I thought since this is Halo related i might go ahead and show it with the community.

Heres a nice signiture i made without tutorials


Edited by Etrusion on Jul 13, 2010 at 04:14 PM

all I see in that is abstract with a couple squiggles and and some text.

So you made a sig for a Modacity forum or something?

There's actually a Spartan in there if you look closely :o
But it was a bit overwhelming at first, it took me a while to make sense of what was actually going on in the picture for some reason.

Image signatures are not allowed in this forum and there is already a Reach discussion thread.

looks pretty cool

Thanks, and sorry Dennis, i was just showing off and seeing if it needed improvement or anything. I won't do it again :]
Edited by Etrusion on Jul 13, 2010 at 06:16 PM

why not??

Are you being Serious... "Why Not" ask your self this Why do you think were not allowed to have signatures on this forum, like Rule number 1 is no Profanity. Do you realize how easily it would be for some one to load up some adult images as there signature? to easy. and that would just be to much work on Dennis, and also they take up a lot of useless space.

I have a very terrible time creating such sigs.

thats true... lol if we did that watch gaigher sign up and all of the sudden well hello O_O

It would be just as easy to delete the profile :/
I could upload "adult images" in the topics as well.

i see overdone gaussan blur text and something that looks like a render of a face.i love the color scheme tho.

The render i used is this picture here

So you can see it a little better

No, offense... Its not that great. Alot of this is just brushes coupled with image filters to blend and some (not much) masking. The text is too blurry, the wisps around his right arm (in from viewing perspective, left side) stand out and dont blend in. The render (also the majority of the image) seems to be over-sharpened. The focus of the sig (from what's obvious) is the spartan, The sig has evidence of vectoring which is badly used. The wisp doesnt blend in, why? Because you have the majority of the image with sharp edges whilst the wisps dont, same with the text. They dont match the rest of the image. You attempt to blend everything in but with one outstanding error. The render, if you blend the image alot, It would be wise to blend the render aswell. The render doesnt blend in and stands out, also the color blending you have done doesnt help either, it only makes the spartan harder to spot. No Offense, it would've been better if you had followed some tutorials but add your own modifications to them. This is critism, even though i am only pointing out the bad things. I am only showing what needs to be improved next time. Good work though, If you are inexperienced at sig creation, Good work but needs improvement, If you are experienced... Unimpressive.

Some of you (im guesssing) will think who am I to criticize this work, In fact I am Thoroughly experienced with sig creation in Photoshop and GIMP, over 3 years experience. But, take these words into consideration and make sure you can try to cover up as much of those flaws next time.

the letters are to blurry but i can read um it says jake - 474

It Does also, i made this just then, it took me about probably 5-8mins No tutorials, just hot right off the pan.


This sig is simple but effective. It Blends and it isnt cluttered and has vectors that draw you to the well Blended yet easy to see spartan. The text is easy to see and matches the sig and compliments it. The smudges at the bottom give a stronger effect that of when the spartan has his fist in the ground. The Visor is a different color so that the image isnt bland in color and has atleast some color variation. Try and evaluate this and use this information to your advantage.

EDIT: the spartan visor is custom made. lol, thats why it looks different from the stock image/Render
Edited by Shade117 pro on Jul 14, 2010 at 06:34 AM

Most the stuff i did in the signature was just brushes, the render, and some editing of brightness and contrast, i didn't sharpen anything. And the reason it has a lot is because i like having a lot of stuff to look at in my signatures, i mean the text is blurry understandable, but i did that because it looked better than the other tries i had for text. So yeah, that's for the notes above, they will be helpful and some point, when i actually use most the stuff you listed above haha

I am not disallowing the topic as long as it stays Halo related and is not abused. I was just stating that you can't use image signatures in this forum and there can't be more than 3 Reach (halo 2 or 3) discussions on the home page.

well, if then, be careful of what brushes you use and contrasting can cause some objects to get sharper. But yeah, its alright anyways... Your style is alot more different from the types of styles i do (trust me, i do alot) thats why i see alot of flaws in my perspective, If its good inn your eyes, and think the community (majority) would like it, then go ahead, It oughta be great.