Gift for the Community - Signature Series

[Ricochet]

I enjoy making signatures and I claim no great skill in doing so. I do it for fun.
I've made a series of 7 tags I'd like to share with anyone who would like to use them, even if only as a filler until you acquire your own personalized tag.

I only ask that the original text be left undisturbed and that you first save, and then host the image on your own service, such as photobucket or imageshack. (Right click - Save As)
If everyone were to use the same original link the bandwidth restriction would leave everyone with a broken image.

I don't intend this as advertising and hope it isn't taken as such. I simply left my contact info on the tag in case anyone should wish to get a hold of me, a PM on my home forum is the easiest way to do so.

I hope some people like them and enjoy them.
My gift to the community of a great game.

Peace!

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/9...cochet1xw8.png

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/2...cochet2zy8.png

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/2...cochet3mm1.png

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6...cochet4sz9.png

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/1...cochet5ik0.png

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/8...cochet6rp5.png

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/4...cochet7er0.png

[JAZCASH]

Not bad. Although it's mainly lighting you seem focused on. Try to get some more effects or Rendering and layering/Masking. Added with the lighting creates some great feels.

[Pur3 MaYheM]

The first one is thebest, all of em are cool tho, good job =)

[Verbrennen]

They're all very good. I like that they're all done with highly detailed, clear pictures. Rock on!

[TheRealBigBoss]

Very nicely done!

[WtFAnimosity]

not to be kinda mean or anything but it looks like you just added lens flares to the sigs cuz ive seen alot of those pics.

[mmmpeaches9]

nice. i liked the last one.

[Ricochet]

Thanks peeps, glad you like them.

Critique noted as well but again, these are just gifts, not meant as a display of gfx skill, just something people can use if they happen to like them.

The overall effect on most of them is simply to depict something you might actually see in a game or story, that doesn't usually include c4ds, or vectors or the like, just lighting, angle and focus. You have undoubtedly seen the images before, there is not a large variety of material available for GoW and the resolution of these pieces is only thanks to Frag Qu33n, who was able to locate some larger images. I don't believe any of these are presented that close to the original image, as the characters are cut and blended and the BGs are all contrived. I don't take it as "being mean" and it's nothing on you that you see them that way, it's more flattering that you don't notice they are different from their original context, even if only a little.

Not being defensive, critique as you please, just thought I'd explain a little.
Thanks for the comments, and again, enjoy!