Yuurei's Smudge style tut.

[Remy LeBeau]

Just finished a tutorial for a simple smudge sig. This is very easy to learn and if you have any questions just ask me here in the thread.

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/8306/tut11xz4.png (http://imageshack.us)

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/8306/tut11xz4.png

Show me the outcome here in the thread if you want cnc, comments or tips on hoe to improve it.

[murasex]

Amazing.

;o;

[Tonza]

Really nice tutorial. The example tag in there rocks too.
:)

[murasex]

My outcome:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v69/m_saki/hellogoodbye.png

=S

[bod]

Great tut. the outcome is really nice. simple and coherent.

[Remy LeBeau]

thank you everyone :)

Kristina, very nice outcome. I like the blending/cutting of the stock on the left side and the details on the right side are nice :)

Suzuhiko, Make the left side a little lighter and make the left side of her face a little darker and it's very good :)

[Shirozaki]

Very nice tut. Tis easy to follow and me is thinking to make a sig like that =O

[Lightning]

Bitchin tut yuurei, even though my outcome sucks ill post it anways

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/9520/laurengrahamtagdo1.png (http://imageshack.us)

also, where do you get your real people stocks? they're top notch quality.

[Red]

i really like I'll try it when i'm sober...................

[Remy LeBeau]

Bitchin tut yuurei, even though my outcome sucks ill post it anways

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/9520/laurengrahamtagdo1.png (http://imageshack.us)

also, where do you get your real people stocks? they're top notch quality.


right side looks good, but the left side looks unfinished. Add more dark touches to the left and fix the stock. It looks squished from the sides.

And here is a good site for stocks.

http://www.skins.be/page/

[Tonza]

I had a go with this one too.

Outcome:
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/4849/mgsyuureitutcopyjb4.png

[Lightning]

right side looks good, but the left side looks unfinished. Add more dark touches to the left and fix the stock. It looks squished from the sides.

And here is a good site for stocks.

http://www.skins.be/page/


yea, it was my poor attempt at blending because when i cut it part of the backround was still inbetween the strands of hair so i was trying to cover that up.

also when you brush in black, how do you brush, single pecks or the "hold and roll" technique?

[Remy LeBeau]

I had a go with this one too.

Outcome:
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/4849/mgsyuureitutcopyjb4.png

Definetily one of the best i've seen coming out of this tutorial :)

Very nice Tonza :D


yea, it was my poor attempt at blending because when i cut it part of the backround was still inbetween the strands of hair so i was trying to cover that up.

also when you brush in black, how do you brush, single pecks or the "hold and roll" technique?

Single pecks, hold and roll technique makes it too "crowded/cluttered".

[Lightning]

k thanks, one last question, any specific opacity or fill you recommend brushing at?

[Tuanie-sama]

wow look super easy, me going to try it now. :kukuku
thanx for sharing :)

be back later with outcome

[Liquid Ocelot]

My brushing didn't come out too well...

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/Airmaster167/Graphics/FPSDoug.png

[Remy LeBeau]

k thanks, one last question, any specific opacity or fill you recommend brushing at?

100% opacity with pure black brushing.


wow look super easy, me going to try it now. :kukuku
thanx for sharing :)

be back later with outcome

Do it :D

My brushing didn't come out too well...

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/Airmaster167/Graphics/FPSDoug.png

It's very empty, brush some more of it, but it looks like a good start :D

[chauronity]

One helluva great tutorial. For the longest time i havent seen a tut that actually gives me something to learn.

My outcome. Improvised a bit in the end when colorizing it.

http://students.oamk.fi/~mikorkal/_ulquiorra2.png

[Remy LeBeau]

One helluva great tutorial. For the longest time i havent seen a tut that actually gives me something to learn.

My outcome. Improvised a bit in the end when colorizing it.

http://students.oamk.fi/~mikorkal/_ulquiorra2.png


Thanks man :)

Your outcome looks very very nice, add some text to it :)

[Shirozaki]

I have problems on dealing with the size jitter & splattering thing. I dont even know what the heck it is .__.

Outcome:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n233/_zakista/Sigs/L.png

Skipped some steps *did not know what to do*. Tell me what's wrong with it. And can you tell me what's the 'size jitter', where to find it and the same thing with the 'splattering' thing.

And if you add the light source, do you use brushes to do it or theres another way around?

Meh, too many questions >_>

[Remy LeBeau]

I have problems on dealing with the size jitter & splattering thing. I dont even know what the heck it is .__.

Outcome:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n233/_zakista/Sigs/L.png

Skipped some steps *did not know what to do*. Tell me what's wrong with it. And can you tell me what's the 'size jitter', where to find it and the same thing with the 'splattering' thing.

And if you add the light source, do you use brushes to do it or theres another way around?

Meh, too many questions >_>

You need to make the righ side a little bit darker, and add more to the bg. It's pretty empty now.

Size jittering and splatter settings are in the brushes options.

I always use brushing when adding light.

[Gurbik]

GREAT tut i loved it its a sick style i loved the result too.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c260/Gurbik/Gurbikchainsawcopy.jpg

[namedo]

Nice tutorial, love the outcome and im gonna try this so ill edit my outcome to this post. Oh, and thanks for sharing this.

[Tantheman]

loved your tutorial, heres what i came up with, i kinda did some other stuff and didnt really get some parts but still i learned something lol

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9459/dwyanewadetl8.jpg

[Remy LeBeau]

GREAT tut i loved it its a sick style i loved the result too.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c260/Gurbik/Gurbikchainsawcopy.jpg

It's very over-saturated. and the smudging on the right side is in some spots, rest looks empty. Try to balance out the smudging a bit and add more soft colors. I think it would look much better :)


loved your tutorial, heres what i came up with, i kinda did some other stuff and didnt really get some parts but still i learned something lol

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9459/dwyanewadetl8.jpg

Cant see how much of mine tutorial has been used here since it's so very very crowded :P

namedo - do it :D

[Cava]

my result was so-so i guess :P

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2663/ayumisi1.jpg

fun tutorial though :wink

[Remy LeBeau]

my result was so-so i guess :P

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2663/ayumisi1.jpg

fun tutorial though :wink


Not that bad, but you've over-brushed the stock a littl bit and the lighting is very washed out imo. but text looks nice and it seems like you've grasped the basics of the tutorial :)

[Snoopy]

much diffrent but here's my result


http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d200/palmereap/htry.png

[Rockafeller]

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e188/yue54/togethorpeo.jpg
My outcome, I loves it! Nice tut!

[Kytian]

Nice tutorial! I'm still very new at PS, but this is what I could come up with:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/Mewlava/watchathinkcopy.jpg

:cry I'm very bad at choosing colors, very unoriginal and horrible at adding text. I wish I'd had more inspiration and motivation in making sigs.

Oh well, any comments would come in handy. :)

[Shizor]

I'm doing this tutorial right now, but I'm having trouble with A) brushing/smudging the black, mine doesn't look spotty and cool, and B) gradient maps.

could you go into more detail?

[Fonster Mox]

The tut was great, though a few things took me a bit to understand and I don't know what a gradient map is :grin

I made this (its the one in my sig now)... I'm not sure where I went wrong but I don't think it really turned out quite right :arg - I tried messing with it, changing a few things myself to make it work a bit better but still couldn't get anything I was totally happy with. Any chance of some tips? My first time making a sig from a tut :amuse

[Remy LeBeau]

Very nice outcomes for first try's.

but this tutorial will not be more detailed, and it's not for beginners. If you do not know what all the things in the tut are you should probably check out some more basic tuts.

[Azurite]

Might try it soon :laugh

[Saosin]

I'm going to try it right now. :amuse

[Remy LeBeau]

then try it !!!!

[juan012285]

Here's my first try on your tutorial:

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/4648/dasyc4.png

I kept some colors from the stock, I'll practice some more and see if I can get a better outcome, thanks for the tutorial :thumbs

[Cava]

i gave this a 2nd try ^^
http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/3158/ayumi3mc0.jpg

[Haruko]

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r110/dot007/stormcopy.jpg

This is what I got.

[Himura]

nvm, I got it, here's what I ended up with:

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/8752/naruto3name2oc5.gif

[Remy LeBeau]

Be careful with the colors, they look a little too strong imo.

[Wingman™]

Great Tut! I use GIMP, so there were some things in there I couldn't do, so I improvised ;)!

Here's what I got: http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k194/jnwgeorge/NewStyle.jpg

[.Reiko]

I got this

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u54/asdfghjk_406/LightYagami1.png

[Haruko]

Hehe its better than mine from january ^^look up.

[Funlover378]

Sweet, but I can tell you can do more with it.

[.Reiko]

lol I know im late right? :amuse

I could lots more with it.. I just think it looks calm and not much emotion.. Goes with his expression

[Azurite]

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/2115/exff4.png

GIMP-style

[lollipop]

Wow nice tut! Too bad I don't have Photoshop :cry

[Remy LeBeau]

Nice first tries everyone :)

[SinsOfaFighter]

I tried:
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k89/ashe_09/My%20sigs%20and%20avvys/made%20by%20me/blackandwhitecopy.png

[Haruko]

The left is quite plain Good effort.

[Remy LeBeau]

Haha revival :P

[Byakkö]

Not a bad tutorial man, I for one love the smudge tool. Thanks, this might help me.

[Remy LeBeau]

Good to hear!! :D