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Metallica-Hetfield:

Metallica-Hammet:

Megadeth-Mustaine:

Slash:

Half-Life 2-Gordon Freeman:

Dethklok:


Comments and criticism welcome.

I like the Dethklok and Half-Life sigs. Are you taking requests?

I wouldn't mind requesting, so I'm asking the same question as Laurie.
I like both the Metalica ones.

Are the backgrounds for all of the images just heavily tweaked versions of the in-focus stocks, or something different? Quite a cool technique, the only problem is they all look a bit too samey for me.

You need to blend the focus with the background. That's what adds depth. You just stuck on the render and that doesn't cut it.

Techno wrote:You need to blend the focus with the background. That's what adds depth. You just stuck on the render and that doesn't cut it.

Please elaborate, btw, i use GIMP, so...


Also, I guess I will do requests...

Lachesis wrote:

Techno wrote:You need to blend the focus with the background. That's what adds depth. You just stuck on the render and that doesn't cut it.

Please elaborate, btw, i use GIMP, so...


Also, I guess I will do requests...

He's saying that you took copy/pasted the render on the background, fucked with it and then put a smaller version of the render over that, along with some mediocre text. You need to make it seem like the background isn't just the render. These are very amateur, and I'm sorry if that makes you feel bad about your imaging skills, but don't take it like I want you to stop, because I don't.

You need to make the background seem like less of the render and more of a fancy background. Take this for example:

The background, with all those fancy bright colors, is just that render of the anime chick copy/pasted over it a bunch of times and messed with until it went well with the original render. You can't tell that it's the anime chick because I played with the levels and the contrast and the color saturation and the blurring and the everything until it looked like an abstract background. Then I put the render on and matched the contrast of the render to make it stand out from the background but also make it blend in well by keeping the brightness at a higher level than normal. You can't tell the render was used for the background.
Same thing here:


Spend more time practicing with your image program and experiment with it to its full extent. GIMP is a great tool and can do most everything you want it to.

HINT:
If you can find a Liquify tool, or something similar (a person more knowledgeable in GIMP might be able to help you find it) that works wonders for sigs like the ones you've posted.

Wonder where you got your username from? :P

Still, nice sigs.

If you are taking requests, then I request a Slumdog Millionaire signature, with all ages of Jamal and Latika, please.

I'd like a 300*100 sig on Syobon Action please.