If you’re a gamer, you know how much ungodly amount of time is spent on developing a single character. It’s just that you want to show your character in the market of your favorite game, and it’s just nice to make your game signature look unique. We’ve all seen the same sign over and over and want something different, right?
This is an easy-to-use gaming signature forum created purely in Photoshop, but it takes several steps to create. Take your time with it – we won’t use predefined styles, so each step is laid out by you and is fully customizable. A copy of Photoshop version 7 or higher (or a copy of another graphics editor like GIMP that can handle layers); This tutorial was written using CS3 Background, so some of the tooltips might be placed in different places if you’re using a different version, but everything is there.
Let’s jump right in.
Children’s Forum Sig
1. New Canvas– Before you create a canvas (File, New), make sure you check the guidelines of the forum you’re visiting and see if anything is said about signature size. Some forums don’t really care how big your signature is, as long as you’re practicing yourself. Other forums have a specific signature with no upward or downward deviations. Starting with the right size canvas saves you a ton of time and frustration.
In my case, I want to use any size (yay for the type of forum admins!), so I will create a wall that is 400×150 in RGB mode with a white background.
2. Image – Everything in this signature will work on the “interface” aspect of the background image. So let’s do it first. Make a new layer (Layer, New, Layer) and then select your polygonal lasso tool. Then, set the body color to #e8e8e8 and the color from your color to #d1d1d1.
Now use your lazy polygon tool to draw a shape like the one in Illustration 01. The canvas should almost fill, but not completely (the smallest “me-me” area we need to make. Fill the selection with your fabric color.
Next we will start to make this look more metallic. Go into your styles layer (Layer, Styles) and select “Stroke”. Set the color to #5a5a5a and the size to 1 pixel. Then, place the “Golden Gradient” tab in the Layer Styles window. Click it, and set the gradient to your face/background color, the reflection style, and the scale to 105. Finally, click the “Inner Glow” tab. In this, set the color to white and the size to 3 pixels. Click OK.
The last step in creating our background image is to create a few “dividers” that define where our signature elements will end up. Set your background color to #5a5a5a and add in dividers as in Illustration 01 (use one of your row and each column tools to create them). Next, duplicate all your lines, move them 1 pixel down or to the right (use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move 1 pixel at a time) and go back to your layer styles, applying a golden white color to each duplicate. fortifications
3. Gel Bar– This step is really quick, but it ends up making the whole thing look a lot smoother. First, create a new table that is behind everything except the background list. Then a rectangle that extends through the back and below the interface, as shown in Illustration 02. I also cut off the corner of the bar using my polygon tool, which I liked better that way.
Now you need to select the color you want the bar to be. The best light color is blue, red, crimson, hot pink, etc. Next, set the old color to the light version of that, and the background color to the darker version of it. If you have a bullet of your talent that you want to use all ready, try choosing the colors already in the present shoot.
Next, go into your brush styles and set the Gradient to Gold. Change the gradient to match the colors of your device, but leave all other settings alone. Then click the tab on the inner shadow. Set the size to about 21 pixels and leave the other settings untouched. Finally, enter the “Satin” tab and the color white. Click OK.
Your gaming signature should now look more or less like mine in Illustration 02.
4. Last Touches – All that is left is to type your text and add your gambling card in the signature. If your forum is a topic that isn’t listed, you might want to consider changing the course of your signature to respond to it – it just looks better. Otherwise, except for weapons and as you went! Just make sure you save your seal template as a .psd so you can easily change it anytime you need.
