v2: Well, went for something different and in the end this is what I got. Looking forward to the comments.
I like the text you tried to go for, but the problem with that is your text is your focal. You made your text more noticable then your render and the little bit of effect you got in there. A few things I'd suggest working on is your blending, your lighting, and your focal point. Your lighting is kind of on the right path, but with the way you placed it in its just a soft brush. Like the rest of your render is covered in dark effects yet on his face you have a really bright light source that just skips off into darkness again. Try to build your effects off of your lighting and your render. One thing I actually really like about your tag is the unique boarder, most boarders I hate but this flows with your tag, it really does. My advice is keep working on this peice alittle more. Take the dark effects off the body of your render and then place them on the edge of the render and cover the edges with it don't have such a transparent effect on the render, it'll help him blend in with the rest of the signature while drawing attention to him as well. Give that a try and post a V2 for us also if you gotta question about this comment let me know it is really long lol
I'm posting a v2 right now but unfortunately I got to it before I read your great feedback. =\ Thanks a tonnnnnnnn, I greatly appreciate it. I'll come back to this thread next time I make a sig and apply some of those pointers. Thanks again! So yup, v2's now up. Nothing drastic at all, just a few minor adjustments here and there (blurring, lighting, color quality around text, etc.)
imo its a bit cluttered. you could blur areas to soften it a bit and add maybe a bit more effects to add in flow maybe if you use it just right a soft c4d. i don't like using c4d's but sometimes they can add in the flow if used at the right angle. Another way you could do it is smudging a bit. i'd definitely blur some areas though to make the focal more umm focal? lol i can't think of the word right now...to make it more...pronounced?
