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Postby Akira » Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:38 pm UTC

You may have noticed that I have changed avatars and signatures some forty billions times since joining. Several of my fora don't allow me to have a sig image, so I take advantage of what I can when I can. This means changing my av and sig frequently.

I love making sets for this purpose--they're so much fun! Here are a few of the ones I've made, simply because I love to show them off. XD

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LM.C set I made for another board. I don't think I've used it here yet.

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Rurouni Kenshin set, with two alternate avatars.

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Barcode, made mostly because I wanted to play with the barcode font. Fun fact: the number is the barcode numbers on my copy of Robot Dreams, by Isaac Asimov. ♥


EDITED upon the change of my sig/av set:
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This set is Beyblade. Note on Rei's shirt where it says "Akira is a dork." Because I am. I still love that show, no matter how incredibly cliche, corny, dorky and stupid it may be. Rei was awesome. So was Kai.

EDITED again upon change... again...:
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"Sexy Bach". 'Cos I could.


EDITED: I'm not going to post my hide sets, becuase I feel that they are inferior.

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Die, from Dir en Grey. Evidently he was "Scary" so I retired him in favor of Kyo.

EDITED:
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Well. Kyo was mroe masculine, so his scariness didn't scare much of anyone.

EDITED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS ON NOV.3:
Shinya and Toshiya
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Edit: July 22 2009
Out with the old:
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Postby davef » Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:08 am UTC

Your current sig image is brilliant. The best of the lot so far, IMO. :)
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Postby SpitValve » Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:51 am UTC

Because of the font I actually read it as "back" the first time, which is not nearly as funny.
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Postby Peshmerga » Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:15 am UTC

Don't read into this that much, but there's too much going on in all of those. The barcode one (the avatar) is pretty decent, but the font is a poor choice. The fonts in all of them, actually, are poorly chosen ones.

1) Choose your colors wisely! Limit yourself to a minimum of colors, like a dozen variations of 3 primaries. Use color/hue overlays to accomplish this.
2) No messy backgrounds (pure colors, not Win98 looking wallpaper patterns)
3) Outerglow is a no-no for characters. Use transparency fades to clean up the mess around the hair (although complicated hair like the two girls is hard to clean up completely, especially considering the lighting on the hair was made to match whatever background it was photographed on).
4) Fonts! Messy fonts are nasty! Use layer overlays effectively to blend the text into the background.
5) Borders! Use 1-2px borders for your images, either black or white.

As for the barcode font- you can easily grab a plain barcode off google images, cut it out and place it into your sig. Then use a regular font (Something simple and clean) and use small, evenly spaced lettering for your text.

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Some points of critique- You can notice a repeated background in the background, and the foreground is too blurry. The rain could use a darker tone, or darker background colors with lighter foreground rain. Draw particle whites (1-3px brush) to create bouncing drops off the umbrella. Find a better image of the character, one that isn't blurred (unless you blurred it yourself, in which case, don't.) The cursive font is OK, but hard to read and distracts from the image's main focus.

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Why is he/she surprised by the rain when it seems to be already pouring? :p
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Postby Akira » Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:15 am UTC

Hmm...

@1-- I've been working on the color situation, actually. My colors used to be all over the place, they've honestly gotten better, and I do intend that trend to continue.

@2-- I dislike flat backgrounds very much, so I've been working on ways to make them... well, not flat. Some of my other icons are better for background, but my sigs I'm still working on.

@3-- The glow is nessicary; I'm assuming you're talking about the second kenshin avatar? otherwise the word would be lost in the animated background. It needed a highlight, and Gimp dosen't have a proper text outline. The hair is another point i need practice on. ((Side note--they're guys.))

@4-- I used the fonts I thought best for thier uses. That's one thing I beg to differ on--my font use will probably not change.

@5-- ...Borders I can do.


That sig was actually a hastily put-togehter version of another that I had before I changed my name, for various reasons. I couldn't keep my old sig, since it had my name. In my haste, i forgot to reduce the opacity of the character--it would look much better had I not forgotten, but I didn't save it in layer format--i accidentally took it striaght to jpg.

XD He, actually, and... well, it wasnt' raining until I put him in the avatar. So there. Lol

^^I appreciate the critique. I have a lot i need to work on yet...

EDIT::

Is this any better at all?

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Postby Peshmerga » Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:51 am UTC

I would suggest bringing the character into the foreground by increasing his opacity completely. If the white around the character haven't been cut out, do it by hand with the "Clear" brush option or play with the magic wand.

And those white particles make it seem as if he is suddenly sparkling; the intention was to appear as if rain was bouncing off his umbrella.

And I must still insist on taking the bevel and texture overlay off "Akira", at the very least -.-

The only layer styles I ever use are stroke and shadow.

Ok now you've inspired me to download PS7 on this machine. D:
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Postby Akira » Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:55 am UTC

Peshmerga wrote:I would suggest bringing the character into the foreground by increasing his opacity completely. If the white around the character haven't been cut out, do it by hand with the "Clear" brush option or play with the magic wand.


..."clear" brush? O_o; I.. haven't noticed one... and I can't use magical select-y thingy because the abckground of the image was rain, as well, just not a rain that i could incorperate into my own background.

And those white particles make it seem as if he is suddenly sparkling; the intention was to appear as if rain was bouncing off his umbrella.


...actually, it was supposed to be an alternative to a regular fade across, because that's where the image cut off anyway...

And I must still insist on taking the bevel and texture overlay off "Akira", at the very least -.-


*whines* but i like it...! I'll try without, but I think it'll look.. plain...

The only layer styles I ever use are stroke and shadow.

Ok now you've inspired me to download PS7 on this machine. D:


..I'm sorry? XDD

EDIT::

Okay, I incorperated some of your suggestions:

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I dunno if I like the... boldness. With Kenshin brought to the front like that, it makes the entire thing so much more... intense.
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Postby SpitValve » Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:13 am UTC

Akira wrote:Image
I dunno if I like the... boldness. With Kenshin brought to the front like that, it makes the entire thing so much more... intense.


What is good about that one is the "Akira" is much clearer. I'm not sure whether this one or the first one has a better image though. I'm not overly fond of the cursive script though.
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Postby OmenPigeon » Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:30 am UTC

Typography being a secret passion of mine, a few thoughts.

Aside from the one with the barcode, your fonts are all really hard to read. As a rule, serifed fonts get harder to read as they get smaller, especially on a computer screen. The Kenshin* lettering also suffers from a lack of contrast; white on light blue and blue on light blue are not great combinations.

Of course, legibility may not be your biggest concern. Your goal here is artistic, not utilitarian.

In that vein, I suggest letting your letters be free. For the purposes of example, I'll focus on the latest Kenshin sig. There's a lot of negative space here, to the left of Kenshin and between Kenshin and the words. The vaguely peaceful feeling you seem to be going for probably works better because of that, but I think we could use the space better.

In the spirit of words, think about magazine covers. They make great use of the fact that words are still pretty easy to read, even when they're partially covered. 'Akira' is redundant here; its your screenname. Lets put it in the background, and let Kenshin cover part of it up. This won't work terribly well with Papyrus (that looks like the font you're currently using) so lets go sans for a moment. Verdana bold.

Now the extra text. This is a lot of text for a small space. I'd like something a little less flowery, but still serifed. In lieu of spending a lot of time looking for the perfect font, I'm going to go with Bookman Old Style. It's not great, here, but it'll do. Again bold, for legibility.

To try and keep something of the downward angled thing you've got, I'll add some small diagonal lines in the background. It's not great, but replicating the rainy thing you've got is going to take a long time.

This makes the bold text hard to read again, so I'll add a border. And a border on the whole thing.

Here's what I ended up with (I couldn't find that same Kenshin picture):

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It's different from yours. Quite a bit, actually. But I think it solves at least one of the problems: legibility. It loses some other things, the rain especially. That could be added back in to the background, though, and probably even put in front of 'AKIRA' and still remain easy on the eyes.

The "let the rain fall..." is still a lot of words. And Bookman is not a good choice here. I bet there's a free font somewhere that works much better, though.

The colors don't quite jive with what you've got; they ended up much darker, especially with the harder borders. Solving that is going to be a little trickier. Good contrast requires some dark colors.

I'm sure you can find something that works.

* Pairing a picture of Kenshin with the word 'Akira' is also kind of confusing for those of us who are only mildly into anime. But thats tangential.
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Postby Akira » Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:37 am UTC

Aahaaah... *nodnod*

See, the only thing I dislike about yours, Omen, is the text.

Dunno. Maybe I'm crazy, but I seem to ahve a very different idea of text from everyone else.

I really dislike having any part of the black text overlaping on the black outlines there. It distracts me. If there was some sort of contrating outline, it'd be fine, but...

Also, the colors. Initially, I picked the picture I used on the basis of "I want to do rain. Do I have any pictures of a guy with an umbrella? Hey! Yeah, I do! Okay, it's soft enough, it shouldn't seriously contrast..." The Kenshin you picked is definately bold, especially his hair. In the context of your version, I'd do something--add a blue filter or something--to make him blend more. He sticks out, but dosen't nessicarily contrast, IMO.

Here. Give me a little bit, I'll see if I can come up with something that you guys would find satisfactory withn my own realms.

*really in a graphics mood tonight*

Edit:

Indeed, that didn't take long at all... <_<

What about this?

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Edit #2:
Since I can't have a sig without an icon to match:
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Postby Peshmerga » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:13 am UTC

Those look better, but it definitely could use some color. Oh and you could also do a better job with cleaning up Kenshin's white crap. The text is a lot better, as is Kenshin's actual position in the image.


Some tests with font and text.
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Postby Akira » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:17 am UTC

aa--I really like the first one, although I think I'd either shift her up or down just a hair.

@#2: Where did you get/how did you make the background? It looks a lot better than the one GIMP has for rain.

I'd have used a different image of Kenshin, though--simply because that one looks a lot like a fanart--the shadows seem... odd... and for some reason the hair looks like Seto's.

In any case, let's see if I can do something decent with color, ne?
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Postby Peshmerga » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:30 am UTC

Oooh you're using GIMP - I was under the impression you had photoshop installed -.- See, that's your problem! :-p

The second one's background is a mixture of various photoshop filters. I'm not sure if GIMP has these filters, but I'll list them anyway. Basically there's one rain layer for the basic rain, and another layer for color and effect.

•Render Clouds -> Add noise -> Motion Blur //creates the basic rain
•Desaturate the noise into black and white and set the mode to Screen
•Add a layer, apply render clouds and set it to overlay or multiply and apply a color

But I doubt GIMP has those capabilities. Basically you just fool around with things (specifically layer overlays and filters) until you get the desired effect.

I agree, that image of Kenshin isn't the best.
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Postby Akira » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:41 am UTC

Haha, no of course I don't use photoshop. That costs money. XD

GIMP does have those features, but i'm not so sure thye do the exact thing they do in photoshop. I shall have to play a bit.

Meanwhile, I have one I did, I tried to update the LM.C one I have in my first post. It was mostly arranging the text, since I didn't do much with the photo except rotate it:

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Postby Peshmerga » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:46 am UTC

Akira wrote:Haha, no of course I don't use photoshop. That costs money. XD
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That looks much better.

Also, Photoshop is free if you know which stores to shop.
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Postby Akira » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:49 am UTC

hahaa... i don't. XD GIMP has worked well enough for me for several months, and I admit i've become quite attached.

I did find the right tools to make rain like you did--render plasma, noise>hurl, motion blur and then an overlay of solid noise at some 50% opacity seems to work well. I'm working on a new sig using that method.
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Postby OmenPigeon » Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:02 am UTC

Peshmerga wrote:Also, Photoshop is free if you know which stores to shop.


If by 'stores' you mean 'kind of skeezy websites'.
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Postby Akira » Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:08 am UTC

haha... that's kind of what i figured, myself. <_< Not a huge fan of downloading bunch of stuff--I don't need to download any more stuff anyway.

And it's 2AM. I should seriously get to bed. *making even more sigs* This one has Shinya!

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There's only one ickle problem--I'm not sure where else to go with these. Text, image, background. Fairly standard form. I liked my Beyblade one, because the background it came with extended and made the rest of the scene, and I could put text on it and make it cool.. but... when you jsut cut out the person, theres only so much you can do.

((And there i go with the dark, duller colors again))
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Postby OmenPigeon » Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:24 am UTC

Akira wrote:There's only one ickle problem--I'm not sure where else to go with these. Text, image, background. Fairly standard form.


100 by 468 is pretty small. If you want to have all three of those elements in there, theres not a whole lot of room to fool around.

You could try getting rid of something.

Ignore the background; just use a solid, unassuming color. Have no text. Have no person, just text. This video is pretty awesome like that.

Or you could get rid of the text and the people and just have a picture to look at.

But I always prefer minimalism in design.
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Postby Akira » Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:12 pm UTC

Gee Willikers, that's great. XD

Well, when I think, 100x468 is an apropriate size. I could probably up it just a little--got for 150x500 or something, but I'm afriad of letting it get too big.

I think I'll try something with just text, see if I can arrange it interestingly enough... HOWEVER... if I do that, for atristic purposes, neither of you are probably going to like my font choices. :P lol.

So we'll see.
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Postby RealGrouchy » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:32 pm UTC

Go back to the Beyblade one. It's the one I've associated with the mental note "this user is annoying; don't bother reading what he writes"

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Postby Akira » Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:45 am UTC

RealGrouchy wrote:Go back to the Beyblade one. It's the one I've associated with the mental note "this user is annoying; don't bother reading what she writes"

- RG>


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Postby Peshmerga » Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:27 am UTC

Sorry is that guy with the Homer avatar talking again? My eyes just skip over his posts, sometimes.
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Postby bbctol » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:33 pm UTC

Wow, you change avatars a lot. I suggest you bring sexy Bach back, he was much better.
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Postby Akira » Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:50 pm UTC

Haha~ I change avatars for the same reason I could NEVER get a tattoo: I change my mind far more often than I probably should. I'll work on a new witty set sometime in the next few days, for now I want hide. <33
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Postby Bagels » Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:17 pm UTC

The rain one reminded me of the Morton salt girl. Anyone else think that?
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Postby Akira » Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:49 am UTC

hahaa!!

I should make her into my next set. *nod*

EDIT: I lied. My next set is hide, in celebration of his deathday.

She'll be next. *nod*

EDIT: I lied again. It's hard to make her into a set, i tried.

I'm going through a Dir en grey series now.

EDIT: Testing something.

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Postby Akira » Fri May 11, 2007 6:55 pm UTC

Because I'm tired of editing, and I want some opinions again.

The more recent sets--The guy in black, the psycho-lookin one, and the current one--what do you think I could do better on them? I've done the same kind of border for each-either the lines, the bevel, or both. Opinions?
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Postby Mad Giraffe » Sat May 12, 2007 10:53 pm UTC

Hmhmm.

If you make the animated rain avatar 3 times faster (reducing delay to 0.1 in imageready) it looks more like rain.

Adding more comments later. Tummy's a rumble.

About the borders...ask yourself: "What is the purpose of a border?"
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Postby Akira » Sat May 12, 2007 11:49 pm UTC

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Like this? I don't use Imageready (what the heck is it?), but in GIMP I reduced the frame delay from 300ms to 100ms...

Borders... I guess are there... for decoration? To define it from the rest of the page? As an element determined to take more of your time to create? I'm not sure, exactly.

EDIT: I just made this one, too. Opinions?

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