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First Sigs
Topic Started: May 25 2009, 05:05 PM (229 Views)
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I've gotten my hands on Photoshop CS3 lately and have been testing out some banner making. Of course I'm no TX or SR, but they aren't extremely horrible. So please give your honest opinions on them. That means that all C&C is welcome.


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Edit: Just finished this one a second ago.

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Edited by Chronicler, May 25 2009, 07:27 PM.
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Thanks to TX for the awesome sig and avy!!
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Not bad! You have smooth lines between layers, you have nice color schemes and everything! What are you using for your backgrounds? Searching google, a go-to background resource or does CS3 come with pre-made background layers?
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Thanks!! :D
Basically all the backgrounds there I have made using different gradients/brushes/filters. I started most of the banners with a cloud filter after taking a look at TX's banner making guide. :P

Here's another that I made for a member over at Turquoise just now:

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Edited by Chronicler, May 25 2009, 08:37 PM.
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I really like the first one (sweet evil knight guy.) But the second one I'm kinda 'eh about.
First off, the whispy things on teh left start out with a very vibrant outline, but then it gets muffled, not really a fan of that.

Second, I recommend not burning (it looks like the burn effect to me, anyway) the whole image. It works with the background, but not the knight. His shoulder guards look nice (I like the glint BTW) nut the rest is just /too/ dark. I suggest going over it in smaller sections. You could burn certain parts to around 40-60% and others more, others less. The cape, for example, should be brighter. That may need to be done with something other than a burn tool, though. I just think it's a shame to lose the detail in that image fore the sake of a menacing effect.
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I definitely see what you are saying about the stripes. I tried to make it so that it focused on the ones on the left as they are resembling fresh sword slashes.

And I would not have the patience of the world to burn the whole thing. I simply just lowered the brightness and contrast as an experiment. :P

Anyways, thanks for the comments, it's good to know that I'm getting off to a good start with these. :D

Edit: Just made these for fun. The first one acts as an unfinished banner. :P

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