Welcome To Mars

MarsMartianMan · Post by **MarsMartianMan** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:48 pm

I needed a signature before I posted anything (Just cause, k), so I made this really quick.

The stars never looked right to me, so thats why you don't see any.
(By the way, could someone PM me about the random white splotches in my avatar? I remember taking them out but they seem to reappear after uploading.)

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:13 pm

Lens flare?

MarsMartianMan · Post by **MarsMartianMan** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:18 pm

Adobe Photoshop CS2 makes good looking lens flares, especially if you are making a space scene with a sun.

maca_§ · Post by **maca_§** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:36 pm

Pretty cool actually.. Nice and simple.

MarsMartianMan · Post by **MarsMartianMan** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:44 pm

It actually took awhile to get it looking like an actual planet rather than a C&P Mars on a black backround.

Btw I trashed the mario avy, it was giving me major prollems.

New one rocks my socks

Senor_Grunt · Post by **Senor_Grunt** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:50 pm

Sig's nice, but too much text. In the avatar, the way the T and I are placed in 'Martian' make them look like a b.

DrXThirst · Post by **DrXThirst** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:08 am

I think the sig has too much text. Maybe take out the copyright at the bottom left and find a way to make a sort of invisible watermark so that you know it's your image.

Also, I'm glad we finally got someone who joined the forums and in one day he can speak English with correct grammar. I'm assuming that you're not <15, though, correct?

SHOUTrvb · Post by **SHOUTrvb** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:31 am

Pretty neat I reckon. Needs a border and less text though.

MarsMartianMan · Post by **MarsMartianMan** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:13 pm

Lost the

SHOUTrvb · Post by **SHOUTrvb** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:59 pm

Border is way too thick, and bigger isn't better for that text. I suggest going back to Arial or Tahoma with some kerning. As for the second, it looks improperly scaled to me. Poorly placed text as well. I recommend fixing up your first sig and using it instead.

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:42 pm

MarsMartianMan wrote:Adobe Photoshop CS2 makes good looking lens flares, especially if you are making a space scene with a sun.

Oh, I have a special thing for lens flares. I wasn't critiquing it.

I like your newest sig quite a bit. Simple and cool. Sigs don't always have to have all the crap in them like most do nowadays to be good. If there was one thing I didn't like it's the rough edge on Mars.

MarsMartianMan · Post by **MarsMartianMan** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:54 pm

I had to remove the smooth edge on Mars because of the 75KB size limit D:

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:20 am

Should be able to get pretty much anything below the 75kb mark if you fiddle with some of the settings while you're saving it. Usually you can downgrade the quality in the settings a bit without actually losing any real quality. If any is lost, well, I can never tell so it doesn't really matter.

JacksonCougAr · Post by **JacksonCougAr** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:26 am

Kirk wrote:Should be able to get pretty much anything below the 75kb mark if you fiddle with some of the settings while you're saving it. Usually you can downgrade the quality in the settings a bit without actually losing any real quality. If any is lost, well, I can never tell so it doesn't really matter.

Probably just the pallete being restricted, loosing some of the colour you might have had.