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Here's what I see: And nice job on Ghostly.

SAVE AS .PNG!!!!!

Yummy! Sorry... Nice theme. I shall enter ASAP.

@McSteeze - I think I'd like to see you leave the world of glowy swirl sigs, they get boring real fast - just sayin'. Also, use a different font. Lucinda is a bad choice (that is Lucinda, isn't it?) The upper one is better because on the lower one, the comet's color is a little more subtle and the glow seems a little purple because of that. 7.5 and 7 respectively. What of my current? (Yes, it's old...)

Okay, so I dunno if he allows, but here is a 1024x768 version of the leopard-skin BG (thumbnail):

Can I resize it to whatever aspect ratio your screen is? If so, what is your screen res?

You incorrectly resized my leopard-skin image...

@McSteeze - Yes. Much better. Background is still not top-notch but the swirl effect is amazing. Good improvement. 7.5/10 @ChrisCo - Nice, but the BG is sharp on the right and blurred on the left. I don't mind it much but I'm just saying. Cool text + render. 8.2/10

@Freedo - Your sig is, to say the least, newbish. Aliased text. Work at 4x the final size then resize. i.e. for sigs 2000x600 or 2000x480. Glowy lines are cool. The gloss effect is out of place and too blurred. It's in the top 5 newb sigs I've ever seen. 8.5/10 @McSteeze - I know you didn't ask, but I will critique your sig as well. Text is nice, colors aren't. Red+green+blue+creamy yellow = not the best color scheme. I don't like the use of Twist. For a newb, nice. 6.5/10

@BarbieQ - Thanks. I think I see what you're saying. It's kinda like my Table Series Piece 1 - Breakfast. Took me 3 weeks to do it, each individual aspect could stand as a piece on it's own. I will definitely continue working on this piece, thanks for you support! @Helen - Thanks so much! This support is what keeps me going and constructive critisism and compliments are what help shape up my work.

He said he couldn't use S3D.

LOL, yeah, I see what you're saying. I was thinking putting like an army jeep on the terrain or something, what do you think? And then maybe like an alien's head peeking from above a wooden crate or something. Again, I'm not Welshy, so we'll see what I can do.

@BarbieQ - Yes, I've seen so many spacescapes that look almost exactly the same, albeit gorgeous, that I wanted to stray from that path. NEW PIECE (AGAIN): ALIEN SUNSET - possibly a WIP if I have a good idea soon:

NEW: FRACTAL SPACESCAPE:

An option is to adapt this tut: http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=31472 You can also download this GIMP tut but it's hard and long, so I would try the above option before this one: http://gtuts.com/design/the-ultimate-gimp-planet-tutorial/

This one: Is awesome, although I think the light coming from the bulb is a bit too strong. This one: Is not bad, although I have three major criticisms. 1. The sky. Skies are never one color, even at night or when they're clear. Maybe a lighter purple to darker purple gradient (lighter on the bottom) or something? 2. The water. It appears as though there is none. It looks like there is a floating pathway. Lake water is never perfectly clear, maybe a tint of low-opacity teal. The only reason I knew there was water is because of the reflection, which is nice. 3. The moon. In a realistic or landscape piece, the more work you put into something, the better it is. There are many planet/moon tuts out there, maybe follow one of them to achieve a more realistic look. Now, I wouldn't mind the moon if the pathway wasn't so realistic. You can go either with a fun cartoony look or a serious realistic look. The pathway you made is brilliant, so I think you should make a new moon (Get it? New Moon... ) with a realistic texture. Otherwise, nice job.

Nice, water is a little too blue and cloud is too dense + in the wrong place. For the birds, maybe a little too blurred? Maybe use CustomBrushesMini and the bird brush package on DeviantArt and the ABR Viewer mentioned in a bloody tentacles tut (Was it Crimson's?). Sun reflection is perfect. Overall, a cool piece.

That's a portrait of of real girl? :shocked: HOT! .... *looks around* I said nothing!

Pretty cool. Nice Ancient Mayan touch (or maybe that's just me.) Awesome new sig! LOVE IT! AWESOME LADYBUG!!!!!

Awesome, thanks. Here's v2.0: http://www.mediafire.com/?f5zgqnnblez EDIT: v3.0: http://www.mediafire.com/?tzeimm2m45i

@EscapistAngel - Nice job! The outer skin of the orange looks better if you just add noise @ 100,0,100 and Gaussian Blur by 2 or 3, the black is less pronounced if you do it my way. But still, nice!

My brush pack v3.0!

NEW PIECE: RAINBOW WITH CLOUDS: Brushes used: My brush pack v3.0! Nebula brush pack: http://download265.mediafire.com/mwbkl1kbrnzg/2jmmqrmnunz/Nebula+Brushes.zip

Could a mod or -Expiration- fix the images?

@BarbieQ - Thanks, nice new sig. Is it 100% PdN? (The driftwood one was also cool) @Soka - Thanks, awesome Star Wars sigs you got there.