BROKEN CRESCENT: Signatures and Advertising

[Manuel Komnenos]

Paladin can you do some byzantium empire sig?

[iudas]

Yes, but, of course, I need an image as basis. And if you want one, you'll need to give me the size, style and other specifications.
And since you're asking in this thread, I'll write "Broken Crescent" on it.

[CtrlAltDe1337]

I'll make a sig out of that. Now.

EDIT: Here 'tis:


My first try on blood BTW. Hope you like it.

Awsome, thats just how I wanted it

[iudas]

Thanks, Crucifix.

[Manuel Komnenos]

Yes, but, of course, I need an image as basis. And if you want one, you'll need to give me the size, style and other specifications.
And since you're asking in this thread, I'll write "Broken Crescent" on it.

Ofcourse, i'm or will be your member shortly, so I need ''indentity''.

[Sinan]

Excellent stuff ! Man I LOVE the sigs in this thread.

Hey guys I'm looking for some feedback.

I have'nt done much GFX work for a while, so I'm using Paint Shop Pro from 2000. It's 7 years old !!! Anyway I've been trying out some things, as I really like sigs and I am trying to improve my technique.

Please tell me frank and upfront what you think of these.
NOTE: These are NOT "official" sigs or whatever, and I'm not competing with anyone. This is simply out of my own aesthetic interest.

JPEG, compression =1



JPEG, max file size = 10kb.


JPEG, max file size = 10kb, named.


JPEG, max file size = 11kb,
named, Arabic = Abbāsīyūn (Abbasids)


The idea behind these sigs is to:

-Show a new faction, whihc is not in vanilla.
-Banners and different GFX to insta-impact the viewer.
-As much detail as I can show while retaining the epic feel.
-Give an image of depth, making the viewer think there is research and depth in this mod.

Cheers and GAME ON !

[IrAr]

They're good, Sinan, but a little bland in that they've no effects whatsoever. Still, I advise not going overboard with this, subtlety is the key with effects.

[Sinan]

Thanks. I agree, I'd like effects, more sharp, clearer, higher resolution. Something like the others have done. I don't know how to achieve that though. I'll have a look around for some tutorials.

[Miraj]

[Sinan]

It's 114KB but THAT is AWESOME !

I love it ! That's exactly what I wanted to achieve.
BTW Can I pass that around ? i.e everyone is free to use these sigs right ?
Are you using CS3 ?

[Miraj]

It's 114KB but THAT is AWESOME !

I love it ! That's exactly what I wanted to achieve.
BTW Can I pass that around ? i.e everyone is free to use these sigs right ?
Are you using CS3 ?

Yeah you can use whatever you want. Maybe you should keep your sig since SirPaladin made it for you. You can use this one later. Up to you. Sorry bout the size, I trust its not too hard to resize?

[CtrlAltDe1337]

That looks great but it could use a border in my opinion.

[Miraj]

That looks great but it could use a border in my opinion.

Good point.

[iudas]

I advise you not to use a gradient on the border, and not to overuse filters. But that sig looks pretty good.

[Sinan]

I'm using Paladin's sig, but I want to improve my own. How do you resize that image to less than 10kb using CS3 ? It looks much better with the border btw.

[AlphaDelta]

One for the daylami fans.

[iudas]

Great looking sig! A big unclear, and the text has room for improvements, but otherwise it's good!

[John I Tzimisces]

Once this mod is released I'll be sure to make some shots of charging infantry or cavalry being pelted by arrows or the like: I get a kick out of seeing a man pitched from his horse or, oddly, as in RTW, a guy doing a backflip as he is hit by an arrow while charging (thats dubious physics right there... )

[Miraj]

Not that great. But I had it on my drive so might as well.

[Sinan]

Nice detail, classy. I love it.