My First Signature :P.

Scrab · 06-7-2009, 10:00 AM

I made this in gimp using a tutorial I found, this was the first time I've used GIMP other than to shrink a .GIF.

So, what do you guys think? Personally, I think the colours are too bright and they should be dimmed a little or darkened, the yellow stands out a bit. I'm not sure.

Feel free to give constructive criticism..

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Quigly · 06-7-2009, 10:04 AM

For some reason I don't think the text is the greatest choice but that just might be my personal preference. Other than that, for your first time, it looks great.

Keep experimenting with different techniques (I wouldn't know any specifics, I don't use Gimp.) and post some more stuff that you come up with.

Scrab · 06-7-2009, 10:13 AM

Definitely, this took suprisingly quicker than you might think, the Brush Set I used is spectacular, I'll definitely be messing around with it quite a bit.

Also, yeah I can't really find good fonts for some reason, any ideas of where I can find some?

**makdaddy** · 06-7-2009, 10:42 AM

http://1001freefonts.com/

Scrab · 06-7-2009, 10:44 AM

Ah thanks. I knew there were good font sites but I wasn't sure from a graphical designers' point of view which was actually good, if you know what I mean.

I've seen your work makdaddy, I like it

chidori! · 06-7-2009, 11:29 AM

its awesome for your 1st but for the future use .png format

Scrab · 06-7-2009, 11:50 AM

Ah, I will.

I haven't been sitting idle from the time I've made this thread btw, I'm in the middle of making another signature, the only thing left is the text.

But it looks horrid if I put it on, it's still something I'm learning.

Here's the current Sig without the text, I wanted to put "scrab" on

And I'm also concerned about Link, I want to put a gaussian blur on him or smoothen out his edges but I don't know how

Spenner · 06-7-2009, 12:35 PM

I wouldn't blur him- get a selection around him and feather the edges (to about 4ish pixels).

Scrab · 06-7-2009, 12:51 PM

Done, this is the result -

Spenner · 06-7-2009, 01:43 PM

much better.

Syhto · 06-7-2009, 01:48 PM

dafont.com

Scrab · 06-7-2009, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Syhto

dafont.com

Oooh, has a much nicer layout than 1001 fonts.

I urge anyone who can't afford Photoshop or who think it's too hard to download GIMP. It's free, it's simple, it's awesome. If you can't learn it, you're doing something wrong.

Of course, you can't just expect to open it and make a masterpiece, you have to download Brushes, like the sig I just made, the background of that was made with a brush pattern and the Tech effects, like the lines and stuff were from a different brush. There are THOUSANDS of brushes, perhaps 100,000's.

:]

**richyrich55** · 06-7-2009, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by makdaddy

http://1001freefonts.com/

Also, www.dafont.com

who_cares973 · 06-7-2009, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Syhto

dafont.com

Quote:

Originally Posted by richyrich55

Also, www.dafont.com

i got the dafont torrent 8)

**mnnicol** · 06-7-2009, 02:36 PM

Yeah, dafont is a great website. Lots of good looking fonts can be found there.

Also, great job for your first sig. I'm really liking the colours. As you progress, you'll learn all about blending, lighting, depth, etc. Have fun

Scrab · 06-7-2009, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mnnicol

Also, great job for your first sig. I'm really liking the colours. As you progress, you'll learn all about blending, lighting, depth, etc. Have fun

Thanks, yeah this is the first time I've ever shown any enthusiasm for Graphical Design before and usually I just feel like doing something and say I'm going to commit to something but I never do

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Originally Posted by who_cares973

i got the dafont torrent 8)

I'll check it out now.

P.S. : Did you know that having mass amounts of fonts is one of the top causes of Windows Slowdowns?

I've got enough ram to handle it though.

**dean_machine** · 06-7-2009, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Scrab

P.S. : Did you know that having mass amounts of fonts is one of the top causes of Windows Slowdowns?

I've got enough ram to handle it though.

Is that for programs that loads fonts or just everything in windows in general?

Scrab · 06-7-2009, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by dean_machine

Is that for programs that loads fonts or just everything in windows in general?

I'm not sure, I read it somewhere but it didn't say anything about programs, just slowdowns.

I think it meant slowdowns in loading, since it has to load loads of fonts.

**richyrich55** · 06-7-2009, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by who_cares973

i got the dafont torrent 8)

Sh*t I didn't even see syhto...

At least I made my link clickable :P

**-KIDTHONG-** · 06-7-2009, 10:57 PM

Nevermind.

06-7-2009, 10:04 AM	#2
Quigly nah Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: nah Age: 30 Posts: 3,506	Re: My First Signature :P. For some reason I don't think the text is the greatest choice but that just might be my personal preference. Other than that, for your first time, it looks great. Keep experimenting with different techniques (I wouldn't know any specifics, I don't use Gimp.) and post some more stuff that you come up with. __________________ nah

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makdaddy FFR Veteran Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Raleigh NC Age: 32 Posts: 1,688	Re: My First Signature :P. http://1001freefonts.com/

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Spenner Forum User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Age: 31 Posts: 2,396	Re: My First Signature :P. much better. __________________

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mnnicol U mirin'? Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fitness Thread Age: 35 Posts: 4,262	Re: My First Signature :P. Yeah, dafont is a great website. Lots of good looking fonts can be found there. Also, great job for your first sig. I'm really liking the colours. As you progress, you'll learn all about blending, lighting, depth, etc. Have fun __________________ - Retired Stepman - I lift things up and put them down

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