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« on: January 29, 2008, 06:44:45 pm » |
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Here are some tips for people on this board who are graphics artist... - Best programs I know of for making banners, signatures, avatars, etc: GIMP, Photoshop, Inkscape, and Paint Shop Pro
- Be a perfectionist! -Dont just whip something up in 5 minutes! You can always add one more detail!
- Try new techniques! Try new ways to make graphics and it could open up a totally new level of graphics!
- Try tutorials! Tutorials are one of the best ways to learn new techniques. Even if you do not complete the tutorial, chances are you learned something!
- Have an open mind! Be adventurous when making graphics, there is no limit to what you can create!
- When taking requests, be sure you DON'T FALL BEHIND!! Believe me, it can get pretty bad.
- For the best detail of the picture, save as a .png. I have noticed people save them as .gif, and that does not always have the best detail.
If you like, you can post your own tips. I just wrote these down as soon as I thought of them. |
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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2008, 07:36:30 pm » |
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Another thing is when following a tutorials try and change some of the steps and try your own thing.
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« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2008, 08:36:15 pm » |
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Hmm...Lets see if I can think of any.
Look at other peoples graphics to see what styles they do and what you like about it and want you don't like about it. The more you look at other peoples graphics the more ideas your able to get for making you own.
Don't know exactly what you want your graphic to look like when your finished. You probably can't get it too look exactly and then you might not like the after look of it. But instead just play around and try tons of different things.
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« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2008, 04:08:33 pm » |
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.gif is usually only good for animation.
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« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2008, 09:37:59 am » |
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Never be afraid not to stick to general conventions. Always try something new. If you don't learn anything new everytime, there's no point making graphics.
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« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2008, 04:28:16 pm » |
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Be original and use your own work,and by that,I mean from scratch. Cropping an existing image and distorting and rendering its background is hardly impressive nor imaginative.
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« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2008, 10:20:49 pm » |
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dont worry if ur first try looks like crap just try try try again wer not all perfect the first time around
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i think im quiting these forums? ull prbly see me on but like i wont post or say anything
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« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2008, 07:33:27 pm » |
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I have a tip...
- Always save your image each step so if you mess up you won't be in a mess.
Nice tips everyone.
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« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2008, 06:02:48 pm » |
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I have a tip i ofter listen to music whilst makinjg stuff the musixc should go with the grahpic design for example if i was making a sort of urban style of graphic i would listen to something a bit urban...
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« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2008, 12:08:11 pm » |
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My tip is to just play around with everything you can think of on an image.
When you get it to were you like it then save it. Then see if you can do it agine. If you can do it agine then you have memorized what each filter dose and then you can make better work!
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 if your ameracan post this sig in your sig [img]http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc172/starwarsfz/9-11-09-1.jpg[/img] |
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« Reply #10 on: October 05, 2008, 02:27:29 pm » |
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Sylers Tips: - 1.Allways use good renders with good colour, try not to use renders that are only half of what it realy is.
2.Take your time on the sig/tag.
3.Its always good to do graphics when your relaxed, try liserning to music, it always helps  !
4.Look at what other people are doing, and get ideas off them.
5.Look at loads of tuts to help you out.
6. Soon you will be making amazing sigs with out other peoples help.
Do evry thing above and you will be amazing at GFX!  Syler |
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