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Posts of topic : Penguins Sig Tut Author Post details Flying Penguin Moderator Profile Joined: Sep 20, 2006 Posts: 3006 posted on: Oct 19, 2006 at 06:19:27 Lots of people asked for a tut for this sig: I don't remember all the exact steps. But we should end up with something close to it First download these brushes: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/25509313/ (I did not make them.) Okie day lets go! Get out a new doc (Duh...). I use 340x120 but you can use any size you want. I will be using this render. Pick a color for your BG that goes with your render. Now put your render on a new layer. Alright, now make another new layer. Put it inbetween the render layer and BG layer. Go back to the layer with your render on it and press Ctrl+A. That should select everything. Now press Ctrl+C. Go back to the layer you just created and press Ctrl+V. Then anchor it to that layer. Cover up the entire layer with the render. It should look something like this: Now go to Filters>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Use these settings: Now go to Filters>Noise>Pick. Use these settings (I just used a random seed. You can just press new seed for a random one): Your sig should look like this: Now go to Filters>Blur>Motion Blur. To make your sig have flow, pick the angle that gives the best flow. I used these settings: It should look something like this: (Optional): Set the layer to Multiply. Sometimes this makes it looks better, and sometimes makes it look bad. You can decide if you want too or not. Now whip out those brushes you just download. But first, create a new layer. Now brush around with white. Dont brush too much. And don't hold down. Just click around. I probably used around 5 clicks. This is what I got: Now set the layer mode to Overlay. Now do that a couple of times with different colors. If you have any other brushes you want to use, use them. Just don't brush too much on each layer. This is what I have so far: Alrighty, halfway done! Now I used this C4D: http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/couchpotatoe93/glassware_explosion.png (Once again, I didn't make this.) Make a new layer and put it ontop of all the layers except the render layer. Now paste the C4D on there and get it in the spot you want. This is what It should look like: Now go to Layer>Colors>Desaturate. Then set the layer's mode to Overlay and 50% opacity. Make a new layer and set ontop of the C4D layer. Pull out your default sparks brush. and brush around something like this: Now go to Filters>Map>Displace. Then go to Layer>Colors>Desaturate. Now set that layers mode to Dodge. It should now look something like this (Optional): I made a new layer and set to soft ligt. Then I brushed around a little bit with the default star brushes. Alrighty, you don't have to do this.. But it is a good way to blen renders. This is a little tricky so try not to get lost Okay, duplicate the render layer. On the new duplicate, smudge it like so: Set the layer you just smudged to Overlay. Now duplicate that layer. This depends on your render and BG. You can decide what you like more: duplicated or just one layer. It should look something like this: Now duplicate the layer one more time and put it under all of the other render layers. Set it to Screen. Yay! Almost done! Now for lighting and color... Make a new layer on top of all the others. Select some softish/grungey brush. Now brush in a corner like so: Go to Filters>Blur>Motion Blur. Now you are going to want to make the lighting flow with the sig. These are the setting I used: Now you can mess around with the opacity and blend modes of the lighting layer. I used Grain Merge with 70% opacity. Last Step! Almost there Make your FG and BG colors blue and orange. Like so: Make a new layer ontop of all the others. Now go to Edit>Copy Visible and press Ctrl+V. Anchor it down to the new layer. Now go to Filters>Colors>Map>Gradient Map. Set the layer to Overlay. Yay! You have your siggy ^.^ For text and border.. Text: I used a cursive font. I forget where I got it. I typed in what I wanted and messed with the opacity: Border: Make a new layer and put it ontop of all the others. Make your FG color black and press Ctrl+A. Then go to Edit>Stroke Selection. Use these settings: Now we are officially done Feedback is welcomed! And I would love to see some results! -Fp Gifts Fabozi Member Profile Joined: Aug 13, 2006 Posts: 216 posted on: Oct 19, 2006 at 06:25:31 nice tut im going to try it out. Flying Penguin Moderator Profile Joined: Sep 20, 2006 Posts: 3006 posted on: Oct 19, 2006 at 08:01:20 Anyone else? Gifts sydney Member Profile Joined: Jul 03, 2006 Posts: 5402 posted on: Oct 19, 2006 at 08:02:56 nice tut!!! if I find a good render, I'll try it out... sir hobo Member Profile Joined: Sep 24, 2006 Posts: 4364 posted on: Oct 19, 2006 at 08:17:00 awesome tut! i find it rather confusing! but i like it! newest. Emanation Member Profile Joined: Oct 19, 2006 Posts: 397 posted on: Oct 19, 2006 at 08:58:14 Pretty cool tut! I don't like my outcome though -- Most Recent Tutorial A.K.A. -- OhhSnap50893 Flying Penguin Moderator Profile Joined: Sep 20, 2006 Posts: 3006 posted on: Oct 19, 2006 at 09:07:06 Did you desaturate your 'bubble' layer? And also, instead of using orange and blue for the coloring, use a purple and blue. The render is pretty big too. Gifts spawn369 Member Profile Joined: Sep 09, 2006 Posts: 39 posted on: Oct 19, 2006 at 09:46:49 I made this, i skipped a few steps, since i couldnt get the C4d. Here is what i got, its small because its for nsider forums. Flying Penguin Moderator Profile Joined: Sep 20, 2006 Posts: 3006 posted on: Oct 19, 2006 at 09:50:25 Sorry about the links not working. I fixed that. Gifts Parrappa Member Profile Joined: Sep 17, 2006 Posts: 1479 posted on: Oct 19, 2006 at 09:53:45 Ok I finished mine. Great tutorial by the way. Although I dont think it looks quite as good as yours, I tried and I got some what the same product as you. I dont like my renders and the colors I used. Anyway heres my result http://parrappa.deviantart.com <------- My Templates Flying Penguin Moderator Profile Joined: Sep 20, 2006 Posts: 3006 posted on: Oct 19, 2006 at 09:58:47 Cool. I think that white box where the text is takes away from the sig. And ya might wanna change the font to something more simple (like Arial). Pretty cool though Gifts Parrappa Member Profile Joined: Sep 17, 2006 Posts: 1479 posted on: Oct 19, 2006 at 10:09:57 Thanks. I noticed the white box at the end and I was like " Screw it!" So i just left it because i was too lazy to fix it. The text I like, it gives it a sense of being there, but not being there I dont know... Anyway thanks bro and lookin forward to more of ur tuts! Im such a GIMP noob and this really helped me. http://parrappa.deviantart.com <------- My Templates Flying Penguin Moderator Profile Joined: Sep 20, 2006 Posts: 3006 posted on: Oct 19, 2006 at 10:13:57 Im glad it helped Gifts Shadow Tyrant Member Profile Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 754 posted on: Oct 19, 2006 at 11:14:22 That's pretty sweet! I'll have to try it tomorrow. Blazeboy Member Profile Joined: Jun 01, 2006 Posts: 1074 posted on: Oct 20, 2006 at 01:07:47 Good tutorial, though it looked MUCH better without the gradient map IMO. getfirefox Member Profile Joined: Aug 27, 2006 Posts: 1341 posted on: Oct 20, 2006 at 02:22:30 Awsome. Your work is beocming greater and greater everyday Flying Penguin. I will try this. My Blog sir hobo Member Profile Joined: Sep 24, 2006 Posts: 4364 posted on: Oct 20, 2006 at 07:04:53 i kinda did a little bit of this tut on my panda sig newest. sir hobo Member Profile Joined: Sep 24, 2006 Posts: 4364 posted on: Oct 20, 2006 at 07:05:36 my results newest. !Zero! Member Profile Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 32 posted on: Oct 20, 2006 at 08:53:57 Great looking tut, gonna try this one out Flying Penguin Moderator Profile Joined: Sep 20, 2006 Posts: 3006 posted on: Oct 20, 2006 at 10:55:19 QUOTE: Good tutorial, though it looked MUCH better without the gradient map IMO. You can choose if you want to do that. I just like doing that because it balances out the colors. QUOTE: Awsome. Your work is beocming greater and greater everyday Flying Penguin. I will try this. Thanks Cool outcome hobo. Maybe cut down on the blur Gifts sydney Member Profile Joined: Jul 03, 2006 Posts: 5402 posted on: Oct 20, 2006 at 02:37:37 Wow, most of my render sigs turn out really bad, but I actually like the results I got from this tut! TY, Flying Penguin! Parrappa Member Profile Joined: Sep 17, 2006 Posts: 1479 posted on: Oct 20, 2006 at 04:12:09 Ok. I made a new one and I think it looks hella better. What do you guys think? http://parrappa.deviantart.com <------- My Templates for$aken Member Profile Joined: Jul 07, 2006 Posts: 220 posted on: Oct 20, 2006 at 04:44:37 naa i liked the fire one way more its sick can u link em to the render? **currentt** Shadow Tyrant Member Profile Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 754 posted on: Oct 20, 2006 at 06:42:25 Here's my result: I used a some more displacements, and a few other things. Caras Member Profile Joined: Sep 19, 2006 Posts: 33 posted on: Oct 21, 2006 at 12:36:54 Heres mine, im terrible at adding text. >.<