Maybe burn the edges of the tag a little bit? It'll draw your eyes to the render a bit more. Also, the text is a little bit difficult to read. Try creating a new layer beneath the text and use a soft black brush a brush in a few dots. Set it to 30%-40%. It creates an optical illusion so the text is more easily readable but you won't (well we won't ) see it.

Good stuff.

 

[KingSean]

Very nice sig.

the render looks awsome and u used some nice brushes on it.

but i would change text i think i dunno but cant really see what it's saying.
maybe pick new place for text or try darker colour fits with his hair.

but really looks awsome 9/10

Good work,

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thinks i say are just things that i see u know im not a pro photoshopper so,
dun take it to seriously, i can be wrong but anyway x].

 

[Big Casino]

I think your another member here whos impriving rapidly in the gfx department, in time i can see your sigs being pretty awesome if im being honest. The progress from page 1 of this thread to now shows huge improvement. I think youv gotten the hang of blending down and your working well with colours right now aswell, both very important things so well done =)
I suggest working more on the text. Both placement and fonts. It is probadly one of the hardest things to do when making a siganature and i know how tempting it can be to just add text then be done with it but if you really take your time with it itl make all the difference. Nice work

 

[King Sean]

Thanks for the very helpful comments, guys I am researching all I can about Text and fonts and experimenting with every chance I get. Here are two Tech signatures and a signature that I made for a reason even unknown to me

I think I got the text adequate in this one. I tried the method of brushing underneath the text to bring it out more

 

[King Sean]

Time to date up this fred. Here are two more pieces. I try to follow the advice I am given on text, but it just doesn't work I tried my best to incorporate what I get from Text Tutorials into my pieces and I am getting there.

 

[Ewan]

Try using different fonts. A lot of your tags use the same font for both lines of text so change the font of one of your lines to mix it up. For example, the text on your latest 2 tags, the 'share the love' tag and the 'Ike' tag look very similar.

Also experiment with styles. It looks like you use italics a lot so maybe set them on normal or bold just to get some variety.

Also think about what the theme of the tag is when you make the text. I see you've payed close attention with the robot tags and used a techno/sci-fi font which was a good choice.


Keep it up. Download lots of new fonts and you'll have a lot more fun with text. I posted lots of nice free ones in the Requiem resources section.

 

[The Illusive Man]

I really like both of these sigs, there very clean and you have the text placement spot on. The imposed close up of clouds face on the cloud sig is an excellent effect.

I also like the choice of colouring for your Tidus sig, the only thing that I'm not so sure on is the splatters as they do seem to be a bit too densely populating and take away from the sig, sometimes less is more!

Excellent work keep it up!

 

[Jasmine You]

This one I like a lot. I don't know what's about it that I like, I can't seem to be able to put it into words but, I like the colors you used and the way they all blend. =)
Anyways...on the second image of Cloud, I do suggest clearing his face. It's never good to have other images come between the viewer and the character's face. In clear words: leave the face clear. That's what I have learned, anyways. The text is a little 'meh' but it's not bad it's soft and it seems to go well. I just feel as if you could have done more with it. As I said many times before: text can be annoying.
Keep practicing. ♥

 

[King Sean]

Two more siggies. And one that I entered into Signature Of The Week

 

[Celica]

Two more siggies. And one that I entered into Signature Of The Week

Awww, I love this one!!! It's very pretty! I love how bright it is and I really like that light texture/C4D you put at the bottom of the sig. What I don't like is the font used for bliss, though. But other than that, I love it! I can't stop looking at it.XD
Awesome job!x3

 

[Kandy-Sugar]

I voted for this one!

I thought it was rather cute. <3

The colours are gorgeous and playful as are the cute little creatures within the signature.

Lovely blending and nice lighting as well.

I think the text needs a bit of work. Maybe a more simple font would look better. =) And the placement should be looked at a bit too.

Other than that lovely work!

 

[The Illusive Man]

This is an excellent piece, very colourful and very clean, I really like your choice of text placement on this one and I like that you have made it bright, all together it's a very brilliant piece of Sig work

 

[Sabriel]

That. Is. TOTALLY. Epic

Really digging the colour scheme there. Font variation

Cut animals back there <333

And lastly, what is the 'AGO' doing there?

TBH, there isn't any fault to the sig. KUI

 

[King Sean]

And lastly, what is the 'AGO' doing there?

I forgot to get rid of it
People were not supposed to see it

Here are three new siggies I kind of fell into a Cloud moment, so bear with me

How did I do with the splatter brush clipping mask? Too much splatter?

 

[Kandy-Sugar]

I really like this one.

Nice work on the blending and the lighting is done nicely too.

Nice clean image and I quite like that glow that seems to be surrounding him on the left too.

Background is appealing and the colour scheme works well. Not often you see a red colour scheme with Cloud.

Not a fan of the text placement. Maybe move it off his body and down a little lower to the left? I think it would look better off the top half of his body though.

Nice font too and the border rounds it off nicely. =)

 

[Ewan]

I don't think there is too much splatter, I think the splatter is too big. I would reduce the brush size but that's me.

The effects do look good though. The smudging and splatter work well together and colour scheme taken from the original stock looks good. I like how you chose not to add text to this one. Not every tag looks good with text.

KIU.

 

[King Sean]

Three more pieces to update the thread Well two, one was just me trying to get in the mood

 

[Kandy-Sugar]

These two stood out to me.

I really like the clean look of them both, and the purple looks really nice in both as well.

You've nailed the focals and you've done well with blending.

The lighting is also very good. You've directed it across the signature nicely.

The only thing I would look at is the text. The positioning is good, but the fonts are a bit off. I would suggest something more simple and professional looking.

Other than that, great work!

 

[King Sean]

Two more siggies that I made Is the text getting better? Don't be afraid to comment on anything else, either