Signatures/Pictures/Avatars

[ioha]

I meant more about the backgrounds and getting the ships to look more realistic.

Ah, sorry.

Well, the backgrounds mostly come either from deviantArt or foundation3d - and a few other websites I get via google search. I usually refine them a bit, so they look more like a specific place in Freelancer Discovery.
The background for the BPA one for example was more orange in original, but I dyed it in bordeaux in order to make it look like Cambridge (via Hue/Saturation). Also, I generally slap some level filter or something similar over the image. Another important point is resharpening after resizing.

The ships are (except the Firefly) actually from ingame screens I made. I cut them out with the mask function, then apply the Unsharpen Mask filter in order to get some more depth (and resharpen them after resizing as well).
What helps a lot when making it look more realistic simply is the light. You need to place the ship in your screen in exactly the same ratio to the sunlight as you want to place it in your sig. That is, if your ship should be bright at the left front, because it's flying towards the sun from the right, you need to place it that way in the screen.
If you have a certain ship render you'll use, you'll need to change the background according to the ship, of course.
In order to enhance the impression, I use the burn/dodge tools to create shadows where there should be shadows and bright areas where there should be bright areas.

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[Orin]

Orin, love ya new Avatar and sig. You hand draw that and scan it in?

If you mean the character, no. I can draw... okay, but not well in that cutesy anime style.

I drew the doodles with a mouse. >_>

(Never get tired of looking at those sigs, Sleip. Really found a niche.)

[teschy]

What can I say, Sleip. Hats off.

Classy work you've done there.

[Xing]

a fix on the Shuang Jian texture files

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll166/e...HIP/white02.png
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll166/e...HIP/white01.png

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[Orin]

Nice, much much better. You could always darken it now too.

[Lux]

Yes, now I can see the edges of the ship. Good work with it, actually, it looks very nice o.O

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THEY TOLD ME I COULD BE ANYTHING SO I BECAME A SIGNATURE PLS HLP

[Dopamino]

-WANT!-

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[skoko]

a fix on the Shuang Jian texture files

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll166/e...HIP/white02.png
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll166/e...HIP/white01.png

:shok:Me wants that:PI like it very much, nice work Yue

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[Seth Karlo]

Hmmm, would anyone be willing to take a crack at making a sig for me? An Order one.

Need's a Recon Destroyer on one side, with the name "Horus", and possibly the name "Seena Kerii" or just "Seena", I dunno. And on the other side, an Order Gunboat, name "Pharosa". Possibly the name "Tenai", again, not sure if it will look good. Render's are obviously from the new mod, so it may be difficult, I'll do my best to get you some render's if you need them... posting here becuase not too many people check here:P

Seth

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Signature by Sleipnir.

[Serpentis]

My first sig for my next character... The one im planning of making that is..:P

What do you think?

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