Baron Samedi Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Hey all. I am really happy with how this piece turned out. Just one little note though- the yellow part came from a pink image of the American Flag being pounded by missiles. In case you were wondering ~_^ I thought the banner turned out quite good. I have another banner with smaller text, which I will attatch later. So... how do you all feel about my new set? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinetic Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 [size=1]It's definately unique :p The colors are good, but to me, the white seems a little off. A little orange thrown in here and there might have looked a little better (just in my opinion). Or maybe in place of the white there could have been a complementary color (purple), but I've always thought that the yellow and purple combination was a bit off. You could do a shade of blueish-purple though and that might turn out well. Overall, I enjoy this piece, but your current signature is much better (did you use the pen tool for all of it?). [/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Samedi Posted January 7, 2004 Author Share Posted January 7, 2004 Heh. I am not entirely sure how to change the whites and greys. I was mucking around with different layer effects and airbrushing to get this. lol. So, I don't really know how to alter that. lol. With my old set, I cropped/used the demon heads from another picture, and I got a background logo thingie from another site. I added the rest as abstract tools and the little donut shaped things. Heh. Took me quite a while. lol. But, yeah, Flying High was a good set. I like the avatar for this one more than the banner. Maybe it is just the text on the banner which I don't like. Anyhow... I might get rid of the text. We'll see. It may grow on me as Flying High did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinetic Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 [size=1]Lol, I see. I'd just use the colorize on the airbrushing layers, but I'm cheap like that :p E D I T: Where I said colorize I mean the hue/saturation option lol. [/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Samedi Posted January 7, 2004 Author Share Posted January 7, 2004 Yeah. With the hue/saturation, how do you set what colour it will change too? Is it the current colour pallette? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinetic Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 [size=1]On the layer you want the color to change, open up the Hue/Saturation. Click on the "Colorize" box and slide the top bar to the color you want and slide the other two bars to change the brightness and such. E D I T: Or if your saying what color it will be automatically set to, that baffles me. Sometimes it's red and sometimes it's my foreground color. [/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Samedi Posted January 7, 2004 Author Share Posted January 7, 2004 Here is another version of it. I will tweak it a bit, and show you some of my different tweaks. Eventually, I may come up with something I am [Completely] happy with. [img]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?postid=539949[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I, Colossus Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 [color=006699]In comparison to your other works, I'd say this is a step down, visually, from what I'm used to seeing in your work. It's still a good banner, but to me the yellow and greyish colors clash and I just don't see how you can make those work. I really like the idea though. Well, not of the American flag being pounded by missles, but what I mean is, it's a very interesting stock image to work with. Considering it's not from some random anime or something, which is over-used here. Overall, it's pretty good,I just prefer your past two works greatly. And I just thought I should note that "Blasphemy" is the correct way to spell it. ^_^;;[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braidless Baka Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Dan [/i] [B][color=006699]And I just thought I should note that "Blasphemy" is the correct way to spell it. ^_^;;[/color] [/B][/QUOTE] [color=orangered]Ah, but the verb is to "Blaspheme" I believe ^_~ And I may not often say as much - but I really do like most of your works Baron. I'm not really a local to this forum. O_o;; But yeah, I'm liking the yellow, I think to add orange would spoil it a little. The second banner you posted was... uglier (for want of a better word) and that eye that I can make out scares me just a little. I like the pale quality.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hittokiri Zero Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 On a personal note I liked your previous red-ish sig better =O. The banner is interesting and all but may I suggest you change the font =O? With the soft outline it has for some reason I just don't feel that the font style fits well with the background itself =\. I also hate black borders, and while this doesn't look bad, maybe a dark or medium gray border would look nicer =0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Samedi Posted January 8, 2004 Author Share Posted January 8, 2004 Thankyou greatly for all the comments everyone. Yeah, my old banner was pretty good... I agree. Anyhow, here is another one. I changed it a lot.. well, soemwhat. Changed it's size, re-bordered it. Added another layer in there. So.. what do you think of this one? I think it does look better. I tried a different border colour as well, as Hittokiri Zero suggested. [img]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?postid=540180[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haze Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Hmph. I am here. Are you happy? ^__^ This is not my favorite one of yours, but I do like it. Although I must say the yellow is refreshing. I like how you added the american flag thing. Very original. The main thing I do not like is the text. It just doesn't fit very well. Also the very large black splotch seems out of place. It does look quite good though. Overall that is. Nice work, as it always is Baron. ~haze E D I T: *hangs head in shame* oops. I looked at the very first one you posted. Silly me. I kind of like this one but I kind of don't. With the eyes like they are It is a tad bit destracting. Yet cool looking at the same time. I like the machenery look....or what ever that is. I still don't like the text. Change the color or something. Better yet change fonts. That one is not very high on my list of lovely fonts. Is that an eye? What exactly is it that you put on there? What ever it is, I like how you aligned the big black spot into the center of the "eye" part of the new thing. I like this one better than the other. And yes I realized how I skipped around a bit on the comments. I think I put in all I wanted to say.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hittokiri Zero Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Hmmm I like it, it is better now, but the text is till kind of odd, possibly some faded text or quote of some kind would look good in this signature and try moving the text around from the lower right corner I guess i'm not really sure where to move it but there's something about it that just doesn't look right =O... *i'll try to explain more after i strangle my brother for deleting all my anime... again, and fix photoshop... again.* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shizoku Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Ya, this last one looks much better. All the changes you listed worked well. It agree that the text doesnt fit. The all yellow kind of bothers me, personally. I'd like it much more with another color. But, You have created a nice clean banner as always, that has a nice professional look to it. Ps:I liked flying high a lot as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Samedi Posted January 9, 2004 Author Share Posted January 9, 2004 Yet another tweak. I took some of your advice. And that little Symbol you see? That is my new Trademark. So, copy it and I skin you alive. lol. I changed font and moved the text around. I think this font is great... it looks good, in my opinion. If I get positive feedback, I'll make it my new banner. This set is the one I have done the most revision on ever. heh. [img]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?postid=540730[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shizoku Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 Ok. I agree this text looks better. I think adding your Trademark made it a little more interesting. And I actually like it a lot now. Good improvements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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