SOTM 2009 - May (Double Delight!) - Entry Thread

[Aurelie]

Originally Posted by Katocchi

First Concept .. uuun finally I choose him ..



Alternate ..

Spoiler for ...:

idk he's bishie or no

CnC ?????

I like the colours of the first one, but I prefer the design of the second one. Plus, Len is <3.

Len is definitely bishounen, all pretty boys are regardless of age.

Originally Posted by escimo

First draft.

The only problem I see is the text, personally I find it a bit off-putting.

[ganbaru]

@ Crowkenobi are the ''lines surrounding Archer '' comming from the lend effects? It'S the best explanation than I can find.
@ Escimo a first draft ? I know text are not to be read

I hope this one is colorful enough for the theme, C&C are welcome as always.

[escimo]

Thanks for the comments. Made a few tweaks.

[CrowKenobi]

Originally Posted by Evil Rick

Yeah, a lot better in terms of quality but what about those lines that are surrounding Lanser?

Originally Posted by ganbaru

@ Crowkenobi are the ''lines surrounding Archer '' comming from the lend effects? It'S the best explanation than I can find.

Yes, the "lines" are from the lensflare effect (PSE 5, movie prime @ 50%), if they are too distracting, I can switch to a different lensflare effect.

[Endrance]

First draft for this month C+C appreciated

[ganbaru]

@ CrowKenobi 'myself, I didn't find those line distracting but somes others might . Trying some others lend effect wouldn't hurt and if the result is better, so be it.
@ Escimo it's clearer and more readable. I can'T think of something to change/ add.
@Endrance the problem is the sky, it look either too empty or too black. You should add some stars on the top of the sig.

[Yorg]

well this is a first for me doing this soo..well here go nuttin lol..

1st


2nd

[ganbaru]

@Yorg the 1st would fit the colorful theme more. But both have a problem; the entry to the SOTM must follow the same rule than the normal sig ( being under 48,8ko )

Edit 2nd version of my sig. C&C would be welcome.

[Yorg]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

@Yorg the 1st would fit the colorful theme more. But both have a problem; the entry to the SOTM must follow the same rule than the normal sig ( being under 48,8ko )

Edit 2nd version of my sig. C&C would be welcome.

oh yeah i might of forgot that the AS safe...here they are edited to under 48 ko

1st



2nd

[Frailty]

Originally Posted by Yorg

oh yeah i might of forgot that the AS safe...here they are edited to under 48 ko

1st



2nd

you could just turn it into a jpg format, a gif format sig ruins the quality very much

[Yorg]

Originally Posted by Frailty

you could just turn it into a jpg format, a gif format sig ruins the quality very much

they were a jpeg and they were 77 kb

[Evil Rick]

Originally Posted by escimo

Thanks for the comments. Made a few tweaks.

It's a 10 out of 10

Originally Posted by Endrance

First draft for this month C+C appreciated

Don't know Endrance, the animated wheel looks a bot forced, almost unreal :?

Originally Posted by Yorg

well this is a first for me doing this soo..well here go nuttin lol..

1st

1st looks awesome

Originally Posted by ganbaru

@Yorg the 1st would fit the colorful theme more. But both have a problem; the entry to the SOTM must follow the same rule than the normal sig ( being under 48,8ko )

Edit 2nd version of my sig. C&C would be welcome.

It's a very good style of sig, like the bg and the render but not that colorfull and the text is not that good.

Originally Posted by Yorg

they were a jpeg and they were 77 kb

It depends, you put in on maximum quality? (12) you could try a medium quality (8-10) to keep it under the limits and looking good.

[Yorg]

couple more i did today and yes they are under the Rule size lol

1st



2nd

[CrowKenobi]

Let's try a version 3!





Now, do I want to put some text on it...?

[Evil Rick]

Originally Posted by Yorg

couple more i did today and yes they are under the Rule size lol

1st



2nd

Hmmm... none is as colorfull as the previous 1st you posted.
My advice worked?

Originally Posted by CrowKenobi

Let's try a version 3!





Now, do I want to put some text on it...?

Looks good, don't know if a text is that necesary.

[Frailty]

is Byakuya bishie enough???
first draft:

C&C please

I tried to combine the two themes :]

edit:
I wasn't really happy with what I've made so I made another version
v2:


C&C please

[Aurelie]

Originally Posted by Yorg

well this is a first for me doing this soo..well here go nuttin lol..

1st


2nd

The first is the best in my opinion. Since you can't seem to lower the file size without a huge loss in quality, I did it for you. http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/181...yjakeyuan1.jpg

Second, is neither colourful or a bishounen.

Originally Posted by ganbaru

@Yorg the 1st would fit the colorful theme more. But both have a problem; the entry to the SOTM must follow the same rule than the normal sig ( being under 48,8ko )

Edit 2nd version of my sig. C&C would be welcome.

The background looks a bit low quality to me, especially on the right side. The text could also be better, it looks like you just added it for the sake of having text. Fix those and it'll be perfect. ^^

Originally Posted by Frailty

is Byakuya bishie enough???
first draft:

C&C please

I tried to combine the two themes :]

edit:
I wasn't really happy with what I've made so I made another version
v2:


C&C please

Definitely. xD

I can't really decide between the two. The first looks slightly low in quality, while the second looks slightly blurry because of the glow, and the colours don't look as vivid. I like the general design though.

[Larthak]

Originally Posted by Endrance

First draft for this month C+C appreciated

It feels too dark + the carousel lines are...moving strangely, maybe adding some motion blur to a few frames?

Originally Posted by Yorg

well this is a first for me doing this soo..well here go nuttin lol..

Spoiler:

1st


2nd

Originally Posted by Yorg

couple more i did today and yes they are under the Rule size lol

Spoiler:

1st



2nd

I'm sorry to be the one bearing bad news, but all your "1st" sigs are oversized. A 170 px height is not allowed on AniSuki.

Not much of a problem, considering you just have to cut 10 pixels and it's okay.

[ganbaru]

@ CrowKenobi It look better with this lend effect. If you add some text, usea small one.
@Yorg might add some color but where?
@ Fraility the lonely pixels might catch a bit too much attention, no? If it was not of the theme I would have prefered the second version.

This is my 3th version, I ryied to make it more colorfull and to improuve the quality. I also changed the text ( somehow, I can't feel like using a sig without at least something writed on it ) C&C would be welcome.

[Katocchi]

Originally Posted by PreSage

@Katocchi: I thought the first guy was a girl. I think it's his hairstyle and outfit. LOL. The second one is borderline bishie...er moe bishie?

Huwaaa .. why everyone tought Touka-Oujisama is girl ..

Originally Posted by Larthak

Hmm, wait a minute, are you saving them as 8-bit PNG? That's quite a heavy loss of quality...you can see the dithering if you look closely enough. Why not use JPG?
That's the exact mental image I get, when someone says "bishounen".

I always save in PNG lol ..

New Draft ..