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mob68com
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Born in Dublin, Ireland .:. now living in the US
Insane since: May 2003

posted posted 05-29-2003 23:41

This is my first sig. I've tried to go with a Celtic/Viking feel, if that's even possible. I figured, since I was born in Dublin, Ireland, which was settle and founded by the Vikings, I should try to incorporate the two, what you you all think?



Art is in the eye of the beholder

counterfeitbacon
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Vancouver, WA
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 05-30-2003 00:02

Personally, I think that it would look better with JUST the BOM68 letters and without the other crap. With transparency, that is.

Wangenstein
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: The year 1881
Insane since: Mar 2001

posted posted 05-30-2003 00:18

Smaller (and transparent, of course) would be nice, but I do like all the elements of it. The gems look good. [Edit: ...except for the fact that the two gems have light reflections coming from two different corners. It looks like you made the one gem, then turned it 90 degrees to make the other. Fix that, and it'd look better.]

For a first sig, it's a really good effort...



Evil in theory, not so much in practice...

[This message has been edited by Wangenstein (edited 05-30-2003).]

Dufty
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Where I'm from isn't where I'm at!
Insane since: Jun 2002

posted posted 05-30-2003 00:51

Take a look here: and fix the tranparency.
Then try reducing it to a more reasonable sig size, and consider what the gems bring to the piece, and I'm pretty sure you'll have a keeper.



mob68com
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Born in Dublin, Ireland .:. now living in the US
Insane since: May 2003

posted posted 05-30-2003 01:14

Thank you all .:. Now I must run and play with this thing. I love the honesty on this board. Damn. Thanks guys. Version two is on it's way.

mob68com
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Born in Dublin, Ireland .:. now living in the US
Insane since: May 2003

posted posted 05-30-2003 01:49

Ok .:. so I have changed a few things from the original. I actually like the look of this and really want to keep it as my sig, I think I might, but in the meatime, what do you guys make of it? I have used the glass with the leaves behind it as the "O" in mt MOB68. Let me know. Thanks.

CPrompt
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: there...no..there.....
Insane since: May 2001

posted posted 05-30-2003 02:29

hi mod68com! Looking from the begining to what you just did, I like it. The last one is nice. I love that font!
Now, what would be pretty cool is if you could animate the inside of the jewel thingy

Someone around here did a jewel with an animation in it. I think it was Moth??. . .

Later,

C:\


~Binary is best~

mob68com
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Born in Dublin, Ireland .:. now living in the US
Insane since: May 2003

posted posted 05-30-2003 02:41

CPrompt - you mean like this?

Lacuna
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: the Asylum ghetto
Insane since: Oct 2002

posted posted 05-30-2003 03:36

nifty.. i like the smaller one much better! now just ditch the black...

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mob68com
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Born in Dublin, Ireland .:. now living in the US
Insane since: May 2003

posted posted 05-30-2003 03:41

I'm playing with a few colors for the background. The transparent dosen't look good at all. I'm going to have to make some more changes. Thanks for the comments.

counterfeitbacon
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Vancouver, WA
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 05-30-2003 07:55

How about something more subtle? Like Ini's little flash of light type thing applied to the orb.

Jung
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Angeles City, Philippines
Insane since: Dec 2002

posted posted 05-30-2003 08:19

That font kicks ass. What is it?



mahjqa
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: The Demented Side of the Fence
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 05-30-2003 10:07

I quite like the red versions. If you've got any problems on transparent GIFs not looking like they should, I'd recommend This transparency tutorial at the Gurusnetwork. For imageready, take a look at This :FAQ: on Imageready transparency.
Maybe my response in this thread about Imageready clears up some stuff you may not know yet.

The blue versions aren't really great, IMHO. The white text doesn't really fit with the rest, both in color as in font. Also, I've got a personal thing against square banners... but that's just me. Also, I think red suits this forum a little better. I think if you get rid of the black background and make that transparent, you've got something very nice.



[This message has been edited by mahjqa (edited 05-30-2003).]

mob68com
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Born in Dublin, Ireland .:. now living in the US
Insane since: May 2003

posted posted 05-30-2003 14:57

All comments are now logged in the chip placed deep in the brain. Thanks guys. I like the flash idea of the orb moving (hmmm) I'll give the transparency article a read. That's my not so good at but willing to try anything part coming out. The font I used is "EileenCaps". I believe I downloaded it from here: http://www.1001fonts.com/fonts_overview.html?page=1&category_id=2

Xenon
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Inside the Light Bulb
Insane since: Apr 2003

posted posted 05-30-2003 21:15

I agree with mahjqa on this one. In my opinion, the blue signature kind of clashes with the colors of the board... The red text with the animated jewel and a transparency would look better I think. But that's just me.

Human Shield
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From: Massachusetts, USA
Insane since: Jun 2000

posted posted 05-30-2003 22:09

I disagree, simply because I hate this idea of signatures having to fit in with the forum's color scheme.

Go with the blue. I love it.

mob68com
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Born in Dublin, Ireland .:. now living in the US
Insane since: May 2003

posted posted 05-30-2003 22:15

Human Shield thank you. I guess I'm just have to make lots of different versions, load them to a site and add a poll, and which ever one wins, then that will be the one I use. Sounds like a plan.

HZR
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Cold Sweden
Insane since: Jul 2002

posted posted 05-30-2003 22:34

I like the blue one too. Only thing I don't like about it is the font of the white text.
Would also be cool with some kind of animation.

eyezaer
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: the Psychiatric Ward
Insane since: Sep 2000

posted posted 05-31-2003 00:55

Mob68dude, I would like it to be transparent... some one else wants a diff color... and so on.

Just go with what you like. Its all good stuff, cept imho, i dunt like the boreder and background. Yah ain't never gonna make us all happy though so just go with what ya like... Soon enough ya will probably make another sig... and another.

No reason to get hung up over one.

and welcome to Ozone and all that jazz.



Gilbert Nolander
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Washington DC
Insane since: May 2002

posted posted 05-31-2003 03:37

I think the blue looks fine. It's pretty fancy.

Sanzen
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Raleigh, NC
Insane since: Jan 2003

posted posted 06-01-2003 02:00

I agree, i like the blue, but just the Mob and the 68, with the transparencry, would make it kinda look like the word is indented.... i like it

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