XGC SORTIE DESIGN TEAM APPLICATION

[XGC Sortie]

1)XGC Sortie
2)Photoshop
3)1 Month
4)LT (XGC Velocity XK) No, It will not affect my ability to fill my requirements of being on the design team.​

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Here is a link to a forum I started to get practice that has some signatures I have been working with http://www.xiledgaming.com/showthread.php?870901-Signature-Requests-By-XGC-Sortie

 

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This didn't work out how I planned. But I learned about some tools that I didn't know about before.

 

[iCharleyyyy]

1)XGC Sortie
2)Photoshop
3)1 Month
4)LT (XGC Velocity XK) No, It will not affect my ability to fill my requirements of being on the design team.​

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Here is a link to a forum I started to get practice that has some signatures I have been working with http://www.xiledgaming.com/showthread.php?870901-Signature-Requests-By-XGC-Sortie

Welcome to the Design Application Area! Here we will have you complete various tasks in order to gauge - if possible, or establish an understanding of what you're capable of. We will be providing CnC on your productions, as it is part of our growing process together. Please don't take anything negative or personal.

We would like to require productions from the >>TEST IMAGES FOR APPLICANTS THREAD<< that is provided above your app. This is intended so we may begin to see a start point and end result. Thanks for applying! We greatly look forward to working with you.

Please remember that all images must be in PNG or GIF format. Signatures are maximum 500x200 pixels and banners are 400x75 pixels.

 

[XGC Sortie]

Thank you! What should I do first exactly? Choose an image and make a signature with it?

 

[iCharleyyyy]

Thank you! What should I do first exactly? Choose an image and make a signature with it?

Yes. Go into the link that was posted in my previous comment above, find 5 different images and make 5 different signatures please.

 

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Signature One Of Five

 

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Signature Two Of Five

 

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Signature 3 of 5

 

[iCharleyyyy]

Signature One Of Five

Okay, so with the first one, its really plain in the background, and the text is really hard to read. So, id like for you to use this tutorial to fix that. When choosing text, try to find something that is easier to read. Remember: your focal point shouldn't be your text, it should be the render, so its okay if your text is small.

 

[iCharleyyyy]

Signature Two Of Five

Now, with this one, its the complete opposite from the first. Where in the first, you had almost nothing going on; this one has way too much going on. I cannot tell where the focal point of the signature is... is it Daryl? Is it the Zombies in the background? Is it the zombie in the foreground? or is it the text?

So, id like for you to redo this one, but with this tutorial:

 

[iCharleyyyy]

Signature 3 of 5

Now, with this one, you don't really have anything going on again. You used a stock image from the Test Images, but you only added a border, some text and a crab. I'm personally not a big fan of using stock images unless I'm using them for a background with some effects. So that's the next tutorial with the beach stock image we are going to do. But, id like you to use this render as well in the signature.

RENDER:

TUTORIAL:

Two things to definitely remember: All signatures are MAXIMUM 500 by 200 pixels; All signatures and banners MUST be in the PNG or GIF format, NOT JPEG.

 

[XGC Sortie]

I will admit I am having trouble making these directions translate into this render but here is what I have so far.

 

[XGC Sortie]

I don't understand how to get the sparkle into the picture. I will work on it some more tomorrow.

 

[iCharleyyyy]

I don't understand how to get the sparkle into the picture. I will work on it some more tomorrow.

Go to www.deviantart.com. In the search bar, type in glitter texture. Find a texture that you like, insert it in between some of the layers, then mess with the opacity and mode (like overlay or screen).

 

[XGC Sortie]

Here it is. I think this is better.

 

[iCharleyyyy]

Here it is. I think this is better.

Okay, GREAT. One last thing with the render. Its a little plain and not blending in very well. But this is an easy fix. Follow these instructions:
1: make sure you have the render layer selected.
2: Duplicate the render layer.
3: now click the original render layer
4: then go to FILTER > BLUR > GAUSSIAN BLUR
5: Put the Gaussian blur anywhere between 2 and 3
6: now go to the render copy layer
7: set the mode to overlay or screen, whichever you think looks better.
8: sharpen the render copy layer by going to FILTER > SHARPEN > SHARPEN.

Now you're still saving your sigs as JPEG. Remember, it NEEDS to be in PNG format. So, when you save it to your computer, save it as PNG.

This is a great first start with tutorials. Can't wait to see what you do with the other two tutorials for your first two signatures!

 

[XGC Sortie]

I am not sure if this changed much. To be clear the render is the focal point image correct? In this case the girls?

 

[XGC Sortie]

I changed this up but it doesn't even come close to the tutorial. Firstly, I can't seem to figure out how to get these grunge brushes to look even close. Any advise with those? Where do I get them? The brushes I tried didn't work.

 

[iCharleyyyy]

I changed this up but it doesn't even come close to the tutorial. Firstly, I can't seem to figure out how to get these grunge brushes to look even close. Any advise with those? Where do I get them? The brushes I tried didn't work.

You have to find a grunge brush you like. Its all about your personal preference. Go to Deviantart.com (again) and search grunge brushes. You'll find hundreds of brushed to choose from. This is one I did a few weeks ago with the same tutorial; It doesn't look like the tutorial, but it had a decent turn out. This is another example of the focal point being the overall image, not text.

 

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