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Lets get started,1st of all open a new canvas I will use 375x100 after that fill it with black

Now get a nice render,which has nice colors I will be using the new PoP render dont resize the render but paste it into your canvas and lower the opacity.

Again add that render but pick another part of the render now desaturate the render layer and set the blending mode the linear dodge.

Again I will add another render (metroid) dont resize it but paste it into your canvas and change the blending mode to linear dodge.

Alright,paste the metroid render again and resize it. Now duplicate the render layer and place it somewhere else so it will look good

Now merge the metroid layers together and set the blending mode to multiply

Ok find another render with the same colors as your other renders, I will use this one:

Place it into your canvas but dont resize it and set the blending mode to linear dodge

Add another render I will be using a metroid prime one ok dont resize the render but erase some parts you dont want to show like this:

As you can see I erased some parts so you can see the "real" bg again now set the layer to multiply.

Now its time to add the real render which we are going to use in our signature.

Ok now brush a bit with a soft round brush with a white color, until you get somehting like this:

Change the opacity of the brush layer to 55%

Now we are going to add a brightness and contast layer (layer >new adjustment layer>brightness and contrast).Play with the settings then press ok and set the blending mode to overlay.

Add some brushing again on a new layer with some grunge/soft brushes.

Change the opacity of that layer down to around 10%

Go to layer>new adjustments layer>color balance play with the settings now press ok and go to filter>render>clouds after you did that change the blending mode to color with 17% opacity.

Add another color balance layer and then add some clouds again.Change the blending mode to color with opacity of 39%

Again add a color balance layer with clouds and change the blending mode to color with opacity of 29%.

Aaaight add one more color balance layer with clouds this time dont change the blending mode to color but change it to overlay with opacity of 30%.

K add a brightness/contrast layer play with the setting until you are satisfied.

make a new layer and go to image>apply image after that go to filter>blur>gussian blur and use one between 1 and 2px after that change the blending mode to lighten at 49% opacity

Again make a new layer and go to image>apply image press Ok now press ctrl+shift+u this will desaturate your image now change the blending mode to overlay with opacity of 16%

Alright go to layer>new adjustments>hue/saturation and use settings:

This is how it should look like:

Time for the border make a new layer and press ctrl+a now go to edit>stroke and use 1px black

Now you can add text or whatever you wish:

And now you have finished your signature, I hope you found out by now that a good signature doesnt have like 10 layers, its all about adding details and giving the signature a nice flow.
Remmeber dont exactly do everything like in this tutorial, but try things out for yourself, you will learn the most from it!

Comments

This is my outcome:





It was pretty hard to find some good renders which were supposed to fit with the sig.
posted on July 23rd, 2007 by Vampyra Missa

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