//toki// GFX

[/ Toki /]

YES! Toki is a gfxer XD

Yeah, I've been working on GFX for 14 days. Lol I guess thats not much to call myself a gfxer, but anyway. I've decided to showcase my stuff, but I don't want anyone stealing them. So yeah, I will cut down on how much is shown. <_<

Anyway, I wanna get better. Yet I suppose I'm in a ditch or whatever. So drop by any tips, and lets get this showcase rolling!

G. F. X

First sig ever! Don't laugh o.o

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Ahh this one was I think the fourth...whatever. I just saw Vel's sig and decided. YAY Bleach.

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Ehh I decided to use a music ARTIST and didn't know how the outcome would go, but anyway I tried.

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Yeah, I thought of sand and decided to test around.

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This is my third made, and I think I didn't know what a real render pic was. So I tried my best and improvised which in the end made the render look bad.

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Around this time, I still didn't know what a render was. o.o XD
But I tested a new effect, and I like the background I created.

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My most recent, and by far.. To me, my best work! Oh yea, I figured what the hell a render was and used the same effect I used for the naruto one.

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[N I R A S H I]

Ron Browz! -jumps out of a window-

Well, the Sasuke one is awesome and your first sig really is not that bad. I actually think it is pretty good and better than some of your later work. You are doing good bro! Keep up the good work!

[tetsu]

They don't show if they're in the quote. o.o;;

[/ Toki /]

o.o I unquoted it.

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Well, I've been starting to break balls when it come to signatures. So... to be honest. Your first signature is probably your best one. None of them are very good. If you want some tutoring, look Taro or myself up. Or Axcel, if he teaches.

[Axcel]

First one is probably the best but I can't shake the feeling that it accidentally turned out well in comparison to the rest, so I'm going to say the last is your best, where as the first one looks the best. Dunno if that makes any sense XD

[Taro. (FINISH HIM)]

So everybody comes and bashes his sigs without any reccomendations on how to improve? >_< Shame on you!

Okay. I would say if you use brushed often, stop. Use them only for like.. smudging and special effects and stuff. Check out Vel's tag making thread, learn about flow/depth.. all of that junk. Then, try using tutorials or filters or other things to try and incorporate them.. There's my two cents, PM me or Vel for further info.

[/ Toki /]

Thanks for the negative and positive comments. <_<

Yeah, I need tutoring.. o.o

As for my first and recent sigs. Yeah the first was partly accidental, but mostly cause I was following a tutorial. That and not using much brushes.
As for the most recent, I just tried and put all I've learned into one decent sig. However, I think I can get better.

[tetsu]

Your first and last ones are probably your best.

On all the ones in between, I think you're trying to make too many effects. The sig literally looks cluttered, and it takes away from the renders that you're using. Some of the renders there aren't the highest quality, either, and when combined with the cluttered sig, makes it not as good as it could be. The most evident example of this is on your Naruto sig. =/

Your first one looks more successful to me because you matched the background with the character's hair. It gives it a solid theme yet still offers something different. There aren't all the effects, and it doesn't look as chaotic or blurred? I don't know, I'm definitely not a graphics expert, I'm just telling you how it looks from a viewer's standpoint.

Your last sig looks really nice; it has a good render that stands apart from the background that you've placed upon it. It has nice effects, but they aren't placed surrounding the render, so it is clearly noticeable and can be viewed as a nice addition to the signature, and not something that drives too much chaos around the render. Sasuke's shadowing really helps bring it out, aye?

[/ Toki /]

Thanks for the input everyone. ^^

Alright, so before getting into stuff. I've read over Taro's tutorial, Souls depth thread and Vels signature thread help a bit. But before that, I made a Nirashi sig. So Check it out. Lol

It is based on the same concept as most of the sigs yall have commented on, so it should get the same results. XD

Nothing new here. I think...

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Alright, here goes my flow work so far. I've decided to take steps into gfxing instead of just taking in everything at once. I'll learn one by one, until I can combination all I've learned into something better.

Read Taro's tut and was kinda confused, but I followed it.

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Same Taro's tut learning, except instead of following it completely. I said, "I don't care about what Taro's says exactly, and decided to do it in a way I liked."

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Okay, here I just tried to do my own effects and a bit of what Taro's tut taught me along with a abstract tutorial I skimmed.

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-PS: I have no Tutor. <_<

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The last one is decent. Whats with the almost invisible arm with a sword though? Throws off the focal point. Doesn't need to be there. Other than that, its pretty nice to look at.

[/ Toki /]

The last one is decent. Whats with the almost invisible arm with a sword though? Throws off the focal point. Doesn't need to be there. Other than that, its pretty nice to look at.

About the sword thing... well, lets just say I had a idea but it didn't come out the way I expected. Anyway, HUZZAH! Vel said my sig was pretty nice too look at! I'm stepping up the ladder. XD

Besides that, I tried to not using any brushes at all (which I accomplished). And its kinda difficult when I don't know much effects, so yea I'm still learning.

-Anyways Taro's tutorial taught me a lot.

O.O

[N I R A S H I]

Me ftw! =D Best work ever. lol

- Now, the first one. The swordsman. I don't think that works, it just does not look right.
-- The second one, with the figher, that is good. Very good, the only thing that throws it off is your name. I don't know if it is the font, color, or position of the 'Toki' but it throws the sig off a little. Nonetheless great job on that.
--- The third one is great, Vel made a point too. However, I like it with the invi-sword-man-hand. =D

[Taro. (FINISH HIM)]

YES. HAHA. I MAKE MIRACLES HAPPEN.

Same Taro's tut learning, except instead of following it completely. I said, "I don't care about what Taro's says exactly, and decided to do it in a way I liked."

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You are learning my son... grow.. grow.. RISE! UNTIL YOUR OWN POWER IS THE ONLY THING THAT TOUCHES YOU!

[/ Toki /]

HOLY SNAP! O.O I think I'm getting better. Just a bit though, just a bit. XD

Anyway, onward to the GFX.


Ahh well, you see. I had a idea about turning a bleach characters shikai in a gfx sig and I tried. But I don't think it was very good. That and I used brushes, which I try to work less on. So I used mostly smudging and used a bit of grudge.

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What can I say here? I like it... I really like the flow in it. Lol
I used Taro tutorial again, to help me out in this and a smudge/ripple effect.

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[zuka]

I love the first one o.o

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Wanna make me one

[/ Toki /]

I love the first one o.o

^_^ I don't think it was awesome, but I do agree its nice. Thanks for the comment Iizuka.

Wanna make me one

Not really dude.

[N I R A S H I]

You are getting better. I think the second looks better than the first. But you are getting good bro.

[❖ Tama]

eh toki umm hmm ill try and find you a good tutorial just wondering do you use gimp or photoshop? or another thing?