Custom Made Sig and Avatar [7]

[noobvious]

In the meantime, here is the revamped version of the pen sig.

I'm no expert, but it looks good to me.

 

[Britton30]

Looks great Athene ... nice work

In the meantime, here is the revamped version of the pen sig.

I'm no expert, but it looks good to me.

And there you have it.

 

[Athene]

Thanks all :-D
I'm just posting another version with a shorter drop shadow, as per the speedgamer01's suggestion. Which one looks more natural? Posting the former one again, that way you've got a side-by-side comparison

 

[PooMan UK]

It doesn't really matter the length of the shadow only predicts the time of day (the height of the light that falls on the image)

 

[Athene]

Lol, thanks, Nick ) But which version looks nicer, from a purely aesthetic point of view?

 

[tom982]

Purely on aesthetics, I would say that the shorter shadow looks more natural

 

[Britton30]

Purely on aesthetics, I would say that the shorter shadow looks more natural

+1

 

[tom982]

I forgot to add that it's a great looking sig! Well done Athene! What made you drop the purple textured part?

 

[noobvious]

Thanks all :-D
I'm just posting another version with a shorter drop shadow, as per the speedgamer01's suggestion. Which one looks more natural? Posting the former one again, that way you've got a side-by-side comparison

I'll say the one with the shorter shadow looks more natural. The longer shadowed one I would think would need some slight shading elsewhere to account for the lower angle of sunlight that would be coming from the later time of day, as Nick mentioned.

 

[Arc]

Dont mind, may you have a try placing the pen at the end point of Athen"e" ?

 

[Athene]

Well, it was chiefly the wavy diagonal pattern I wanted to get rid of (that way one angle of light would simply be dropped, and that would of course makes things a lot easier); but without the pattern, the purple looked too hard and when I reduced the opacity, it had a washed-out effect, so I decided to change the colour altogether and use pastel green, which I have used only rarely in my sigs so far.
So I've got two votes for the shorter shadow :-D Thanks, Tom and Gary! Keep the votes coming in! ))

 

[Athene]

Four votes for the shorter shadow! Thanks, Archie and Randy ;-D I did indeed place the pen at the end of the name, but it looked cluttered with the post-it right above it, and the left side, on the other hand, seemed very empty. And as a left-hander (hence the angle of the pen), I wanted the pen to be on the left side )
Of course, logic says that the pen has to be at the end of the name, if one wants to stick to a linear course of events

 

[Arc]

Of course, logic says that the pen has to be at the end of the name, if one wants to stick to a linear course of events

If you are not writing in Arabic script !

 

[Athene]

Lol, good point, Archie

 

[noobvious]

Of course, logic says that the pen has to be at the end of the name, if one wants to stick to a linear course of events

If you are not writing in Arabic script !

I believe the Hebrew language is also written that way.....right to left.

 

[Athene]

Telepathy, Randy :-D Just what I was about to add to my post

 

[noobvious]

Telepathy, Randy :-D Just what I was about to add to my post

great-minds-think-alike

 

[Athene]

Indeed, wicked wordsmith :-D Marry me?

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Just got home and chiming in on the shadow....again!

Looking at the light shining on the pen...the pen is black with a light streak down off center of the middle.
I took a small flashlight and pen and placing the light streak approximately the same as your sig the shadow came to the right side of the pen..

I am no expert in anything but taking care of my wife so fire away with c.omments. Criticism I can handle'

 

[Athene]

I did and noticed the same, Dennis - that's why I was having such massive trouble with the shadows and angles...But let's call it artistic licence ;-D
On this occasion, I'd like to thank all of you for helping me with the sig! It's a sig which was sort of created by everyone