Amateur sigs! (Seriously, they are)

I'm fairly new to GIMP & I was wondering how I'm doing so far. These are the better ones. So here they are...





Well?

EDIT: OK? Pretty sure that's not supposed to happen. Help, please?
EDIT (again): HA! Got it.

no.. thats not supposed to happen. The only thing I can figure, maybe its the host, because your tags seem to be alright.

Try hosting with Photobucket.com, thats what I use.

well if you need gimp help im the one to talk to around here considerin im the only one here that uses gimp and ive gotten considerably better if you look at the 2 gallerys i have

Will do, petro. =D I just can't figure out how to get the pictures to blend in with the image. That's the one thing that irratates me. >=(

Well lets use ur lucario pic ar an example.
(I assume you want to get the white background off him for this)
Step 1.
right click and go to layers->Transparency->Add Alpha Channel
Step 2.
Select the fuzzy border tool and select all the areaas you want to get rid of and press delete. This will roughly get rid of the background.
Step 3.
Zoom in to about 400% and refine the white line (Use eraser or fuzzy select again) that should be around lucario further to about 2-3 pixels.
Step 4.
lightly blur the edges with the blur tool to get rid of the last remnants of the border.

zeph it is better but 10X???? I think not

petrovich112 wrote:zeph it is better but 10X???? I think not

Rai-Rai thinks so

Yes, its much easier to give tips when we're using the same tool

but ten times????

These are a lot better. Trust me...

ooh btw ive use photshop cs4 and its not 10 times better.
probly 2.3 - 2.5 times better

i didnt notice leapps and bounds different just alot easier interface
also country those are betters, recent im guessing or was my slight tutorial a misunderstanding

I just practiced with the Free Select Tool until I got the hang of it. XD

It's cool, but you can still see the white spots around samus...YOu should draw something on them or something lol

petrovich112 wrote:well if you need gimp help im the one to talk to around here considerin im the only one here that uses gimp and ive gotten considerably better if you look at the 2 gallerys i have

I use gimp to make xat pics. lol.

lol

GIMP is an okay starting point, but (as is the case for most free programs) it puts the ever-evolving mind into a cage. Photoshop really allows for limitless imagination, creativity, and possibilties.

Good stuff so far, WiiBoy. As stated already, eliminate the empty white area around Samus, and be sure to make the lighting apply to the whole artwork. I'd also recommend you add more elements into the artwork to make the picture appear "busier" (this one is wholly optional though; you may just be a minimalist kind of artist, which is fine).

My latest...





You can still see some white on Sonic. >.<

um in gimp the only good lighting effects are simply titled lighting effects,
also your choices in font and text color are generally bad in this set