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Lovin' the latest sig Blooper. The rich colors offset by the dark background work really well together.

Thanks! That's disappointing... You should try and use your talent to do something that is a little more creative... That's my [two cents]. I completely agree with barkbark00. I think I may have said something before about your creations not being unique. You really are talented; don't get me wrong. It's just that you're kinda thriving off other people's creations by recreating them or call it "gaining inspiration". On sort of another note... I hear that you make wallpapers (or other stuff) for your fans. Although I don't like that you "gain inspiration" from other pieces of work, I really do love your stuff. So... I was wondering if you could create something ORIGINAL for me? Please?? I just want something absolutely original. No inspiration, no nothing. (Except PdN, of course.) This is a free country (I guess you're from the US), and you don't have to create ANYTHING for ANYONE, but I would be an even bigger fan of yours if you did. Thanks, and wanna some original stuff!! I agree with both of you as well, I would love to create some original artwork to call my own. However, I'm not very creative. I can execute, but I can't conceptualize. The most original piece in my gallery would have to be my PI + or Industrialize, but I only happened upon it by accident. I wish I had some great ideas of my own, but I just don't. Maybe it's because I'm always really stressed out and depressed ... Don't even get me started on why I am.

I like! Personally, I would add more sparkles. And I would make the light stuff more random (like more on one side than the other). Love the planets, but I think there should be more ... vivid colors.

Sorry, my largest resolution wallpapers are 1280 x 1024. However, if you want something, I could make something for you ... :?: Anything for a fan. And I'll need to know your screen resolution too.

I personally think the faint outlines on the objects in R3V's sig are very nice, they add a subtle effect. Well, this is my second experiment with the Layered Text effect. The first one can be found under Abstract Images, because I posted it in the wrong section. :oops: If you're wondering why I chose the letter 'g,' it is because I think it is a very beautiful letter when in serif form. This one was 25 layers of text. I used all the serif fonts that I had at the time. It's a lot messier than the last one (more stray lines and such), but I think it looks crisper and sharper.

First of all, your topic title breaks the rules. 1. This forum is not about having a ton of users. It's about helping out the Paint.NET userbase. If they want to join they can. No one will force them to. Also, all those new users will probably result in a flood of locks, and overrunning the mods. 2. If I remember correctly, there are certain groups. Namely plugin authors, I think, and a few others who help test out the more unstable releases for Rick. I think. But everyone else should be treated equally, in terms of access to information. 3. I think it costs money? I might be wrong though.

Holy carp! I just realized I have > 500 posts already! Wow, it happened so fast. :shock: [/offtopic] Yeah, the planet does stand out a little ... but I wouldn't know how to fix it, spacescapes aren't my area.

Besides the fact that the hill is :AntiAliasingOff: 'd, nice job! The color scheme is very nice, like the end of a warm, summer's day.

Yeah, it reminded me of ... um ... light painting. Yeah.

Okay Ash, I'll remember that.

Heh. My wimpy laptop would probably crash at 100 layers. Or less. Probably less.

I like the road part, it looks cool and weightless. Nice job on the Earth too! What's this, you say? Another PS Tut conversion? Could it be? Yar. It's a conversion of PSDTut (yeah, they make real good tuts)'s newest tutorial, Layered Glowing Text Effect! I didn't know which umbrella text effects would fall under, and I guess it's *kind of* abstract. Here ya go: I posted the thumbnail cause I think it looks crisper and cleaner when smaller. Took about 40 layers, and lots of Overlay.

Glad you enjoyed my tutorial! And nice job with the sig, it came out really well, I like all the extra effects you added on. Do I sense some pixelate in there? :wink: Thanks Bluestorm, a very nice outcome.

On your reflection layer (if you followed Sabrown's steps), use Rotate/Zoom, with the twist angle at 90 and then adjust the twist amount to your liking, just to be more specific. Hope this helps.

Actually, ZiZoiz, he doesn't want it to look like a bubble, more like glass. :wink: Forgive me if these possible solutions are out of order, I just typed them up as they came to me. 1.For your coloring problems (the white spaces), you should try a new approach to coloring. What I usually do when I'm in this situation is: New Layer Draw the outline of a shape. Any color works, because you can always change it later. Fill in the outline of the shape with the same color, with 69-70% tolerance, depending on line thickness. There may be some gaps that you will have to fill in in the outline. Then, if you choose to change the color, you can use the Recolor tool, set to 0% tolerance, because everything is the same color. Try to do all the pieces and shapes on separate layers, so it is easy to recolor. 2.For the grass, there are numerous tutorials on how to create grass in the Tutorials section. ZiZoiz himself even created some realistic grass, you may want to ask him for pointers. :wink: 3.When you say, "rectangular sections with lighting," I'm not sure what you mean. Kind of like windows with light coming out from them? If not, could you please elaborate more? 4.I'm not sure there is a more advanced version of Bulge, but I think there probably is some plugin out there that could work for you, although I wouldn't know, I'm not very involved in plugins, some of the I still haven't updated for v3.3. 5.Glass is hard to replicate because of all the reflections/refractions, only a few members of these forums have mastered this material as of yet, and they are reluctant to share their secrets (not that they're being mean, they just want us to learn for ourselves). Hope this helps!

I saw your new sig and avatar set in a thread in the GD&Q, and I decided to drop by your gallery to give you my compliments. It's very unique, especially the shape and angle. Also, I love the randomly scattered circles all over it. Overall, very nice job, I applaud you.

Shhhhh, you! :wink:

It's a link. Click on it.

Thanks Crimson. Hopefully this should stop you from taking those frequent breaks from the forums. :twisted: Anyways, I hope you like my wallpapers. Here's a tissue if you need one.

So basically, it's only worth 150$ maximum. Anyways, he's gone now (oh, so sad ).

Oh my god ... You're so good at drawing. :o

I'm having trouble thinking of what to advertise. :?

Wow. Funny story ... Looking good both of you, seems media players are the only app being entered here?

Ooh, nice integration of the play button thingy into the "Soul," and the use of cloud brushes at the bottom. Can't wait to see the finished product!

Something like this? I mean, besides making it more ... you know ... on the ground.