28.06.2013, 22:33
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Last edited by TDiaz; 29/06/2013 at 03:35 PM.
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Well, I have been doing GFX for many individual communities so thought I might aswell do it on this forum also. Will be making free signatures. Here are some off my works:
Also here is a tutorial I have made:
Also here is a tutorial I have made:
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A Graphics Tutorial - By Tazz Diaz
This tutorial will show you how to make a signature similar to one of the following below:   So, lets get started. Firstly you're going to require the following programs: ~ Cinema 4D ~ ~ 3Ds Max ~ ~ Photoshop (Pref CS5 / CS6) ~ Firstly you're going to have to be able to create some 3D text on Cinema 4D. You can find many over the web, or on many forums such as ours. Below is a tutorial created for Horizon Gaming by Keel which goes in detail on how to create some 3D text. Link to tutorial If you follow the tutorial correctly from Keel you should get the following result which you should customize and make your own like every good designer;  If you are not able to do something similar to this, keep practicing or PM me or Keel for support. Secondly if you want you can customize your text if you want. You can find some 3D gun renders all across the internet which you can add to your design. This step is not compulsory but can really help make your design look better and more professional. After you get the weapons all you need to do is adjust them to the text you are using and make sure it fits. For this example I will be using the text Keel has made so credits to him just for teaching purposes. Once you have found your gun render, and imported it into Photoshop after you have put the text in, your screen should look similar to this:  There was a small shadow around the gun which looked quite messy which I did not want so I had to remove it. I went to the eraser tool and choose any brush with 0% hardness and went around the gun while zoomed in. This made the gun look cleaner and more HD. At this point you MUST make sure you do not erase any parts of the gun. Now you have to adjust the guns rotations and adjust it to the text. It is always best to duplicate this layer and do the complete opposite rotations on the other side of the text. So far your design should look something like the following:  Thirdly now that this is done you're going to be required to create the skin in 3DS Max and save it as .png to import the Photoshop. This can take a while to create, which it took me but you will soon get the hang of it. Below are some online tutorials which really helped me when I was learning to edit the skin's bones etc: [video=*******;kasxDOMsJKY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kasxDOMsJKY[/video] [video=*******;wezvlqwE5II]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wezvlqwE5II[/video] After a lot of practise hopefully now you are able to import skins, and edit the bones of skins and save them to how you like. If you cannot do this yet ******* will help lots when learning. However, if you have anything which looks anything near this you should feel proud that you're learning:  Fourthly now that you should have hopefully created your skins, you are now able to import them to your text / guns picture. Normally I put these behind the text looking over it, however you can go crazy by creating skins jumping off it, through it, over it etc. You can go crazy. When adjusting the skins you have to make sure that they are properly placed as if not then the signature will not look professional. If the skins are standing try place a imaginary ground so they are all standing on one level or the signature will not look to great. By this stage you are nearly done and should look like the following:  Once saved, and everything is completed, you should have something that looks like the following:  GOOD LUCK! |
