alche's GFX

Well, the term noobish may have been a little harsh. I just think a cleaner, simpler font would work a lot better. ^_^ I can't talk much, though, because I have an extremely hard time with text and I hardly ever think it looks right.

 

If I had some good tutorials, my own text wouldn't look so crappy .

You could try searching for some tutorials on DeviantArt. Myself, I usually stick to default fonts like Arial. I also don't usually mess with blending modes much. *shrug*

Hmm, new sig. The text is more to my liking, but I think your effects on the Avril sig were much nicer-looking. In this FFX sig, I feel like there's a lot going on, with not a lot of cohesion. I see each of the pieces that went into the making of the sig (the stock image, various brushes, c4ds or what-have-you, rather than the sig as a united work. If that makes sense. >_<

Keep at it, though. ^_^

 

I really like your colors and render placement. I'm kind of iffy on the ribbon-like effects, but it ends up looking ok. The text is ok too, but I don't love the font. Nice job overall, though. ^_^

 

Autopsy pretty much said all that I was going to say. I feel overwhelmed looking at the signature, and it took me a second to realize that that was a shoe as well. I think there's just too much blue for me. It makes it hard for me to focus on any one thing.

It's not bad, but I think it could be improved.

 

The Edward Elric sig: Very colorful I like everything about it except the very far left side. That yellow/green c4d looks funky to me. *shrugs*

20% Angel sig: Don't love it, sorry. I don't feel like the render is as obvious a focal point as it should be. Or rather, maybe the c4d is just too obvious. I prefer using c4ds on lighten or some other blending mode, where they just give a little color or lighting effect, rather than using their harsh lines. But meh. I dunno, it just doesn't look as clean or well put together as some of your others.

Dark side sig: I think this one looks pretty darn good. The only thing that sort of jumps out as me, but isn't really important, is that the lighting on the left has a sort of pink/purple tint to it, but there isn't any more of that color anywhere else in the sig. Looks a little out of place to me.

 

^I was going to, but then I wasn't sure if you'd made it yourself or had it made.

I think the brush work in the background looks pretty nice. What I would do is brush a little over Aerith and Zack too, that would help with blending them in. Or maybe try a soft round brush in a coordinating color and brush around them a little to add some lighting. *shrugs*

I find blue an odd choice for a background color. It doesn't suit Aerith well, in my opinion. Maybe add a photo filter in blue on top? It wouldn't need to be a very high opacity, just enough to make her fit in a little more.

Aside from all that, maybe a curves layer, or a black and white gradient map on multiply or another blending mode would help add a little depth. Or you could apply image, put a guassian blur on it, and set to soft light. Sometimes that helps.

Hope that helps a little.

 

Not bad. A couple of suggestions- I think the scanlines (dots, whatever) are a little too obvious. I'd lower the opacity a little and erase them here and there around the sig. I think the sig could use a little sharpening, too. Text is ok- could be better, but isn't terrible. I think I'd take off the border. That's about it. ^_^