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Hazuki August 29th, 2008 4:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Color Me Evil (Post 3889250)
Huzzah for not double posting!

Tutorial for my Gunster tag that I posted when I came back.

Program Used: Photoshop CS2
Required: Sexyness, stock with a background, hardxcore resources
Skill Level: Intermediate
Outcome:
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/4884/gunsterv2ly4.png

http://www.imagebam.com/image/71d36212157445

Get to it!

Might use that tutorial later... who knows

Program Used: Photoshop CS2, will work for GIMP as well
Required: Lots of texture resources
Skill Level: Intermediate
Outcome: http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n164/SoulEternity01/icon4.pnghttp://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n164/SoulEternity01/icon3.pnghttp://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n164/SoulEternity01/lulurolo-icon1.pnghttp://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n164/SoulEternity01/Dull%20tutorial/13.png

Link
If you don't read this or do anything to this then go get hit by a car please.

Loki August 29th, 2008 7:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Color Me Evil (Post 3889250)
Huzzah for not double posting!

Tutorial for my Gunster tag that I posted when I came back.

Program Used: Photoshop CS2
Required: Sexyness, stock with a background, hardxcore resources
Skill Level: Intermediate
Outcome:
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/4884/gunsterv2ly4.png

http://www.imagebam.com/image/71d36212157445

Get to it!

AMAZING TUTORIAL, WEWT.

Here's my outcome:

http://i520.photobucket.com/albums/w326/zetsu-bou/CMEStut.png
art by ~kurichan... I think.

Comic Tragedy September 12th, 2008 1:59 PM

HOORAY! CHECK ME OUT!!! -shot-

Ok so I made this little diddy. It is just a smudge tut. Kthanxbai.
Click this if you are smart! xD

Motsuko Live September 12th, 2008 2:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by El Capitano (Post 3933345)
HOORAY! CHECK ME OUT!!! -shot-

Ok so I made this little diddy. It is just a smudge tut. Kthanxbai.
Click this if you are smart! xD

Awesome tut, L. Will probably use later tonight. o/

Gabri September 12th, 2008 2:32 PM

Great tut, El Capitano. It sure helped me getting better at smudging ^O^

Comic Tragedy September 12th, 2008 2:45 PM

@.freak: thanks for the comment! I am glad you liked it!

@katalyst: Is that sarcasm? :(

Gabri September 12th, 2008 2:53 PM

No, seriously. I've smudged for a while, but with (almost) the default settings, just changing the brush type. Your tut helped me understand more at smudging. Thx. :D I'll include a tag later, not now, it's late here.

Renyui! September 12th, 2008 6:08 PM

Wha-? Only im allowed to make smudging tuts!
Thanks Capitano, I could really use this.

Memory September 12th, 2008 6:11 PM

hahaha I saw it on dA. /special

Anyway.
I like the tut. Very useful, thanks El Capitano. |D

Comic Tragedy September 12th, 2008 6:20 PM

@ everybody: I am glad you like it. I will be glad to do any other tutorial on a GFX skill of you're liking.... I have a free weekend so just tell me!

Postman September 20th, 2008 3:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Conman (Post 3871537)

CREATIVE SPRITE Tut

Program Used: GIMP
Required: Sprite, C4Ds, Splatter Brushes, Ocean Ripple (not included in GIMP), Cloud/Smoke Brushes or Stocks, General knowledge of Photoshop OR GIMP.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Outcomes:
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/859/signaturemarth01vk0.png http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8840/signatureike01ac1.png
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2696/signaturelucario01rr3.png

Tutorial Link ||| Alternative Link

I used your tutorial.
It was very easy to follow.
:D
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn253/Alocbk/5bc22513.png

My outcome wasn't as good as yours :(
The sprite kind of got lost >_<


EDIT: New one.
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn253/Alocbk/4cff1c4b.png

Conman September 20th, 2008 5:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Postman

Thx, and I think it's pretty good. Just the lighting went out of control, thus you lost your sprite XD

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Listening to: MF Doom - Hoe Cakes (Ant Remix)
via FoxyTunes

Twinx November 12th, 2008 11:52 PM

I have this PSD tutorial that I made a few months ago, but never got to upload it.. don't ask why.

Program Used: Photoshop CS
Required: Colored stock image
Skill Level: Intermediate
What you will learn: Cross-processing and some other techniques.
Outcome:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj19/DarkkChildd/Cheese-1.png

http://www.sendspace.com/file/rkvrxt

I hope that link works :D


Renneh November 21st, 2008 3:58 PM

Program Used: Photoshop CS3
Required: Good splatter brushes (look on deviantart)
Skill Level: Beginner, it is easy for anyone to follow.

This is just a technique tutorial =)

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/cinny_pics/cmpart1.png
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/cinny_pics/cmpart2.png
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c167/cinny_pics/cmpart3.png

moments. November 21st, 2008 9:34 PM

Renneh, nice tutorial. I already know how to do clipping masks, but it would be very helpful to beginners or anyone who doesn't know how to do them
Kudos to you!

Zebra Thunderhead November 22nd, 2008 6:51 AM

Clone stamp gets the same effect. You just have to know how to use it properly. I think I'll make a tutorial soon.

Snivi November 26th, 2008 7:59 PM

How to go from an avi file to a gif to an animated icon using VirtualDub & Animation Shop 3


Part 1: How to make a clip from an avi file using VirtualDub
http://vampirekiryuu.livejournal.com/243111.html

Part 2: How to make a gif from an avi clip in Jasc Animation Shop 3
http://vampirekiryuu.livejournal.com/243202.html

Part 3: How to take the gif and make it into a fairly simple icon
http://vampirekiryuu.livejournal.com/243611.html

Tyrantrum November 26th, 2008 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Conman (Post 3871537)
CREATIVE SPRITE Tut

Program Used: GIMP
Required: Sprite, C4Ds, Splatter Brushes, Ocean Ripple (not included in GIMP), Cloud/Smoke Brushes or Stocks, General knowledge of Photoshop OR GIMP.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Outcomes:
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/859/signaturemarth01vk0.png http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8840/signatureike01ac1.png
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2696/signaturelucario01rr3.png

Tutorial Link ||| Alternative Link[/COLOR][/font]

(I'm a first-time Gimp user, so please don't flame me for saying this. :x)

Okay, I wanted to try this, and with a Lucario sprite.
But, I'm having trouble understanding this tutorial.

For one, how do you get the image into the canvas?

Conman November 27th, 2008 1:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by .Pichu-kun (Post 4151458)
(I'm a first-time Gimp user, so please don't flame me for saying this. :x)

Okay, I wanted to try this, and with a Lucario sprite.
But, I'm having trouble understanding this tutorial.

For one, how do you get the image into the canvas?

If you mean the sprite, open the sprite in GIMP then copy n paste it into the canvas for the tag.

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Listening to: Kanye West, Kid Cudi - Welcome To Heartbreak
via FoxyTunes

Jeyboye December 2nd, 2008 4:38 AM

Hello. This is a splashy water tut. ^.^
 
Program Used: Adobe PS3
Required: Good perspective. Patience. (Also, Eye dropper and some filters)
Skill Level: Beginner

Step 1: Intro and "tides"

-Make or copy a smooth emerald colored background layer: (My Original source layer.)
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d8/ancientronin/emerald-3.jpg

..Now, copy your layer three times... Make visible only layer 1, rename it to "tides". Select an ocean blue colored foreground, and a white background. Render some clouds, liquefy... smoothen. Done.

Step 2: "Reflection"

-Rename the layer on top of "tides", "reflection"... both should be visible. I will use the hard light setting on the layer for now and hit it up with a lens flare. You can add more then one flare, or not have any.. whatever your perspective is.

High five yourself! Easy part over.

Step 3: "Floor"

-Make visible: Background, "tides", and "reflection" layers.

........Set your "tides" layer to screen mode for the time being. Once you notice that screen and hard light of the layers take effect on the background; grab the color sampler tool. Drop a cross hair 1 on the cleanest white pixel... drop cross hair 2 on a grayish emerald pixel............ Turn off the Background and rename the final layer to "Floor". .......While selected in this layer, adjust it to Multiply and open the levels plane. Use the "white point sampler" on cross hair 1 and the "gray point sampler" on cross hair 2. Lastly, distort with an ocean ripple filter. :]


The smoothing out part of may take time, aswell as finding good lighting, but attention to detail is the key for me... the over all picture turned out like this:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d8/ancientronin/emeraldwater.jpg

Once you get the hang it should only take about 4 mins to do. :>

I know my original layer is more of a gradient, but the same effect can be made by using tools. Hope someone finds this method useful and hopefully not time constricting.
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Peace.

moments. December 7th, 2008 7:28 PM

That's a pretty sweet result although you might not use it very often in tags... Nevertheless, it still looks pretty cool although I personally would make the flare a little less bright.

THIRTY-SIX December 7th, 2008 11:32 PM

This section shouldn't and isn't just about making tags.

It's good for people who want to learn photoshop tips and applying them their own way, rather than just to imitate.

Renyui! December 13th, 2008 4:29 AM

Nice tut. I'll have to use it sometime (b")b

Zebra Thunderhead December 26th, 2008 9:09 AM

Depth Tutorial by ♥ at KHInsider.com. Never posted it here. I'll be making a light and flow tutorial somewhere down the line.

Michii December 28th, 2008 7:15 PM

Yayay, I made my first tutorial! Please post with resultsss!!! :'DD

Program Used: Photoshop CS2

Required: A good render, a lot of knowledge of photoshop, some c4d's and a scratchy texture, andandand they abilitiy to read bad directions. <321

Skill Level: Depends on where you're at, but I'd say intermediate to advanced.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x314/MagusMew/Untitled-2-1.png http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x314/MagusMew/beachboy.png

'LE LINKKK! 8DDD

moments. December 28th, 2008 7:47 PM

OMG Michii made a tutorial!
Love the outcome and although I won't use the entire tutorial, I might take little snippits from it here and there if that is ok.

Ex Trainer Ruiisu December 28th, 2008 10:43 PM

is there any alternative links to those imagebam sites, i clicked on one and my computer lagged horribly, and my computer is made for photoshop use so i dont understand why it does so. But yeah alternative links like tinypic or devart if possible. thanks again ^^

Zebra Thunderhead December 29th, 2008 5:07 AM

I agree, Michii's tutorial caused an uber meltdown when I clicked on it. Imagebam is usually pretty good but I think Michii's said something about a pdf... which would be a very large pdf.

Michii December 29th, 2008 7:18 AM

Ahhh, I'm sorry. It worked fine for me, but I guess I didn't consider others. I tried uploading it on various sites, but none of them made it large enough to see. After the two above messages, I tried again on other other sites, but none worked. Thank you for making me take the initiative to make a deviantart account! :'D

Program Used: Photoshop CS2

Required: A good render, a lot of knowledge of photoshop, some c4d's and a scratchy texture, andandand they abilitiy to read bad directions. <321

Skill Level: Depends on where you're at, but I'd say intermediate to advanced.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x314/MagusMew/Untitled-2-1.png http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x314/MagusMew/beachboy.png

'LE NEW LINK! DDD:

Zebra Thunderhead December 29th, 2008 10:24 AM

Tag basics tutorial/explanations

Lighting:

If you enjoy creating AWESOME WHITE LIGHTS everywhere on your tag just to have someone go up and say, "looks like crap dude", then you need to learn that lighting is not just a white brush dot on the canvas. Lighting is a bit more in depth than that, and there are various kinds of lighting that you could possibly apply to your tag. Of course, that COMPLETELY depends on the stock of the tag, and effects you are adding. For basic use, you want to analyze the stock prior to actually adding a ton of effects and random splotches of ugly white brush dots everywhere.

1) Say you're a Paramore fan and what to make a tag using this stock image (http://www.weeklyreader.com/readandwriting/content/binary/paramore2-1.jpg). How would you effectively manipulate the lighting to best suit your tag? First of all, look at the stock before you do anything. Where's the light originally coming from? You will basically have to work with the light coming from that direction since it looks a lot more natural. In this case, the light is coming from roughly a 45 degree angle in relation to the front of her body, and therefore, if you were going to put some white brush dots anywhere, put them in the bottom right corner of the tag (assuming you don't horizontally flip the stock) so that it doesn't look like crap! If you put the lighting from the top left or bottom left, you're basically ignoring the stock itself and just creating cruddy effects that no one except for noobies will enjoy.

2) Don't ever just use the color white. I've seen it so many times it makes me want to puke. Want to know why you should never use white? Because pure white light would blind the hell out of your retina AND it looks like crap on a tag. You're probably asking me, or yourself, what color of light to use. The color? Doesn't matter. You could use a green light and I wouldn't care too much other than the fact it'd probably look worse than the vomit you get from food poisoning. Whatever color you choose is fine, but it's how you apply the color to make it look like real light. If your lighting is really, really, really saturated, then the areas where the light hits the stock have to be the color of the lighting as well (let's use green since I already mentioned it). If the light is really intense, it's fine to use white (I use off-white which is close to white, but not exactly white), but it should radiate the colour as the light ventures off from the centre of the source. Here's an example using one of my old tags from 100 years ago.

Tag:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a187/Balmung102/monoblostag.jpg
Credit to my budden Ken

Yes, the light looks white, but you can tell that it would be light from the sun since it radiates a yellow colour as the light intensity weakens. By understanding how this works, you can make tags that have a lot of lighting to look a lot more natural than if you were to just put white. Also make sure that when you add lighting, don't just leave the stock as is. You will want to manipulate the stock a little so that it works with the lighting. Understanding colors is a great asset when working with lighting. If you take a look at the example, the light is yellow, so he darkened the shadows of the stock and given them a blue/green hue. If you had a red light, then you'd want to have shadows that were slightly more green.

3) Lighting from effects that you create are also important too. Say you had a stock of some guy looking down at his open hand, so you created some kind of awesome red energy ball or fire. What would you do? You'd add some lighting around that specific area so that the effect becomes integrated into the tag, and just isn't sitting there. Being able to effectively integrate such effects is what makes a tag that much better.

4) Lighting cannot only add a more natural feel, but add depth if used correctly. Say you had a tag that was all renders and was really busy, but despite all the 3D effects, it looked flat. Well, by adding lighting and shadows to certain areas, it creates a sense of how some things are closer and farther away from each other just by how you integrate the lighting. You can create a sort of "tunnel" effect with proper use. If you take the previous example with the monster and intense sunlight, you can observe how the intense light creates a sense of depth. Since the light is so bright and shines inwards towards the viewer, it gives them the sense that the light is far away, and everything else in the tag is much more closer, effectively creating depth.

5) Lighting is not without shadows. Light and shadows go hand in hand, but there will be times when the shadows just won't work.

All in all, everything I've said only works if you practice and are creating a tag where lighting is necessary. Some tags just look bad no matter what kind of lighting you put in, and the moment you remove it, it's amazing. Just because it looks nice doesn't mean you should put it in practice all the time. With my current sig, there is no light source whatsoever, yet it still looks good. And remember, lighting does not only effect the stock, but everything around it as well.

Flow

The stock you choose determines the flow of your art piece. For example, if you were to choose a stock such as this:

http://planetrenders.net/renders/albums/userpics/66018/normal_kk_slider-city_folk.png

There is virtually no flow. But if you were to choose to use a stock like this:

http://www.planetrenders.net/renders/albums/userpics/354414/normal_captain%20commando%20render.png

You can easily see the flow in the stock because he's pointing. Flow's really easy to master because all you have to do is determine which way your stock is moving. PICK DYNAMIC STOCKS! Crappy stocks like that dog suck and make crappy tags. If you mess up on flow everybody gets laughing rights because it's really hard to screw up.

Typography

Also known as TEXT. Text is even harder than light to master. Even some of the long time veterans don't have it down. Text isn't always necessary, and should never be forced. This means that not every tag needs text. If it doesn't follow the flow, or even just doesn't feel right, then just take it out. More often that not, the tag will look a lot better. If you're a beginner, you'll be better off just leaving it out. You can gain insights about typography and how to improve it here. There's also a typography tutorial on AppendixSquared but I probably shouldn't post it here since the watermark has swears. (:

I guess that's really all the basics you need to know.

Ex Trainer Ruiisu December 29th, 2008 3:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michii (Post 4233809)
Ahhh, I'm sorry. It worked fine for me, but I guess I didn't consider others. I tried uploading it on various sites, but none of them made it large enough to see. After the two above messages, I tried again on other other sites, but none worked. Thank you for making me take the initiative to make a deviantart account! :'D

Program Used: Photoshop CS2

Required: A good render, a lot of knowledge of photoshop, some c4d's and a scratchy texture, andandand they abilitiy to read bad directions. <321

Skill Level: Depends on where you're at, but I'd say intermediate to advanced.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x314/MagusMew/Untitled-2-1.png http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x314/MagusMew/beachboy.png

'LE NEW LINK! DDD:

Thanks a million ^^ ill be using this tut asap

Gummy December 29th, 2008 3:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michii (Post 4233809)
Ahhh, I'm sorry. It worked fine for me, but I guess I didn't consider others. I tried uploading it on various sites, but none of them made it large enough to see. After the two above messages, I tried again on other other sites, but none worked. Thank you for making me take the initiative to make a deviantart account! :'D

Program Used: Photoshop CS2

Required: A good render, a lot of knowledge of photoshop, some c4d's and a scratchy texture, andandand they abilitiy to read bad directions. <321

Skill Level: Depends on where you're at, but I'd say intermediate to advanced.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x314/MagusMew/Untitled-2-1.png http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x314/MagusMew/beachboy.png

'LE NEW LINK! DDD:

I loved the tut, Mimi! Here's my outcome:

http://i44.*.com/axo13c.png

I thinK I'll use this in my theme sometime soon. Thanks again ^^.

moments. December 29th, 2008 3:47 PM

Wow nice guide there Color Me Evil. I read through all of it amazingly and it was quite excellent! I think there are plenty of people here who could earn something from your lighting 'guide' as it was very in depth and gave various examples.
I will definitely use it!

Zebra Thunderhead December 29th, 2008 4:53 PM

Hopefully it will help people understand the basics so whenever someone says something they don't wig out cause they don't know how to achieve something/know the vocab.

Dukey January 1st, 2009 10:50 PM

Great tut Michii, here's my outcome//
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn184/McDukey/ShoMichii.png
I'll be using this as my theme for a while =]

Loki January 2nd, 2009 12:38 PM

Outcome:
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h88/EvileBell/Chrome.png

Program Used: Photoshop CS2 (Though CS+ should be fine.)
Required: Listed in the tutorial.
Skill Level: Easy (Debatable)

The thing with this is, you mostly need to know your color wheel and be good with erasing and stuff to get rid of color adjustment layers and stuff. (And as always, you need to be able to interpret what I'm saying, because I suck at explaining.)


Got Manga?

Zebra Thunderhead January 2nd, 2009 12:41 PM

Hot tut Loki, I'll try it out when I'm done with college apps for the day. XD

Renyui! January 2nd, 2009 1:22 PM

Awesome tut, Loki. Will use this later. Katekyo Hitman Reborn ftw.

Zebra Thunderhead January 2nd, 2009 2:15 PM

hai kids, today we're making this tag:

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/850/tsplitzrh1.png

Program Used: Photoshop CS2 (NOT GIMP FRIENDLY, it requires selective coloring)
Skill Level: Intermediate I guess
Required: Smudging brushes, splatter brushes, probably other stuff

click pls

I'd love to see your results!

moments. January 2nd, 2009 2:27 PM

Oooh sweet tutorial!
I will test it our later and post my result!

Loki January 2nd, 2009 3:58 PM

I couldn't figure out the smudge thing for the life of me. :| [/not good with smudge]
But I think it went alright, hrrrf.

http://i520.photobucket.com/albums/w326/zetsu-bou/cmetutorial2.png

My stock didn't take up enough space. :I

Gummy January 2nd, 2009 8:45 PM

http://i41.*.com/whimh5.png

I used CME's tutorial and it was pretty awesome. But like Loki, when the smudging part came I was like "wut u tlkin bout, Willis? " xD

Zebra Thunderhead January 2nd, 2009 8:48 PM

Well, it really all depends on what tag you're making. Steps vary. Tutorials are just guides. XD

Michii January 2nd, 2009 10:20 PM

I loved the tutorial. I didn't follow too much of it, but I think I got a very similar outcome which I think would almost be good if I wasn't doing it at one in the morning. D:. If you don't mind, CME, I'd really like to apply this style to my own work at times.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x314/MagusMew/flyaway.png
All I know is that this person is from bleach. Fly away probably doesn't work /shot XD;
EDIT: Crap. I could've done so much more this but I didn't. I'll make a psd and edit this post tomorrow later today.
SECOND EDIT TO LOKI: Can't blame me XD;! All I did was look up Bleach stock on google because I fail at characters from everything. Hate that fricken site now. ;;
THIRD IN GENERAL EDIT: Added some color layers and such, though I think I screwed it up again :321. Thanks again, CME. =))
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x314/MagusMew/flyawayycopy.png

Loki January 2nd, 2009 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michii (Post 4247915)
I loved the tutorial. I didn't follow too much of it, but I think I got a very similar outcome which I think would almost be good if I wasn't doing it at one in the morning. D:. If you don't mind, CME, I'd really like to apply this style to my own work at times.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x314/MagusMew/flyaway.png
All I know is that this person is from bleach. Fly away probably doesn't work /shot XD;
EDIT: Crap. I could've done so much more this but I didn't. I'll make a psd and edit this post tomorrow later today.

Bzbzzzt. xD Wrong answer!

That person is Kanda Yu, from D.Gray-Man; an exorcist, not a shinigami. And fly away fits quite well. :>


Hmm, the problem with the smudge though CME wasn't really that it didn't fit, but more like, I couldn't replicate the same effect. I got pretty close, but oh well. xD It's not a big deal, still an awesome tutorial.

Rockéttes January 3rd, 2009 5:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Color Me Evil (Post 4246697)
hai kids, today we're making this tag:

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/850/tsplitzrh1.png

Program Used: Photoshop CS2 (NOT GIMP FRIENDLY, it requires selective coloring)
Skill Level: Intermediate I guess
Required: Smudging brushes, splatter brushes, probably other stuff

click pls

I'd love to see your results!

*highfives*

I'll use this later when I'm not so busy. Awesome tag, CME.

Aizuke January 13th, 2009 3:45 AM

Oh hey, Malyka made a tut for once. :x

Banner;

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/Akari_Productions/GFX/saber_simp.png

Program Used: Photoshop CS (Not sure if this works on GIMP. :x)
Required: Listed in tutorial~
Skill Level: Easy (I think XD;)

Will thinks my tut is funny. :[

I just realised a mistake at the end. XDDD; Brownie points for those who spot it. /o/

moments. January 13th, 2009 3:49 AM

Oooh your tutorial is very nicely presented and explained Closer!
I am going to have a go and post my result soon!

Zebra Thunderhead January 13th, 2009 3:54 AM

Pretty simple tut, will be good for some noobie people since it's a simple tag. :P Maybe I'll try it when I get home.

parallelzero January 13th, 2009 4:47 PM

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Daiaki711/maiden-2.png

My result with CME's earlier tut. *shot* XD

Zebra Thunderhead January 13th, 2009 4:55 PM

Completed with a little help from me. XD Looks great! ♥

parallelzero January 13th, 2009 6:55 PM

Now for my result using Closer's tut:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Daiaki711/nia3.png?t=1231901667

Unforgettable January 13th, 2009 8:03 PM

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h179/YunaDances/simple.png
Result using Closer's Tut. First time I've touched PS in ages.

Ex Trainer Ruiisu January 16th, 2009 7:54 PM

My result for allelujahs badoutut back on page 3 *shot*
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/ChaosZero3/Signatures/BadouSmokes.png


Also does anyone know how to do css/html integration in your signature?

Star★Seeker January 18th, 2009 3:31 PM

My own approach at Aizuke's tut, with stars instead of polkadots. I had to improvise alot, given that GIMP doesn't have of the features Photoshop has. It came out rather nicely.

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6597/cccolorho6.png

Ex Trainer Ruiisu January 18th, 2009 8:10 PM

heres my go at the latest tutorial michi put out, made it for someone on another forum. All of the other fonts looked wierd, so i just went with the font michi used.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/ChaosZero3/Signatures/KazinSignature.png

parallelzero January 18th, 2009 8:13 PM

Made using the manga tut Lokiokidoki posted. She likes the green, I like the blue. :<

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Daiaki711/toradora-2.png

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Daiaki711/toradora-1.png

Renyui! January 20th, 2009 1:31 AM

My result to Malyka's Tut. Although, i didn't think the border would go on a small tag like this.
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg238/rowy95/yeahcopy.jpg

Aizuke January 20th, 2009 1:50 AM

OMFG LAVI. 8DDD

But yeah, that's a great outcome. XD;

I like the CC one aswell. :3 A bit bright though. :x And everyone else's is awesome too. XD; Glad to see people read my tutorial. (b'-')b

I might make another one later. XD

THIRTY-SIX January 20th, 2009 6:44 AM

Didn't read, well scanned it just I screen shot the circle and handwriting…

Should've used a larger canvas. Could've gotten more haha's in there if I did.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/munna170488/gallery/needed.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/munna170488/gallery/neededv2.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/munna170488/gallery/neededv3.png

Pikachu Trainer~ January 20th, 2009 8:38 AM

Your outcome using Aizuke's tutorial is great Vivaa, now I don't know whether to post mine... =D.
Heres my attempt at your tutorial Aizuke, I created it for Noxious.'s graphics class.
http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww116/pttsr/Assignment3.png

Zebra Thunderhead January 20th, 2009 9:01 AM

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/8363/raidenur7.png

Did a few adjustments to the color. :B Fun tut!

He Trembles on Your Breath January 20th, 2009 1:02 PM

Aizuke's tutorial was fun and easy =P My result came out like this.

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff112/Taimato/tutpic.png

I might have ago at a few more of the tutorials now. =)

Loki January 23rd, 2009 8:16 PM

By request of Vivaa:

TUTORIAL

Program Used: Photoshop CS2 (Though CS+ should be fine.)
Required:
-Colorful Stock
-Gray, scratchy/speckled textures
-Special textures specified inside the tutorial
-Sparkle brushes
-Lots of circular light textures, specified inside the tutorial
-Vector brushes
-.PNG to match your main .png, as specified inside the tutorial.

Skill Level: Medium-hard.

(I didn't explain how to do little things this time, but I did try to make it clearer than the last few tutorials I've made, and I think I succeeded. The process is just a little longer and complicated.)

Renyui! January 23rd, 2009 8:21 PM

:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Yay! You did it, Loki! There may have been some computer crashes but you did it!
I'll get to it! ;D
Edit

Ugh, I dunno if this looks good or not. Made from Loki's latest ;D
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg238/rowy95/requesttut.png

Zebra Thunderhead January 24th, 2009 8:43 AM

Had a little bit of trouble following the tut, Loki. :s

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/1821/spiceyau1.png

Like the result though. :3

Twilight Wolf January 28th, 2009 9:40 PM

Program Used:
GIMP 2.6 (for those who are stuck with it xD)

Required:
I'm thinking any GIMP Program, but I don't know how each program differs. A GIMP program is fine, and it's all you'll need. ^-^

Skill Level:
Easy

Step 1.
First, you want to create a new file. Go to File>New and we'll start out with a 450x150, ok?

Step 2.
Next, go ahead and go to Filters>Render>Clouds>Difference Clouds. Adjust them to how you want by Randomizing it, making it Turbulent, or selecting the Tilable option. Test and expiriment with it until you are satisfied, then click 'Ok'.

Step 3.
Before you continue, go to Layer>New Layer, make sure 'Transparent' is chosen, then go ahead and press Ok.

Step 4.
Now go to Filters>Render>Nature>Flame. Leave all of the options alone excluding the Colormap and Edit buttons (unless you like them how they are). Select what style you like, color it accordingly, and press 'Ok'.

Step 5.
Repeat steps three and four about two or three times, prefferably going to Filters>Re-show "Flame" for step four and switching the colors to how you like it.

Step 6.
Add a new layer once more using Step 3 and go to File>Open. Open your render, who you should have saved.

Step 7.
Right-click on your render and go to Edit>Copy. You may now close the window with your render if you like.

Step 8.
Go to back to your banner and right-click on it and click Edit>Paste. Your image is now on your banner (duh). Move it around however you like.

Step 9.
Now repeat Step 3 and Step 4 about three times.

Step 10.
You are now finished! Go to File>Save As and save it how you like!

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

My End Result:
http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu95/White-Wolf-of-the-Snow/RapidashBanner.png

^-^

This tutorial might work on other programs such as Photoshop since I have seen the Clouds and Nature options in some of the tutorials using Photoshop. It's pretty basic, I must say. It was my first banner ever, by the way. xD Well, with me knowing how to work GIMP.

I have also learned recently that having the GIMP Germ i extremely enjoyable.

Renyui! January 30th, 2009 7:11 PM

ohai, rowan made a decent tut about a tag no one has seen before for once xD;
Program used:Photoshop CS3, though it will work for other versions.
Required:A Texture, decent knowledge of PS, a render and some smudge brushes.
Skill Level: Medium to hard, cause i uber-suck at explaining things.
Tutorial: Click for keeps.

I'm terrible at explaining this, i know. xD
If you have any problems, tell me.


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