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Signatures:
First of all, you should know what a sig is. Just in case:
A sig is short for signature. A signature is a unique sign that people create to identify themselves. Designed to prove the person made contact with whatever the signature is on, nobody is supposed to be able to copy the signature of another person. Traditionally, like on letters and legal documents, the signature is handwritten. However, for online forums, or (sometimes) personal websites, the signature is an image. This type of signature is more for show because it can be easily copied. It is used either, to show your graphical skill, or to yourself faster. Avatars also serve a common purpose.
Making A Signature:
To make a signature, you need an image editing program. One of the most common programs is photoshop. However, photoshop is expensive and many people use programs such as The Gimp instead. To learn where to obtain these programs, please visit the graphics links thread in the graphics help zone.
Graphics Links Thread - http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showthread.php?t=51277
Signature Dimensions:
Dimensions are how big signatures are. There really should be any signature over 500x200 and no signature under 200x70. My preffered dimensions are 400x120. (All of the listed dimensions are in pixels)
What A Signature Contains:
The main attraction in a signature are renders. To find out more about renders, see my renders tutorial below.The render should be in the middle or taking up most of the space in a sig. To find out where to get renders,visit the graphics links thread mentioned above.
Text in a render is not supposed to be big. It is only there to clarify the person as to who the signature belongs to. The render is supposed to be 5x more noticeable then the sig. People want to know who made the sig.if they like it. They don't want to be scrolling down a forum and then get slammed in the face with a huge logo that says MADE BY SOME GUY with some barely visible render in the background.
Signature Backgrounds:
The background of a signature is what is behind the render. To make a background, you can slap a couple render duplicates on there, filter them beyond recognition, and call it a background. But hey, at least the colors match. Along with that, brushes play a huge roll in signature-making. Brushes are also supposed to be unrecognizable in the sigs they are in. For links on where to get brushes, visit my graphics links thread. To learn how to use brushes, scroll down to my Configuring Brushes tutorial. Or click the link below. Patterns are also, commonly used in backgrounds. To learn how to make a patter, scroll down to my patterns tutorial or click the link below. To see some examples of patterns, visit my photobucket album or click the link below.
Configuring Brushes - http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showpost.php?p=228976&postcount=3
Patterns - http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showpost.php?p=224930&postcount=2
Photobucket Album - http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/spymercinator/Graphics/Signitures/My Signitures/
Borders:
A border is what separates your signature and the forum background you happen to be using it one. The border I most commonly use is a one pixel border on the very edge of the signature. Another commonly used border is a 5 pixel black border on the top and bottom edges, but nothing on the sides. I personally don't like that one much, but it's up to you. Here's a tutorial on how to make a simple 1 px border:
Border Tutorial - http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showpost.php?p=339379&postcount=4
Text:
Fonts are usually the main attraction in newbie signatures. Just because there are cool fonts out there, doesn't mean they have to 50 size on in the middle of your sig. Lately, I have been favoring simple fonts because I usually have more that one text layer and like to put them close together.
Example 1 - http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/spymercinator/Graphics/Signitures/My Signitures/Samus.jpg
Example 2 - http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/spymercinator/Graphics/Signitures/My Signitures/Halo2.jpg
Example 3 - http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/spymercinator/Graphics/Signitures/My Signitures/GoW.jpg
Notice how the text is close together and aligned with one another. (Except the Saumus one). Here is an example of some bad text:
Example 4 - http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f...hics/Signitures/Practice Signitures/Ryoko.png
If you want some sweet fonts, you can go see some links in the graphics links thread. To learn how to use fonts, scroll down to my fonts tutorial or click this link:
Fonts Tutorial - http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showpost.php?p=235701&postcount=4
Practice Makes Perfect:
There are many ways to learn how to make good sigs. Get a tutor. Online tutorials help too. But mostly, look around for ideas in some render forum such as gamerenders.com. The guys there have some amazing sigs that helped me see the error of my ways.
GameRenders - http://www.gamerenders.com/forum/
Do whatever you want to your sigs. After all, they are your sigs. Take advice from other people and practice a lot. Your sigs will get better and better over time. I'm living proof:
My First Sig - http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f...ignitures/Other Signitures/MercChRiSwithB.jpg
My Latest Sig - http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/spymercinator/Graphics/Signitures/My Signitures/Samus.jpg
Hope I helped
~w/e
First of all, you should know what a sig is. Just in case:
A sig is short for signature. A signature is a unique sign that people create to identify themselves. Designed to prove the person made contact with whatever the signature is on, nobody is supposed to be able to copy the signature of another person. Traditionally, like on letters and legal documents, the signature is handwritten. However, for online forums, or (sometimes) personal websites, the signature is an image. This type of signature is more for show because it can be easily copied. It is used either, to show your graphical skill, or to yourself faster. Avatars also serve a common purpose.
Making A Signature:
To make a signature, you need an image editing program. One of the most common programs is photoshop. However, photoshop is expensive and many people use programs such as The Gimp instead. To learn where to obtain these programs, please visit the graphics links thread in the graphics help zone.
Graphics Links Thread - http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showthread.php?t=51277
Signature Dimensions:
Dimensions are how big signatures are. There really should be any signature over 500x200 and no signature under 200x70. My preffered dimensions are 400x120. (All of the listed dimensions are in pixels)
What A Signature Contains:
The main attraction in a signature are renders. To find out more about renders, see my renders tutorial below.The render should be in the middle or taking up most of the space in a sig. To find out where to get renders,visit the graphics links thread mentioned above.
Text in a render is not supposed to be big. It is only there to clarify the person as to who the signature belongs to. The render is supposed to be 5x more noticeable then the sig. People want to know who made the sig.if they like it. They don't want to be scrolling down a forum and then get slammed in the face with a huge logo that says MADE BY SOME GUY with some barely visible render in the background.
Signature Backgrounds:
The background of a signature is what is behind the render. To make a background, you can slap a couple render duplicates on there, filter them beyond recognition, and call it a background. But hey, at least the colors match. Along with that, brushes play a huge roll in signature-making. Brushes are also supposed to be unrecognizable in the sigs they are in. For links on where to get brushes, visit my graphics links thread. To learn how to use brushes, scroll down to my Configuring Brushes tutorial. Or click the link below. Patterns are also, commonly used in backgrounds. To learn how to make a patter, scroll down to my patterns tutorial or click the link below. To see some examples of patterns, visit my photobucket album or click the link below.
Configuring Brushes - http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showpost.php?p=228976&postcount=3
Patterns - http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showpost.php?p=224930&postcount=2
Photobucket Album - http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/spymercinator/Graphics/Signitures/My Signitures/
Borders:
A border is what separates your signature and the forum background you happen to be using it one. The border I most commonly use is a one pixel border on the very edge of the signature. Another commonly used border is a 5 pixel black border on the top and bottom edges, but nothing on the sides. I personally don't like that one much, but it's up to you. Here's a tutorial on how to make a simple 1 px border:
Border Tutorial - http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showpost.php?p=339379&postcount=4
Text:
Fonts are usually the main attraction in newbie signatures. Just because there are cool fonts out there, doesn't mean they have to 50 size on in the middle of your sig. Lately, I have been favoring simple fonts because I usually have more that one text layer and like to put them close together.
Example 1 - http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/spymercinator/Graphics/Signitures/My Signitures/Samus.jpg
Example 2 - http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/spymercinator/Graphics/Signitures/My Signitures/Halo2.jpg
Example 3 - http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/spymercinator/Graphics/Signitures/My Signitures/GoW.jpg
Notice how the text is close together and aligned with one another. (Except the Saumus one). Here is an example of some bad text:
Example 4 - http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f...hics/Signitures/Practice Signitures/Ryoko.png
If you want some sweet fonts, you can go see some links in the graphics links thread. To learn how to use fonts, scroll down to my fonts tutorial or click this link:
Fonts Tutorial - http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showpost.php?p=235701&postcount=4
Practice Makes Perfect:
There are many ways to learn how to make good sigs. Get a tutor. Online tutorials help too. But mostly, look around for ideas in some render forum such as gamerenders.com. The guys there have some amazing sigs that helped me see the error of my ways.
GameRenders - http://www.gamerenders.com/forum/
Do whatever you want to your sigs. After all, they are your sigs. Take advice from other people and practice a lot. Your sigs will get better and better over time. I'm living proof:
My First Sig - http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f...ignitures/Other Signitures/MercChRiSwithB.jpg
My Latest Sig - http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/spymercinator/Graphics/Signitures/My Signitures/Samus.jpg
Hope I helped
~w/e