Calintz's Graphic Designs

[Calintz]

I've tried those things, and I didn't care for the outcome. My solution is a gradient stroke applied underneath to help visibility, while disappearing at the top where the text is clear ...

The new product is up for viewing

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'One Shot' Final Copy is up...

[Starrodkirby86]

Where were those fractals from two versions ago? I liked them being personally...can you have a blend of both?

I find having that circle with Saber kind of inconsistent, but it doesn't really matter what happens though.

Can you tinker with that bottom border a bit?

I understand that if you're sick of that image or not.  I mean, you edited that thing over 9000 times, so...yeah.

[Calintz]

The fractal has been re-inserted. It does give a nice feel to it .
What do you want to see done with the lower border!?

[King Munkey]

Calintz it looks great. And I agree with SRK in that the fractals looked great.

[Calintz]

New signature is up ... Look for "Sub-Zero"!!

[King Munkey]

I like it. I think maybe use another bg it looks almost exactly like One Shots. But it does look cool though. Maybe try giving it an icy feel.

[Calintz]

Yeah, I noticed that also, so I'll whip one up, and replace it later today. Thank you

[King Munkey]

lol no problem. Sub-Zero and Scorpion are my two favorites characters from Mortal Kombat.

I do love the Mortal Kombat symbol though.

[Calintz]

I know ...
It was tricky to do ...

I had to apply a cooling filter several times, and use a gradient t block out some bad light on the bottom. In the end though, that symbol really looks kinda phenomenal.

[Calintz]

New signature ... Very simple design. 'MegaMan.'

[Landith]

Simple, yet effective. I like it. Especially that little C looking thing in the bottom left hand corner. Is that part of your name of just a little design? Hard to tell because it's so small...

[King Munkey]

Pretty nice. Agreeing with Landith that it is simple, yet effective.

[Starrodkirby86]

You just got a great 'artist's signature' there, my friend. 

Really, that signature looks great. If I were to criticize however, I would say that the text doesn't have any nice bordering or interaction with the signature background. Sure, a color is the same with the background so it merges with that, but it doesn't look too appealing. I don't really know how you can fix that...except maybe to tinker around and try out lots of text related stuff. Duplicate, rasterize, etc.

[Calintz]

@Kingmunkey && Landith:
The 'C' design is part of my personal signature. I rendered it from Calintz's pants

Thanks Starrod. LMAO, If you haven't noticed yet, the only roadblock between my signatures and you, normally resides with the text. I'm sorry to say, that I just plain out lack the skill and knowledge of text effects to improve them. Because of this, I am forced to stick to the application's standard FX for text.

A tragedy befalls me to go outside of those default text effects as well. It would be a mistake for "me." I feel as though I still don't know enough about the full features of the program to accurately experiment with success. I believe I would just destroy the work by experimenting on it.

Nonetheless, I believe that I will sit down when I have some extra time, and experiment on text, and see what new effects come of it. You can't succeed without trying.

[Starrodkirby86]

Then, if you don't feel confident of possibly ruining a fine signature, make something new.

If you need a bunch of text layers, but feel disorganized or confused by the high quantity of layers, add a folder.

Keep experimenting, just make crap. The file's your canvas to paint on, so try out whatever techniques suit you fancy.

And yeah. They are still very good though. ^_^

[Calintz]

Updated ...
New times, new work. XD.