First Shot at Photoshop

[Origami]

So I got Photoshop CS4 today, and after 2 hours of working this was my horrible final creation lol:

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa244/relyh/Sig1.png

[Oblivion]

That's amazing!
Did you have any base body, or did you create it from scratch?

[Sage]

I'm only impressed if you drew that yourself. Using photoshop to add spiffy lighting and blending effects isn't something to be overly proud of.

Edit: To add to the point, if you didn't draw that yourself, taking another artist's work is totally uncool.

[Ryandel]

I'm only impressed if you drew that yourself. Using photoshop to add spiffy lighting and blending effects isn't something to be overly proud of.

Edit: To add to the point, if you didn't draw that yourself, taking another artist's work is totally uncool.


Blending effects takes some skills. Don't be too hard on him. And most people that use photoshop have to utilize stock images. [Stock image : Pre made image(s) supplied to other artists to be utilize in their own projects.]

Good job as a start though. But maybe ease up on the lighting, a tad too dark on a few areas, which made it a bit dull. But great job

[Ninja Noob]

Try to make your original image blend more with the rest of it by messing with the hue/saturation (Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation) and also with the text placement...

Alright I'll be honest. Unless you are experienced with photoshop and are willing to take the chance at putting in text, go ahead. But for a beginner, it usually doesn't look that great. Once you pick up a sense of blending, keep trying at it, but for now, just leave it out.