SOTM 2010 - August (Reflections) - Entry Thread

[Star-Wing]

Originally Posted by Sworn to Believe

Spoiler for Sig:

Version one


Version two

C&C please, and feedback on which one looks better

Ver. 1 looks better. As ganbaru said, showing a bit more of the reflection would be nice. Also, the mirror thing in between, it seems a bit weird, perspective-wise to me. Why not stretch it a bit towards the inside, thereby decreasing it's size & making it look more realistic? (wait, I can't understand what I wrote either...so maybe just try adjusting? )
Otherwise, the sig looks good.

[abet17]

another hard one.............
how about this...? Just trying to make one ^_^

my 1st draft.............

[Mr. Wang]

Originally Posted by abet17

another hard one.............
how about this...? Just trying to make one ^_^

my 1st draft.............

A very well-made signature, though I don't know if it fits the theme well. What exactly is the source of reflection? I think I see something, though it's not really obvious of what is reflecting the character in the signature. The sig itself is well-done, though I just think that whatever is the reflective surface that make's the person's face in the background needs to be emphasized. That way, we can say "oh, that's a mirror," or "oh, that's a blade," and the like. It's a bit vague for me, unless I'm just missing something completely obvious...

[Haladflire65]

Originally Posted by abet17

another hard one.............
how about this...? Just trying to make one ^_^

my 1st draft.............

I agree with Mr Wang on this one, it doesn't really look like a reflection to me

Edit: I'm all over the place this month, so I have one more very quick attempt (I know it's over the size limit)



C&C?

[Namiey]

my second entry:

c&c?

[ganbaru]

Abet17 as said before, this isn't reflection
Halaflire65 nice one, mabe darkening a little the reflection ?
Namiey sorry, I don't know what to suggest.

This will be my Final Entry

[White Manju Bun]

Originally Posted by Haladflire65

Edit: I'm all over the place this month, so I have one more very quick attempt (I know it's over the size limit)



C&C?

It took me a second to see the reflection now that I did, I totally love it!

[Evil Rick]

Originally Posted by milan kyuubi

V2


V3


c&c?

Hmmm... the efects are good but perhaps the red color for the text is not the best one.

Originally Posted by Cyz

Hmmm, I thought I should give it a try but....



^ Epic fail.

Tehehhe, nice idea, I would sugest to only replace the text so it not blocks the character, distracts a bit the focus on the sig.

Originally Posted by Sworn to Believe

Version one


Version two


C&C please, and feedback on which one looks better

Well, bith versions look squished and look a bit blurry, the efects on the second sig are totally eye-killer my friend. D:

Originally Posted by Namiey

my entry:

c&c?

Cool idea, I like it a lot, just a sugestion on the reflect at the sword, give it a vertical flip and then align it with the character's face si it would look more like a reflection.

Originally Posted by abet17

another hard one.............
how about this...? Just trying to make one ^_^

my 1st draft.............

Has nice efects, nice text, nice colors and overall is a good sig, problem is that I'm not sure if it's truly a reflection, perhaps if we could ad some crystal efect to the "reflect" area it would feet better with the theme.

Originally Posted by Haladflire65

I agree with Mr Wang on this one, it doesn't really look like a reflection to me

Edit: I'm all over the place this month, so I have one more very quick attempt (I know it's over the size limit)



C&C?

The idea is good and has nice efecst & set of color, I would sugets to try to focus the sig more on the reflection area.

Originally Posted by Namiey

my second entry:

c&c?

Very good as well, I would only sugets a border but overall it's a very cool sig.

Originally Posted by ganbaru

Abet17 as said before, this isn't reflection
Halaflire65 nice one, mabe darkening a little the reflection ?
Namiey sorry, I don't know what to suggest.

This will be my Final Entry

Just as suegstion, i would recomend to remove that border, purple aura.

[Star-Wing]

Originally Posted by abet17

another hard one.............
how about this...? Just trying to make one ^_^

my 1st draft.............

Not really a reflection, though the signature is amazing. Maybe making the back part a bit flashier might help?

Originally Posted by Haladflire65

Edit: I'm all over the place this month, so I have one more very quick attempt (I know it's over the size limit)



C&C?

Missing your Lockon~
But this one is really good. I loved the overall effect and I have nothing more to say

Originally Posted by Namiey

my second entry:

c&c?

I loved both of your entries; but I think the reflection in the second one seems more real.
Edit: Like EvilRick said, I think a simple black border might be better, just a suggestion though.


I wasn't going to submit any entry this month, but somehow, I came up with this:



Edit: I think this one looks more plausible:



So, C&C please, I guess.

[Kaze]

Star-Wing,

So far it's looking really good, very nicely done reflection, and it's an even more noticeable reflection than some others in this thread (some are very hard to see)

However:
Maybe cut down a little bit on the yellow, it's fitting on the bg mixed with the orange and red in the clouds, but try and see if the character can get a little more color

[Namiey]

Evil Rick and Star-Wing,
it was a border, at each side, with different colour.

[Star-Wing]

Originally Posted by Namiey

Evil Rick and Star-Wing,
it was a border, at each side, with different colour.

Yeah, I noticed it Even though the left side border looks fine, the right side one kind of stands out...so I still think a black simple border might look better ^.^

[xl_Legit_lx]

Originally Posted by Star-Wing

I wasn't going to submit any entry this month, but somehow, I came up with this:



Edit: I think this one looks more plausible:



So, C&C please, I guess.

It looks nice, but the (mirror?) is placed in a way that makes the reflection look sort of awkward. Maybe I'd rotate the mirror a bit, not sure. It's also a bit monotone, try some cool colors (blue, purple, cyan...etc)

[geki~]

Alright, my try

[Star-Wing]

^ Simple and cool idea (I wanted to try that too, but I couldn't find a proper render ) I think a border might be needed, though.

[LKK]

@ geki~: First off, super cool idea! Second, I would recommend moving the text to the left until the right-most word clears the render. It's difficult to read in its current location.

[Suomi]

Originally Posted by Star-Wing

Ver. 1 looks better. As ganbaru said, showing a bit more of the reflection would be nice. Also, the mirror thing in between, it seems a bit weird, perspective-wise to me. Why not stretch it a bit towards the inside, thereby decreasing it's size & making it look more realistic? (wait, I can't understand what I wrote either...so maybe just try adjusting? )
Otherwise, the sig looks good.

Well the reflection was originally like that. (in the original image) so there's not much I can do about that.
The mirror is just sort of there...I don't know what I would be able to do about it.
By stretching it to the inside do you mean decreasing the width?

[Mr. Wang]

Originally Posted by Sworn to Believe

Well the reflection was originally like that. (in the original image) so there's not much I can do about that.
The mirror is just sort of there...I don't know what I would be able to do about it.
By stretching it to the inside do you mean decreasing the width?

Could you maybe you use some kind of perspective distort tool, so it looks like we're looking at it from an appropriate angle? Twist it a bit so the right side of the mirror is more off into the distance, and the reflection makes more sense.

[ganbaru]

geki~ I have to agree with LKK about moving the text: I would place it about middle height of the sig

[Suomi]

Originally Posted by Mr. Wang

Could you maybe you use some kind of perspective distort tool, so it looks like we're looking at it from an appropriate angle? Twist it a bit so the right side of the mirror is more off into the distance, and the reflection makes more sense.

Um, I don't know how I would go about doing that but I can try...