Mood:
chillin'Now Playing: System of a Down - F the System
Topic: Christmas Sigs
Asuka sig.
I still only have girly brushes. I started out with a black background, which I brushed on in white. Once I had completed that I started adding colour balance layers. Mostly they are cyan, green and blue. There is a shadow layer and a highlight layer in there too somewhere.
Once I achieved an acceptable colour, I floodfilled each colour balance layer in black, then brushed again with white. This creates an interesting merging of colours and depth in the background.
I added the Asuka render and it seemed to match nicely but was too tropical for a Christmas sig. I decided to keep it though and make it an Aussie Christmas sig.
Stars sig.
This was by request. From my experience with the Asuka sig, I knew that if I didn't set some limits I was going to end up with another gorgeous blue background that was completely useless for a Christmas sig. I decided to limit myself to red and green only.
I did the usual brushing white on black then the colour balance layers. Only three layers this time. Red and more red. In midtone, highlight and shadow. I then brushed on the colour balance layers to make an interesting effect.
That render, while very cute, was extremely difficult to use. I couldn't cut it out. Sooo low res. I ended up just doing it messily and then using the eraser tool to clean it up.
I thought the text looked kinda cool on an angle. Like a Christmas card.
Gallery link.
I used a preexisting piece of grunge as the background and added text. Simple.