AnimeSaw's GFX

[AnimeSaw]

Hello, guys... I'm going to be adding my junk here, I hope you all like them. Don't be shy to let me know that they suck. I have many more but somehow this forum only allows 15 images per post,, that sucks, anyways I'll let you all have fun with this for now.


http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/4927/animesawnewsig.gif

http://a.imageshack.us/img801/4397/shinobu2animesaw.jpg
http://a.imageshack.us/img42/1064/deathnote5animesaw.jpg
http://a.imageshack.us/img62/9833/animesawladygaga.png
http://a.imageshack.us/img840/6155/animesawstryderhyriusig.jpg
http://a.imageshack.us/img251/6155/animesawstryderhyriusig.jpg
http://a.imageshack.us/img197/46/animesawamyleesig.jpg
http://a.imageshack.us/img192/2431/animesawbreakdancesig.jpg
http://a.imageshack.us/img819/6396/animesawwhite.jpg
http://a.imageshack.us/img718/551/animesawulqsig.jpg
http://a.imageshack.us/img821/1412/animesawsesig.jpg

[Cotaku]

I think the text needs a bit of work. You're using good font styles for each tag, but they're not placed well. A general rule is to place your text in one spot, preferably closer to the focal.
And another general rule is to have the characters close to the center. You do that on most of the tags, but there are a couple that look a little awkward because they're too far off to the side.

Otherwise, you've got a nice collection there. You use a lot of different effects that don't overpower the character; you use bold colors that coordinate well with the tags; and there is good blending, for the most part. These are well done and it looks like you've got some experience on your belt.

Oh, but one more thing. You seem to stick with the same 1px border... don't be afraid to mess around with other styles. It can really add a dramatic effect to your tag.

I hope to see more from you later on. Have a nice day. :3

[AnimeSaw]

Thank you for your nice comment, and yeah I've tried different techniques, and about the border thats something I've been doing recently, I have all kinds of sigs and stuff but this website doesnt allow me to submit more, and everything has to be approved so its kind of hard for me to show you and for you to see what I've done in chronological order. I have a whole repertoire of animated sigs too but I cant submit them.

Here are some older ones that I've done, still recent but old.

HD Full Animated Sig 3638kb = 3.6 mb. Depending on your internet speed it might take a while to load. Wait until is fully loaded to view it at its best.
Bleach
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/7599/animesawhdsig.gif

Final Fantasy
http://a.imageshack.us/img256/8388/animesawsig.jpg
Avatar Movie
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5782/avatarsigbyanimesaw.jpg
Requests from Cman
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/5879/cmansig3byanimesaw.jpg
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/9320/cmansig2byanimesaw.jpg
http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/4740/cmansig1byanimesaw.jpg
I updated an old sig and made this one.
http://a.imageshack.us/img25/2108/ironmanupdatedanimesaw.jpg
A request from Jonas - Ninja Turtles
http://a.imageshack.us/img706/339/ninjaturtleanimesawforj.jpg
I edited the first one to make it colorless... Final Fantasy.
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/5696/finalfantasysiganimesaw.jpg
Dragons, Anime-Extreme Comp.
http://a.imageshack.us/img821/4650/dragonbyanimesaw.jpg
This is a quick one that I did... not the best but it made to my wall.
http://a.imageshack.us/img51/7066/dbzgohananimesaw.jpg

I'll be adding more as it allows me to, this time it didnt require any mod to approve my post so that was good.

[Light Buster]

Hmmm...the animated one is intresting.

On the other hand, there are some characters that are off to the side. It's good to move the characters to the middle, generally, as Cotaku explained.

Other than that, you got some intresting sets here.

[AnimeSaw]

Thanks you two, I'll think of that for my next sigs and try to find a better position for my characters, in the mean time I'll be posting some of my older works of mine so everybody can see them. Comments of any kind are always welcome.

My First Sig ever was an animated sig
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9986/angelr.gif

Made my first User Bar.
http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/664/dragonuserbaranimesaw.jpg
Smurfs... I haven't recently seen any of this kind so I made one.
http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/4884/animesawsmurfssig2.jpg
I saw a dinosaur and I liked it, I was actually looking for dragons.
http://a.imageshack.us/img225/9384/dinosaursiganimesaw.jpg
Request for Cman
http://a.imageshack.us/img809/4884/pikachucmansigbyanimesa.jpg
I love chiiiiiiiii
http://a.imageshack.us/img801/8401/chobitshumansigbyanimes.jpg



The following are even older, I used to create random sigs, sizes and all kinds when I began.

This was my 2nd sig.
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2581/ffsig2.png

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/9346/ironmanbyanimesaw.png
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/5123/darkeness15.png
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2715/wordsiganimesaw.png
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/6567/lovesigbyanimesaw.png
http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/3193/lovesig2byanimesaw.png
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/6090/animesawmssig.png
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/7717/narutosig400x200byanime.png
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/4636/subzero2byanimesawsm.png

[*Tsuki*]

Maybe I'm just being my nooby self, but I don't like the quality of the girl in the 3rd one in the second set of them.

The final fantasy one that's non-colored bugs me. It's hard to look at. Dx
I also had trouble reading the text on the ninja turtle one because of all the green on it. D:

But, I love a lot of them.
and you're a lot better than my nooby self.

[AnimeSaw]

Maybe I'm just being my nooby self, but I don't like the quality of the girl in the 3rd one in the second set of them.

The final fantasy one that's non-colored bugs me. It's hard to look at. Dx
I also had trouble reading the text on the ninja turtle one because of all the green on it. D:

But, I love a lot of them.
and you're a lot better than my nooby self.

I think I agree with you on everything you said. Thanks for you comment.

I submitted more with my reply to Light Buster but they have not shown yet because a mod had to approve them, I dont know why they have to be approved but I guess they are getting spam or something and now they have to approve comments. Or maybe this is a noob thing and when I reach certain number of posts or days I'll be able to submit without nobody approving my comments.

[AnimeSaw]

Animated Sigs:
http://a.imageshack.us/img44/8059/alucardi101animesaw.gif
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9986/angelr.gif
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9262/carsig8.gif
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/6609/animesawdbzgifh200.gif
For the next one I saw it on another forum and tried to imitate their work.
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/8534/narutobleachanimesaw.gif
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7176/narutomonbyanimesaw.gif

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7163/animatedsignaruto400x20.gif
http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/72/narutobleachbyanimesaw.gif

[Vintniv]

Okay, so you get some praise, that's all very nice.

Ummm, lets see here. I honestly cannot tell you what I dont like about your signatures. At least not to one limiting factor. Some things work in some tags that dont work in others, you have plenty of room for improvement, which is great.

But if I am going to say anything, I will go with the Compositions of your signatures. Most of them in appearance to me are a bit senseless. The effects are random, and they lack emphasis on anything important on the signature you want to highlight. The majority of your tags are purged with one tone of color, making them repetitive. But the effects you use are so sporadic and wild that none of them are very powerful to me.

Things you might want ot consider next time in terms of design are depth, focus, and theme. Depth corresponds to the creation of an illusion that makes your 2D signature appear to have some distance to it (3D Appearance). This will help the overall balance of the signature, and help you create an area you want people looking at; the focus would be just that, the area you want to emphasize most. Typically the face, or local areas of blending to your stock.

Theme is the use of a stock and playing to what it is. Ie., you would use really intense colors and effects on a character, like say Ichigo from Bleach to emphasize him being in a fight. Or blue colors to create a passive feeling towards another character like Rukia.

And that's about it, good luck.

[AnimeSaw]

Okay, so you get some praise, that's all very nice.

Ummm, lets see here. I honestly cannot tell you what I dont like about your signatures. At least not to one limiting factor. Some things work in some tags that dont work in others, you have plenty of room for improvement, which is great.

But if I am going to say anything, I will go with the Compositions of your signatures. Most of them in appearance to me are a bit senseless. The effects are random, and they lack emphasis on anything important on the signature you want to highlight. The majority of your tags are purged with one tone of color, making them repetitive. But the effects you use are so sporadic and wild that none of them are very powerful to me.

Things you might want ot consider next time in terms of design are depth, focus, and theme. Depth corresponds to the creation of an illusion that makes your 2D signature appear to have some distance to it (3D Appearance). This will help the overall balance of the signature, and help you create an area you want people looking at; the focus would be just that, the area you want to emphasize most. Typically the face, or local areas of blending to your stock.

Theme is the use of a stock and playing to what it is. Ie., you would use really intense colors and effects on a character, like say Ichigo from Bleach to emphasize him being in a fight. Or blue colors to create a passive feeling towards another character like Rukia.

And that's about it, good luck.

Wow, thank you for your long comment, and yeah I've been told before about the depth and believe me I've played with it for a while but I still do not seem to get it right. I've seen so many tutorials but yet I go out and do my own thing. And yes the focus should be on the face or the action movement on the character but here is me doing my own thing again. About the colors I'm always trying to follow a pattern for example if the sig is warm or like you said use blue, then thats the way I do the sig, unless it calls for something different. Thank you so much for your comment, that will help me get better.

Here is a couple more...

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/9985/animesawmakasig.jpg
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/7255/animesawcrazyspinzsig.jpg
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/6286/animesawnamesig.jpg
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/8992/animesawsigcolors.jpg

[::SomeOtherCookiez::]

Woah! 0_o You make really awesome sigs! Great job.

Keep up the great work.

[AnimeSaw]

Thanks. Here are some more!!!

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/8772/hadlockavataranimesaw.jpg
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/8388/hadlockelfenanimesawsig.jpg
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2305/cmanavatar2.jpg
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/6527/cmananimesawsig.jpg
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/4936/cmananimesawsig2.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/259/headanimesawsig.jpg
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3883/animesawsignew.jpg

[Saxima]

Oh! I love the Ulquiorra and Lady Gaga one!! You're really creative, and I love the "shine" that they have.

[AnimeSaw]

Oh! I love the Ulquiorra and Lady Gaga one!! You're really creative, and I love the "shine" that they have.
Thank you for your comment, here are a couple more I've created...

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6607/animesaw.jpg

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/4127/animesawcurlcut.png

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/4968/animesawspidermansig.jpg

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4775/animesawautumnsig.png

A request - Made to the size she requested.
V.1
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/6363/keikanna44animesaw1.png
V.2
http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/7811/keikanna44animesaw2.png

I have banners I've done too, I wonder if I can post them here or in other section. Again guys, comments are very much appreciated.

[AnimeSaw]

Here is some more work of mine...
Thanks I thought so myself, its kind of fancier looking anyways...

Anyways here is another update, I've been doing some requests and other stuff that I wasn't able to post an update but here it is. I made them different versions but I'm only posting the ones they are using. I closed my shop on the other websites because I have not had enough time to make myself one so now that I'm free I did one... look at my sig or check it at the end of the update.

Request from No Name
http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/733/nonameanimesawsig0.jpg
The rest are pretty simple and I increased the size as requested...
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/7843/yoruichianimesawcman.jpg
2
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/5131/rukiaanimesawcman.jpg
3
http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/8455/orhimeanimesawcman.jpg
4
http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/5060/oldsiganimesawcman.jpg

MY SIG - Made for a competition on another forum... I tried to use 3d possitioning to create the depth in the sig.... I see everywhere that depth you blur out or black out the sig and thats it but I decided to do it this way.
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/5348/animesaw.png

And is there a mod that can tell me if where banners I've made can be posted, I'm not sure.
Any comment and\or suggestions is greatly appreciated.

[UrusaiSevera]

And is there a mod that can tell me if where banners I've made can be posted, I'm not sure.
Any comment and\or suggestions is greatly appreciated.

You can post banners and other large art in the Dazzle Us Section of the forum, you can find it here http://www.animeforum.com/forumdisplay.php?76-Dazzle-Us

Have fun! ^_^

[Xeyuzio]

This are way better then anything I could ever make especially your Ryuk one :( anyways you are extremely good at making them, and also could you please tell me how to make the animated the ones I would really appreciate it ^_^

EDIT:This one is simply glorious you must teach me how to some like these!
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/5123/darkeness15.png

[AnimeSaw]

Cool now I know where to add my banners, I have quite a hand full.


This are way better then anything I could ever make especially your Ryuk one :( anyways you are extremely good at making them, and also could you please tell me how to make the animated the ones I would really appreciate it ^_^

EDIT:This one is simply glorious you must teach me how to some like these!
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/5123/darkeness15.png

Well thanks for your comment... I've been practicing for like 6 months now and its keeps getting a little easier now but now I take more time with the sigs and its more time consuming but I like it...

Anyways I'll PM you a tutorial that I did for the other forum on Animation, we had a SOTW (signature of the week) battle and the theme was animation and only 2 knew how to animate so I made this little tutorial for them since I'm a mod in there and on another site but it only has like 33,300 members so is not hat big but the competitions get tough... anyways I'll PM it to you...

About the sword and the image, first I did the sig normally like you would do anything, then I went out and looked for a cool looking sword, then there are several ways you can reach to that goal, you can select the sword and delete whats left on the sig by doing a select inverse, then deleting it. You can also delete it by doing a clipping mask. Then when you are done you make another copy of the sword and put it on top and set it to overlay. and you are done.... Sorry I dont know how to explain myself but if you try to make it and you need help PM me.

[blueangel06661]

I really like your works and you defiantly have found your style. However I'm going to tell you what someone told me. Once you get comfortable with how you do things switch it up. All of your sigs pretty much look the same. If you see one or two you've seen them all in your case. It seems like you use a lot of c4ds & extracted abstract renders. Try experimenting more with brushes or your positions. Most of your sigs have the image places in the center try moving them to the sides a few time and get creative with colors. like you did with the last one in post #10. I'm like you and I REALLY stick to the color scheme of the image but I'm trying to break out of that and see what happened ^-^ Best of luck

My favorites are the ones in post #10 btw.

[AnimeSaw]

Thank you for your comment, I'll keep in mind everything you said and keep practicing.

[Xeyuzio]

Cool now I know where to add my banners, I have quite a hand full.



Well thanks for your comment... I've been practicing for like 6 months now and its keeps getting a little easier now but now I take more time with the sigs and its more time consuming but I like it...

Anyways I'll PM you a tutorial that I did for the other forum on Animation, we had a SOTW (signature of the week) battle and the theme was animation and only 2 knew how to animate so I made this little tutorial for them since I'm a mod in there and on another site but it only has like 33,300 members so is not hat big but the competitions get tough... anyways I'll PM it to you...

About the sword and the image, first I did the sig normally like you would do anything, then I went out and looked for a cool looking sword, then there are several ways you can reach to that goal, you can select the sword and delete whats left on the sig by doing a select inverse, then deleting it. You can also delete it by doing a clipping mask. Then when you are done you make another copy of the sword and put it on top and set it to overlay. and you are done.... Sorry I dont know how to explain myself but if you try to make it and you need help PM me.
Excellent explanation, I will see how it turns out with an avatar :)

EDIT:Not the best avatar
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g341/4N1M3_4R7/Examples%20For%20Signatures%20and%20Avatars/WeaponAvatar.png

[AnimeSaw]

Excellent explanation, I will see how it turns out with an avatar :)

EDIT:Not the best avatar
http://i1097.photobucket.com/albums/g341/4N1M3_4R7/Examples%20For%20Signatures%20and%20Avatars/WeaponAvatar.png

I must say that you did it perfectly, now you need to try it on a larger sig... Oh and if you notice the sword I did a blur effect "motion blur" in Filter>Blur>Motion Blurthat made the blurry of the sword. You make a copy of the sig and then blur it out. But your avatar looks good.

[Xeyuzio]

I must say that you did it perfectly, now you need to try it on a larger sig... Oh and if you notice the sword I did a blur effect "motion blur" in Filter>Blur>Motion Blurthat made the blurry of the sword. You make a copy of the sig and then blur it out. But your avatar looks good.
Thanks I'll try the motion blur, I would of posted the sig but this is your topic and I would want to "ruin" it, and keep up the good work :)

[Radiation]

Wow... after seeing those sigs, and then seeing a few people actually being able to criticise them made me feel so bad.. xD I'm nearly too intimidated to use my own sigs, lol.

I really like your work though, keep up the good work :)

[AnimeSaw]

Wow... after seeing those sigs, and then seeing a few people actually being able to criticise them made me feel so bad.. xD I'm nearly too intimidated to use my own sigs, lol.

I really like your work though, keep up the good work :)

Thank you for your comment, but yeah you just have to keep practicing and don't be afraid to show your sigs, thats how you get better at it, people can tell you if they are good or bad but if you ask for help they can tell you what details on what looks good and bad on your sigs, I don't know if this site has C&C but on the other sites I am have that and a Rate that Sig thread witch you can go and just rate the one above you... But yeah don't be afraid and keep up the good work, I cant wait to see your sig whenever you post one.

[Zenister]

Hey there ^^. Really nice work you have here.

These two images were the ones I liked the best:

http://a.imageshack.us/img718/551/animesawulqsig.jpg

I like this one because you stuck to your concept cleanly throughout the image. Everything from the colors to the focal point is cohesive and flows together. Very nice work, and I like the little bit of an added grunge element towards the middle (where the kind of spots are).

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/9985/animesawmakasig.jpg

Again, the reason I like this image is because it's cohesive. Every element works well with every other element. It has depth, it has appropriate lighting and colors, and the text works well.

My only general complaint is that you tend to overcrowd your sigs. A lot of them would be better if you took 2 - 4 elements out. I have a problem with going overboard as well, so I understand the tendency.

Really great stuff ^^.

[Xeyuzio]

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/7599/animesawhdsig.gif
Hey it's me again, anyways I barely saw this one, you have some serious skill :D

[AnimeSaw]

Hey there ^^. Really nice work you have here.

These two images were the ones I liked the best:

http://a.imageshack.us/img718/551/animesawulqsig.jpg

I like this one because you stuck to your concept cleanly throughout the image. Everything from the colors to the focal point is cohesive and flows together. Very nice work, and I like the little bit of an added grunge element towards the middle (where the kind of spots are).

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/9985/animesawmakasig.jpg

Again, the reason I like this image is because it's cohesive. Every element works well with every other element. It has depth, it has appropriate lighting and colors, and the text works well.

My only general complaint is that you tend to overcrowd your sigs. A lot of them would be better if you took 2 - 4 elements out. I have a problem with going overboard as well, so I understand the tendency.

Really great stuff ^^.

Thank you for your comment, yeah I know I tend to overcrowd my images, somehow when I think I'm done I just feel there is something missing and end up with a bunch of things and effects... then at the end I wonder if it would have looked better without something or what but I leave it like that... What I think is that there is never a wrong way of doing sigs...



http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/7599/animesawhdsig.gif
Hey it's me again, anyways I barely saw this one, you have some serious skill :D
Thanks man, it took me a while to make that one, I just played with it and messed with it until I got that,, its always the same on every sig that I make, just mess with it until you get something. Hey I like your sig, I think is quite interesting... I like it enough to try to make something alike..... someday I will hopefully.

[Xeyuzio]

Hey I like your sig, I think is quite interesting... I like it enough to try to make something alike..... someday I will hopefully.
This took me forever to make because I found out that I was using the wrong version of GIMP but still once I knew how it was really quick and fun to make, anyways maybe I should try animating it with my PS :D also you should really try making one like it because as I said it's fun to make and look at IMO ^_^

[AnimeSaw]

I'll try it sometime, I find everything very interesting to make and try out...

Anyways here is another update...

I did this one for a sig competition on another site... Food was the theme.
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/3856/animesawfoodsig.jpg

Its going to be Halloween here pretty soon so I did a couple of freaky sigs...
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3573/clownlifeanimesaw.jpg
and on this one I was trying another 3d-depth kind of style,
http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/9520/animesawdungeon.jpg

Oh and for those wondering how it went with my War Zone sig, I got 18 votes and the other closest to me got 6 votes and I must say everybody submitted a good sig... anyways I just wanted to share that info, not that its of any interest to anyone but yeah.....

Anyways Comment/Rate... anything is very much appreciated...

[Xeyuzio]

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3573/clownlifeanimesaw.jpg
This one is my favorite of your newest creations, it just looks so fantastic. The background went really well with the main image and I like where you put your name, it would of looked awkward if it was left empty with white.

[Saxima]

I think that the Templar one is really cool. (the emblem on their his uniform mad me think of Assassin's Creed, and the Templars...)

Anyway, the third is the coolest, to me~

[Bulf]

I'll give cnc on all but the second one. Clowns are just....creepy beyond reason >_>
The first is pretty. I like everything except a few small things. Firstly is the C4D (i think it's a c4d) on top, the orange lines. I think you could've erased a little around their faces, but it does attract attention to the cookie, so that's optional. The second thing is the background could be blurred a bit. Right now it looks like it's uber close or even kind of flat. A little blurring would give it depth and make it appear a little farther off.And finally the text. I don't think a Serif font would work for that sig. Serifs are usually for something a little more....formal? I find it better to use sans-serif fonts for sigs that aren't businesslike or typographic.

The third one is really cool. I never thought to do anything like that (Imma steal your idea now >:]). I can't really say anything about it besides the concept is pretty fresh. I think you could've used a more "serious" font and placed it better. But overall I really like your style, you just gotta throw more effort into your text!

[Annie Hall]

Eh, some of your signatures blow me away, and just make me want more.
Then others make me physically ill.
I couldn't point out all the good and bad ones, but I'd just say avoid this style:
http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/7811/keikanna44animesaw2.png
http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/5060/oldsiganimesawcman.jpg
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6607/animesaw.jpg

and focus on this style:
http://a.imageshack.us/img62/9833/animesawladygaga.png
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/3856/animesawfoodsig.jpg

and your current sig, your name is an example of brilliant typography, while "war zone" is pointless. <3