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Well I have made a lot of art things before. I even had a shop for my art, but I felt I had to stop because I felt that I was being flouded with requests and I do waste my time in other ways than one.

My old shop This is not a way to reopen the shop. This link is for viewing my previous works, nothing more. And to give credit to the people who asked for the stuff.

My latest work was some avatars, lets see...

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Once I returned I created a new avi for myself with my own border design. I used a city pic as the background and made the background of the Shadow pic transparent so I would have the city. I made my own text for it too. (This is the original size, it was too large so I had to resize)

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A Halloween Avi with the text Trick or Treat. The background is a supernova, and the main figure is Black Doom (from the game Shadow the Hedgehog) which I thought looked scary.

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A special Avi I made to promote the new Wii game Mario and Sonic that the Olympic Games. And I made 16 more for each character that appears in the game...
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I have done a few sigs but more will be on the way...

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A Halloween sig I made special for the time for creeps and candy. The images I used came from a comic that you can see by clicking here

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My current sig. I am mainly in a Sonic mood and created this to express how I feel about the three hedgehogs.

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A sig created today for my sister's friend. She wanted me to do this so, I did and finished.

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A sig created like some art out there, out of boredom. I wanted to do something and that something had to make sence so I thought its would look nice.


This is a gallery so state your opinions on my work, both old and new. One last reminder, that this is to show-off my stuff, not to get people asking me to make stuff for them. If you see something that you could use then my all means do it. If you use my graphics in your own shop just give me credit for the graphics you're using. Do not expect new stuff every day. I'll try to add stuff once a week, sometimes sooner if I might make a lot of stuff. So I hope that this gallery will become popular and full of your opinions.

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Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:43 pm
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Image<-- See this? This is GK (me), and he is crying. He his crying because no one posted an opinion on this topic and that makes GK a sad GK. I know I said a week but I had so much free time that I had a lot of stuff, and as I said, I would post sooner if I get a lot of work done. Please don't make GK sad again, pleaseeeeee?

Here is one avi that I did for any that might like it....


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An avi that I feel express Hughes in this.


More Sigs for the masses.....


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You just have to love Maes Hughes... LOVE HIM!

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I just had to have fun with Metal Soinc.

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An E-100 series themed one with the two players of them all, Gamma and Omage.

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I did a Shadow sig with having a dark city style.

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Same as above but with the text "I am... The Ultimate Life Form Born to rule all"

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Something fun with Shadow's maker, Black Doom.

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I was messing around and I wanted to do something with Link, well as a wolf and I got this.

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The same just with a thing of text that I couldn't help myself from putting in.

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I wanted to try the single shade of color has other people pulled on their works. And it's not too bad. I didn't want to add text in this.

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I wanted to do something with Shadow Lugia. I mean I created one of the early Shadow Lugia sprites. The text XD The New Age of Darkness fit in nicely

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A sig similar to the banner that is on the main site of psypoke.

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The PBR graphics and title really give this a nice touch.

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Something funny with Paper Mario.

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Paper Mario's Grodus in a hail sig.

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I was playing with the text to give it fun effects. Features a summon creature in FFXII.

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Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:25 am
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They're pretty good, but I have one complaint about the sigs.

It appears as if the texts are default! *faints*

Just download some new fonts and you'll be gewd to go.

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Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:12 pm
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Well how would one get more texts then the program already has? I would love to know this.

Some texts are a bit too plain but I have gone though all the text in Photoshop and it is hard to find the right text to fit the bill. I want them to be readable, and some are just too fancy that they would be hard to read, and for some texts (I don't know way this happens) when I change the words to that tect the word just vanish.

Pretty much I try to put in text that would fit the image. I have got to say that word wise the quotes in the sigs are prefect, I just need more veriety of text. If I has counted right... I have 200 kinds of text in Photohop which includes hard to read text and non-visible text. So if you know where I could find a lot more texts then I would be gratefull.

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Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:39 pm
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Wow, you've been a busy bee here...

Avatars: The backgrounds complement the characters quite well (Shadow and Doom). As for the M&S, I'll assume that the character sprites are what their poses are in the game. (I lol'd at them all) And the box art one is okay too.

Halloween: Same thing as before, background blends well with the figures, with the green adding somewhat of a 'scary' motif.

S, S, and S: Just writing those three letters made me laugh due to coincidence. Anyway, I like the artful use of shadow (as in background image, not a proper noun) to reflect the characters in the back.

Path of...Insanity (?): I'm... not quite sure what to think of this one. Background and text look rather blurred when compared to the butterflies.

Dimentio: Purple on purple on purple looks good, I now see.

Sad GK: 4 letters - Rofl

MetalSonic: I see his mug shot in the background...Yeah, this one's good as well. The text font used looks somewhat ordinary, but overall it's a good sig.

102+123 (=225) : Nice comparison of the two best E-robot contenders; has an overall robotic theme complete with a metal background. Although, why with the blurriness?

Shadow in the City: I guess it's just that city backgrounds and Shadow looking straight ahead looks weird to me. (Maybe that's why most of the time video game characters usually aren't seen head on)

Black Doom/Skyscrapers: This one looks like a better city background there. And, is that the third eye I see to the right?

Twilight-Link: Essentially, the same thing with the Sx3 sig.

Other Link: It's just too blurry and wrinkled altogether... Kinda distracts to the background instead of the subject.

Shadow Lugia: I don't know what is it with repeated silhouettes in the background that make signatures look better, but they do. Good combination with the moon and Shadow Storm also.

U.M.A.: Having them look like Yuka Morii TCG illustrations looks just plain weird...It's like they're not completely there.

PBR: Blurred in just the right way to make it look more appealing for legendary Pokemon. I like this one too.

Paper Mario: It looks good, but the reptile-skin background almost makes it look like a graffiti painting.

Grodus: Basically, the same as what I think of the Shadow Lugia sig.

FFXII: This sig has another perfect character/background complement, with different shades of red everywhere. My only gripe is that the thing looks ugly to me, but I can put that aside for the greatness of the sig.

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More sigs to dish out and remember, if you like it you can use it.


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A Blaze the Cat sig in a firy display. The tool function, "burn," really added to the heated look that I was going for.

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Same as above, but with a yellow text, 'Burn', and I also gave it a black glow to match the burning of the image.

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This is a sig I'm going to use come Feburary, for Valentines Day. When it comes to Naruto, this is what I believe in... they make such a cute couple.

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Experimentation with Pokemon sprites and real images that support the types they are.

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Homer Jay Simpson. With the quote, "Mmmm... Donut." While the background is simple and plain you have got to ask yourself, "Does it need more?"

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Yeah, it's Fat Tony... The Simpson's answer to Tony Soprano. The text style is freehand and it had to go with what he was saying.

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While I thought of doing a Bart sig, it hit me that I just had to do The Bartman.

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Yes it's everyone's favorite clown reject, Krusty. Why do this without him?

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For Side Show Bob, real prison cells just had to be put in a sig with him, and boy did I find the right picture to use. The style of the text, "Die, Bart, Die." speaks as the fact that he has a very artistic side. The shadows are to draw you to the fact that he is carrying a weapon with him.

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No great amount of detail here, but does catch one's eye, like the Homer one.

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Experimenting with the rain affect that added a good touch to the one above.

Maybe I'll have more Simpsons, hopefully more Fullmetal Alchemist, and a few more Sonics only to have complete characters.

I might just add hints on how anyone could make their own sig if they tried. So I hope you people looking have something to say about these.

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Fat Tony's actual quote was "I get shooty", not "I get stabby". Close enough though.

Naruto: Yeah, that one's great. I'm pretty sure everyone knows NarutoxHinata is destiny.

Poke-Avvies: Yes, the backgrounds represent the entities. But Giratina's looks like grass; what is it?

Homer: Simple man, simple pleasures. Goes well.

Bartman: I do like the NYC background, going with the Batman theme and all. Also goes well.

Krusty: I sometimes feel like Krusty is "just there"...but I've never seen him inside a circus tent...oh wait, yeah I have.

Sideshow Bob: Bob, the homicidal maniac, shown in a prison with a knife behind his back (yeah, I noticed on the right).

FMA: Yeah, just like the Homer one - it's simple but attracts the eye.

The characters all seem to go swimmingly with the backgrounds, I must say. As for Blaze...well, you know.

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Groudon King wrote:
Well how would one get more texts then the program already has? I would love to know this.


dafont.com

this site has a lot of great fonts, all free, available for both mac and pc. just click the big download button and drag the folder into your fontbook (pc) or on a mac open the .tff file and click "install font"

There might be other sites with better ones, but those cost money. Hope i helped :D


About your work:

AMAZING! i mean seriously, your very good. i especially love the shadow lugia and the XD font :D

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Well thanks of the text sites, I'll have to try them later though.
For Fat Tony, I do believe it was 'stabby' not 'shooty' I play the thing over in my head and 'stabby' sounds right.
It seems that a fair few really like my XD sig.

I do have more for the gallery...

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My latest one in the Simpson showcase. Diamond Joe Quimby. The background is flawless, I'm not too sure about the shadows though.

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More Sonic themed sigs with Chaos this time. The water reflection style went nicely to the liquid that is Chaos, and if you look close enough you can see in larger letters in a water style, True Chaos.

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Tikal is a nice character and I just had to do something with her. I felt that no text was needed.

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Knuckles, I did similar to Tikal. Finding the right pics and adjusting it to be just right.

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This is just more playing around with effects on Photoshop, and it does look nice in a way.

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More Naruto Sigs, this one has special touch that I added. The Kakashi sprite on there is a Pokemon Trainer sprite of him of my own creation.

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Something I thought I would do with Kiba. He is a cool character so I had a sig with him.

Now a new series of Sigs that I hope some will use and will enjoy... Futurama Sigs,

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The first one I did just had to be Bender. And it comes with my favorite quote he ever says.

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Something with Fry and the Planet Express Ship. The Motion function on Photoshop worked great with the ship.

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A sig based on when Fry discovers that he is his own grandfather. It doesn't have the whole quote, but I used the summary of it.

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With the Professor I was just playing with some things to make it look different.

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Who could forget the Alien, Lrrr, rule of Omicron Persei 8. (I think I had the n in Omicron a m in that, sorry)


Now as a little special in my Gallery, I'll give you guys some advice in creating your own Trainer Sprite.

Custom Trainers
Level: Advance
Programs Required: Paint

This section is in creating advance leveled custom trainers. Now anyone can use sprites to create random looking trainers, but it takes a master of art to pull off trainer sprites like this... ImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImage (all made by me)

To make Sprites that look like who you want you need to know a few things...
A) You must have a colored picture of the person, character that you want to make as a sprite.
B) You have to use trainer sprites and edit them to look like who you want.

Now for the rules...
1) Find a full body, colored image of who you want to make. Be sure that they are good quality. Copy the pic.
2) Open Paint and Post the picture. Right after that, expand the borders of the pictures so you have room to put the trainer and or Pokemon sprites.
3) Now look for a trainer that fits your characters pose. At times you might have to Frankenstein it. (meaning if one trainer doesn't fit then find others that will when put together.) *Image <--this sprite is Frankensteined from E4 Drake, and FR/LG Juggler (Image and Image)*
4) Paste the trainer(s) in the white space away from the pic.
5) Use the tool Pick Color in Paint to copy a color from the picture of the character you want to do. Use pencil, or brush to put the colors and shades to the side to use in the sprite later.
6) Add and subtract parts of the trainer sprite(s) to get them to look closer to what you want. This is when you use the colors to edit the trainer.
7)*Using more than one sprite* Use 'Draw Opaque' to put the parts together as a whole.
8)*If more is needed* If what you are making has something that no pokemon or trainer has then you have to scratch it yourself. You then add it to where it needs to go.
9) You should be done. Compare to the original picture to see if you have a match, if not then restart from step 6 until it looks right.

This is an advance level art since at times you will more than likely have to edit the sprite one pixel at a time. Just remember... the closer the trainer is to the original it is the faster it can go. I hope this helps those who don't really know much in sprite making.

Next time: Tips in creating a Signature, it may not be as hard as you think.

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This has been a slow week but I had a few works done....

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More Naruto & Hinata love stuff, hey I just can't resist.

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With Electivire I wanted it to have a shade that would match the background

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For Magmortar I just gave it a look that made it pop-up and I used a good flame image to make it a flamethrower.


Here is some stuff I did for DNA's site, Dark Cosmos...

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This was an add sig for the site, since one of the themes was Megaman I used him and had a galaxy background to go with the title, "Dark Cosmos"

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This was an idea I had for a banner for the site. It has the two characters that where on the original banner, Planetman and Porygon-Z. Because the where in sence electronic I use a circuit board ghosted in the background and used a 3D supernova image for the main background.



Signatures
Level: Normal
Programs required: Photoshop, sometimes Paint, and/or any other program that allows the abilities noted below.

You can make a signature anyway you want as long as you have a picture for it. Many signatures are made with images that already exist, the thing is which images will you use.

Rules...
1) Know what you are going to do, have a theme of something in your head and seach the web for the two images, Main Image and Background Image. *Note that if you wanted to, you could make a background image only and sometimes you may need more images. These factors are based on the theme you want to create.*
2) Once you find the chosen images go to Photoshop (other) and use the function 'New from Clipboard' to put them up in the program.
3) Chose your size. How high will it be, and how long will it be? As long as they follow the legal size in the forums you can make it about any size in the limit.
4) Fix your background to fit the size of your signature. This is where the crop tool comes to play. Crop lets you take an area of an image and ajust it to that size. Be sure to crop the best part of the image so your left with the best part to be the background.
5) Eraser tool on main image. In Photoshop there is an eraser tool that allows you to remove parts of the image. If you wish to add a character to the current background you may have to erase all the other pixels around your image.
a) Magic Eraser Tool. It is a major tool in removing the background, but only if the background is a curtain color, like if the background is mostly green then the tool will eraser pixels with the color green. *Be warened that if the main image has a color in common with the background and is touching then the tool may mess up your picture.*
b) Eraser Tool. The defalt tool in the program, you may have to use this if part 'a' doesn't completely work. (Mulitiple colored background) With the ability to change size you could fit it to erase any part you wish to remove.
6) Ajusting the main image. If you are using something to add past the background you may need to ajust the size of the image after you removed the background. When you are fixing the size, compare it to the sig that you are making, from there you can see if the size is to your liking.
7) Once size is out of the way you need to copy your image and paste it on the sig. Sometimes parts of the background you missed will sit be on the image, since the paste is a new layer then the use the eraser tool to remove the left overs. Now you may have to zoom in but when that is done move the image to its place on the sig.

Overall you're done, but there are more ways to make you signature look more cooler.

8) Text, you are more likely to add text in a signature to state an opinion, fact on your image or just add your username. Find a color and font that will go with the style of the image.
9) Borders. There are too ways to do borders, one use a single line color, or use an effect for it. For the line borders, paste the full sig image on Paint and use the Line tool to add the border. It can be done any thickness you want. For Effects look at 10.
10) Effects *play* In Photoshop there are many effects to choose from in the selection. When I use the work play I mean play, use different effects on different layers on the signature to see what looks best. Remember you always have Ctrl+Z to back-up when it doesn't look right. Effects can add a lot to an image, background, text, border, and/or the whole thing in general. So when you are making something, play with the effect until you have remembered them and know what effects you will add if any. They do make a signature look a whole lot nicer.

Next time: What Effects are there? Find out more about the different effects and how you can use them to your computer artwork.

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Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:19 pm
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No opinions so far... GK's sad again.....

But I will not give up, I know that someone somewhere will like to use something I have.... The first six sigs may not have anything but that is for the use of text if they had any. (I didn't have anything to add for text)

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Since Empoleon is penguin I thought that it couldn't look any better with an icy background with a blizzard effect.

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For the large one I added a shadow below it, and I used an orange gradient for the main one.

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With Torterra it was hard to size it up to fit the look I wanted. But I got it the way I wanted it.

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Just some fun with Darkrai, no real depth added here.

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A good green background goes well with Vector.

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Violet colored clock to go with Dialga's time theme.

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The lighting of the background went great with Cheif Wiggum.

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For all who know Gil, the guy in the Simpsons who is always trying to get a job.

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Comic Book Guy in all his glory......

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The quote used here was a perfect thing for this, "Cause of parent's death... Got in my way"

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Hi Doctor Nick!

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My new sig I'm using. Silver's psychic powers equal new and different.

Signature: Frame Effects, Part 1
Programs required: Photoshop and/or any other program that allows the abilities noted below.

A list and short details of effects on Photoshop, so you can learn the right styles of your own work.

1) Brushed Aluminum frame. Creates a frame of an aluminum appearance. It shades it to fit the frame style. The frame thickness is 50 pixels.
2) Cut Out. By using tools to take a section of the image one can remove parts of the pic they don't need. This creates a new layer if you need to reuse the original image.
3) Drop Shadow frame. Increases the image by 17 pixels per side creating a shadow in the buttom right corner that drops from the pic.
4) Foreground Color Frame. Like the Aluminum frame effect with the 50 pixel thickness, but you can pick the color you want as a border.
5) Photo Corners. The name says it all a frame style that gives the image the album touch. Thickness of this effect may vary.
6) Recessed frame. Using section tools you can make an inner shadow-like effect to your work.
7) Ripple frame. Makes a white border with a water like style. the image stays the same size.
8) Spatter frame. Like Ripple but has a paint brush feel to it.
9) Strokes frame. As with the above two, but in a look that reminds you of a pencil.
10) Text Panel. Using section selection tools once more you make a whiten space that is perfect to add text in.
11) Vignette. By picking a section, of main focus, anything outside it becomes white with the edges of the section turning white.
12) Waves frame. As ripple, spatter, and strokes, this one is a simple wave style.
13) Wild Frame. Makes a muliti color frame that increases the image 50 pixels per side.
14) Wood Frame. Just like Wild frame in thickness but the frame is of a wood style.


Next Time: Image Effects, give each image in your sig a different look to make your signature one of a kind.

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Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:25 pm
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i like the {dialga} sig . were did u get the spirla clock image from?

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Well, your sigs are great and all, but there's just something about them that doesn't seem right.

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From all of the sigs you posted, there were a lot of really good ones, but with most of them, I had these kinds of problems:
-text or text color does not really match or go with the render/BG
-you need to calm down with the filter effects; on some of them, there's just so many filters it makes me want to, you know, like, vomit
-there's too much text on most of your sigs; try toning that down.
-try blending your stock into the background; this is especially important when trying to blend it with BG's you did not create

On the brighter side, I really liked your avatars. They were really good, and I liked the border you had on most of them. Did you do that on Photoshop?[/b]

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Thank you for the honest opinions.

MTDT: I found that while searching for images to use as a background for Dialga, I either looked at time or clock.

Uchiha Itachi: Thanks for the border thing. I have seen so many avis with a interesting border that I just had to make my own.

For your text thing, I have for a few of the newers have made text optional for those who would use them to add their username, quote, and so on. Could you tell me which ones of the text/text color don't go well, for a few of them I believed I nailed it, but with many of the stuff on my first posts have been that way just to play with the effects and filters.

Blending your stock, I'm sorry I don't really understand what that means.... For the most part I try to find backgrounds that would work with the image of center focus.

And Yes I do use Photoshop

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Well, (about the text), it's most of your Simpsons ones, and the most recent NaruHina (<3) one.

This one,
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...was really good, but the text kind of ruined the effect it had. Notice that the stroke kind of makes it look, ummm...kind of grainy. I think that could have been smoothed out.

Here's some critique I got about my font; hope it helps.
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Font- Advice: Make it simple, pleasent, nice. Not "Oh its linkin park font!" No, thats just..no. I tryed it, it never works with about 100% of the sigs (that dont suck) iv seen. Stick with something like Arial, or Century Gothic. Something Clean and simple, you can always use effects on it.

But if you rather not heed my advice, or you doing a graphic arts project that isnt a sig here is a link for moar fonts; http://www.typenow.net/themed.htm

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Blending the stock is when, umm...well, you just sort of make it so that it doesn't look like you made the BG, made the text, and just slapped the picture in there where it looks nice.

Notice here,
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...how Jiraiya's hair sort of blends in. (Mainly because the render didn't extend that far, but I'll leave that fact alone.) And you can sort of see through his fingers, just sort of. That kind of has to do with the effect I was planning on.

I usually blend by selecting the Eraser option, and setting it to a very low opacity. That usually works.

Hope I helped,
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Well thanks Uchiha Itachi for your help. Because of you I found out what was wrong with the text in my signatures, and now they can be a lot better. And I believed I learn a thing or two about blending, I think I got it down.

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My first act of blending. I think it looks good for a first time, but hey I'm not sure.

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One I made of my favorite Spiderman villain, Doc Ock.

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If I was doing Doc Ock, then I had to do Venom.

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I was in a Pirates of the Carribbean kind of mood when I did this. The blending here worked out good.

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The improved version of the Dark Cosmos add sig. Now that I found Anti-Alias on Photoshop, my sigs will no longer have odd looking text.

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An avatar and signature I made for nfield.

This is a new project I have been working on, since the PS3 can have wallpaper I have designed these works to be background for the PS3 systems...
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Just a simple background with nothing complex.

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Much like the first one but here I wanted them to be full and I had to add the text in there.

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Another Blending project that I felt worked pretty well here. This is the wallpaper I'm currently using on the PS3.

Signature: Image Effects, Part 2
Programs required: Photoshop and/or any other program that allows the abilities noted below.

1) Blizzard. Give your image the look as if a snow storm was passing through.
2) Colorful Center. Have the center part of your image brimming with color as it fades to black and white as it spreads out.
3) Fluorescent Chalk. Gives the image a bright colored chalky appearance.
4) Horizontal Color Fade. Like Colorful Center but fades to the right
5) Lizard Skin. Adds a reptile look to your image.
6) Neon Nights. Change your image to a neon light.
7) Oil Pastel. Makes an image look as if it was done in pastel.
8) Quadrant Colors. Makes the image four color shade sections
9) Rubber Stamp. If you want a signature with a stamp like image this is the effect for you.
10) Soft Flat Color. Focuses mainly on the main color of a section while removing the shades.
11) Soft Focus. Makes it a little blury, as if you are looking behind the image to see what is there.
12) Vertical Color Fade. Color starts to fade upward.

Next Time: Part 3 on Effects, Text Effects, you can't go wrong without them.

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Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:55 am
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my favorites are your avatars! nice borders xD
the sigs are awesome ^^

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hey GK how can u place the sigs of sonic,shadow and silver uve made for ps3 ??? and i want the sig dialga w/ a background spiral violet clock can i use it?and how i can use it???


Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:15 am
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To jupiter:
GK wrote:
To make the image a wallpaper for the PS3 first you must have both a PS3 and a wireless internet connection. (or some way to go on the internet with the PS3) When you go in the internet, with the PS3, go to the page the image shows. Then have the arrow on top of the image and press triangle, and from there go to file and there should be a save image oppion on the TV. Press X on the save image oppion. From there leave the internet and go to the main menu of the PS3. To to Photos and the image should be there. Press X when you are on that pic, even when you see the image full screen press triangle. There will be control oppions when you press triangle. You want 'Set as Wallpaper', third oppion to the right on the top row. Then you can fit it to how you want it to fit and you're done.

PS. I made those signatures, avatars, and wallpapers for everyone to use. So yes you can use it. If you want I could add text to that.

PPS. You can do the same with the avatar on the PS3. Go to Users and have it on your user. Press triangle and go to information. From there press X to edit. You will be given a list of smiles to pick from, but go to Select from Photos and pick the avatar you want there.


I have had a good week and made a lot of stuff....

Special:
My made from scratch Avatar Boarder.
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Made to the 75x75 size, I made it when I saw all the different looking boarders to avatar so I made my own. This looks good to whatever your image is. Take it and recolor it to fit the image you want.
I give thanks to two people who are using avatars I made with that boarder, Treeckoluv and nfield.

Now my normal stuff...

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Dear old Robotnik has changed through the years. The changes are mainly in his detailed appearance, while his basic appearance remains the same.

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A sig with the 'Sonic the Hedgehog' text from the game. It was hard to make the parts of it transparent.

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A special sig, with my favorite[/sarcasm] part of Sonic Next Gen the load screen. (God, the load screens in Shadow the Hedgehog didn't take this long!)

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A Bleach themed signature. Nothing special here, but I was playing with the Filters in Photoshop.

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I was in a ToS mood when making this. A sig with my favorite character in the game, Kratos.

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My current sig, another Kratos one. Blending worked wonders here. And I had it with my favorite line he says.

I will not feature my tips on art making this time, instead i have a christmas treat for you all...

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A Sonic Christmas signature. This is a great way to show your Christmas spirit.

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While the colored version looks great there is just something about a back and white christmas sig that i had to do. It's got its own christmas charm.

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And if I was having Sonic sigs then I had to have a Christmas Sonic avatar. And with a recolored boarder for the perfect style.

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Finally, a PS3 Sonic Christmas wallpaper. A little simple in creation, but it has all the heart of Christmas inside.

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u for got to answer some of my questions :D my question is how i can use the sig.uve made?or how i can place that sig to the message i post everytime i post a message???thanks.... :wink:and how can u transfer the sigs uve created on paint to psypokes forum???


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Some stuff I did for people on The Spriting Shack...


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For Swapert20

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for Tennis8668

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A Christmas colored Dialga and a site sig for RulerofDiamonds

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For Keltic Torchic

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A prized signature made for thatnewguy

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Sigs made for Roar of Time

Now a new project I'm working on.... Sugimori Recolors!
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Well that is all for now, no more helpful hints until after the holidays people. So tell me what you think.

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All are wicked!!!! Love the recolours. Especially the spiritomb one

All of them look Relistic.

The Recolours have white lines around them, though it is hard to get rid of them perfectly


TNG'S one looks like the Leafeon is really going thorough the forest

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Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:50 pm
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Yeah those are some sick recolors I especially like the spiritomb. I liked the colors you used for the mario sig, it's original and cool colors usually attract me for some reason.

The christmas dailuga(I can never spell it) is priceless.


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Funny, since Spiritomb happens to be one of my favorite recolors..

Tell me what you think of these new Sugimori Recolors....
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Some recent fusion projects...
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More sigs, as usual
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Hehe.... Jade....

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A new Dark Cosmos banner, some of you may have seen DNA sporting this image on his signature.

And finally a special treat.... Santa style Leaders and Elites
Though this is only part one in my 4 part project.
Part One, Diamond and Pearl Gymleaders and Elites.....
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I should have been frequenting this thread.

The Sugimori recolors all look great. It's almost like what shinies should look like, lol.
The Christmas sprites make me laugh, but in a good way, because they look great yet amusing.
The Petey and Palkia/Dialga sigs are great blenders; as for the Gaming Land sig it has the techno motif.
The Ampharos and Leafeon look weird (Suta Raito Leafeon?), but not the sigs themselves, which is good.
The Psypoke sig looks good...Sinnoh dragon trio ftw.
As for the Dialga and watch...What more can I say? Dialga is the personification of time itself.

- DNA

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