Getting back to GFX!

[Saburo]

So yeah, I decided to slowly get back into GFX. XD
As you can already tell, this isn't even good compared to some of you GFX nuts on here D:

I welcome CC with open arms, but please actually make it CC, and tell me how I could improve. If you were wondering, this sig was inspired by This song.

More to come! ^_^

[chiatsuki]

Would you make a sig/avvy/shit for ryo?

[suzaku]

On a constructive standpoint, the biggest thing I would point out about that signature is that it isn't clear if your focus is Naruto or the Text; when you make a signature, you need to decide what the focus is going to be--that should be the thing that your audience's eye naturally drifts towards(with flow helping to move the eye along the canvas), but with this image, your attention is being pulled between a stock image and a fancy typeface, where as ideally you would want one of these to be less prominent.

[Saburo]

I see what you mean! So what would the suggestion be? Softly erase the part that the emphasis isn't supposed to be on? Use a less fancy font? Or should I make the emphasis point stand out more by adding stuff to the image itself?

[suzaku]

You can make your focus more prominent by placement, adding subtle effects to guide the eye towards it, and (often overlooked!) by not adding things that attract more attention than it. In the case of this signature, the biggest thing is the third item I mentioned; the font selection makes your text stand out, so the attention of your viewer is shared between the image and the text, which devalues the strength of the stock itself. Another thing you can do to help bring attention to your stock, and also promote a sense of depth, is to sharpen the stock itself while applying a soft blur to the background, which creates an illusion of distance in your image.

[Saburo]

1

2

Ok, so I made some changes. Ignore the fact that it's missing a border right now XD

On number 1, I focused on making the text less 'in your face' , in order to put more emphasis on the image.

On number 2, I focused on making the image more prominent, and simply reduced the opacity of the text.

Which of the two is better? Or has it become worse? XD

[suzaku]

You're going about it in the wrong way; the first thing you want to look at addressing is the fact that your test takes up a significant portion of your canvas, and its font is one which makes it naturally stand out; simply lowering the opacity won't divert that much attention away, and could even lead to drawing more attention to it: the human eye could see it then focus even more on it in an attempt to read what it says, if you make it too transparent.

Try changing your font to something more subtle and resizing the area of space the typography occupies, and then adjusting your stock placement to better fill the canvas.

[Saburo]

That stock was really sucky, It's the best placement I could get XD

EDIT: Wow, I completely missed your post where you actually suggested what I should do XD readdinnngg

[Saburo]

Something like this?

Thank you for the CC so far XD

[Sharkk]

I honestly think the FIRST one you posted was the best. I never liked sigs where one thing was the focus and the other was less-eye grabbing.

[suzaku]

Mar 23, 2012 16:14:36 GMT -8 Saburo said:

Something like this?

Thank you for the CC so far XD

Something along those lines; though you'd want the text closer to his collar bone, so it isn't too spread out—and obviously, a stock that isnt cut-off at the top and side.