[dragon_god]

Hey, this is my first time sending in a request for anything so if I leave something out or I'm being too vague, will someone please let me know. I'm looking for someone to make me a sig to help advertise my story here on the forums. Just having my current sig isn't really getting the job of attracting viewers/posters. So I'm thinking that this will help me out. BTW: If we can't have sigs to advertise our fan-fictions, please let me know.

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What text do you want?

Any pictures you suggest we use? (If so, provide a link)

Any specific colors or mood you want?

What do you want to use it for? (sig, avatar, wallpaper, website banner etc.)

Anything you don't want on your image?

Any other comments?

1) "Uprising - written by dragon_god", " "Why can't I escape pain?" - Shruikan", "Shruikan", "Seraphine". (Last two have more details attached to them in answer 6, Paragraph 1.)

2) If you can make Shruikan look something like this, it would be appreciated: Rajaion and Ashnard. You know, something cool and easy to recognize as Shruikan. If you can't make him look like the picture, then feel free to use your imagination on making him as accurate as possible to a muscular and very large black dragon.

I also want a blue dragoness in the sig to serve as Shruikan's mate. It's okay if it looks like Saphira, though I don't necessarily want it to be her. A picture like this would be sufficient if you can just darken the eyes a little so they're not so bright. Maybe eyes with the same shade as her scales or a shade darker, I don't care which: Blue dragoness (Shruikan's mate)

3)I would like for the two dragons to be embracing each other in a loving way, making contact in some form or another. After all, they're mates. What I was planning was having both dragons stare off into the distance, the female's head resting on Shruikan's shoulders, much like in this picture: Ena and Rajaion. The size proportion between these two dragons is just how I would like it for the actual sig. Shruikan is, in the story, much bigger than his mate. This background is an acceptable one for the whole sig (sunset with stars appearing in the sky above them through the clouds).

As far as an actual color, it would only be for the text. I would like the first 2 texts mentioned above to be either of these colors: example 1 and example 2.

4)I would like to use this for a signature to advertise Uprising, the story of Shruikan's life until the time of Eragon. NOTE: I don't want a signature that is too small to where you can't see anything or read the text. It should be big enough to catch people's attention but not so big that it breaks the size restrictions for signature rules. I don't know if you already knew that, but just in case.

5) No glitter or animations of any kind. Everything (including the text) should be still. I don't want there to be switching between pictures, meaning one second it shows Shruikan by himself, the next showing the female dragoness by herself, and then both of them together. Just a plain simple signature.

6) It would be greatly appreciated if you could put the names of the two dragons very small right next to them. The black dragon would obviously be "Shruikan" with the same color text as the female dragon's scales. The blue dragoness's name is "Seraphine" and should have a slightly lighter shade of black (example 3) than Shruikan's scales. Try not to block the main picture of the two dragons with the text listed in answer 1. I don't mind if they cover the tip of the tail or a claw or something small like that. Just don't block the whole body or anything like that.

I would also like all the text, with the exception of the dragon names, on the right side. "Uprising - written by dragon_god" would be on the top half with Shruikan's quote on the bottom half. The quote can be more than one line but try to keep it compact. I realize that working with the pictures that I provided, especially the one for Shruikan, will be extremely difficult to work with but I hope you can make it work. Keep in mind that I'm new to making requests for sigs so if I made a request that you can't really work with, please let me know and we'll work on it. I don't know how hard/easy it is for you to make sigs so forgive me if I made one that was too demanding. I tried to be as specific as I could. If you have more questions to ask or if I didn't make myself clear on something, feel free to pm me.

I want to take the time now to thank whoever decides to take up this mighty task ahead of time. I realize that you're taking this task out of your spare time and I respect you for it. You are far too kind and I wish you luck with this request. Thank you so much for your time.


dragon_god

[Pixel]

Not that I'm going to make the signature (It would look horrendous, haha) but I'm not clear on which of those pictures, if any, you want in the sig. If it's all of them, it would be very difficult to incorporate that many images with such vastly different qualities into one sig. And the quality of the second image you provided is a bit lacking.

[Pompoon]

I will make this, or at least attempt, but there are two things that will be very hard.

One, I would have to find an already done image of the Dragons, as I can't actually modify them in that way.

Two, even in the max size sig, it will be, VERY difficult to put in all of that text. If I could edit some of it, such as, Dragon God, seeing as that'll be obvious if you have your sig link to the Fic, which I can show you how to do.


So, if that works, I'd be willing to try.

Also, thanks for being so in depth.

[dragon_god]

Not that I'm going to make the signature (It would look horrendous, haha) but I'm not clear on which of those pictures, if any, you want in the sig. If it's all of them, it would be very difficult to incorporate that many images with such vastly different qualities into one sig.

Ha ha. That's okay, Pixel. At least you're honest. Well, I wasn't demanding any specific picture for the signature. I was just giving examples of how I wanted the dragons to look, not saying "I want this dragon and this dragon." I just wanted to give whoever is making this an idea of what I was looking for.

And the quality of the second image you provided is a bit lacking.

Well, I got these pictures off of google, so what do you expect? If I could have found a bigger size for that picture, I would have gladly provided the link for it.

I will make this, or at least attempt, but there are two things that will be very hard.

One, I would have to find an already done image of the Dragons, as I can't actually modify them in that way.

Thanks for taking up the challenge. Like I said, I don't want these EXACT dragons in there. I just wanted to give you a broad idea on what to work with and what I was kinda hoping to see. It doesn't have to be exact, but I would like something close to it. General guidelines are that there is a smaller blue dragoness snuggling with a larger black dragon staring into a sunset like in the third picture provided in my first post. Hope that's easier to see.

Two, even in the max size sig, it will be, VERY difficult to put in all of that text. If I could edit some of it, such as, Dragon God, seeing as that'll be obvious if you have your sig link to the Fic, which I can show you how to do.

Well, yeah. I can always take out the "written by dragon_god" part. I'm okay with that. Everyone's going to know it's my story because this is going in my sig anyway. I guess I can take out the quote as well. It's the shortest quote I have from him, but it isn't mandatory to have. Besides, if he's going to be snuggling with Seraphine, why should he be talking about pain? So you can take out the quote as well. But I do want to keep the names of the dragons in there. So it'll just have "Uprising" and the dragon names right next to them. The outline of the sig itself will stay the same: the snuggling dragons taking up most of the sig, their names labeling them both (preferably on the side of them or underneath them), and "Uprising" on the right. That's it.

Again, thank you, pityonmurtagh, for taking on this daunting task. I hope this cleared things up for you. If you've any more questions, don't hesitate to ask.

This post has been edited by dragon_god: 08 October 2009 - 09:43 PM

[Pompoon]

Yea, I'll definitely do it. It'll be alot easier without that much text. Thanks.

If you want, I'll still add in dragon_god, just in a corner, or the like.

This post has been edited by pityonmurtagh: 08 October 2009 - 09:52 PM

[dragon_god]

Not a problem. And thank you again. Let me know when it's done. I can't wait to see it. Just keep in mind that the text color requests stay the same. Good luck and God speed.

[Pompoon]

Would you mind if they are flying together in the sunset?

I haev this vision of them circling each other around a mountain, if that makes sense.

This post has been edited by pityonmurtagh: 08 October 2009 - 10:21 PM

[dragon_god]

Nah, there's no need to put my name in the sig. Everyone knows that I'm the one that writes Uprising, so there's no need for the clarification. Thanks though.

Again, I have to pass on the flying idea. I'd be happy with just the two of them sitting on a cliff staring into the sunset. It adds more emotion to it. The purpose of having Seraphine snuggle next to Shruikan is to emphasize their love for each other. It's harder to see that symbolism if they're flying around a mountain. So no. Just sitting on a cliff looking at the sunset will do. Again, thanks for the suggestion.

[Pompoon]

I tried to do it. I really did. I did so many different things, but I just can't get this to work. I'll try in a few days, when my concussion is better, but as for right now, I'm hopeless. I'm really sorry, as I said I'd do it, but I can't right now.

[dragon_god]

That's okay. I can wait. I just want to make sure it's done before I finish Uprising and I've still got quite a bit to go, so there's no rush. Hope you feel better. And thank you for trying. I'll be waiting for your next attempt.

[Under Fire]

I hope you like it, I just spent a little time tinkering.
If it's not quite what you wanted, I might be able to tweak it a bit. I still have the .xcf file for it. otherwise, enjoy ^_^

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[img]http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/283/d/7/Uprising_V1_0_by_GhostFox21.png[/img]

[dragon_god]

Dude, that is nice. I don't know how you guys make the sigs the way you do, but this one looks really nice. The colors appear very close to where I wanted (especially Seraphine. The red dragon in the sig actually looks blue which is kinda cool.) I'll take it. Thanks, Brisingr.

Sorry, POM. He beat you to it. But don't let that stop you from making your own attempt. I'm always up for another. I occasionally change my sig around so I might alternate between this one and the one you make. You never know.

[Under Fire]

if anyone's interested in HOW I made it, I was testing a screencapture software with this one.
It's 38 minutes long, but if anyone's interested, I could upload it somewhere for them to see.
also, Dragon_god, careful with the amount of text under that image, I can't remember if it was 2 or 3 lines, but I do remember blank lines still count as lines.

This post has been edited by brisingr is fire: 10 October 2009 - 11:25 PM

[dragon_god]

Alright. Thanks for the warning. I'll see what I can do about it.

[Pixel]

If you have an image, you can have three lines of normal sized text or two lines of medium sized text. I'm not sure what the sizes of the text in your signature are, but it looks like there is a space between the two lines. If you get ride of that space your signature should be within the rules.

Normally I (and probably a lot of the other mods) don't pay such close attention to the details of a signature, but it has been brought to attention, so I thought I should clarify.

Oh yeah, and great sig! I didn't think any results would be that great, but I guess I was wrong, heh.

This post has been edited by Pixel: 11 October 2009 - 03:01 PM