SOTM 2008 - March (Female Combatants) - Entry Phase

[KiNA]

I dont understand WHAT you talking about Shana.. Not 1 bit



I'll leave my old version in my sig for easy comparison.

[Thingle]

I'm gonna decide between these two

Spoiler:

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In any case, I'm in.

[MagicaLideaL]

I'll go with this one ... Criticism is welcome .

[Aoie_Emesai]

Originally Posted by Utter_iMADNESS

I prefer the one with the uncolored background. It helps to emphasize the eyes and gives it more of a combat feel.

Yup ^^, it gives more visibility and more contrast.

Originally Posted by MagicaLideaL

I'll go with this one ... Criticism is welcome .

The color seems a bit too mono. I think you should add a few more striking colors to the image.

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I like this one much better than the other one, thingle ^^, Clean and simple. Though I do feel the background seems a bit "bland", other than the bloodsplatters.

[Thingle]

Originally Posted by Aoie_Emesai

Yup ^^, it gives more visibility and more contrast.



The color seems a bit too mono. I think you should add a few more striking colors to the image.

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I concur.

Nothing follows

[CrowKenobi]

Originally Posted by saphyre

Version one of my Saya sig...



Blood still looks weird lol.

I like it! (and Riker's addition made it better) I think the bg face does work, but needs its contrast lowered so that it doesn't steal the focus from the sword.

Originally Posted by Riker

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Btw, thanks for the comments on my sig, everyone.


Well in case anyone's interested, it's a combination of the flippy and snow animation.



A question about the background. With or without colours?

Without colors looks the best imho.

[Ledgem]

Originally Posted by Riker

A question about the background. With or without colours?

I prefer the one with colors, but since everyone else seems to be saying that they prefer the uncolored version you should probably go with that. To me the colors don't detract from the combat feeling nor the emphasis on the eyes. I can't explain why but it feels like it adds to the image. I still like the other version, as well.

Originally Posted by Kira_Naruto

I just noticed this now, but there's a red line (in the shape of a tilted ^ [carot]) on her sword. When the lightning goes through, the red thickens and almost becomes an X. I'd imagine that's unintentional? If you can't find it, go from the shadow of her neck and trace over to the sword to be at the level of the mysterious red marking.

[Thingle]

Can't wait till 14.

[Deathkillz]

NEW ATTEMPT!



Love it or hate it, kotonoha is definitely a combat girl XD

[bkg9990]

Is it necessary for a weapon?

EDIT: scratch that I've already found a render



I don't know what to do with the background though.

Any tips?

[Daniel E.]

Originally Posted by Ledgem

I just noticed this now, but there's a red line (in the shape of a tilted ^ [carot]) on her sword. When the lightning goes through, the red thickens and almost becomes an X. I'd imagine that's unintentional? If you can't find it, go from the shadow of her neck and trace over to the sword to be at the level of the mysterious red marking.

That's her Claymore insignia.

[BearShare]

Originally Posted by saphyre

Version one of my Saya sig...



Blood still looks weird lol.

Found a way to fix the blood coloring. Duplicate the original blood layer twice. Put the first one on overlay at 5x% and the second one at color burn/linear burn 40-50%.

Play around with it and it'll eventually get a more realistic tone.

[Cyz]

Originally Posted by Deathkillz

NEW ATTEMPT!



Love it or hate it, kotonoha is definitely a combat girl XD

Even her looks is a killer

[Solace]

Entry list is now up! See this post: http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost...05&postcount=2

Contestants please check to make sure I have you on the list. Also, while the feedback and response has been great, this thread is starting to get a bit large to filter through. So to make this part stand out...

Contestants, when you have decided on your final entry, please mark your entry post with Official Entry. If the due date passes and I do not see this tag next to any of your signatures, I will remove your name and entry from this months voting period.

That should be noticeable enough.

[Faeyice]

^ My entry and Official Entry The kanjii up there is Rider in Japanese... I think. o.O

I have extreme lack of inspiration. D:

Geez. o.O There are a lot of Rider sigs. o.o

[Daniel E.]

Originally Posted by Faeyice

Now that's one good looking sig!

I wonder if it would be possible to increase the image quality and dimensions a bit? The size is 40374 bytes and the height is 100 pixels, so you should have a bit of room to manuever, no?

[retro_plexus]

I guess i'll give it a go. C/C are welcome.

[Izayoi]

Originally Posted by Deathkillz

NEW ATTEMPT!



Love it or hate it, kotonoha is definitely a combat girl XD

The render don't really blends with the background but overall pretty good desu.

[Faeyice]

Originally Posted by Daniel E.

Now that's one good looking sig!

I wonder if it would be possible to increase the image quality and dimensions a bit? The size is 40374 bytes and the height is 100 pixels, so you should have a bit of room to manuever, no?

Thanks! Wow. o.o I didn't expect anyone to really like it. I guess I'm really really picky. xD Sad thing is, that is the highest quality I can go with JPEG, and I can't change the PNG file size settings. And the file size for the png is 73050 bytes, which sucks. And with my highest gif settings, it's even less quality. x.x

And on top of that, I use Adobe Photoshop 6.0, so I don't know if any of this differs from CS users. x.x

[Ledgem]

We're still allowed to submit entries by PM to you Solace, right?