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Got bored.
R&C.

A little too much yellow. But other than that, WOO HOO! Its awesome.

Yeah, there was an overkill on the yellow.

Here's a couple new versions.

1



2

2 is my favorite so far.

Actually... I didn't notice how pixely it was, atleast with that top left stripe thing. hmm.

To be honest, it looks a bit sharp. But great job none the less

Way too sharp but it looks pretty good.

Fixed some rough edges.

It's still WAY too sharp.

I don't like the difference in the yellows.

The images were at really high resolutions so sizing them down created some pretty rough edges. If you see more, point them out.

@Cox, I did that so the car didn't blend in with the C4D. Like in the first one.

First off, I suggest you work on making your C4D's not be just a solid color, giving them some texture and color variation might help. Secondly, C4D's should usually be used to compliment a background; give a focal point, texture, etc. They shouldn't just be pasted onto a black background, with no consideration. When trying to blend images, I find it works best to use the background to do so. In most cases, just feathering the image doesn't work very well. Also, the color's of a signature can make or break it; I suggest you put some more thought and effort into what color(s) will work best.

All in all though, you should probably work on making your C4D's of a higher quality before you try using them in signatures.

In addition, I don't think the radial blur on the wheel works because nothing in the signature is really moving.

I'm sorry, but this looks terrible.
The Mustang just looks simply erased, and the C4D's shade of yellow is just a smidge off from the car, making it gross. Oversharpened, Use of complete black is bad, random blurring. I don't like one part.

I'll describe all the steps I took; because I didn't just throw on simple filters and gimmicks. I never do anything simple.


The tires don't have radial blur on them, it's just some of the C4D clashing on it I believe, and some attempts of softening the roughness. The actual car image is 2541x1397. After taking a while to thoroughly cut it out to detail, I put it into my 300x120 sig... Naturally, some roughness will occur. So I blurred some of it out.
I also didn't just use complete black, none of my layers are complete black except for a couple I used for shading on overlay and such, that's just the background I used.. It's the hood of the car which hold 2 black stripes. If you look at the part of the C4D extending outward, you can see a yellow line between the black lines. So I did put the C4D on a background, but some of the blending kind of deteriorated the visibility.

Ombre, I'm working on materials. I just started rendering, but I'm workin on it. Here's the render I made for it.


It actually has a variety of shades and such.

Here's the picture I used.


Dsoup, the blurring is a response to the complaints of over sharpening.


I just don't want anyone to assume I do 5 minute jobs. My work is important to me, and I appreciate criticism.
I know what's wrong with it now. Suggestions are what I need. I'm really committed at graphics. I went through probably 10 C4D's before I got the one I used, and went through 5 different concepts of the sig before I got the actual turnout.
I work on a piece every day trying to build up on skill. I find I normally do better when someone makes suggestions rather than point out what's wrong. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate you doing that, but more often than not that only raises more problems in the signature.

I agree with almost everyone who commented on it.