Mustang

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:22 pm

Got bored.
R&C.

Senor_Grunt · Post by **Senor_Grunt** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:27 pm

A little too much yellow. But other than that, WOO HOO! Its awesome.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:48 pm

Yeah, there was an overkill on the yellow.

Here's a couple new versions.

1

2

V0Lt4Ge · Post by **V0Lt4Ge** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:03 pm

2 is my favorite so far.

Actually... I didn't notice how pixely it was, atleast with that top left stripe thing. hmm.

CabooseJr · Post by **CabooseJr** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:04 pm

To be honest, it looks a bit sharp. But great job none the less

MoDFox · Post by **MoDFox** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:06 pm

Way too sharp but it looks pretty good.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:17 pm

Fixed some rough edges.

RaVNzCRoFT · Post by **RaVNzCRoFT** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:57 pm

It's still WAY too sharp.

Dr.Cox · Post by **Dr.Cox** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:13 pm

I don't like the difference in the yellows.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:18 pm

The images were at really high resolutions so sizing them down created some pretty rough edges. If you see more, point them out.

@Cox, I did that so the car didn't blend in with the C4D. Like in the first one.

Ombre · Post by **Ombre** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:33 pm

First off, I suggest you work on making your C4D's not be just a solid color, giving them some texture and color variation might help. Secondly, C4D's should usually be used to compliment a background; give a focal point, texture, etc. They shouldn't just be pasted onto a black background, with no consideration. When trying to blend images, I find it works best to use the background to do so. In most cases, just feathering the image doesn't work very well. Also, the color's of a signature can make or break it; I suggest you put some more thought and effort into what color(s) will work best.

All in all though, you should probably work on making your C4D's of a higher quality before you try using them in signatures.

RaVNzCRoFT · Post by **RaVNzCRoFT** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:26 pm

In addition, I don't think the radial blur on the wheel works because nothing in the signature is really moving.

Dsoup · Post by **Dsoup** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:27 pm

I'm sorry, but this looks terrible.
The Mustang just looks simply erased, and the C4D's shade of yellow is just a smidge off from the car, making it gross. Oversharpened, Use of complete black is bad, random blurring. I don't like one part.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:41 pm

I'll describe all the steps I took; because I didn't just throw on simple filters and gimmicks. I never do anything simple.

The tires don't have radial blur on them, it's just some of the C4D clashing on it I believe, and some attempts of softening the roughness. The actual car image is 2541x1397. After taking a while to thoroughly cut it out to detail, I put it into my 300x120 sig... Naturally, some roughness will occur. So I blurred some of it out.
I also didn't just use complete black, none of my layers are complete black except for a couple I used for shading on overlay and such, that's just the background I used.. It's the hood of the car which hold 2 black stripes. If you look at the part of the C4D extending outward, you can see a yellow line between the black lines. So I did put the C4D on a background, but some of the blending kind of deteriorated the visibility.

Ombre, I'm working on materials. I just started rendering, but I'm workin on it. Here's the render I made for it.

It actually has a variety of shades and such.

Here's the picture I used.

Dsoup, the blurring is a response to the complaints of over sharpening.

I just don't want anyone to assume I do 5 minute jobs. My work is important to me, and I appreciate criticism.
I know what's wrong with it now. Suggestions are what I need. I'm really committed at graphics. I went through probably 10 C4D's before I got the one I used, and went through 5 different concepts of the sig before I got the actual turnout.
I work on a piece every day trying to build up on skill. I find I normally do better when someone makes suggestions rather than point out what's wrong. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate you doing that, but more often than not that only raises more problems in the signature.

DRL333 · Post by **DRL333** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:07 pm

I agree with almost everyone who commented on it.