Re: Official "Show off your new Sig" Thread

by **Atrum** Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:54 am

I almost always go 350x150. Only exceptions are usually text or images outside the standard "box" for the sig.

by **S7 Interseptor** Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:19 am

And I go 450 x 150. To each his own. As long as you don't go over the maximum limit you are all good. I would recommend a "standard" that you use all the time (whatever you decide that to be). That way you do have a uniform look.

Keep it up. You'll only get better with time.

by **S7 Epic** Tue Jun 28, 2011 1:47 pm

I don't see why you would want a uniform look? A lot of the time, i'll brush a 600 x 600 piece and then crop the best part depending on what looks best. Starting with a small canvas is far too limiting. But, as you said, each to their own.

by **S7 Interseptor** Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:04 pm

No I meant the finished product. I often start with a larger background as well. Take my current laughing man sig. The original image is huge and I only used part of it. But pretty much all of my sigs are 450x150 (finished). Not that you have to do that either but I like to.

by **Atrum** Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:06 pm

If I don't have much time I'll start at the sig size I want. Even if I work on a 6000x6000 300dpi canvas I still crop down to 350x150. Easy to keep uniform size even with big canvas usage.

by **S7 Epic** Tue Jun 28, 2011 8:05 pm

I was referring to the finished product also, the reason that I mentioned the larger canvas is because i'll often play around with this and then simply freehand a the bounding box which works best, as opposed to just setting one of a uniform size. Especially when renders are involved.