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[Thomas45]

New sig!

[LeeumDee]

A little bit blurry maybe. Or that might of been what you wanted
Not bad effort. I attempted to use that render a little time ago, but i felt it was just not detailed enough.

[Thomas45]

A little bit blurry maybe. Or that might of been what you wanted
Not bad effort. I attempted to use that render a little time ago, but i felt it was just not detailed enough.

Yeh, the render itself was blurry, I sharpened slightly but it was still pretty blurred.

[VickVenom]

got a little question

when do you know when your render is in a good place XD im never sure where i need to put the render 

[Blind3001]

Well, you can just place it somewhere and if you don't like it move it around.
And you can also flip the render horizontaly and see if that looks better

[VickVenom]

oke

[LeeumDee]

got a little question
when do you know when your render is in a good place XD im never sure where i need to put the render 

It does need to be within the grid position that i explained in my first tutorial.

If you look around at some amazing pieces of art, they tend to use the grid method. Its used in photography, and in a signature should be no different whatsoever. It's what i was always taught, im not pulling these pieces of advice out of my arse

[StealthEye]

That grid method was not very clear to me, could you for example explain how it applies to your own signature? I don't see how your render is in one of the grid line crossings?

I have too little time to experiment with these things, but I like to read the tutorials and watch the videos and hope I'll remember some of it whenever I'm doing some graphical work again. I really like the effort you put into teaching people this and it seems it's giving quite good results too!

[Thomas45]

I would like to ask how you bring up the grid?

[LeeumDee]

Thanks for the kind words seye :]

Heres an example with my current sig.



As you can see, my render crosses all 4 points of interest (just) However you dont have to cover ALL of the points. The 4 cross points are where the eye looks naturally, so it would only make sense to lay all things that are of interest in these points.

When doing photography, you pick a subject to take a picture of and _most_ cameras have the option to apply a grid over your lcd display to line up your subject in the most eye catching way. When making signatures, or LA's (large art) it applies the same, just imagine you are taking a photo. The light..the position...the subject (render) everything has to be right.

In hindsight, looking at my current spidey sig i would move my render over to the left a bit leaving the face in a point of interest. However, at the time i wanted it over the hands and the mutating *thing* which turns him into black spidey (it has a name, i forget it ;P)

Another quick tip which ive mentioned but i'll explain in more detail, is check the light source, when i started with the render of spider. The light source was originally behind him, with a subject focus light in front (see) I didn't like the light coming from the front, so i used the burn and dodge tools to create the effect that the light is solely above/behind him. And added my own light (white) brush strokes over his shoulder to emphasize this.

hope that covers some gaps Any help needed, just ask questions
And thomas, i made the grid. But it's not perfect, i just use my eye to visualise a grid over the top of my canvas. I just made one to visually show people how it's done, i will however make one now and save as psd and upload shortly

EDIT:
Made one which is perfect, measured out. For a 400x125 canvas, you can resize it for bigger/smaller canvasses. Just press ctrl+t and drag to size making sure to hold shift while doing so to keep aspect ratio. If you would prefer a more accurate one, just say the size of the canvas and i will make one for you and upload.

DL: http://syckaudio.com/files/photoshop/PSDs/perspective_grid_400x125.psd

[VickVenom]

hmmm liam why dont you make this your living haha teaching people how to use photoshop XD lol well anyways thanks

[LeeumDee]

hmmm liam why dont you make this your living haha teaching people how to use photoshop XD lol well anyways thanks

I'm trying to get into sign making and cover art designing. does that count?
I've done some projects for local businesses websites and leaflets too
Like i think ive mentioned though, more of a photographer first. Took me a while to get into photoshop and designing.

[StealthEye]

That indeed made things more clear. Thanks.

[dhdc]

New sig!

i like the blur it makes the sig stand out to me as their is some action going on and thanks liam for grid thingy i heard of it before just never looked into it now i know

[VickVenom]

I'm trying to get into sign making and cover art designing. does that count?
I've done some projects for local businesses websites and leaflets too
Like i think ive mentioned though, more of a photographer first. Took me a while to get into photoshop and designing.

yeah that counts haha look what you have made us :p form little paint users to photoshop sig makers haha XD