Emerald Graphics

[Emerald Emblem]

Hi there, I make signatures and gif avatars, here are my more recent works:

Latest Sigs:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/AisakaTaigaSig-1.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/FransescalucchiniSig.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/MioAkiyamasig2.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Shuri-Signature.jpg

Latest gif Avatars:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20Avatars/Rue03.gifhttp://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20Avatars/Rue02.gifhttp://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20Avatars/Yuuki04v2.gifhttp://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20Avatars/yuuki03.gif

Comments are always welcomed and advanced critique encouraged.

[holyalexander]

wow you got a great taste of color combination..

[Evil Rick]

I like your work with colors and text :D

[lsley]

Nice works!
But all of your sigs are over AS size ;)
And I'd recommend to save your sigs with "save for web and devices" too.

[Emerald Emblem]

Wow, minimal size but maximum quality, Thanks for the tip.

Also Thank you holyalexander and Evil Rick. I'm happy for the compliments.

[ASR1FanSubs]

I like the first one Nice

[Cyz]

Ah, a Koumei sig? Very cute, I don't see any Koihime Musou sigs that much.

[Emerald Emblem]

Well there ain't much artwork around for Koihime Musou. It's a shame really for us Koihime Musou fans.

[Emerald Emblem]

My newest signature, I just have a bit of a dilemma on which one I'll use, in this one I put Yuuki's name on the taco:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Yuuki-Signature-v2.jpg

Also I decided to mimic the Saki Logo and put Yuuki's name on it, in the bottom corner:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Yuuki-Signature-v3.jpg

Which one looks better?

[Chant]

I'd go with the 2nd one as well. Makes both, taco and text, easier to recognize.

I'm afraid I don't really know how to comment on the background and color picks, though.

[Emerald Emblem]

Well any comments I get are good to have, thank you.

[Rikimtasu]

Nice matching logo and text colour.
Well,the render on this:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/MioAkiyamasig2.jpg
It kind of too bright.Other looked fine,thought.

[Katocchi]

Congratz for Opening Your Thread ..

welcome cookies are served

[ganbaru]

Congratulation for your thread.

[Emerald Emblem]

Thank you both, I feel really welcomed now.

[Emerald Emblem]

Well new episode of Saki means some new gifs:
This one is not Animesuki safe:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20Avatars/Yuuki06.gif

Here are animesuki safe Gifs:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20Avatars/Yuuki06v2.gif
I need more Yuuki goodness

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20Avatars/Ikeda02.gif http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20Avatars/Ikeda01.gif
I made some of Ikeda with a new border style. Which is better?

[Emerald Emblem]

Well sorry to bump this again, this time it's a sig which will be my new one, well my first and most awful effort I'll show you all:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Asuze-Signature.jpg

Yeah, well I've made another version now, here we go, is it good enough now? (I wanna make it and put it up right away) I'm quite happy with this one actually:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Azusa-Signature.jpg

[Urei]

Hm, why won't you try a little bit of blending over the edges? I'm positive it would benefit for the signature :)

Great work nevertheless

[Emerald Emblem]

Hm, why won't you try a little bit of blending over the edges? I'm positive it would benefit for the signature :)

Great work neverthelessThat's the only think holding my signatures back I think, I just need to learn how to blend it in.

[Kelisidina]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Asuze-Signature.jpg

The rendering is good, but I don't like the pink outline; it looks choppy. You used up quite a bit of space with brushes, good, but it should be blended together IMO.

Yeah, well I've made another version now, here we go, is it good enough now? (I wanna make it and put it up right away) I'm quite happy with this one actually:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Azusa-Signature.jpg

There's too much brush space to the left. And the brush to the left of the stock is too big and makes it look like space. I like the rendering, but again, the pink outline looks choppy. Text is a bit out of place, but I like the colors and composition.

[Larthak]

500×150 is quite a huge space to fill...and that's not always a good thing. Try concentrating yourself on something smaller; 300-400 for example. :)

Btw, the second version of your last sig is much better than the first one. Good job there! :D

[Emerald Emblem]

Thanks for the suggestions, it's a shame the pink outline is so choppy so I can't do much about that.

Well I made it thinner now, is it any better? Also an outer glow to try and hide the outline.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Azusa-Signature-1.jpg
EDIT: Sorted that out.

[Kelisidina]

Oh yes! And the placement of text is much better too!

[Moonie]

A tad late.
Congrats on making your own thread. :nod:

I like your azunyan sig. :)

+rep

[Emerald Emblem]

Thank you both, I know my sigs aren't perfect, I always encourage improvement suggestions.

[KimmyChan]

Really superbly made avatars & signatures EE, I'm very impressed by them all :)

Keep up the fab work & I shall look forward to seeing more right here :D

[Emerald Emblem]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Azusa-Signature-2.jpg

My newest work, I hope you like it and suggestions are appreciated.

[Silver Dragon]

Hey there, I just came to tell you that this (http://www.zomgforums.com/276877-post2008.html) guy is using your sig, and edited it.

Did you give him permission to?

[KimmyChan]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Azusa-Signature-2.jpg

My newest work, I hope you like it and suggestions are appreciated.

Mio looks great in that sig, and I love the pink colouring...Superb work as ever EE :)

[Katocchi]

Mio looks great in that sig, and I love the pink colouring...Superb work as ever EE :)

She is not Mio .. she is Azusa (http://myanimelist.net/character/21173/Azusa_Nakano) .. oh .. I mean Azu-nyan :heh:

[The Chaos]

It Seem I didn't welcome you yet ..Welcome to Fan Creation ^__^


http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Azusa-Signature.jpg
I like this Sig Colors :nod:
+welcome Cookies ;)

[Emerald Emblem]

Hey there, I just came to tell you that this (http://www.zomgforums.com/276877-post2008.html) guy is using your sig, and edited it.

Did you give him permission to?

Nope, I certainly didn't, he's even using my gif avatars on his sigs too.

[Daniel E.]

Nope, I certainly didn't, he's even using my gif avatars on his sigs too.

Happens all the time around here; People come, they grab things, and sometimes even claim them as their own creations somewhere else.

In a way, you could think of this as the official proof that your sigs are indeed good. :p

[Emerald Emblem]

Yeah, that's a positive spin to take on it. I remember when I would borrow other peoples Sigs and hope one day I could make my own great sigs.

[Rikimtasu]

Yeah, that's a positive spin to take on it. I remember when I would borrow other peoples Sigs and hope one day I could make my own great sigs.

Same reason here.
Even thought my sig isn't very good yet,but would try to make some more sigs to have better skill on it^^

[Yuukari]

I like your works~they're so awesome!
Heheh :3 Great job on them^^

[Emerald Emblem]

Thanks for the compliments guys, all greatly appreciated.

Another Azusa sig, but with 2 different techniques, there is my standard technique
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Azusa-Signature-3v3.jpg

And here is a colour splash version for a Sig of the week contest:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Other%20Sigs/Azusa-Signature.jpg

[Emerald Emblem]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Azusa-Signature-4.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Azusa-Signature-4v2.jpg

2 variations, which is the better looking do you think?

[AtomicoX]

I would like to say that both actually works quite well. The text is better organized on the second one and it also has nice depth on the right side. The first one has worse text but better color and more vibrant background. Guess the tone of her skin works better there too.

If I would have to choose, I would go for the 2nd one, but a compromise between them, mixing their good sides would also work out well.

[Emerald Emblem]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20Avatars/Nue01.gifhttp://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20Avatars/Nue02.gifhttp://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20Avatars/Nue03.gifhttp://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20Avatars/Nue04.gifhttp://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20Avatars/Nue05.gif

Nue avatars from Tayutama Episode 10. The first is my Profile picture so you know if you were thinking of using it, the rest are freebies.

Random Shana Signature:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Shana-Signaturev2.jpg

[Emerald Emblem]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Nagato-Yuki-Signature.jpg

Opinions on this please. Not sure whether the sig goes together.

[KimmyChan]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Nagato-Yuki-Signature.jpg

Opinions on this please. Not sure whether the sig goes together.

It looks good, I love the colours and graphics :)

[Emerald Emblem]

Well I cleaned out my brush folder and re-stocked it, now this is the result:

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Nagato-Yuki-Signature-2-v2.jpg

[Emerald Emblem]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Mio.jpg

Since I wanted a matching set, I made a new sig, shame there are so few graphics for Mio, but I don't feel this is as good as it should be, improvement suggestions plz?

EDIT: Version 2
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Mio-v2.jpg

[Daniel E.]

I prefer ver. 2, although the text looks just pasted in both versions.

[escimo]

Whoa I've managed to miss your thread completely. Sorry about that.
So here's a super late welcome from me. :D

Out of the last two you posted the V2 is definitely much better. The saturation of the background in the first one is way too high.

[Emerald Emblem]

Thanks for the welcome, I'm happy to see other people posting here at all so no worries.

So I need to fix the text up.

[Emerald Emblem]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Mio-v3.jpg

Here we go, a version 3

[Emerald Emblem]

Here we go, a v4 and v5

Version 4:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Mio-v3---2.jpg

Version 5:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Mio-v3---3.jpg

[Emerald Emblem]

My how tutorials help ones work, you wouldn't recognize it if I wasn't posting it now.

A v6:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Mio-v4.jpg

[Daniel E.]

My how tutorials help ones work, you wouldn't recognize it if I wasn't posting it now.

Yeah, looks better now! :)

Text placement is pretty odd, though.

If you are interested, you should check the threads of Klashikari, K. Yamato amd AtomicoX; All three are, IMHO, very good in terms of selecting and placing text within a sig. :)

[Emerald Emblem]

Been Ages but here we go. My latest work:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/IkarosNymph.jpg

I know it's not my best.

[Emerald Emblem]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Nymph-signature.jpg

Rendered Nymph out and got to making this. Critique please.

[Emerald Emblem]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Himeji-Mizuki-Signature-v3.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Other%20Sigs/Chibi-Signature.jpg

[Daniel E.]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g3/PPGD_fan/Forum%20sigs/Himeji-Mizuki-Signature-v3.jpg

Awesome! :)

Watch out for the file size, though.