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Wheels wrote:[mention=80169]WickedChan[/mention] I like the render and background but the text is really hard to read

Tenshi-chan wrote:I have to agree with Wheels on this. The text is really difficult to see and the render placement doesn't do it justice.

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WickedChan wrote:I was trying to do something different with the text and it was the only graffiti type text i had...the others i tried to download didnt' show up in GIMP so i just went with it... I choose white for the color of the text because i wanted it to pop and when the text was black it kind of blended in with the edges and didn't pop as much as i wanted it to... Also, i placed the render where i did because i wanted it to seem like she was posing next to the quote as if she was the one who wrote it... Thanks for the feedback guys, i might end up changing it... ^_^

Tenshi-chan wrote:What Windows version are you using?

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Tenshi-chan wrote:Oh. I dunno if you can just directly install the fonts then. I have the newest version of Windows on my laptop.

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WickedChan wrote:Another new set...

Chlobo wrote:Looks really nice. The colours go well together and the border is a nice touch.

Scarlet Knight wrote:The typography looks like spray paint, but its readability is low. I'm not even sure what it says. Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with GIMP, or I have little experience using it. An inner bevel may have made the text more readable, or some inner shadowing.

The background and the colors you chose looks good. The Black border really blends in with the background too, nice job.

Deviette wrote:Realised I never commented back on this thread, feel like a terrible person @_@


Anyhoos:
- Making text 'pop' on GIMP can be a little difficult because it doesn't have the auto bevel as on PS but, I tend to do a surround border that does a good job (as per my sig) or even a blurred shadow/drop shadow (which it also doesn't have an auto function for, but is quite easy to do manually, I can do a quick tutorial if you're not sure how to do it)

- I tend to find plain background difficult to fill, if you want to add texture I would strongly recommend: http://glassthroughskin.deviantart.com who has an amazing gallery full of large royalty free textures. I tend to stick a least one of these in any of my backgrounds, if not layering more than one of these up (generally playing with overlay or colour layering) will make it look awesome >w<

- Don't be afraid crop the render, if you look around, most people rarely have more than waist up and when it come to filling your signature, larger face tends to do a better job. If you do want more of the render, instead of making it smaller, try rotating it so that more fits in at the same size.

- This sounds a little weird, but bare with me. If on forums the name bar is on the left (like this one): On avatars, the character should be looking either right or straight ahead. If they're looking right, it doesn't matter which way their body is facing. If looking straight at you, then their body should be facing right. I don't know why, but to me it always looks better that way around.
On signatures you don't tend to see this effect as you normally move the image to the left and to the right of the signature depending which way the character is facing (Although, if anything, I'd say that on signature the effect is reversed to facing left, but I think that might just be my personal preference rather than anything)

- And just a little thing, if you're intending on using the avatars, it's always best to resize in GIMP rather than letting the website do it automatically, this is because websites tend to resize less well than graphics programs, and you'll get a clearer, less blurry, image.
(and on an unrelated note, your current signature is resized by 1px in the X axis which is making it a little blurry)

Hope that this helps :3


Also, I like your latest one