Elfar's Art

As some of you may know, I've become, well obsessed with Phoenix Wright lately. I made a sig to fit my avatar. So what do you guys think? I actually think this is much better than anything else I've done so far.

Nice job Elfar, quite an improvement from your previous art. However, here are some tips

Do NOT use red text
It completely kills a signature/banner

The text is pretty boring
Try this website for some more interesting text

Overall, great job. If I had to rate, it'd be a 9.5/10

GaiaAero wrote:

Nice job Elfar, quite an improvement from your previous art. However, here are some tips

Do NOT use red text
It completely kills a signature/banner

The text is pretty boring
Try this website for some more interesting text

Overall, great job. If I had to rate, it'd be a 9.5/10

Wow! Thanks! I'll try getting more fonts. I used red because in the games, when they say "objection", it's in red font. I'll avoid using it now though.

Elfar wrote:

GaiaAero wrote:

Nice job Elfar, quite an improvement from your previous art. However, here are some tips

Do NOT use red text
It completely kills a signature/banner

The text is pretty boring
Try this website for some more interesting text

Overall, great job. If I had to rate, it'd be a 9.5/10

Wow! Thanks! I'll try getting more fonts. I used red because in the games, when they say "objection", it's in red font. I'll avoid using it now though.

No problem. If you need anymore help, feel free to PM me

GaiaAero wrote:

Elfar wrote:

GaiaAero wrote:

Nice job Elfar, quite an improvement from your previous art. However, here are some tips

Do NOT use red text
It completely kills a signature/banner

The text is pretty boring
Try this website for some more interesting text

Overall, great job. If I had to rate, it'd be a 9.5/10

Wow! Thanks! I'll try getting more fonts. I used red because in the games, when they say "objection", it's in red font. I'll avoid using it now though.

No problem. If you need anymore help, feel free to PM me

Ok, thanks. I'm going to start trying new things and if I have any questions about the art, I'll ask.

I made a new one. Is this one better or worse?

Elfar wrote:

I made a new one. Is this one better or worse?

Thats much better

Alright . I'll leave that one for now. I guess that'll be all for a little while, as I'm kind of tired now.

(Meant to be after Gaia's post).

Indeed it is. It seems like you put in effort, and made better effects. I bet you used effects with the other one, but it ended up looking like a gradient.

Oh, and i must ask, what do you use for the bumpy rough effect around the sides (of the blue) that seems to be in most of your effects?

LucasFTW wrote:

(Meant to be after Gaia's post).

Indeed it is. It seems like you put in effort, and made better effects. I bet you used effects with the other one, but it ended up looking like a gradient.

Oh, and i must ask, what do you use for the bumpy rough effect around the sides (of the blue) that seems to be in most of your effects?

I use that effect because it makes the render have a sort of glow of white around it. It also makes it seem hand drawn, to me at least, which I like as it makes it blend in well with the background. I always use that one, because the first time I used it, I was told that it was the best signature I had made so far.

I tried something different with the second one which may be why it's better.

Now I made an avatar to go along with it before passing out. What do you think?

Keep it up

Now I made a banner instead of a signature. I tried a gradient color type. Look closely at it, and you'll see carefully done details. It took a long time to make these details. So what do you think?

Elfar wrote:

Now I made a banner instead of a signature. I tried a gradient color type. Look closely at it, and you'll see carefully done details. It took a long time to make these details. So what do you think?

Make the text a bit more interesting. Maybe make it red [ something nice ]on the blue side and blue on the red side. Green is a bit too random for me.
Now as we get on the render quality, its quite ..choppy. Thats why you use http://www.planetrenders.net/

Make the texture a bit more clear on the background, I cant see it too well, and otherwise that'd be it.

Just add MOAR effe smudging on the renders, so it looks like they're blended in.

keep smudging

Evil wrote:

Elfar wrote:

Now I made a banner instead of a signature. I tried a gradient color type. Look closely at it, and you'll see carefully done details. It took a long time to make these details. So what do you think?

Make the text a bit more interesting. Maybe make it red [ something nice ]on the blue side and blue on the red side. Green is a bit too random for me.
Now as we get on the render quality, its quite ..choppy. Thats why you use http://www.planetrenders.net/

Make the texture a bit more clear on the background, I cant see it too well, and otherwise that'd be it.

Just add MOAR effe smudging on the renders, so it looks like they're blended in.

keep smudging

Look very closely at the details. Here, I was practicing details and gradient effects mostly. You should see smudging in them. Also a colorful background in the details. That is where you need to really focus in on. The small details.

If I did I'd be sucked in the forums

tl;dr: its alright, keep it up!

I'll just start putting all my art here. Also renamed the topic.

I really like how this one turned out, even though I was going for something different. It led me to discover something that will certainly be seen in my later sigs.

cdplayar wrote:

Elfar wrote:

I'll just start putting all my art here. Also renamed the topic.

I really like how this one turned out, even though I was going for something different. It led me to discover something that will certainly be seen in my later sigs.

It Looks ...
Bland?

Try Making The Text Bolder *Brighter*
Something That Will Make Me Awake

I discovered something from this that will work really well in later sigs. That was the main thing with this. I know this one wasn't the very best, but I also mae it in like 10 minutes.

And why is half of gengar's body blurred out?

Evil wrote:

And why is half of gengar's body blurred out?

Again a sloppy experiment made quickly.

I made my first attempt at c4d. I'll post it with and without c4d.

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