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not bad for your first attempt

but...
signature sizes are no more than 640px x 300px on this board so you couldn't use it as a sig without resizing.
there's a bit too much blank space around the focal for my taste


good start though

Glad you got your first attempt figured out, hope my advice helped a little,

I agree with faeries points, needs to have a little more in it, but for a first attempt you have done well.

Thanks Requiem and Faerie :)

Will make next 1 smaller and try and have less blank space...

Yeah requiem i made that one using gimp , got photoshop aswell just trying to work out which one i find easier to use

Ok gonna be adding my new sigs in here would appreciate constructive criticism :) all help is appreciated

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This is only my second attempt think its abit better then my first :) but ill leave you lot to be the judge of that lol

yes, that's a big improvement

Try and use colours from your signature for your nickname then it all blends together

Using the rule of thirds is helpful until you are confident in placement of focals text etc

also this might give you ideas about areas to focus on


looking forward to seeing more of your work

nice first and second attempts aldred agreed with fae on all points great work though especially on the second one

Thanks Faerie and Tor much appreciated

I kind of like the first one better. It looks kind of professional. The second one is also very good. You've worked in that :) Very nice start. Anyway I do not count how someone starts Just never end practicing

Nice start aldred, like the second one better. Nice placing of dsrg in second one but abt choosing colours, I agree with fae. It's better if u choose it from the sig good start

Thanks for comments and suggestions :) :)

Heres my next one that i just tried making for someone in requests.....


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Ok not great i know but i need some help.... how i do smooth the edges on the picture, tried everything and it keeps going wrong, is there a certain tool to use? help plz :)

well, u could use eraser to rub off clean good work other than some cut mistakes

i could be nice or I could be truthfull everyone would appreciate the latter.

tooo high contrast are you trying to burn my corneo?
to plain what else is there to see and focus on than the dude.

look like the people i see in a sandstorm in the mojave desert

there is no DARKNESS init.

i would give you a 3/10

truths hurts - makes us stronger - improve

nice work for a third try aldred but honestly its too plain for my liking maybe put some c4ds in the background :)

and to make the render blend in more i usually use the smudge tool

Thanks for the honesty flex... Do pefer people to be honest , but that is only my third attempt, and these will improve , im doing these without tutorials and just playing with the tools....

Again tho thanks for been honest and please come back and comment when i add more :)

Ok here is my newest one , this one has took me a while to do..... Let me know what you think , good or bad critisism is welcome :) :)

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That's good work. especially for a starter. hw did u make that car there. Did u draw it or was it a cut and paste ? if u drew it, that's very good, but if it was a cut , then the cut is also ok anyways nice theme. never thought abt that one before

Thx sqp , the car was a cut, then i just removed the colour and brightened the outline, drew the road myself lol was trying to put cats eyes and markings on it but just looked like my road had a disese lol

it happens sometimes, just try and try till u get a hang of it. This advice was given to me, just copying it lol. I'm not that good either. But don't stop trying, u could also improve by looking in other's sigs and threads by the way, u could improve your cut on the football one and decrease the blank space by using brushes or something for a start. Then u could always ask others good start, just make your way out

i agree... that one look awesome aldred, great work !!!!

Thanks Tor :)

Last one if the best out of the 4, nice work

Thank you Terra

Ok here my new one :) :)

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good idea but the bg is a little blank and 2 focal could give a fight in one's eyes as they are in two different sides. So the view goes to the full pic. But it would look better if we are focused into one focal. I mean we must be attracted there. This could be done by giving a dark background, so the focal will be the only thing that has light, u see ? U could use brushes for some designs. U could use this to get some brushes http://www.deviantart.com/ just type the kind of brush u want in the search box just givin suggestions, don't feel bad. U can improve a lot. This cut is better than the last one. Keep practising

Thanks once again sgp for the advice, will edit this one later :)

my newest one :)

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looking at it now i think maybe without the logo :-|

the first one from today i agree with sgp that second one above... looks awesome mate... although i would have done the background on the right the same as on the left great work aldred

Thanks Tor i did have all the background the same but it looked to much

Nice work aldred

nice work aldred, good improvement. U seem to get what i said very clear agree with tor though. I would have kept the same background as on the left on the right. Would have looked like inside of a hurricane just jokin. It would've looked great if u had done so. Maybe u can still improve it if you have it's psd file. Good work I must say your cut is pretty good for a starter. Are u sure this is your first attempt at cuts ?

Thanks Kunju

And thanks Sgp.... Inside a hurricane sound interesting lol.... Yeah def my first time cutting, and its clearly visable in my first couple its dreadful lol finding easier ways of doing things the more i do :)

New one for Saviour in requests


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your work is improving every time, aldred27

I like the text in the Sonic/Mario sig but not the space in the middle...perhaps try making your sigs a little smaller so that there isn't as much space. Same with the Saviour sig.
I really like your bumblebee sig as it is without any change.

Try making a sig at 400px x 200px and see how you get on.

nice work

first one on this page is good, but could use allot more background art

second one, is very good but the noise sort of ruined the picture

and the last one is the best of them all because it is simple, but not to simple and a good job getting the player onto the image pretty fluid. The bg looks nice with the red.


Overall good work!!

Yup, u're definitely improving. Your latest is the best of all. That red blends very well with the Manchester shirt. Good effect on the text too and the player looks pretty well placed. Good work

Thanks Sgp , Terra and Fae

Heres my next one and as you adviced Fae i have made my sig smaller which i agree looks much better :) :)

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Good work. Well done Aldred But i really doubt that u have done something like cutting before, something that requires patience and concentration good cut. I'm impressed by that. You could have done some smudging for the bg perhaps, I'm not sure abt that. It's just my opinion. And u could've given a blur, say motion blur, for the helicopter to give it a moving effect. I agree with what Fae said. Size reduction is very good to reduce blank spaces. I'm starting it too lol This time I really like the way u chose colour for the text. It's somewhat related to the colour of the bg. Good job totally

that latest one looks very good aldred and much better smaller

Thanks Tor :)

Next one for Criminal in requests

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nice one aldred although i would have made it smalled in height

That criminal sig is very good. Nice text effect. Could have done something with the bg though. good work

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Use of lightning brushes? Good work. It's different from your other works. That fluid sorta thing on the lady's hand, did u make it? Anyways, love the bg and the text is also pretty good. good work

P.S. I made a sig for u in the request topic. Hope u like it.

He nice stuff!'

Thanks Sgp and shortcircuit....

Here 1 i did for modern queen in requests

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i really like that latest one aldred its brilliant

Thanks tor how you see it i dunno as we posted at the same time lol

ah sorry lol no i was talking about the purple one with the woman although that queen one is good too

Great improvement aldred. Love the effect on the top left side in modern queen