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Here some tutorials for ya. lol

Sig Colouring and Render Blending: (Images are too big so i'll link them)

1. First open your sig. This will work with any style (grunge, abstract, tech) but I am using grunge.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/viv...%20images/1.jpg

2. Now put on your render. (make sure that it's on the top layer!) and use the smudge tool to smudge all over the sig.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/viv...%20images/2.jpg

3. Set the smudged layer on overlay, duplicate it then set the duplicated layer on soft light.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/viv...%20images/3.jpg

4. Now, add your render... again. Duplicate the render layer and set it to soft light (overlay is another option) on the soft light render layer to go Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set it at 2.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/viv...%20images/4.jpg

5. Now just add some text and a border.

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Indented Avatar Tutorial: (Just a Simple Avatar tutorial)

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/723/ ... tarlk7.png

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3px Boarder Tutorial: (Read the name ^^)

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/3682 ... dergf2.png

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Full Sig Tutorial: (Simple Full sig)

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8964 ... ialyj0.png



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C4D Tutorial: (C4D Renders tutorial)

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/6780/c ... ialwl2.png

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Effect for a sig: (Just some little effect)

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1294 ... sigue8.png

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Realistic Sketch?: (Suppose to be a Relaistic sketch?)

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/9193 ... tutcl2.png

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Simple smudge sig: (For people who have Photoshop CS and above, If you you can have the smudge tool with scattering)

Part 1:
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/5492 ... rt1mb3.png

Part 2:
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/3161 ... rt2uh3.png

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C4D and smudge Sig: (Again Photoshop CS and above)

Part 1:
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/4900 ... rt1db5.png

Part 2:
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/2204 ... rt2kh3.png

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Jack Black Sig: (I like it so I made a sig with it. Plus JB owns!)

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/9036 ... ialny2.png

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A Easy Render Blending: (Was a request cause someone didn't know how to blend Renders. Never actually posted this anywhere ^^)

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/3743 ... tutet4.jpg

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Simple User Rank Icons: (Got bored and decide to do it since I did some for my mate. Easy to do as well.)

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/1180 ... ialmg0.png

Bump.

Just wondering if anyone would like to say any comments? XD

It's useful =P

I'd like to comment.

Tutorials are the biggest problem with design in my opinion because everybody ends up using the same style.

If you want to be a really good graphic designer you need to learn photoshop inside out, and then do things that nobody else has done.

fireworks is better for animation imho

There for newer people who use photoshop. :p

I do know that but still; people tend to end up using only the techniques they learn in tutorials rather than coming up with their own stuff.

murkar wrote:I'd like to comment.

Tutorials are the biggest problem with design in my opinion because everybody ends up using the same style.

If you want to be a really good graphic designer you need to learn photoshop inside out, and then do things that nobody else has done.

I can see what you mean, people often use the tutorial for most of their sigs making all their sigs look the same..it does get boring

Personally, I hate using tuts, you can never get the best result as each sig looks different and needs different gradients lighting effects etc

i think tuts are good, but for learning new techniques to use alongside other techniques and styles of your own. looks good Andrew, ill have to read some of these later.

~soul