SOTM 2009 - January (Space) - Entry Phase

[Cierra]

*sigh* Wish i had more time to concentrate on SOTM but I can't help it. School's starting pretty soon so i guess my first draft will be my final entry. Phew,at least i managed to finish the sketch for the artists contest. What a relief

[KiNA]

Originally Posted by Drake

Would be better if i just showed you.

Spoiler:

Problem is.. I have no idea on how to animate those ^^

[Ehko]

why not for that first image

Spoiler for :

cut him out and then make him float on a similar background, shouldn't be too complicated

and wait, why does it have to be animated anyways? O.o

[KiNA]

Because I am KiNA

[Ehko]

i see O.o

well if you must, then I would suggest the above again and maybe rotate him to come from a dif angle or something to make it look a lil more original

keep the screw too, maybe blur it a little as part of the point of view perspective or depth or whatever it is im tryna explain :x

[KholdStare]

Remember KiNA, 30 slices!

[markesellus]

Some kind of C&C would be really nice.

[KiNA]

Ok .. so , where's the space? I see lots of empty space tho

[Drake]

To be brutially honest i dont like very many animated sigs.

Animating something for the hell of it just cheapens it for me especially when the sig turns out tiny but in saying that it can workout well in some cases.

Kina if you really wanna animate one anyway take the first image turn it 90 degrees clockwise cut out spacesuit man and animate the earth rotating behind him.

Failing that just animate the bolt spinning in space.

[KiNA]

Where's the fun in that? There's an idea, but we'll see how it goes .. The idea is there, and I can roughly guesstimate how to do it, the only thing left to see how much it cost me, in term of filesize.

I agree animating something just for animated sig is silly, thats why I tried to make a new idea each time.

That, and I totally cant compete with the lots of you when it come to normal sig. ┐(-｡ｰ')┌

[Ehko]

lol i dislike animations because gif quality isnt as pixel perfect with sharpening as a png is (sharp perfection is a must for my fan glory) however animations are fun every now and then


Also, to keep the file size down, cant u just keep the floating down to a minimum? You can also re-use slices to keep the size down i believe (im assuming slices means frames? because slices literally means slices like on a web layout O.o and i can't connect that to animations in any way)

marksellus its okay, but you got alot of jpeg artifacts it seems and its ruining your edges of your renders and anything that contrasts in the image
Also, I notice you have a habit of leaving your name on all of your sigs, but really you shouldn't put it there jsut for credit like that otherwise it breaks the flow. If you include your name, you should make it part of the sig and not just a corner decoration, trust me it helps the flow alot (don't look at my sig below >< its a bad example).

oh sorry, i just noticed but perhaps, are you using gimp? I'm not sure if quality control of Jpegs is part of gimp. If it isn't, you should really save it as a png then.

[CrowKenobi]

Non-placeholder, non-final entry:



Comments?

[ganbaru]

Originally Posted by CrowKenobi

Non-placeholder, non-final entry:



Comments?

It's a unsual mixt space and girl with katana.
It's good looking, but the 3 color space as backgroung feel strange.
A 2 colors ( one for the usual space and une for a gaz and ice cloud) could feel more realist.

[CrowKenobi]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

It's a unsual mixt space and girl with katana.
It's good looking, but the 3 color space as backgroung feel strange.
A 2 colors ( one for the usual space and une for a gaz and ice cloud) could feel more realist.

My "3 color space" background:





Found it in this thread!

[Ehko]

lol blurry sig is blurry
1. focus/sharpen it a lil
2. increase contrast a little maybe?


and ty for the resources

working on a new entry of my own atm :x

[P.G.]

A new theme for the new year eh~? Better think of some ideas now... whoo~ been a long time here in AS~

[Spectacular_Insanity]

Hm, looks interesting. I *might* give it a go. I have some nice images, but I haven't made anything in forever so I can't guarantee it won't look crappy...

[TheZap]

I want to enetr but I am not sure what to enter :|

[White Manju Bun]

First draft


Much love to Furuno and his Night Sky tut or Id have been sol this month

C&C?

[markesellus]

Thanks KiNA and Ehko, things definitely noted. And yes, Ehko I'm using Gimp.

@White Manju Bun: Ooh pretty background. I don't really like the "Stars are" font. It looks really...plain/blunt? and doesn't fit well with the blazing. I like the idea of two different fonts though.