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Oh wow BG - what a busy sig :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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@Acid. nice work on the new sig

@OTC. awesomeness on the HG:L one. the second doesn't look right though, could just be my preference. i couldn't find the subject of your picture at first, only after i started typing this did i see it. i added a Sharpen filter and it looked much better or maybe you could just sharpen the surfer dude. otherwise nice work. also i love that border on nr.2
btw could you pm me some of the gfx sites you're at, havn't been to any in quite a long while so i've lost or forgotten the addy's

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courtesy of stuart, i present my sig :mrgreen:
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WAFFLES!
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Lol, at least resize it before you tell everyone who did it dude!
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LinkX wrote:@Acid. nice work on the new sig

@OTC. awesomeness on the HG:L one. the second doesn't look right though, could just be my preference. i couldn't find the subject of your picture at first, only after i started typing this did i see it. i added a Sharpen filter and it looked much better or maybe you could just sharpen the surfer dude. otherwise nice work. also i love that border on nr.2
btw could you pm me some of the gfx sites you're at, havn't been to any in quite a long while so i've lost or forgotten the addy's

my 2c :)
Nooooooooooo Linky - you are making me hungry. Really hard to stick to a diet when I have to look at waffles :lol: Brilliant sig and avvie.
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WiK1d wrote:WAFFLES!
:mrgreen:
Tribble wrote: Nooooooooooo Linky - you are making me hungry. Really hard to stick to a diet when I have to look at waffles :lol: Brilliant sig and avvie.
haha ty, just practicing some randomness before i try a real avvie and sig again - the effects of an expired WoW subscription..
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Tribble wrote:Oh wow BG - what a busy sig :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
My sig turn out bad to many stuff i want in it lol
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Less is more :)
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I34z1k wrote:Less is more :)
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Stuart wrote:
I34z1k wrote:Less is more :)
+1
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EDIT: first time i read your new sig Stuart Little, funny stuff :lol:
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Sigh, it's only like 3 of us left :( Who else was real good @ sigs?
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So get Photoshop (or even Gimp) and get cracking, dude!
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How's my avatar :P

Anyways, badguy, why is your name located in your sig thrice?
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me likes B&W images like that so for me its nice
I34z1k wrote:Sigh, it's only like 3 of us left :( Who else was real good @ sigs?
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thats all i can remember for here
thats the list of gfx peoples who dont just slap text onto an image, but take a subject and build around it from scratch

so few, we need more :(
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Ah, forgot about him :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Ye, we gotta get some new blood in hahah :)
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yep, but first i gotta find me some waffles
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WiK1d wrote:How's my avatar :P

Anyways, badguy, why is your name located in your sig thrice?
I hate this to much i wane get in my sig, all of my all sig was good but yea ..........
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MY SIG IS A EPIC FAIL
Spot the irony :P
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Back to my old sig lol :mrgreen:
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k so surfer dude was a failure...

nothing new there as I was doing something I had no idea what it was... :D
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Off-The-Chart wrote: nothing new there as I was doing something I had no idea what it was... :D
haha i know that feeling too :wink:
happens in irl too -_-
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LinkX wrote:EDIT: first time i read your new sig Stuart Little, funny stuff :lol:
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Okay, so I was playing around a little. Tell me now, there seems to be a lot of talk here about blending. What method(s) of blending are generally the best, or is it entirely a case by case thing? So look at what I was playing with, and tell me how I could improve the blending of Rayne into the background.

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Oooh looking good Stuart - can't help you with the blending though. I would use a shadow or halo effect - but I am not good with avvies and sigs
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would say it is a case by case thing...

most people like not having the render "pop" out and thus do some blending...

I usually just duplicate the render a few times, setting each layer to whichever blending option looks nicest, and then eventually I might just leave the final duplicated render alone but lower the opacity quite a bit...

other methods would be to use a soft or even hard brush and erase edges here and there...

another method would be to feather the edges, though that tends to give you a more "solid" visible edge still...

here is one which I made while teaching some1 basics of smudging and yes I know, the blending is bit strong, where I used that feather technique and duplicate renders:

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