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[warfighter67]

Hmm well first, you get a , and then for a celebration, you can enjoy a and a !

And you get your finding image posted in the post above! whoooo!

Edited May 15, 2010 by Weylin

[warfighter67]

New image:

Edited May 16, 2010 by Weylin

[barbieq25]

Fab new works!

[warfighter67]

Thanks! The border around the heart was 'supposed' to be gold, but that didn't work too well. You seem to be a master at making gold. Would you mind giving me hints? I use a metal texture tutorial and just used color tint to get a gold look but it didn't work too well.

[csm725]

 I must say, you have shown great improvement from a noob to a clean typographically abstract sig maker (that's my style...)

This piece is cool:

Edited May 16, 2010 by csm725

[warfighter67]

Thanks, csm! You may notice in my last image, I forgot to add texture (mainly a glossy look) to my sinking text, so it looks bland, but I love everything else about it (except the gold, too)! I'd have to say the texture of the wood is my favorite on that piece of mine.

Haha wow, I just commented on my own work

[chrisco97]

Nice job on your sig and avatar. Very nice, I love the border.

[warfighter67]

Thanks Chris!

New Spacescape!

Stocks:

This cool ship!

This cool base! <-- That base is actually from a game I played years ago.

Edited May 16, 2010 by Weylin

[barbieq25]

Thanks! The border around the heart was 'supposed' to be gold, but that didn't work too well. You seem to be a master at making gold. Would you mind giving me hints? I use a metal texture tutorial and just used color tint to get a gold look but it didn't work too well.

Ok, here we have the gold technique but I don't have time for writing the tute. Anyone who'd like to do it for me - drop me a line.

1. Canvas size 3200 x 2400

2. New layer

3. Chose yellow for primary colour

4. Outline of a shape or text - you choose

5. Remember to save often - big canvas - big crash if you don't have big memory

6. Magic wand set to Global or select the inside & outside of the shape. CTRL + I to invert selection.

7. Bevel selection - set the colour to the following:

225

227

107

147

126

7

Bevel so that there is not too much yellow showing, probably about a third. Deselect now.

8. Use Photo & Metallize plug in or you can use Curves if you know what the settings are. Play with the settings on Metallize until you get a look you're happy with. (at this point you could name the layer)

9. Duplicate layer & set to Overlay.

10. On bottom layer run Photo - Glow at default, -32 & 48 respectively. Then run Photo - Soften Portrait default, next slider to the far left, next slider to the far right.

Edited May 16, 2010 by barbieq25

[Sarkut]

Edited May 16, 2010 by Sarkut

[barbieq25]

Man, you have such a great memory! I wrote it & couldn't remember where. Thanks heaps!

[warfighter67]

Thanks, barbieq! Your tutorial has proved successful for my newest image!

Take a look!

[barbieq25]

WOW! Thank put a big smile on my face! What a great job you did too...I love the colour you used. Great contrast & very clean. Well done!

[warfighter67]

Thanks! Now I have a smile on my face, too! I will surely use this technique of yours in various images of mine!

[barbieq25]

Well the technique is not all mine...the glow & soften was Peter Pawn's. Made such a difference to my work. Credit should go to him as well. Fabbo! Now everyone is happy.

[warfighter67]

Well you still do an excellent job incorporating it into your work.

Here's some more practice I did:

Stocks used:

This Army picture.

Edited May 16, 2010 by Weylin

[warfighter67]

Made a new sig and avatar combination! It's influenced a little bit by barbieq.

[chrisco97]

Love both things. Especially the soldier signature. The stars are awesome. Beautiful, in fact!

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Love the sig and avatar, nice use of texture.

[barbieq25]

Nice work, Weylin!

The 'Brothers in Arms' could use a little bit of Drop Shadow - yellow, Blur radius set to 3 or so? on the bottom layer (below the overlay one) This is when you really need to make sure you have saved...& that you have a 3200 x 2400 or so canvas otehrwise the D/S is way too much.

Just gives it that little bit extra on a dark background that kinda prevents it from being sucked up by the darkness - hope that makes sense...need more coffee!

Great work - man you are flying!

[warfighter67]

Barbieq, using your new secret you gave me:

Tell me how you think I did.

I used an image of mine, "Kaleidoscope Thing" as the render: http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp180/warfighter67/PaintDotNET%20Gallery/FinishedPowerReactorG.jpg

[barbieq25]

Pretty darned good!

Did you run a drop shadow on the gold grid? The bevel on the glass looks a bit flat is all.

Also, see how the top right hand side of the horizontal gold grid goes all the way out to the edge? The one below it should too. Select a portion of the line with rectangle select, hold down the control key & move the arrow key to the right. Sarkut's advice to someone. This way it moves the selection but doesn't leave a hole.

That often happens when you bevel - it kinda rounds off the ends.

The fractured effect is great! Fun isn't it?!

[warfighter67]

No, I havn't had a chance to apply the D/S on the image. It's saved at my Dad's house, and I'm at my Mom's house for the week. Therefore, I do not have access to the PDN file.

[warfighter67]

Probably one of the more dark images on this site, but it reflects my current mood with things at home and other personal problems.

[ptuZ]

nice! eyes look really good could aybe need soma anti-aliasing on the edges (of the eyes) but still a really good pic

check out my new sigs in my gallery and tell me what you think about them

Edited May 18, 2010 by ptuZ

[chrisco97]

Wow Weylin, you are improving greatly! Love the texture of the floor...