Argentinian Sig!?

[Ozzdog]

Well I didn't really create this at all, but rather altered the album art of an album called Anabelas by Bubu (1978). I use it as my signature on ProgArchives.com and I am aware that it is quite large, but people on that site don't care how big it is, they like to see nice art!

Anyways, I realize I changed nothing drastic, just wanted to know if people think that I did a good job essentially enlarging the photo and adding my name into it.

Here is the ORIGINAL photo I used to create it:

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And here is the signature I created from it:

 

[Whitesock]

Take the text and give it that grainy texture and it will be very nice indeed.

 

[Ozzdog]

How might I go about doing that, I am a photoshop noob? (I do everything through massive amounts of trial and error, ctrl+z = my best friend!)

 

[Whitesock]

Take the clone tool, pick up a heavy textured area on your sig (most likely holding down control and clicking to select an area). Make a new layer and click a few times over your text so you can't see it anymore. Providing your text is on a seperate layer, right click it and click alpha to selection. Invert the selection, select your texture layer, and click delete (this should delete out the textured area outside of your text). Desaturate the text layer. Put that layer on grain merge or overlay and play around with the opacity.

 

[sqrage]

Wow, very nice job. It's barely noticeable where the stock image ends and your addition starts. If you add that grain it'll be even better.

 

[thewrongvine]

Why does it say OzzProg? lol

Anyways, nice. Only a slight bit of difference, but it is good. :thup:

~Hai-Bye-Vine~

 

[NightShade]

Wow, very nice job. It's barely noticeable where the stock image ends and your addition starts. If you add that grain it'll be even better.

I didn't even notice that the stock image ended, I thought he just added a name. Because of this, it's a very good continuation.:thup:

 

[Miz]

I didn't even notice that the stock image ended, I thought he just added a name. Because of this, it's a very good continuation.:thup:

Same, nice job.

 

[Romek]

What did you actually do?
It looks like a crop at first glance, though I see you cloned the mountains or something?

 

[elmstfreddie]

He did everything to the right of the grainy picture. (last 4 mountains and above them)

What you could do is just trace over the image and recolour it... Kind of like I did with a picture of Stalin in Design class (don't ask)
That takes a bit of time though.
You could also just add a filter to your side of it to make it look grainy. But it may be hard to match it to the image's grain.

 

[sqrage]

What did you actually do?
It looks like a crop at first glance, though I see you cloned the mountains or something?

Just about everything in the red. (Roughly)

 

[Monovertex]

Great job, at first I too thought you just slapped the text. Make your addition grainy and it would be awesome!

 

[Ozzdog]

Well thanks for all the C&C, I'll definately work on getting different versions made (just text grainy, and maybe the whole thing grainy?) and post them up here eventually.

P.S.

Why does it say OzzProg? lol

I am known here as Ozzdog, at the PROGressive rock website, i am known as OzzPROG, aren't I a clever fellow?

 

[Monovertex]

(just text grainy, and maybe the whole thing grainy?)

The entire part that represents your work.