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Tenacity · (This post was last modified: 02-11-2009, 10:37 AM by Tenacity.)

Been working on this new series of sigs to kinda uniform my characters... whatcha think?

[Image: 2ewim2c.jpg]

EDIT:

Also have this one for Tenacity, think I like it better, the first one clips out part of the ship:

[Image: 14wqwh.jpg]

skoko · 02-11-2009, 11:11 AM,

Personally I don't like black and white pics... but all sigs look good!

<blockquote>Was member of : [LN] [LR] [RoS] Keepers (NovaPG) [AU]
[Image: newsiggy.gif]

[SA]-Jake.Benson - Benson's life
Alvaro Himenez of [RoS]- Alvaro's story</blockquote>

ioha · 02-11-2009, 02:41 PM,

' Wrote:Do you nkow of anyone who would make me a Siggy? Someone good to.:D

Just post your request in this thread or create a new one in the Media Center forum.

That way, more than just one designer will consider making your sig. And, competitive environment improves quality.

Dopamino · 02-11-2009, 09:25 PM,

Sleip! You never never explained your new sigs!;)

I mostly lurk around Media Center these days.

ioha · 02-11-2009, 09:48 PM,

' Wrote:Sleip! You never never explained your new sigs!;)

Do you want a full how-to-tutorial or just explanations on some parts?
Cause I think you'd be able to do most of it on your own and just a tiny part of what I did is unknown to you:)

Edit: or do you mean what characters they're for? Well, the new one is for my freelancer/trader character, the other two ones are pretty obvious I think:)

Exile · 02-11-2009, 10:01 PM,

I think he means that you didn't announce them when they were made. Also, how'd you do those engines?

teschy · 02-11-2009, 10:11 PM,

He already explained how, he copy pasted them off some other graphics. And of course, he had to tweak the coloring and shadowing so the whole thing would blend in:)

Lux · 02-11-2009, 10:13 PM,

Actually, I'm interested in knowing a few of those techniques as well o.O

(Did you use a brush to make that effect on the side with the logos on it?)

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

ioha · 02-11-2009, 10:15 PM,

' Wrote:I think he means that you didn't announce them when they were made. Also, how'd you do those engines?

Hm, true. A'ight, I'll do a fast introduction then:

[Image: ChubascoKopie.png]

Sig's for my indie Corsair char, Melquiades Chubasco, flying the displayed Praetorian.

[Image: CooperKopie.png]

A new BPA sig, mostly for good ol' Josh Cooper, thus the Hussar.

[Image: CormorantKopie.png]

And, finally, the sig for my Freelancer/Trader character, Frideswide "Fry" Cunny. As you can see, she's steering a Firefly (so I got a more high-quality render on my hands - our ingame Firefly doesn't look that great).

All those characters are introduced a tad more in the thread you get when you click the picture in my sig.

Now, onto the graphics part.
Those sigs basically all work the same way: you need a nice background, the ship you fly and a symbol, representing the faction. I've based them all the same way, just mirrored the fading outline for a bit more variety.
Anyways, put the render into the sig, get your ship over it and add the engine exhausts - if they aren't already there. The ones for the Corsair/BPA sig were already in the image, I just needed to edit them, so they'd fit my ship in size, colour and shape.
I made the one in the Firefly sig myself, but that was just a bit working with brushes, filters and layers. The most important thing is to look at the image from any angle and zoom in and out - once you've reached the point when you think it looks 'realistic' enough, it's done.

' Wrote:(Did you use a brush to make that effect on the side with the logos on it?)

Yep, exactly.

Dopamino · 02-11-2009, 10:37 PM,

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

I mostly lurk around Media Center these days.

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