First Sig in a long time(Semi-WIP)

Seno

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V1
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V2- Lighting Touch ups, with more blurring and removal of c4d on left
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^Might tweak the lighting again I think, still don't know what to add for the elft side some more though :/
[Do now, final version will be uploaded tomorrow after school]

v3- might leave it at this and move on to a new signature. This was good for a warm up :)
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Need to work on my sig making skills I suppose.
I'll be working on it before I go to bed but I figured I'd post this up..

Remember I haven't made a signature in a good year or so, so my feel to making them kinda sucks atm. :/
I'll be making them much more often now that I'm back on the forums, so I should have the hang of it again in a week or so :)

What to Fix: Need actual lighting added to it, and to make the left side less empty(and to fix the C4D that got left over). Also thinking of removing the green border, and I don't think there's much of a focal on it but with the added lighting it should help it out since depth is also somewhat there. Let me know what you think and I'll post up the final version tomorrow.
 
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Hm. Not the best thing you've ever done Seno, but it's your first in a long time.

The little bits and pieces are good looking but they seem to float in the background rather than add the depth and effect that I'm sure you intended to add. The green stuff with the lines over it on the right looks out of place and just doesn't quite fit. I don't really like the stock either. The way his eyes glow makes it stand out too much on himself but not enough on the background. Also, your blurring appears to not exist in areas where it shouldn't. Things look too clear in the upper left.

Not to beat a signature to death, but there is also significantly less going on behind the render than there is in the rest of the tag.

I know you'll be back on your feet soon enough Seno :) Depth is the main problem here for me.
 
Nottz said:
Hm. Not the best thing you've ever done Seno, but it's your first in a long time.

The little bits and pieces are good looking but they seem to float in the background rather than add the depth and effect that I'm sure you intended to add. The green stuff with the lines over it on the right looks out of place and just doesn't quite fit. I don't really like the stock either. The way his eyes glow makes it stand out too much on himself but not enough on the background. Also, your blurring appears to not exist in areas where it shouldn't. Things look too clear in the upper left.

Not to beat a signature to death, but there is also significantly less going on behind the render than there is in the rest of the tag.

I know you'll be back on your feet soon enough Seno :) Depth is the main problem here for me.
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Thanks for the feedback Nottz, I'm doing some touch ups to it right now with lighting, not sure how to fill in the left side some more though is my issue I'm having right now :[
 
Seno said:
Thanks for the feedback Nottz, I'm doing some touch ups to it right now with lighting, not sure how to fill in the left side some more though is my issue I'm having right now :[
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Expand on what you have now without adding anything else. I think if you spend more time on it, it'll give us just what we need. Unblur the C4d that it looks like you have over there already and work on getting those scraps and stuff to the right blur level.
 
Seno said:
Thanks for the feedback Nottz, I'm doing some touch ups to it right now with lighting, not sure how to fill in the left side some more though is my issue I'm having right now :[
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It looks fine.
 
Nottz said:
Expand on what you have now without adding anything else. I think if you spend more time on it, it'll give us just what we need. Unblur the C4d that it looks like you have over there already and work on getting those scraps and stuff to the right blur level.
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Yeah but the left side even with some of the lighting i've added thus far(unfinished mind you) still feels empty. I might try out a few c4d's with it and play with them to see if that can help out the emptiness.
 
Seno said:
Yeah but the left side even with some of the lighting i've added thus far(unfinished mind you) still feels empty. I might try out a few c4d's with it and play with them to see if that can help out the emptiness.
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Well if you're going to do that, go ahead and change the direction it flows. I'm not in love with the arch you have going over there. I'd rather see it kinda shoot to the corner from the middle. That's more like an opinion though :)

Edit: Lighting change made a world of a difference. Hid some of the things I didn't like.
 
Nottz said:
Well if you're going to do that, go ahead and change the direction it flows. I'm not in love with the arch you have going over there. I'd rather see it kinda shoot to the corner from the middle. That's more like an opinion though :)

Edit: Lighting change made a world of a difference. Hid some of the things I didn't like.
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What do you mean by the arch thing? The thing on the far left thats blurred now is just the stock in its full sized form o.o is that you mean?

Or the green smudge to the far right..?
 
Seno said:
What do you mean by the arch thing? The thing on the far left thats blurred now is just the stock in its full sized form o.o is that you mean?

Or the green smudge to the far right..?
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Well it's the stock and the little bits of stuff flying around on it. It makes an arch shape for your background which gives it a flow that I don't really like too much. It's just an opinion of mine though.
 
Nottz said:
Well it's the stock and the little bits of stuff flying around on it. It makes an arch shape for your background which gives it a flow that I don't really like too much. It's just an opinion of mine though.
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Oh. To be honest with you I hadn't noticed that, but now it's bugging me too lol.
Thanks for pointing that out, now I have something to tweak more :p
 
Seno said:
Oh. To be honest with you I hadn't noticed that, but now it's bugging me too lol.
Thanks for pointing that out, now I have something to tweak more :p
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Well it shouldn't be too hard. ;) I look forward to the finished product. After the lighting change I'm starting to like it a lot more.
 
Um...it doesn't look like you did too much with the original stock. It does look good, but knowing you, you could have done better with it.

8/10, you gonna make a v3?
 
Blub Klub said:
Um...it doesn't look like you did too much with the original stock. It does look good, but knowing you, you could have done better with it.

8/10, you gonna make a v3?
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I can show you the original stock if you want but it was mainly effects and smudging I added to it, refer to answer below for your question :p

Nottz said:
Well it shouldn't be too hard. ;) I look forward to the finished product. After the lighting change I'm starting to like it a lot more.
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Thanks, I'll upload the final tomorrow after school :)
 
Sorry for double post- using it as a bump.


Well v3 is up there now, I think I'm going to leave it at that and start a new signature soon. Going to do one everyday(hopefully) to get back into signatures :)
 
Mko said:
I am liking it so far, Seno :]
Keep it up!
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Thanks. I'll be finishing the one with Okami in a few days. I wanted that one to look nicer so decided to practice a few first :)
 
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V3 is already a lot better then V1. It's great to see you already improving with only one signature! I'm sure you'll be as good or better as you were before in no time!

Great work, Seno.
 
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