At 8/25/05 04:12 AM, mellow-muppet wrote:

At 8/25/05 04:10 AM, ReflexX wrote: Always a simplistic sig eh muppet >_>

yeah offcourse :P
never realy liked the grungy or high detailed sigs

You have the best sig ever... why are you requesting one? Haha, I love it.

Anyways, sorry for not taking any requests lately, just haven't had the time to PS due to a bunch of personal shit. I'll be back into the swing of things shortly, though..

when are the ssmr trials then?

At 8/25/05 09:03 AM, Bertuzzi44 wrote:

At 8/25/05 04:12 AM, mellow-muppet wrote:

At 8/25/05 04:10 AM, ReflexX wrote: Always a simplistic sig eh muppet >_>

yeah offcourse :P
never realy liked the grungy or high detailed sigs

You have the best sig ever... why are you requesting one? Haha, I love it.

yeah it's quite funny hehe, but there wasn't much effort in it.. but the effect is cool

At 8/25/05 09:23 AM, ReflexX wrote:

At 8/25/05 09:03 AM, Bertuzzi44 wrote:

At 8/25/05 04:12 AM, mellow-muppet wrote:

At 8/25/05 04:10 AM, ReflexX wrote: Always a simplistic sig eh muppet >_>

yeah offcourse :P
never realy liked the grungy or high detailed sigs

You have the best sig ever... why are you requesting one? Haha, I love it.

yeah it's quite funny hehe, but there wasn't much effort in it.. but the effect is cool

well some sigs arent about the way they look like most sigs, but about the humor...and no im not saying my sig is funny:P

You're not?? Well, you got the rights.. I think it's funny >_>

NOTE TO ANYONE WANTING TO JOIN THE SSMR

For the last time people, pay attention!!

If you would like to join the SSMR, don't ask. It'll just piss us all off. Here's what you should do. Go to the Amature Sig Makers and pick up the requests you feel confident doing. Read some tutorials, practice different techniques, download tons of brushes and fonts, make random and individual sigs for yourself and your friends, and keep doing that. Juggernaut will announce the trials. You won't miss them. If you're good enough, you will be accepted. If you're exceptional, you will probably be hunted down and recruited immediately. This is the only elite sigging thread currently in existence on Newgrounds. Do not make the mistake of thinking that you are good enough after having played with Photoshop for 3 days. Think of the best sig you have ever seen, and if you think your work is better, then you may be in with a chance. But in the meantime, don't bother asking. Just be a little more patient.
When the time comes, you will know.

And for those of you who have requested to see it again...

DP'S SIMPLE GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE SIG MAKING

Make your own backgrounds...
There are quite a few abstract pictures available for download from the net, but avoid doing this where possible. When using Photoshop, your most valuable tools are your brushes and filters. Muck around on a blank 800x600 canvas with black set as your background colour, and white as your foreground. Go to Filter>Render>Clouds. Go to Filter>Pixelate>Mosaic and change the cell size to 12.Then Filter>Sketch>Conte Crayon. A very simple background (not something I'd use as it is, but after a little more work, it'll be fine). Muck around with as many filters as you can. And download lots of good brush packs.

Pick high quality pictures...
You can't polish crap. As a very good friend and mentor once told me, there's no point in trying to produce a piece of art, if your pictures are awful quality. Your best bet is to look on Google's Image Search. Don't stop on the first page. Keep looking. You WILL find the perfect pic... even if it does take a while. Also, find pictures that are at least 300x200 pixels. You can always shrink a picture effectively, but enlarging a picture beyond it's original dimensions results in a great loss of quality.

Place your pictures well...
Again, nothing looks worse than having a wonderful background (that you've created yourself), with a picture slapped in the middle that doesn't work with the "feel" that the rest of the sig has. Try and get your background to "gel" with your pics. They don't have to be blended, but they should look right. If you want to blend them a little, change the blending mode of the picture to Overlay or Soft Light. Later on, I'll teach you how to get the pictures to blend with the background.

Work your text...
You will find that I very rarely leave the text of a sig as is. The first thing you need to do is start downloading as many fonts as you can. The best place for this is daFont. The more the better. Choose an appropriate size for your text. No point having the rest of your sig looking like a piece of art, if you put your name in the middle... font size 40. Big is not always good. Once you've typed your text, and placed it somewhere it looks good, go to Layer>Layer Style>Blending Options. Muck around with the Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, Outer Glow and Stroke options in particular. Change the settings until you get the look you're after.

Less bevel...
One of the funniest tools in Photoshop is the bevel option. Can be very effective, but most of the time it is an overkill. Avoid using it on text, hardly ever use it on pictures, never use it on backgrounds, and occasionally use it on borders. It works really well for tech borders but not much good for anything else.

Always finish it off...
Always, always, always... have a border. Easiest way to do a simple one is to create a new layer right at the top of everything, press CTRL+A, go to Edit>Stroke, choose an appropriate colour using the eyedropper on your background, change the stroke to 1 or 2px, and click ok. That's all you need. Some sigs require a thicker border, and tech ones require a border with more detail, but I'll show you those later too.

That's pretty much it. It's not the end by any means, but it will get you started. Muck around with everything mentioned above, and add me to your MSN. insigniasigs@hotmail.com. I'm not always on, but I'll answer questions when I can. Otherwise leave a message in here.

NOTE TO ANYONE WANTING TO REQUEST A SIG
Below are the three main reasons why your sig request may be overlooked.

1. If you request something that seems impossible, or stupid, then it probably will get overlooked. Not purposefully, just because we are more likely to pick up requests that we can do. Everyone has their own strengths when it comes to sig making, and unfortunately, that's the name of the game.

2. If you constantly bitch and moan that your sig isn't being done, then there's even less of a chance of it being done in the future. If you have placed a request, wait until the next updated list gets posted. Then you may politley remind us if it appears that it isn't being done. If you post a request and then 14 minutes later, post a "Where the hell is my sig?" post... expect to have the crap blown out of you, by any one of our members who just so happens to be having a bad day. And never bother coming back.

3. You're a sig whore who requests a new sig every 2 days. Basically, you're a douche.

Now... There are several main ways to request a sig. Below is a good example of most of them...

a: The n00b Approach
You guys seem kewl. Someone please make me a sig.

If you request a sig like this, you are giving us complete control of the sig. If you request a sig like this, you shouldn't be coming back to us complaining afterwards. If you have something specific in mind, tell us first, so we don't waste our time.

b: The Pedantic Approach
Here is what I want. I want a pic with all of the planets in our solar system on the right, a picture of all the characters of Family Guy in tuxedos on the left, and my name in the middle in red bloody writing. Underneath my name, please write "Go to hell anyone who doesn't like my club!" in green glowing writing. The background should be grey grungy, with diagonal scanlines.

If you request a sig like this, you are giving us no control over the sig whatsoever. More importantly, a sig like this can be impossible to make and still look good because of the amount of detail in it. A sig should be a recognisable to anyone else reading through the NGBBS, but not contain more detail than the roof of the Sistine Chapel. If you seriously want us to take a request that is so in-depth, then please be prepared to provide us with the actual pictures you are talking about. Obviously, finding a pic of all the characters in Family Guy wearing tuxedos is very difficult, so if it exists, post it. If you haven't seen the pic, and don't know where to find it, then there's a good chance you won't get it. Deal with it.

c: The Right Approach
I was recommended to ask in here for a sig cause you guys are great. I would like a signature with the following please. A blue/purple colour scheme. A grunge feel. My name in a celtic font. A picture of Avril Lavinge (see attached). And a thin border. Thank you.

A type of request that we don't see too often. Gives us some guidelines to work to, but still gives us the freedom to experiment a little. Also written politley. And the actual pic was included. This makes it a hell of a lot easier to get our job done. Out of these three examples, c will be snatched up first, followed by a. But the requestee will complain about the result of an a request 90% of the time because it wasn't right. I can't remember the last time we got a compliant about a sig done for a c request.

<sigger's rant> We all have lives, this is not a business, we don't owe you anything. We do this because we love (or at least did at one point in time) making sigs for appreciative people. People who are appreciative of the fact that we took valuable time out of our days, when we could be visiting people in hospital or whatever, to make you a sig, regardless of whether you like it or not. If you hate the sig, that's fine. No-one's forcing you to wear it. But a "Thank you for your time though" would be appreciated every now and then. And before you crack the shits at us... make sure you're justified for doing so. </sigger's rant>

I'd like a moving sig, don't care what's in it

damn, dp, you should have posted that on the first page. very useful, too bad not everyone's going to read page 30 of this club.

and just a little remark about the background: if you use abstract backgrounds of a professional or anything that doesn't belong to you, and someone finds you, you will not join. if you're already in, you'll most likely get kicked.

At 8/25/05 03:18 AM, alsoqpes wrote: Hey,
I'd like to join Sinisters..
Im working with graphics along time (let's say 2 years)
Here are some of my works(not 400x60 your sizes have to get used to that ;)
[img]http://i20.photobuck..her/sparkling5y

j.jpg[/img]

[img]http://img379.images../9477/duality0m

a.jpg[/img]
Prolly not my best... just made those tonight.
Please think about it,
Thanks in advance,
ReflexX

People of SSM,
This above post is from me,
Now I post with this account, cause I wanna be in SSM(if possible) with this account (cuz higher lvl >_> )... just changed names etc.
Please think about it,
Thank you
Reflex X

At 8/25/05 10:58 AM, ReflexX wrote:

At 8/25/05 03:18 AM, alsoqpes wrote: Hey,
I'd like to join Sinisters..
Im working with graphics along time (let's say 2 years)
Here are some of my works(not 400x60 your sizes have to get used to that ;)
[img]http://i20.photobuck..her/sparkling5y

j.jpg[/img]

[img]http://img379.images../9477/duality0m

a.jpg[/img]
Prolly not my best... just made those tonight.
Please think about it,
Thanks in advance,
ReflexX

People of SSM,
This above post is from me,
Now I post with this account, cause I wanna be in SSM(if possible) with this account (cuz higher lvl >_> )... just changed names etc.
Please think about it,
Thank you
Reflex X

Bloody hell. Did you not read the big-ass post above yours. Don't keep asking. We saw it the first time. If Juggernaut thinks you're good enough, you will soon find out. For the record, your examples actually look pretty sweet, but please just have some patience.

At 8/25/05 10:58 AM, Cind wrote: damn, dp, you should have posted that on the first page. very useful, too bad not everyone's going to read page 30 of this club.

and just a little remark about the background: if you use abstract backgrounds of a professional or anything that doesn't belong to you, and someone finds you, you will not join. if you're already in, you'll most likely get kicked.

Thanks Cind. Something I worked on for a while. And yes, I know not everyone will get the chance to read it, but hey... I tried.

At 8/25/05 10:44 AM, DrunkenPenguin wrote: If you would like to join the SSMR, don't ask.

At 8/25/05 10:58 AM, ReflexX wrote: I'd like to join Sinisters..

At 8/25/05 10:49 AM, DrunkenPenguin wrote: The n00b Approach
You guys seem kewl. Someone please make me a sig.

At 8/25/05 10:53 AM, Nickos wrote: I'd like a moving sig, don't care what's in it

lol.. I dont think they read that,
Hey :D let me go get my uzi, they'll read it then :D
*wish's he had an uzi*

Think anyone could make an Atheist Army Sig. Have it in an army font with a camo. background and a soldier on the left side of the sig. Who ever makes sig post it over at the Atheist Army thread please.

Ok, then, new try...

Could anyone of you guys make me a moving sig?

I really don't care what's in it.

As long as my name is in it.

Was I forgotten???
My request is on page 19

Ok awsome...
Can he look like a Guy in a Muffin Costume?
And can he be Yellow and fat?
And somewere say my name TheCheesyMuffin?
Also, If he can say something like... I'm the CheesyMuffin!!!
That would be great! <3

******** It's page 29******

Hey Juggs,

I need a favor.

I need to know if you remember the name of the font you used on Saurai Jacks banners for the Abyss. I reconize it, but can't place the name...

At 8/25/05 11:38 AM, Nickos wrote: I really don't care what's in it.
As long as my name is in it.

You said it, not me. I made that one you are/were wearing, so i just made it move. You don't say what you want, and you don't get what you want. that's how it is.

At 8/24/05 11:52 PM, Unopened_Wound wrote: blah blah blah.

LoL ok then. Thanks for dropping by. I really don't care if you respect me, not like your were gonna help me move or anything. I'm just trying to stick up for a friend who seemed a little teesed when you just came in after a big thank you and asked for a new one. But whatever getting two sigs for two accounts and asking for a brand new sig isn't that bad, I just don't know what came over me.

Anyways, since this bitch is outta my hair i'll get started on that Falco sig and then see if any other requests have come in that I can do.

To all SSM members: Please keep name changes to a minimum, as it makes it hard to tell who is who here. If you wish, create an alt to use elsewhere, but keep your main member name the same please.

To all who are asking about tryouts: I will post in the ASM and this thread when it is time for a tryout, along with the names of those who are selected for tryout.

At 8/25/05 01:24 PM, War_Machine wrote: Hey Juggs,

I need a favor.

I need to know if you remember the name of the font you used on Saurai Jacks banners for the Abyss. I reconize it, but can't place the name...

Resident Evil.

Im looking forward to the tryout (IF im selected ofcourse) xD
Further... Good luck with sigmaking >_<

Here's your Falco sig, sorry if it isn't up to code. It's hard to base a sig around a picture when the pictures look like crap quality wise.

At 8/25/05 05:35 PM, -SquiD wrote: Here's your Falco sig, sorry if it isn't up to code. It's hard to base a sig around a picture when the pictures look like crap quality wise.

It's good but...where's my name?

At 8/25/05 05:51 PM, TBone90 wrote: It's good but...where's my name?

It was there the whole time you fool <_< >_>

At 8/25/05 10:58 AM, Cind wrote: and just a little remark about the background: if you use abstract backgrounds of a professional or anything that doesn't belong to you, and someone finds you, you will not join. if you're already in, you'll most likely get kicked.

Cind this time? What is that short for? Cindy?

At 8/25/05 06:48 PM, Frontside wrote: What is that short for? Cindy?

more like "i'm fucking bored and probably have nothing better to do".
it has a meaning though, or at least it had one when i came up with it.

hey i was wondering if someone could make me a sig. here are the specs: a landscape background with my alias in red w/ black outline. also these 2 pics (faded, solid, whatever you think looks best). take your time, no hurry.

(ill post the other pic soon)

heres the other pic