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Deathkillz · 2007-01-30, 18:30

Welcome to my area of random GFX work where I showcase my (now infrequent) past time. v1.2

UPDATE!: 20/06/09

Current Signature ~

Recent Siggies

1) INTRODUCTION

Spoiler for brief intro to how I got into photoshop:

2) Before the great hiatus

2.1) These are a random mash of my early attempts at making signatures. I can't say that they are anything worth to look at but they provided a stepping stone for me.

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crap isnt it? well this i was when i actually failed at making a decent background...but thanks to the tutorial thread located here i was able to do a half decent job at extracting archer (back in those days when F/S N was still hot) i cant still remember how long it too me to extract those...but lets just say it was very long

which brings me onto number 2 ~

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okey okey its cheezy XD but heck still trying to learn how lighting works so thats what happened ~ i actually think that the main reason for it being crap was that words covered a lot of the sig (not a good idea) and with the help of my cousin i found out where the transparency slider was XD

and after getting the hang of thinga i actually tried to make a background by experimenting with colours (shocking O.o)

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what failed here was my poor attempt at making saber's sword have her signature "wind effect" ~ and being rather plain...oh well

after that i tried to make some interesting "accessories" to my creations ~

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first time i actually used some "brushes" for effect...didnt turn out too well but surprisingly at the time i thought it looked quite good (i guess im easily pleased ) the contrast is too bright and blurry pic dams it >.<

and how about some filler effects?

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just a crappy crop at the time but i tried using "lens flare"...looked quite cool the first time i clicked the button but it required no effort

and at that time i discovered school rumble...that just begged me to make a sig out of my love ~ yakumo

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plain ~ but i dont really care as she is just too lovely to be critted so hard

learning more and more through trial and error i managed to download my first set of brushes and use them ~ thinking back i was stupid to say "how to get the cool background effects?" when all i have was some circular brushes

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i quite like this one tbh...i think its my first decent on which i can actually use without shame but looking at it now gives me double image O.o

still trying out new things i found out that screen caping images from eps can actually be used for making sig (well duh!)

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cookie to the one who can guess who these two is and i remember cyz did guess it right once so heres hoping he doesnt see j/k

and finally the last of my past batch ~ starting to explore now i started to use layer blending effects ^__^

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flaw is that the quality is bad due to all the pretty colours and i really do need better font lol...

well thats the end of the first batch...come to think of it i havent really made that many siggies...i guess most of the time spent was trying out stuff ^__^ kinda tired now so ill update the rest tomorrow ~

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2.2) The following works are stuff made with a little more knowledge of Photoshop. Still nothing great :/

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firstly ~ after being bored with making just stills i tried my hand in making "animated" siggies ~ okey it didnt turn out to well...not because it looked bad but because it was over 4 times AS safe rules (uguu ;_;

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i liked the colouring and layout and being my first animated siggy i was quite impressed myself (not to should big headed ) but the file size just killed it for usage >.<

so ~ i made it into a still...

will it looks okey i preferred the animated version (for obvious reasons ) also looking a bit cluttered that pushed me to make version 3 ~

and playing around with brushes im beginning to learn bit by bit how to properly make cool effects ^_^

and next beings be to make a yuki one ~ after loosing slight motivation with animated stuff...im just hopeless with frames

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the first version of my yuki ~ i tried to do something different this time by using a "worded" BG and some lens flashes ^__^ but the flaw with this sig is the blue outline around her >.< i just cant get rid of it!

and just to go with the rising star series i found new love with CC!

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a bit too plain imo but i like it

and with a bit of courage i made my first sigs as a request to someone else ichy had the honors ^__^

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nothing too fancy just some simply blending but i liked the outcome ~

same here but managed to fit a simple BG ~ i just love the colour green

and with kanon striking at my heart strings i made one dedicated to my love ~ shiori

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for this i actually used a BG source from another pic and combined the two...never thought of it but when i saw someone else do it i thought "wow im such a baka" and i tried to add a few more minor details and give her angel wings ^__^

next one comes with a little help from zaris' theme ^__^

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okey i tried to copy his theme to attempt to learn something new ~ figured out that i can cover bad edges with some big thick lines

and from this i spawned my lovely suigintou based on the theme ^__^

at first i didnt like this theme for the thick bottom and top lines but after working with it i liked the idea that its quite artistic suigintou is another one of my love

and speaking of gin sama i forgot that i placed some of her sigs elsewhere

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now im just messing around with effects and blend modes

and ahh yes i remember i put some others away in random folders O.o i guess ill have to do some digging

meantime i found 2 from the saimoe campaign ~ my favorite girls got knocked out

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and lol...i automatically tilt my head to see this but i liked the outcome ^__^ i tried to make things "sketch like" and it turned out just fine imo ~

man i acutally have quite a lot of siggies come to think of it...its just that some i "misplaced" out of my notmal folders ill do some digging and come back tomorrow ^__^

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new add ~ taking a break from just posting sigs i just wanted to say that im also having a try at vectoring ~ well heres the start of it and by subject is kallen ^__^

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well this is my first ever vector work in progress ~ and it did take me a while to get motivated...but really it not that hard once i understood the concept

did a little mistake for the tie in forgetting that it had an insignia but ill soo fix that

soo far its going well but im just dreading doing the eyes from the tutorial the person said that doing the eyes is best when left last and ill take the advice from the expert ^__^

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hmm and i guess this next batch will be my final one soo far ~
firstly!

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something completely random messing around with the BG while trying to get rid of the blood splatted over the keyboard my greatest weakness...ecchi!

and still joint first as one of my fav girls of all time ^__^

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okey after the setback i had with animated siggies i tried again...better result! i tried to make a "dreamy" effect for around fate...cause everytime i see her in my dreams i feel light

and just for change i went after oh trap san

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imo the colours were just too bright and it hurt the eyes O.o

version 2 ~

ahh much better

hmm lets see whats left ~ well kiNa's theme really hit me...and with his easy to follow tutorial i was able to produce 2 nice siggies ^__^

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my first trial of his method...and i lolled when he told me that gin had a mole XD and rumors have it Riker likes a certain girl with a mole as well

and animated number 2 ~

dream sweet dream makoto

and well recently theres been a change of theme for me...im kinda enjoying making cool abstract BGs now firstly there was an experiment for KiNA ~

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CC...i found it quite a nice comparison from flat chest to big melons O.o

and more recently i recycled yuki ^_^

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really random and crappy looking boarder >.< but it was a test...i need to work harder

a better look at the BG...i wanted to put some animated screens of yuki fighting but it was just too much >.<

and lastly something random ~

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again i was messing with the BG ^__^

well i guess thats soo far in my short time of 6 months...its actually pretty neat to see how i improved over that time ~ and future works will be posted (if i can just get this lazy thorn out of my side

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new technique! well naturally im not gifted with working in imageready and animation (too difficult if you ask me) but riker's insane skills made me want to create something similar and hence what i came out with below ^__^

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vector update ~ i should really work on it more but well here it is unshaded

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17/02/07

new batch of creations somewat

firstly a tokimeki memorial one ~

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not one of my best to date i have to say >.< its quite hard working with a low quality screen cap and it really shows ~ spent most of my time trying to work out a clean backing for this ~

2 requests for Darkn3ssPhantom

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well he wanted the writing to be animated but i wasnt sure what so decided to use kiNA's method

personally i preferr the bara one ~ i guess i mot good at designing my own BG

next its the ginsama one that im using now

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nothing much to say on this one ~ just testing out some new brushes and adjusting the colours/transparency

and finally ~

shiori

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i tried making it look "dreamy" ^_^

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25/02/07

whoo new sig creations...man im feeling really lazy nowdays

firstly as a request to ~shana

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nothing really special here just a crop work and adjusting with the lighting bla bla ~

and just completed ~ reinforce

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just testing out a new brushes set and they work like a treat only flaw is the horrible font for "蒼天の書"
will fix that once i get a new font that works with the kanji

version 2 ~

*cough* version 3 but shoul really be 5

minor changes to the colour etc ^__^

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03/03/07 ~

2 new sigs the first one is a request from NaweG ~

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ahh a tribute to akiko after that horrible incident >.< i like this one but should have chose a better font as for skill put into it...its just a simple crop

current newest ~

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wow i must have spent an hour messing with the brushes it turned out nice and unexpected as i was just going along without any plans ^__^

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04/03/07 ~

wohoo! first wallie created

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it was hard trying to get a theme that fits...and even now i still doubt as to whether it truly fits
ive always wanted to make my own wallie but eeing first hand how hard it is a appreciate pro wallie makers more

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08/03/07 ~

first quick fate crop request

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nothing really special here...just trying to see if the "extruding" blurry section works ^__^

kanu unchou ~

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took me quite a while to cover up the bad parts (caused by the bad quality scan >.<) overall im pretty happy with this...tho it does feel a bit empty

quick fix up ~

this is an alternate one that i made to replace the "failure stock"

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11/03/07 ~

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i tried my best to work on this one...it was pretty hard trying to get the colours to run smoothly and still i think it feels rather empty >.< maybe i should make my siggies more narrower from now on

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17/03/07 ~

alteration on my rin sig ~

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okey i made it narrower and changed a few bits...good end result and it doesnt look that empty!

request crop sig :3

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and newest one to date ~

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okey i tried my best not to screw this one up...most of the times i mess up my sigs near the end of completion but this time im happy with the result

version 2 ~

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20/03/07 ~

new one!! :3

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its been a while since i last made a fate chan siggy ~ have to say i think ive fallen for the dark side and preferr using effects to create my backgrounds rather than brushes...the end result is just stunning

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23/03/07 ~

variation on the old one after getting some tips ~

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i can easily say that this is the best sig ive produced to date ~ it just a shame i needed that extra push since i cant figure things out for myself

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2.3) Now this was where I started to become more confident with creating signatures of viewable qualities and from here on it should not be that cringing to look at for those seasoned GFXers.

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28/03/07 ~

request sigs :3

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continuing on from the technique used last time i tried to make a rather messy BG well it did fit the theme of being "blue" to nayuki...erm and probably the ice type texture can represent the snow? O.o

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screen cap sigs are evil...that is all...

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21/04/07 ~

the new crack pot that is lucky star

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well it was rather simple...*sigh* these days i just dont seem to get any good ideas for a design >.<

and CC

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26/04/07 ~

i actually forgot to update this...baka me ~

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well for this i just tried to be a bit more experimental...and it worked! *sigh* i should have learnt how to use the eraser tool in the first place

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newest one so far ~ again im just trying different stuff and brushes...turned out pretty nice tho i do thing i might have went over with the bluring :3

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01/05/07 ~

wow its been a while since i last made a worship sig to fate chan :3

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well i kinda rushed on this one a bit...the stock was kinda hard to use but im content with the overall outcome

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im not sure about this one...i can see a few flaws which ill be hoping to correct if i have time but i can say that its one of my best sigs to date :3

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10/05/07 ~

probably one of my best fate chan sigs to date ^__^

croppy sig with highlights! O.o

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19/05/07 ~

whow i havent updated in some time

lets see ~ first off planetarian! yep its yumemi again :3

subaru love!

and most recent reinforce 1 ~ who is besides fate chan my fav character in nanoha ~ i tried out a new animation technique...and it worked! :3

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29/05/07 ~

a bunch of new ones i made

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06/06/07 ~

quick crop + enhancement job :3

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16/06/07 ~

big bulk update! all request sigs :3

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20/06/07 ~

dreamy theme'd reinforce

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28/06/07 ~

more gin sama

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12/07/07 ~

whow...i need to update this page more often
okey new sigs :3

BANNER WARS!!! yep this time the theme is SKY with a choice to do a set...better get busy looking for renders then

new dawn one ^.^

and improved versions of my others ~

2 x day

1 x night

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03/08/07 ~

my final banner submissions ^.^

4 set extension ~

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day

dusk

night

dawn

and some siggies ^.^

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28/09/07 ~

wow i took a long break one of these days i am going to look back at this and think "wow! i didnt know i made stuff like this O.O"

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07/10/07 ~

Request wallie - nothing special...just something simple to do

"natural" theme reinforce - vectored by sol (who is a god btw )

And you know how many PMs i got concerning this siggy!!?? O.O

for future reference here is the original

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14/10/07 ~

Angelic fate chan siggy - I tried to give her a natural theme like with my previous reinforce siggy and I would say did pretty good :3

Nothing special with this one - I was just bored

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21/10/07 ~

NEW ONE!

something completely random?

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01/12/07 ~

holy! its been over a month since i last updated this page

firstly its gin sama ^^

cloud or non cloud? it seems to go down as a matter ot taste :3

touka gettan siggy and wallie (i love this one ^^ shame though, people often wasnt able to identify the image on the right XD)

collab with bigdave ~ he rocks!!

extreme bust...err i mean burst

failed!

version 2 is a major improvement :3

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29/12/07 ~

What an exhausting xmas XD December 2007, the creators of this forum decided to give fellow creators some gifts - and it proved to be one of the most inspirationally draining periods I've had Still it was fun though and I don't regret playing santa's little helper ^^

Merry xmas and a happy new year

Riker ~ zomgz!! I have your wifu :3

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KiNa ~ No gin sama for you

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Have kanu instead ^^

Sephi ~ Mai wifu is paying you a visit...but no kidnapping!

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Klashi ~ Err...I know you love swordmaidens but I can't find a good pic >_<

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Nameless maiden do? O.O

Icy ~ Just as the siggy says

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Now this is where I begin to get stuck >_<

Bigdave ~ Likes elf? O.O

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Runa ~ Completely random - haha!

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KasumiGirl ~ ditto as above (boy I sux ^^)

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Shana ~ Shana with a twist

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guess who :3

Cyz ~ Likes CC no?

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SweetHoney ~ Something sweet? :3

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Aoie_Emesai ~ I figured this would be more your theme...yesh? ^^

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Daniel.E ~ Raki xmas

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Solwyvern ~ Can't find a good fate chan pic so I'll settled for aria

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Lazyasian224 ~ Express delivery.

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Solace ~ SHHhhhh

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Innominate ~ <3

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The year that got away.

Amazingly I had completely forgotten what it is to "update" and thus have left this area stuck in the past of 2007. Funnily enough procrastination is an odd thing that takes time away from things that are important and invests them into something that isn't. I suppose that I will feel the sting of it pretty soon but for now I can finally find an excuse to update this thread

3) Lost year and the coming of the great hiatus

3.1) Signatures! Well surprisingly I have a lot of them lined up but without comments for now.

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3.2) Renders! I now have those too! May not be a large list but damn do they take time to do

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3.3) Vectors...err...sorry Dan I can't do them ;_;
3.4) Avatars, a whole selection of them all randomly arranged here...actually...why the heck are there so many Dansen avies!

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4) The great hiatus

Believe it or not I have been missing for almost half a year since later September 2008 from the GFX front. The reason simply being this was the year I was kicked out of my warm and fuzzy house to face the cold harsh world and this thing called University that literally saps away any of my previous carefree time. Thus sadly I haven't produced much in support of the GFXers here but there were times where I do have strokes of inspiration...

4.1) Signatures

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4.2) Renders
4.3) Avies

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[More to come in the distant future...]

White Manju Bun · 2007-01-30, 19:56

Not bad, its better then anything I ever came up with. Ill say that the Nerine one was my fav, looked the best in my opinion. Not a huge fan of the text in the sigs though since you used the same font over and over so again, not a bad start

celcius · 2007-01-30, 21:52

Harhar, you say those are bad? Those can't be as bad as my uber crop-clean-copypastaBG-addlines+text skills~ ToT

The Iriya / Illya one for great win BTW.

Daniel E. · 2007-01-30, 22:57

I agree with celcius, Dont say yours are bad or I may have to bring out my old Utawarerumono ones to show you how bad a sig can sometimes get.

Seriously though, The Nerine does look cool.

Deathkillz · 2007-01-31, 01:34

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Originally Posted by White Manju Bun

Not a huge fan of the text in the sigs though since you used the same font over and over so again, not a bad start

well yea at that time i also dont have any good fonts

was actually commented on my "signature" font and how i never change it back then in the rate your sig thread

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Originally Posted by kayos

What's that DKZ Shimi suppose to be? It looks like 3 eyeballs collided.

my other nick

and well yea just starting photoshop back then really made me have a laugh at what i can do now ~ but still i dont think i was critical then because i knew what stage of development i was able to get up to ~ not the look pretty bad no me

and you guy find the Nerine one nice? ^_^ funny how the simplest things give the best results ^__^

felix · 2007-01-31, 11:03

You rock Dethie... xD
Yeah like people said stop saying your's aren't good or well be forced to shower you with our abominations

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DKZ Shimi sounds cooler. What does it mean?

Dark-Wolf · 2007-01-31, 11:18

the last one is pretty good i like the effects for it , and like the others said stop saying your not good or else ill bite you , im a wolf

Deathkillz · 2007-01-31, 14:28

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Originally Posted by Cats

You rock Dethie... xD
Yeah like people said stop saying your's aren't good or well be forced to shower you with our abominations

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DKZ Shimi sounds cooler. What does it mean?

im scared

but i just dont want to come across as arrogant with whatever little skillz i has back in those days

and my other nick ~ well obviously DKZ means Deathkillz and the "shimi" bit is a merge from shinigami ^__^ makes me sound less threatening in a sense lol...

ps updated first post ^__^

Daniel E. · 2007-01-31, 14:52

OH SHI- ... This one rocks.

If it wasn't made at the request of someone else, I would have grabbed it on the spot.

Deathkillz · 2007-01-31, 16:12

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Originally Posted by Daniel E.

OH SHI- ... This one rocks.

If it wasn't made at the request of someone else, I would have grabbed it on the spot.

thx ~ well actually you could give Ichy a PM and ask about it ^__^

and added a new bit ~ vectoring...and this is your field of art daniel ^_^ any tips?

Daniel E. · 2007-01-31, 17:01

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Originally Posted by Deathkillz

and added a new bit ~ vectoring...and this is your field of art daniel ^_^ any tips?

Vectoring!!, let me see.......

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well this is my first ever vector work in progress ~ and it did take me a while to get motivated...but really it not that hard once i understood the concept

did a little mistake for the tie in forgetting that it had an insignia but ill soo fix that

Looking good so far; Though, what actually amazes me the most is the fact that you went straight to the Shape Layers method.

You also got a good source pic, wich can help a lot when you are working out the little details in the end.

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Originally Posted by Deathkillz

soo far its going well but im just dreading doing the eyes from the tutorial the person said that doing the eyes is best when left last and ill take the advice from the expert ^__^

Eyes are actually pretty easy to make (or so I think

). Just pick your base color for them, then make the colored 'U' pattern on another layer(s) (Pen tool) and end adding the light effects (could be gradients, blurs, or whatever you think could make them look cool) on another one.

If you ask me, doing hands and fingers is far more complicated. >_<!!!

Oh, and dont be afraid of the original pic. If you think something needs to be changed, just go ahead and do it.

Deathkillz · 2007-01-31, 17:24

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Originally Posted by Daniel E.

Looking good so far; Though, what actually amazes me the most is the fact that you went straight to the Shape Layers method.

well yes i figured if im gonna do it i might as well do it the hard (and long) way

you make the eyes part sound soo easy but im still perplexed when looking at them

oh and it reminds me quick question for ya

how do you do the tones of colours such as the darker bit in the hair etc?

Daniel E. · 2007-01-31, 18:20

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Originally Posted by Deathkillz

oh and it reminds me quick question for ya

how do you do the tones of colours such as the darker bit in the hair etc?

You mean the color of shadows and light effects?

Those are just darker/lighter versions of the base color on another layer. I always split colors so that one layer never has more than one. Then I just blur the edges and play a little bit with the oppacity % to get the desired result.

Mind you, I am no good at making my own colors, so I simply grab them from other pics (HQ Wallpapers, Game CG, etc.) with the eyedropper tool.

KiNA · 2007-02-01, 10:52

Seeing a skill evolving is fun .. GJ ^^b

Oh yea.. that Haruhi sig is golden. I like the BG.

NOW GET MORE FONTS DAMMIT

Oh .. I like you insignia too =3

If Rika come here to spam like I do.. dont listen to his advice about brushes is overated

.. BRUSH IS COOOL!!!

*runs*

felix · 2007-02-01, 11:22

Yeah it does seem you reused some fonts again and again...

I have aproximatly 1200 or so extra fonts installed how about you?

KiNA · 2007-02-01, 11:34

damn.. mind is just 998 on the latest count .. and that includes the default fonts =/

I still have some fonts left unzipped from my dafont webbie raids tho .. just its troublesome to unzip and install them

Riker · 2007-02-01, 12:30

Brushes are overrated!!! (because I don't know how to use them)

Deathkillz · 2007-02-01, 15:33

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Originally Posted by Kira_Naruto

Seeing a skill evolving is fun .. GJ ^^b

Oh yea.. that Haruhi sig is golden. I like the BG.

NOW GET MORE FONTS DAMMIT

Oh .. I like you insignia too =3

If Rika come here to spam like I do.. dont listen to his advice about brushes is overated

.. BRUSH IS COOOL!!!

*runs*

lol new fonts are overrated

well actually i have a little over 1000 but most of them is just ugly >.< (stupid DL pack)

but yea i need new fonts :/

p.s thanks Daniel E. for the tip ^__^ i will try to finnish that asap! now i need to think up of a good BG design

also updated with my last bunch of creations ^__^

Radiosity · 2007-02-01, 15:52

I've got some 600 hand picked fonts installed. I don't download packs, too much junk that I would never use. It'd probably take longer to sort through them all than it does just to go through a site page by page and pick the good ones.

Oh, and Font Xplorer is a really handy program to have open any time you're editing sigs and such in photoshop

edit: Well, since I've just fixed my internet problems and can actually upload to my site again, I've zipped my fonts and upped them for you Deathkillz:

Clickies for a present! (little over 9mb)

Just extract and install, simple as that

MugenIchiban · 2007-02-01, 17:40

You should try some brushing or smudging. I think it would improve your backgrounds more than filters.

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Deathkillz ~ You're dead ^__^* ~ Graphic Designer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: uk, England Age: 34	Deathie's creations Welcome to my area of random GFX work where I showcase my (now infrequent) past time. v1.2 UPDATE!: 20/06/09 Current Signature ~ Recent Siggies 1) INTRODUCTION Spoiler for brief intro to how I got into photoshop: well where to begin...it's been about half a year now since I started to play around with photoshop making siggies and whatnot...I guess what really motivated me to learn in the first place was seeing how insane other people were with making their own signatures which was my greatest inspiration. I have to say that at first it was really tough...I just didnt know anything about photoshop and even looking at tutorials didn't help much...so in the end I just had to learn as I go along...and from the word go I hit my first hurdle ~ "how do I actually start making one?" I know myself better than anyone so i do know that being creative isnt my strong point...but oh well learning takes time ~ The start was tough but soon I began to get the hang of things and even manages to make request for people who say "wow" ~ even though I still think my skills are utter crap compared to other so I guess I still have a long way to go. 2) Before the great hiatus 2.1) These are a random mash of my early attempts at making signatures. I can't say that they are anything worth to look at but they provided a stepping stone for me. Spoiler for earlier works: Spoiler: crap isnt it? well this i was when i actually failed at making a decent background...but thanks to the tutorial thread located here i was able to do a half decent job at extracting archer (back in those days when F/S N was still hot) i cant still remember how long it too me to extract those...but lets just say it was very long which brings me onto number 2 ~ Spoiler: okey okey its cheezy XD but heck still trying to learn how lighting works so thats what happened ~ i actually think that the main reason for it being crap was that words covered a lot of the sig (not a good idea) and with the help of my cousin i found out where the transparency slider was XD and after getting the hang of thinga i actually tried to make a background by experimenting with colours (shocking O.o) Spoiler: what failed here was my poor attempt at making saber's sword have her signature "wind effect" ~ and being rather plain...oh well after that i tried to make some interesting "accessories" to my creations ~ Spoiler: first time i actually used some "brushes" for effect...didnt turn out too well but surprisingly at the time i thought it looked quite good (i guess im easily pleased ) the contrast is too bright and blurry pic dams it >.< and how about some filler effects? Spoiler: just a crappy crop at the time but i tried using "lens flare"...looked quite cool the first time i clicked the button but it required no effort and at that time i discovered school rumble...that just begged me to make a sig out of my love ~ yakumo Spoiler: plain ~ but i dont really care as she is just too lovely to be critted so hard learning more and more through trial and error i managed to download my first set of brushes and use them ~ thinking back i was stupid to say "how to get the cool background effects?" when all i have was some circular brushes Spoiler: i quite like this one tbh...i think its my first decent on which i can actually use without shame but looking at it now gives me double image O.o still trying out new things i found out that screen caping images from eps can actually be used for making sig (well duh!) Spoiler: cookie to the one who can guess who these two is and i remember cyz did guess it right once so heres hoping he doesnt see j/k and finally the last of my past batch ~ starting to explore now i started to use layer blending effects ^__^ Spoiler: flaw is that the quality is bad due to all the pretty colours and i really do need better font lol... well thats the end of the first batch...come to think of it i havent really made that many siggies...i guess most of the time spent was trying out stuff ^__^ kinda tired now so ill update the rest tomorrow ~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2.2) The following works are stuff made with a little more knowledge of Photoshop. Still nothing great :/ Spoiler for middle tier: firstly ~ after being bored with making just stills i tried my hand in making "animated" siggies ~ okey it didnt turn out to well...not because it looked bad but because it was over 4 times AS safe rules (uguu ;_; Spoiler: i liked the colouring and layout and being my first animated siggy i was quite impressed myself (not to should big headed ) but the file size just killed it for usage >.< so ~ i made it into a still... will it looks okey i preferred the animated version (for obvious reasons ) also looking a bit cluttered that pushed me to make version 3 ~ and playing around with brushes im beginning to learn bit by bit how to properly make cool effects ^_^ and next beings be to make a yuki one ~ after loosing slight motivation with animated stuff...im just hopeless with frames Spoiler: the first version of my yuki ~ i tried to do something different this time by using a "worded" BG and some lens flashes ^__^ but the flaw with this sig is the blue outline around her >.< i just cant get rid of it! and just to go with the rising star series i found new love with CC! Spoiler: a bit too plain imo but i like it and with a bit of courage i made my first sigs as a request to someone else ichy had the honors ^__^ Spoiler: nothing too fancy just some simply blending but i liked the outcome ~ same here but managed to fit a simple BG ~ i just love the colour green and with kanon striking at my heart strings i made one dedicated to my love ~ shiori Spoiler: for this i actually used a BG source from another pic and combined the two...never thought of it but when i saw someone else do it i thought "wow im such a baka" and i tried to add a few more minor details and give her angel wings ^__^ next one comes with a little help from zaris' theme ^__^ Spoiler: okey i tried to copy his theme to attempt to learn something new ~ figured out that i can cover bad edges with some big thick lines and from this i spawned my lovely suigintou based on the theme ^__^ at first i didnt like this theme for the thick bottom and top lines but after working with it i liked the idea that its quite artistic suigintou is another one of my love and speaking of gin sama i forgot that i placed some of her sigs elsewhere Spoiler: now im just messing around with effects and blend modes and ahh yes i remember i put some others away in random folders O.o i guess ill have to do some digging meantime i found 2 from the saimoe campaign ~ my favorite girls got knocked out Spoiler: and lol...i automatically tilt my head to see this but i liked the outcome ^__^ i tried to make things "sketch like" and it turned out just fine imo ~ man i acutally have quite a lot of siggies come to think of it...its just that some i "misplaced" out of my notmal folders ill do some digging and come back tomorrow ^__^ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ new add ~ taking a break from just posting sigs i just wanted to say that im also having a try at vectoring ~ well heres the start of it and by subject is kallen ^__^ Spoiler: well this is my first ever vector work in progress ~ and it did take me a while to get motivated...but really it not that hard once i understood the concept did a little mistake for the tie in forgetting that it had an insignia but ill soo fix that soo far its going well but im just dreading doing the eyes from the tutorial the person said that doing the eyes is best when left last and ill take the advice from the expert ^__^ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ hmm and i guess this next batch will be my final one soo far ~ firstly! Spoiler: something completely random messing around with the BG while trying to get rid of the blood splatted over the keyboard my greatest weakness...ecchi! and still joint first as one of my fav girls of all time ^__^ Spoiler: okey after the setback i had with animated siggies i tried again...better result! i tried to make a "dreamy" effect for around fate...cause everytime i see her in my dreams i feel light and just for change i went after oh trap san Spoiler: imo the colours were just too bright and it hurt the eyes O.o version 2 ~ ahh much better hmm lets see whats left ~ well kiNa's theme really hit me...and with his easy to follow tutorial i was able to produce 2 nice siggies ^__^ Spoiler: my first trial of his method...and i lolled when he told me that gin had a mole XD and rumors have it Riker likes a certain girl with a mole as well and animated number 2 ~ dream sweet dream makoto and well recently theres been a change of theme for me...im kinda enjoying making cool abstract BGs now firstly there was an experiment for KiNA ~ Spoiler: CC...i found it quite a nice comparison from flat chest to big melons O.o and more recently i recycled yuki ^_^ Spoiler: really random and crappy looking boarder >.< but it was a test...i need to work harder a better look at the BG...i wanted to put some animated screens of yuki fighting but it was just too much >.< and lastly something random ~ Spoiler: again i was messing with the BG ^__^ well i guess thats soo far in my short time of 6 months...its actually pretty neat to see how i improved over that time ~ and future works will be posted (if i can just get this lazy thorn out of my side ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ new technique! well naturally im not gifted with working in imageready and animation (too difficult if you ask me) but riker's insane skills made me want to create something similar and hence what i came out with below ^__^ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ vector update ~ i should really work on it more but well here it is unshaded ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17/02/07 new batch of creations somewat firstly a tokimeki memorial one ~ Spoiler: not one of my best to date i have to say >.< its quite hard working with a low quality screen cap and it really shows ~ spent most of my time trying to work out a clean backing for this ~ 2 requests for Darkn3ssPhantom Spoiler: well he wanted the writing to be animated but i wasnt sure what so decided to use kiNA's method personally i preferr the bara one ~ i guess i mot good at designing my own BG next its the ginsama one that im using now Spoiler: nothing much to say on this one ~ just testing out some new brushes and adjusting the colours/transparency and finally ~ shiori Spoiler: i tried making it look "dreamy" ^_^ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 25/02/07 whoo new sig creations...man im feeling really lazy nowdays firstly as a request to ~shana Spoiler: nothing really special here just a crop work and adjusting with the lighting bla bla ~ and just completed ~ reinforce Spoiler: just testing out a new brushes set and they work like a treat only flaw is the horrible font for "蒼天の書" will fix that once i get a new font that works with the kanji version 2 ~ cough version 3 but shoul really be 5 minor changes to the colour etc ^__^ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/03/07 ~ 2 new sigs the first one is a request from NaweG ~ Spoiler: ahh a tribute to akiko after that horrible incident >.< i like this one but should have chose a better font as for skill put into it...its just a simple crop current newest ~ Spoiler: wow i must have spent an hour messing with the brushes it turned out nice and unexpected as i was just going along without any plans ^__^ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 04/03/07 ~ wohoo! first wallie created Spoiler: it was hard trying to get a theme that fits...and even now i still doubt as to whether it truly fits ive always wanted to make my own wallie but eeing first hand how hard it is a appreciate pro wallie makers more ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 08/03/07 ~ first quick fate crop request Spoiler: nothing really special here...just trying to see if the "extruding" blurry section works ^__^ kanu unchou ~ Spoiler: took me quite a while to cover up the bad parts (caused by the bad quality scan >.<) overall im pretty happy with this...tho it does feel a bit empty quick fix up ~ this is an alternate one that i made to replace the "failure stock" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11/03/07 ~ Spoiler: i tried my best to work on this one...it was pretty hard trying to get the colours to run smoothly and still i think it feels rather empty >.< maybe i should make my siggies more narrower from now on ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17/03/07 ~ alteration on my rin sig ~ Spoiler: okey i made it narrower and changed a few bits...good end result and it doesnt look that empty! request crop sig :3 Spoiler: and newest one to date ~ Spoiler: okey i tried my best not to screw this one up...most of the times i mess up my sigs near the end of completion but this time im happy with the result version 2 ~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20/03/07 ~ new one!! :3 Spoiler: its been a while since i last made a fate chan siggy ~ have to say i think ive fallen for the dark side and preferr using effects to create my backgrounds rather than brushes...the end result is just stunning ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 23/03/07 ~ variation on the old one after getting some tips ~ Spoiler: i can easily say that this is the best sig ive produced to date ~ it just a shame i needed that extra push since i cant figure things out for myself ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2.3) Now this was where I started to become more confident with creating signatures of viewable qualities and from here on it should not be that cringing to look at for those seasoned GFXers. Spoiler for later works: 28/03/07 ~ request sigs :3 Spoiler: continuing on from the technique used last time i tried to make a rather messy BG well it did fit the theme of being "blue" to nayuki...erm and probably the ice type texture can represent the snow? O.o Spoiler: screen cap sigs are evil...that is all... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21/04/07 ~ the new crack pot that is lucky star Spoiler: well it was rather simple...sigh these days i just dont seem to get any good ideas for a design >.< and CC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 26/04/07 ~ i actually forgot to update this...baka me ~ Spoiler: well for this i just tried to be a bit more experimental...and it worked! sigh i should have learnt how to use the eraser tool in the first place Spoiler: newest one so far ~ again im just trying different stuff and brushes...turned out pretty nice tho i do thing i might have went over with the bluring :3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01/05/07 ~ wow its been a while since i last made a worship sig to fate chan :3 Spoiler: well i kinda rushed on this one a bit...the stock was kinda hard to use but im content with the overall outcome Spoiler: im not sure about this one...i can see a few flaws which ill be hoping to correct if i have time but i can say that its one of my best sigs to date :3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10/05/07 ~ probably one of my best fate chan sigs to date ^__^ croppy sig with highlights! O.o ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19/05/07 ~ whow i havent updated in some time lets see ~ first off planetarian! yep its yumemi again :3 subaru love! and most recent reinforce 1 ~ who is besides fate chan my fav character in nanoha ~ i tried out a new animation technique...and it worked! :3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 29/05/07 ~ a bunch of new ones i made ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 06/06/07 ~ quick crop + enhancement job :3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16/06/07 ~ big bulk update! all request sigs :3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20/06/07 ~ dreamy theme'd reinforce ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 28/06/07 ~ more gin sama ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12/07/07 ~ whow...i need to update this page more often okey new sigs :3 BANNER WARS!!! yep this time the theme is SKY with a choice to do a set...better get busy looking for renders then new dawn one ^.^ and improved versions of my others ~ 2 x day 1 x night ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/08/07 ~ my final banner submissions ^.^ 4 set extension ~ Spoiler: day dusk night dawn and some siggies ^.^ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 28/09/07 ~ wow i took a long break one of these days i am going to look back at this and think "wow! i didnt know i made stuff like this O.O" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 07/10/07 ~ Request wallie - nothing special...just something simple to do "natural" theme reinforce - vectored by sol (who is a god btw ) And you know how many PMs i got concerning this siggy!!?? O.O for future reference here is the original ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14/10/07 ~ Angelic fate chan siggy - I tried to give her a natural theme like with my previous reinforce siggy and I would say did pretty good :3 Nothing special with this one - I was just bored ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21/10/07 ~ NEW ONE! something completely random? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01/12/07 ~ holy! its been over a month since i last updated this page firstly its gin sama ^^ cloud or non cloud? it seems to go down as a matter ot taste :3 touka gettan siggy and wallie (i love this one ^^ shame though, people often wasnt able to identify the image on the right XD) collab with bigdave ~ he rocks!! extreme bust...err i mean burst failed! version 2 is a major improvement :3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 29/12/07 ~ What an exhausting xmas XD December 2007, the creators of this forum decided to give fellow creators some gifts - and it proved to be one of the most inspirationally draining periods I've had Still it was fun though and I don't regret playing santa's little helper ^^ Merry xmas and a happy new year Riker ~ zomgz!! I have your wifu :3 Spoiler: KiNa ~ No gin sama for you Spoiler: Have kanu instead ^^ Sephi ~ Mai wifu is paying you a visit...but no kidnapping! Spoiler: Klashi ~ Err...I know you love swordmaidens but I can't find a good pic >_< Spoiler: Nameless maiden do? O.O Icy ~ Just as the siggy says Spoiler: Now this is where I begin to get stuck >_< Bigdave ~ Likes elf? O.O Spoiler: Runa ~ Completely random - haha! Spoiler: KasumiGirl ~ ditto as above (boy I sux ^^) Spoiler: Shana ~ Shana with a twist Spoiler: guess who :3 Cyz ~ Likes CC no? Spoiler: SweetHoney ~ Something sweet? :3 Spoiler: Aoie_Emesai ~ I figured this would be more your theme...yesh? ^^ Spoiler: Daniel.E ~ Raki xmas Spoiler: Solwyvern ~ Can't find a good fate chan pic so I'll settled for aria Spoiler: Lazyasian224 ~ Express delivery. Spoiler: Solace ~ SHHhhhh Spoiler: Innominate ~ <3 Spoiler: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The year that got away. Amazingly I had completely forgotten what it is to "update" and thus have left this area stuck in the past of 2007. Funnily enough procrastination is an odd thing that takes time away from things that are important and invests them into something that isn't. I suppose that I will feel the sting of it pretty soon but for now I can finally find an excuse to update this thread 3) Lost year and the coming of the great hiatus 3.1) Signatures! Well surprisingly I have a lot of them lined up but without comments for now. Spoiler: 3.2) Renders! I now have those too! May not be a large list but damn do they take time to do Spoiler: 3.3) Vectors...err...sorry Dan I can't do them ;_; 3.4) Avatars, a whole selection of them all randomly arranged here...actually...why the heck are there so many Dansen avies! Spoiler: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) The great hiatus Believe it or not I have been missing for almost half a year since later September 2008 from the GFX front. The reason simply being this was the year I was kicked out of my warm and fuzzy house to face the cold harsh world and this thing called University that literally saps away any of my previous carefree time. Thus sadly I haven't produced much in support of the GFXers here but there were times where I do have strokes of inspiration... 4.1) Signatures Spoiler: 4.2) Renders 4.3) Avies Spoiler: [More to come in the distant future...] __________________ Siggy: hohohohoho~ \| AnimeHistory welcome to our blog ~ \| Summer2009 early review Under the radar series Summer2009: Kanamemo, GA Geijutsuka Art, NEEDLESS Last edited by Deathkillz; 2009-08-03 at 23:55.

2007-01-30, 22:57	Link #4
Daniel E. AniMexican! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Monterrey N.L. Mexico	I agree with celcius, Dont say yours are bad or I may have to bring out my old Utawarerumono ones to show you how bad a sig can sometimes get. Seriously though, The Nerine does look cool. __________________

2007-01-31, 11:03	Link #6
felix sleepyhead Author Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: event horizon	You rock Dethie... xD Yeah like people said stop saying your's aren't good or well be forced to shower you with our abominations Post Scriptum DKZ Shimi sounds cooler. What does it mean? __________________

2007-01-31, 14:52	Link #9
Daniel E. AniMexican! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Monterrey N.L. Mexico	OH SHI- ... This one rocks. If it wasn't made at the request of someone else, I would have grabbed it on the spot. __________________

2007-02-01, 11:22	Link #15
felix sleepyhead Author Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: event horizon	Yeah it does seem you reused some fonts again and again... I have aproximatly 1200 or so extra fonts installed how about you? __________________

2007-01-30, 21:52	Link #3
celcius Aspiring but lazy Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Internet	Harhar, you say those are bad? Those can't be as bad as my uber crop-clean-copypastaBG-addlines+text skills~ ToT The Iriya / Illya one for great win BTW.

2007-01-31, 11:18	Link #7
Dark-Wolf Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007	the last one is pretty good i like the effects for it , and like the others said stop saying your not good or else ill bite you , im a wolf

2007-02-01, 12:30	Link #17
Riker Peek a boo Graphic Designer Join Date: Dec 2005	Brushes are overrated!!! (because I don't know how to use them)

2007-02-01, 15:52	Link #19
Radiosity Sexy Tornado Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The European Bunion Age: 45	I've got some 600 hand picked fonts installed. I don't download packs, too much junk that I would never use. It'd probably take longer to sort through them all than it does just to go through a site page by page and pick the good ones. Oh, and Font Xplorer is a really handy program to have open any time you're editing sigs and such in photoshop edit: Well, since I've just fixed my internet problems and can actually upload to my site again, I've zipped my fonts and upped them for you Deathkillz: Clickies for a present! (little over 9mb) Just extract and install, simple as that Last edited by Radiosity; 2007-02-01 at 16:29.

2007-02-01, 17:40	Link #20
MugenIchiban Member Join Date: Jun 2004	You should try some brushing or smudging. I think it would improve your backgrounds more than filters.