Okay, um, I know PT posted the worm game, but this is a bit different, and I don't see the worm game starting up anytime soon. :/

I got this idea from White Water Graphics. Basically, someone starts on a sig/tag, and the next person adds something to it. One huge collboration, which would be quite challening. Except it can't exceed the sig size.

Anyone for it?

Can we make the sig size slightly bigger than normal to start with then? So that's more of a webbanner than a sig...that way it won't look so cluttered.

Like 250X600?

Sure, I guess ... but not THAT huge DF! XD

Meh....fine 175x500

I shall post something very simple, very soon...

THREE BRUSH LIMIT

I'll go up to 560x140.

Yeah, that's fine. I'll see if I can add on to that ... in a few minutes. I'll edit my post if no one posts after me.

Three Brush limit? As in only use three brushes? Ha! I won't use any, just a bunch of erased renders!

Yea, I just HAD to ruin it:



XD

OH SNAPS! I'll join in

This is looking ... interesting. ^^

Very interesting...

So...when do we finish? It's starting to look like a border might come in handy after we fix up the dark area a bit. (It's empty is what I mean).

This is cool.

We finish when it starts looking like a read sig. We're faaar from done yet. =P It would help if we had more people ...

Sorry if that was too much, I only added some displacement stuffs and sharpened. And added a colour tone.

This all took up just one layer.

Nah that's fine.



I think we need a focus. XD

We Did Need a focus

HeLla TIGHT!^

I'm in.



Are small changes allowed?

I dont see why not.

Sure, not like I do anything much noticeable. XD

Would it be bad if I turned the tone back to blue? I thought it looked better as blue, oh and MT Banger did you use renders for the metal stuff? Just wondering how you did that.

EDIT: Too bad it's blue again...

I didnt use any renders...

Or metal stuff O=

Then...what did you use C4Ds?

I might have gone a bit far.....I wanted to get the rusted colour.

I don't know, Brandon, it just doesn't seem to fit, with the red...it's sort of look likes you negatized the red-eye removal tool.

Nope ^_^ I just messed around with the already existing sig (smudging, displacement, sharpening and colouring.)

I'd put some text in there ... though I've no idea what the exact theme is so I wouldn't know what to put. =P

Aw man you guys totally overworked it. Keep doing whatever you're doing, but I had to go back a few steps and take it while it was still not completely cluttered and overworked, and when it should have ended. My old high school art teacher (may she rest in peace) had a way of taking away people's paintings when they were at a good finishing point and the student didn't have the sense to see it. Then we had a different art teacher the next year who'd encourage students to keep working the peice, and I saw many good paintings turn into utter peices of crap because the students (and the teacher) would not leave the damn painting be when it was appropriately complete.

I'm glad somebody said that.

Methinks maybe start off with a new canvas people.

New canvas?

^Wow. Turned out great. That's really profound of your art teacher, looks like you learned a heck of a lot from her. A really good lesson to learn, thanks for teaching me something today. The end result looks completely and utterly awesome. The text is neat too, lol .

You're welcome. Glad you learned something from that.

Also, I decided to expand on that lesson a bit before we get too much farther with the next collaboration. Don't forget that you can also take stuff away in order to gain a focus. When DD had it, the version that I took and added text and a low-opacity gradient map, she said that it needed a focus. Admittedly, the image wasn't that centralized, and the bright spots in the C4D drew your eyes to too many places at once. So.. how do we add a focus? Do we a) add some random-ass robot and drown the abstract composition, or do we b) remove extra bright spots so that the focus we already have becomes more unified and centralized? You guys went with option A and eventually ended up with this:


So.. where's the focus? It has a render in it, but still no focus. It's overwrought, cluttered, and way too busy, and I really can't make much out of it.

However, I decided to go with option B, and got this:


I went back and blotted out the distracting bright spots on the left side, so that the focus resides in the fantastical design and lighting of the right side. 'Hurr but the left side is so blank!' you say, but I reply, 'fear not, because this is NOT a bad thing. Negative space can be a very good thing, because it can give you an elegant, clean design, and it can be used to bring out other parts of the piece, like I've done here.

Also, here's a focus vs render rant I made a while ago, for your further reference: http://inheritanceforums.com/index.php?sho...=0#entry1084731

Sorry if I killed the canvas.

Wow XD

I burned some

O.o.

*monitor is engrained with uber contrasted image*

Erm, you mind if we take it back a step?

Sure, I guess. XD You could just color over in black if you don't like it. Collaboration. -_^

I don't think that includes my step, lol.

So dodge it! XD Or re-do it, whatever. You can't color over what I did, I guess. XD

We kinda hit a total brick wall with that one , nothing can be done over that image =/

Okay, mtb, start with a new canvas, then.

Smudgey, smudgey.

More smudging... And displacement... Oh, and colour.

Simple Displacement, Tad of brushing, lower the brightness.

Some smudging, a brush and some dodging.

Arghhh! What have you done!?! Were not ready for text yet, theres just a background!

Oh well...it turned out well enough:


Course now you forced me to finish it with your textyness, I suppose we could add some more itty bitty stuff, but other than that it's done. It's a bit to bright, someone fix? Oh and a border it needs a border.

I've darkened it, and added a border.



I hope I haven't ruined it...

Nope. It looks very nice!

I guess it is pretty much over...Unless someone can make it better.

Should we start with a new canvas?