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I made one for Jerry after a long time :)

Nice one Yussi.

koolkat77 said:

I made one for Jerry after a long time :)

Like your new lion king sig, Joey.

Hey there Alsisgivat, names Ryan.

Thanks Yussi and Archie.

koolkat77 said:

I made one for Jerry after a long time :)

Nice one, Yussi! Very creative.

Athene said:

JaidynM said:

A new sig for Archie. Took me about half and hour to do as I'm still learning to make orbs properly. The thing I'm having trouble with is trying to make it look glassy (for example, like the ones in Nick's sigs). Any tips?

Hi Jaidyn,

I had the same issue when I was still an "orbling" (= learning how to make an orb ;-D ).
Archie helped me - have a look at his post over here; you can also download a PSD file which will show you what the layers look like, then you'll see how you need to proceed:
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Looking at your orb in Archie's sig (very nice work, by the way), you'd just have to create a new layer, place an oval-shaped selection over the upper part of the orb, drag a gradient (white to transparent) over it, then give it a Gaussian Blur of about 2 px.

Made a few pictures of this procedure in Photoshop Elements. Tip: press the Shift button on your keyboard when using the gradient tool - this will make make the gradient perfectly straight.

Thanks for that Athene. As always, this is a great mini-tut.

However, I've so far been able to make the orb using the gradients and ellipses. I have a 3 or so on my orb with the opacity lowered so it isn't too shocking bright. What I was really curious about was how to make an orb particularly glassy like the one in Dennis' sig (here).

Thank you all the same, I appreciate you help.

Alsisgevat said:

Nice one Yussi.

Thanks Joey. Heres one for you :)

JaidynM said:

Nice one, Yussi! Very creative.

Thanks again Jaidyn :)

Thanx Arc.

Hi Ryan

Yussi- thanx for the Sig, I can now switch between the young and the grown up

You're welcome Joey :)