Testofskill's Signature Gallery

xXxCocoFangxXx · Post by **xXxCocoFangxXx** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 4:02 pm

Your avatar does not show up TestOfSkill. You might want to fix that also.

testofskill · Post by **testofskill** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 7:39 pm

LOL thats because i dont have an avatar

N E wayz heres one more

xXxCocoFangxXx · Post by **xXxCocoFangxXx** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:05 pm

All your sigs kinda look the same. Try using some more variety! They still look good though.

testofskill · Post by **testofskill** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:08 pm

thanks, im trying to find some good tuts, but i cant.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:10 pm

Well, try the two sites I got them from. Chaos GFX has a TON of tutorials. So you cannot tell me that you can't find a tutorial when I gave you a link to ChaosGFX

testofskill · Post by **testofskill** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:33 pm

ok ill try, oh by the way heres one more

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 9:51 pm

Ok, so I see that you got the Chaos gfx tutorial down. Now try to combine the elements from one tutorial to another.

testofskill · Post by **testofskill** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 10:14 pm

ok

well i tried to combine the two tutorials you gave me and got this

Edit: Heres one more

RaVNzCRoFT · Post by **RaVNzCRoFT** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:01 am

1. Don't use renders like that.

2. The pixel stretch transition is too harsh.

testofskill · Post by **testofskill** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 3:07 pm

ok two more

EDIT: ANOTHER ONE

Dr.Cox · Post by **Dr.Cox** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 5:40 pm

I am sorry, But please stop.

These sigs arnt getting any better. i mean there ok but since you pretty much copied them off of a tut.

try doing your own or adding your own elements to the sigs

Renders- Planetrenders.net/Gamerenders.com
Brushes- Deviantart.com
Tuts- Pixel2life.com/Chaosgfx.com

testofskill · Post by **testofskill** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 5:52 pm

ok but im not using tuts any more

TWO MORE

Dr.Cox · Post by **Dr.Cox** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 5:57 pm

the 2nd one is ok cept for the text, and the render is of bad quality.

blending could be better.

testofskill · Post by **testofskill** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:35 pm

ya your right about the text

Dr.Cox · Post by **Dr.Cox** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:36 pm

heres some advice

STOP MAKEING NEW ONES AND IMPROVE THE ONES YOU HAVE ALREADY SHOWN!!!!

testofskill · Post by **testofskill** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:39 pm

i cant, cuz i keep forgetting tosave them as PSD

xXxCocoFangxXx · Post by **xXxCocoFangxXx** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:39 pm

I like your sigs for the most part. You must have a lot of time on your hands to be making all of these.

Dr.Cox · Post by **Dr.Cox** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:42 pm

xXxCocoFangxXx wrote:I like your sigs for the most part. You must have a lot of time on your hands to be making all of these.

prolly 5-10 mins for each

testofskill wrote:i cant, cuz i keep forgetting tosave them as PSD

Yah i would save them as psd too.

and also try and spend more time on one. Just dont pump them out!

i have learned... trust me Quality over Quanity.

RaVNzCRoFT · Post by **RaVNzCRoFT** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:47 pm

No offense entended to you, but you seem to be pumping these signatures out rather quickly. And I'm not saying you're not giving any effort, but try taking a long time to make each one. It really improves the quality of a signature when you take a longer time to make it. And believe it or not, your skill grows faster when you're making one or two a day, rather than when you're making five or six a day. When you don't make as many, you see them as original and unique. When you make half-a-dozen a day, each one is "just another," if you see what I'm saying. It's quite difficult to explain.

I have made many signatures that seem as though they would take 10 minutes to make. And many of them could be recreated in 10 minutes. Take my current signature, for example. It seems very simple. A render, some duplications, some blurs, some soft lights, some text; what more could it be? Nothing really, except time. I'll have you know that from start to finish, that signature took me almost and hour and a half to make. After now knowing exactly how I made it, I could probably do it again in a quarter of an hour. But I was not actually contributing to the signature the entire time. I was exploring new effects, new styles, new filters, etc. Sometimes, not even in the same canvas that my signature was in. I'd randomly get an idea, open up a new canvas, and see how the style looked. Over time, with brainstorming and planning, I completed the signature with everything exactly how I wanted it. It's the extra time that really perfects a signature. Next time you make a signature, get to the point where you think it's finished. Then go back and check every slightest detail, stopping yourself along the way and asking yourself, "How can I make this part better?" Then experiment around, looking for ways to create trippy effects and amazing results. Please take my advice. You will really see a dramatic change in your work after five to ten signatures; a matter of a week or two. It will not be long before you are creating eye-candy that nobody can criticize. Good luck, happy designing.

testofskill · Post by **testofskill** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:50 pm

damn my eyes hurt from reading

ya your right, its just that it is so hard to find good sites with good tuts and ideas to put on my signatures.