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Here's starting with my very first horrible signature, done with MSPAINT!

Just.... avert your eyes. The others aren't nearly this bad.

And this one is my first, using something other than a stone and a tablet... Mind you, I still to this day haven't mastered Photoshop, but I'm learning (erm, kinda.)

This is a variation of the one above, with better effects, I think. For one, the blending wasn't so horrible. And I fit the original background so that it accents the blade.

Here's my fourth signature, made for myself. Simple, but I wasn't about to try anything complicated at this point, since I barely knew how to work the blending.

I like this one a lot, but I didn't know how to use Clone Stamp, ImageReady, or anything else well at this point. I didn't even properly alter the text so it was more legible. Still, here it is.

This one is simple, but it was the first I made where I found out (accidentally) that I could alter the text itself using layer blending properties. Imagine my joy when words no longer looked like crap.

Here's another one I made for myself. The backdrop layer (game artwork from Knights of the Old Republic) is simply beautiful in its simplicity, but I was far from being the Mastah at this point, as the barely visible ghost Revan shows. Still, it's nice. Might remake it sometime soon.

Here's one I made for Admiral Akbar. I rather like it, especially the glow effect on the words.

A rushed job, but I was tired. Nothing complex; just a figure, a backdrop, and some text.

A more recent one of mine. I tried to triple layer it (Which I do a lot of... I think it's a mental thing) Anyways... there's a saluting Dooku blending (horribly) on the left, a posterized one in center, and a bas relief one slightly off center.

An updated Darth Windu sig. First time I used Clone Stamps. In hindsight, I see I could have made different layers for the cloned images and blended them better. But, as we'll see, I didn't figure that nifty trick out until later.

Ah... I love this one! The comic like text, mixed with the dabbed painting feel made this one a winner. Sadly, HV wanted something less this and more the following.

Which this is still good. It was a bit rough to make, having to reverse Obi-Wan, clone stamp the entire image, and then trim it so I could add the Korriban backdrop. The text was made uniform and simpler, to Hv's liking. Still a good piece.

My water color-esque one. I like this one a lot too. Triple layers... Bottom one came out very nicely, with the accent on the lightsaber. The others mesh well, although in hindsight a clone stamped multiple layer would have meshed even better.

For le Darth Frobo. I gave him an avatar and took this image from his previous avy, simply altering the highlights and adding his name. A shameless piece, but he was happy and that is all that matters.

Darth Windu's latest sig, made in a similar manner as my Obi-Wan blue one. This was a bit harder to do since I could find few appropriate Mace Windu pics to make three images into the sig. Instead of three colored, I settled for one which I took and made black and white, so it wouldn't clash with the others.

A quick one for Darth Genises. I wish I hadn't made teh cover layer of Maul with posterisation, but ah well... Too late now.

A sig I was working on for myself but abandoned because the bas relief effect made it illegible.

My current one (as of this posting). Finally got the trick down about adding an extra layer and then clone stamping onto it. Thus, I was able to make this quasi-masterpiece. I am thrilled. But it's not as easy as the previous sigs, taking much longer to get just right.

Here's one I made for Achilles X... The top font looks a bit rough because I had to go over it twice so it would be more visible... (A major downfall for usin such small signatures is that bloody small font.)

Man, I'm good. I typoed my name in the thread title. Go me!

And the newest one, made for the former Darth Windu (now known as Darth Faunus)

Mwaha! Oooteenie!

Hm, one thing. Mind making the "Master" into "Dark Lord"? Other than that, perfect. Hey, it'd add another entry to your thread. . .

Noice. Dankes.

Nice sigs!

Originally posted by Piggle Humsy
Nice sigs!

Thanks!

Here's another...

Originally posted by Darth_Janus
Man, I'm good. I typoed my name in the thread title. Go me!

hysterical

I see that found a new hobby, you have. Keep it up.

Will most certainly do that... I love making sigs. It's a constructive challenge. So few of those left in life.

Emperor Revan, that sig is under 30 k, it should work.

A new sig...

Beep beep boo boo

Oooteenie!

Artoo Saluts you.

Originally posted by Darth_Janus
Man, I'm good. I typoed my name in the thread title. Go me!

*snickers*

Nice job, genius

Nice sigs

Thank you... lol

Here's my latest one. I went ahead and redid my fav... Jawas pwn, but Obi-Wan is the original badass.

Are you working on my signature pic?

Hey Janus, make me a whoop ass Dooku Sig representing the New Jawa Order!

With my username, of course.

If you do, thanks.

If not, oh well, it was worth askin'!

Here, Fistofan.

And Sorgo, what do you want on it exactly?

Originally posted by Darth_Janus
Here, Fistofan.

And Sorgo, what do you want on it exactly?

Maybe a nicely blended Dooku collage with my username, and if you have room something representin' i am one of the Three masters of the NJO.

Will do.

Originally posted by Darth_Janus
Will do.

Thanks Janus.

Here it is. Hope it's good enough.

Originally posted by Darth_Janus
Here it is. Hope it's good enough.

Nuts Signature, Janus! NUTS! I love it. I'll put it tommorow on my Dooku day....


I exchange days with different Sigs and Avatars.

I have Dooku, Kenobi, Raziel and Redeemer days.

That works then.

Nice Sigs.

Your current sig looks 'different'. If you don't mind my asking, is this some effect? If so, can you tell me about it? (I mean the young obi in the corner and the hooded one)

Well, this is what I did.

Using Adobe Photoshop, I did the bottom layer with a photo of Obi-Wan on Kamino with a Cutout effect. That particular picture (With the rain) made a ncie effect, especially on the lightsaber.

Then I added a few layers. I took the two pictures on either side (The left Obi-Wan I blurred a bit, the right one I used a Fresco effect I think) and resized them in their original pics, then clone stamped them to different layers, and finally added blending effects.

And then for the fourth Obi-Wan, I used either the fresco effect or the water color one, and I faded it in until it fit.

Originally posted by Darth_Janus
Well, this is what I did.

Using Adobe Photoshop, I did the bottom layer with a photo of Obi-Wan on Kamino with a Cutout effect. That particular picture (With the rain) made a ncie effect, especially on the lightsaber.

Then I added a few layers. I took the two pictures on either side (The left Obi-Wan I blurred a bit, the right one I used a Fresco effect I think) and resized them in their original pics, then clone stamped them to different layers, and finally added blending effects.

And then for the fourth Obi-Wan, I used either the fresco effect or the water color one, and I faded it in until it fit.

The text in your sig.... How did you make it look all kick-ass-glowing style?

Hm. On your profile click on the vCode linke tot he left of your signature box. There's a list there.

Now, what do I do, Darth Janus?

Originally posted by Redeemer
Thanks Janus.

so Janus made Redeemer's sig,its very good Janus.

Thanks Mov. I like your sig right now. The Imperial admirals rule.

Thank you, Janus!

Does this look right?
http://images.killermovies.com/forums/user_sigs/customsig_74922_sl.gif

You betcha. All set. Enjoy!

Bump

And here's my newest one. More goofy, less work.

It'll last a day or two.

And a while has past and that one got real old, real quick. Here's my newest one.

nice sigs Janus, I was wondering if you could make a new one for me, you know what I like, Exar and Ulic are two examples, but I also like Obi and Dooku and even the pic of Anakin in RotS with yellow eyes. You don't have to put them all in, just do whatever you like and think would look good and represents me, thanks

Originally posted by Lord Darkstar
nice sigs Janus, I was wondering if you could make a new one for me, you know what I like, Exar and Ulic are two examples, but I also like Obi and Dooku and even the pic of Anakin in RotS with yellow eyes. You don't have to put them all in, just do whatever you like and think would look good and represents me, thanks

Ah, long time no see, Darkstar!

I'll work on it tomorrow, not a problem. Any quotes on it or anything?

thanx, its nice to be back, about the quotes, um not sure, really whatever you think would fit

Fair enough. It's a tad bit late here, and I want to take my time and do a good job... so how's tomorrow evening sounding? And mind you, I'm in US eastern time zone.

sounds good to me, I'm in the US central time zone, so I'm not sure what the time difference is, one or two hours?

anyway, I'll try to be on from 8 my time until whenever

So you'll be on around 9 PM here, I think. I should be on. sure.

alright, sounds good

Here it is! FInally!

nice I like it, thanks

You're welcome!

howdy guys those sigs rock janus

Thanks!

These are amazing, do you enjoy doing them?

I do, and thanks.

could you do me one like that mint obi wan sig but with yoda?

Can you please get me one with sadow Kun and Revan? nice sig btw

Phew! Sorry, guys... I am a bit behind. I reopened my Galaxies account out of sheer boredom and actually spent all night playing it. Dimmimar, here's you're sig.

Eh, I don't care for the quality on that one so much... I'm posting the other version that is exactly 30 k. This might not load, so the other is a backup. It is definately below the size limit (The one above)

Alright, Jaster, here you go!

And atlant80, your sig.

Sweet, I found it! Thanks alot man

Holy Hell that Sig is creepy.........

Nice Job Janus

Originally posted by Kam Solusar
could you do me one like that mint obi wan sig but with yoda?

And is this what you had in mind?

Heh hehe... yeah... I love makin' quality sigs for delighted members.

Thanks guys!

That is truly amazing Janus, Thanks

thanks so much Janus Its awsome

You're both welcome. You need a new one, just ask. And sorry for not being able to get to it right away... just had a holiday weekend and work was rougher then the norm.

Dimmimar, your avatar. I'll get to work on a new sig, since I wasn't satisfied with the old one... I don't like that I had to nerf the quality so much just to get it to fit. The next one'll be good, I promise.

Btw, you might want to let the avatar maker thing adjust this picture, because it's actually 60 by 64 I think, not 50 by 50. Let the avatar maker adjust this from your computer, and then upload the result. It'll look better that way.

A quick update... here's a sig I forgot I had. A very old one, one of my first. I had it hosted, but I never saved it.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/Dark_Aristokrat/darthwindusig.jpg

Here's one of my new ones.

And my current one, breaking the SW trend.

nice new sig Janus, hows my new sig coming?

Oops... slipped my mind. Let me go ahead and make it right now.

Here it is.

And Dimmimar, here's yours too.

thanks janus, is it possible to edit the pics, like give yoda a blue light saber?

It is, but you're better off asking someone else. I'm not into that phase of photoshop yet, and I don't think you want to be the guinea pig.

ok, just wondering.

i know this will seem odd but do you do requests out side Kmc? you see i have an old mate that has seen some of your work and wanted a sig for a different forum, can you do that?

Sure, just be certain to tell me the specifications. Sigs here at KMC are either GIF format or JPEG and 450 pixels by 150.

Just tell me what he wants and how big and I'll make it to best of my ability.

ok, thanks, his names is Nuggetdie

i need the size and capasity details but he wondered if you could do a Ewok jedi verse a jawa sith fight in the middle, and a jawa and ewok faded either side?

right, its slightly bigger than ours 500X200, with unlimited capasity

unlimited space you mean? Where is this place? lol

Btw, new sig. Got tired of people complaining about my old one... Not like it was bad but still... meh.

Notice the totally nerfed quality, thanks to having to lower the limit below 30 k. And apparently when you use image ready to optimize, 26.7 k is automatically 30 k, and the next best thing is 13!

its the Unified jedi academy.

Here, Kam. See if he likes this one.

im sure he will, hes on later today, i'll ask him then

Hey Janus, your super popular there now, i have 2 more if your up for it?

Sure, send them over.

this is quite funny. One wants a very simple one. black back ground two sabers crossed with Arron Cook, Mystic Apprentice. like the txt in faunus'. the sabers he wants are the ones in the attachment. he wants them crossed. i dont think he even wants layers..............?

the other is Qui gon maul match with other TPM characters in the back ground. thats Axazon, you'll prob have a fan club tomoro!

Fair enough. I'll get to work on it tonight, in a few hours when I get home from work.

Well well I see you have grown popular Janus...

Janus if you dont want to you can say no...........?

If I didn't want to I would say no. But I don't mind doing sigs; if anything, I rather enjoy it.

I just can't do anything right this minute because I am at work.

righty ho

First one's done. It IS rather simple, but I supply by demand. Here ya go.

And this is the second one. Now, this is what I came up with, since I couldn't find very many TPM characters worth sticking in a fight scene with Maul and QGJ. I hope this suits. If not, let me know and I'll remake it.

Both are perfect, btw it would be worth keeping the cook one, its really popular and there may be others who will want one similar

Gotcha. Let me know if you need any more.

right, the next wants a variation on this

all the same writing and make it look a bit dull, not too flashy, she also wants this green saber

Sure thing. I'll have it up within the next day or so. Sorry for the delay, but Hurricane Ophelia is expected to pummel my house in the next twenty four hours.

While I know your capible of making your own sig...I just on a whim decided to make you a Deus Ex sig Janus...yes I know its nothing compaired to your work...but hey?

That's actually quite pimp! Thanks!

take as long as you need

Thanks. I'll get to it soon.

And another. exactly like arron cooks but with Chris-councelor at the top and Unified Jedi Alliance below, he wants blue sabers, thanks

Alright, Traya. Here it is.

btw, that's Atris in the background, though it's hard to tell.

Alright, here's Chris'. Next one's on its way.

Kam, this is the variant I came up with for Adona. I wanted to entirely redo the scroll like background, but a good blank scroll pic was hard to come by. So, I added crossed green sabers and gave it a satin finish. If they want something else, just let me know.

ok, please can you change Mystic apprentise to Guardian Apprentice on arron cooks one, I dont know, these people *rolls eyes*

Not a problem. Here ya go.

And a new sig. It's been a few days. I just had to. I'm the guy who doesn't have the same desktop for more than a few hours.

He says "thanks, but could you do the original writting, the bright silver one?"

I personally thought this font was easier to see but no problem. When I get home from work I'll have it done.

Hey I love the new sig Janus.

Thanks! It took me the better part of an hour to find these pics. Original Deus Ex pics are very rare.

Originally posted by Kam Solusar
He says "thanks, but could you do the original writting, the bright silver one?"
Here.

And Avis, here is yours.

Here's the revamped one, Avis.

I don't like the quality on that. When I optimized it to make it fit for KMC standards, it went from 90 kb to 16... let me work with it...

sure

Try this one.

A random new sig for Admiral Akbar.

Originally posted by Deus Ex
A random new sig for Admiral Akbar.

What is with Trask in the backround?

He was part of the original picture background, which i liked. removing him would have been a big job and it was a ten minute sig.

You do a really good job at cutting out people from pics...like the Obi next to Trask is almost perfect.

It's a combination of the eraser brush and a zoomed in look. Plus I tend to add shadow effects to nullify the clashing.

Originally posted by Deus Ex
It's a combination of the eraser brush and a zoomed in look. Plus I tend to add shadow effects to nullify the clashing.

I try to use the "magic wand" tool when I can but I have never hear of these shadow effects you speak of.

Originally posted by Veneficus
I try to use the "magic wand" tool when I can but I have never hear of these shadow effects you speak of.

Hm. Might be my newer version. What you do is pick the cropping tool and then right click the layer for blending options. One of them is shadowing.