Yakuzakitty tries her hand at making sigs :P

[yakuzakitty]

Well, I had a go at making some sigs. See what you think:

[yakuzakitty]

[Xye]

LOVE!!! My fav is the gothic pump thing! Looks awesome  (btw transcendence takes an S XDDD haha)

[Sharwin]

The stock images you used are all pretty nice, but I think the text really blends in well or slightly hard to read (for some of them).

I think I have to agree with Xye that the Gothic one is the best.

Other then that, you can try playing around with textures and filters to see if you give some interesting effects that matches in with it, along with the text.

[yakuzakitty]

Lol well regarding spelling, I can be a proper dyslexic when I want to be (wow hard word...)
And thanks, I'm kinda new but I think they're definitely getting better, the more I do...

[yakuzakitty]

[Sharwin]

They are looking better! But I'm not sure if you are losing image quality when you are saving your signatures.

I suggest trying to save them as .png since saving them as .jpeg can introduce artifacts and lower the quality of the picture. Also, another good way to add interesting effects is try downloading random brushes from the internet (like deviantart) and see if adding them in might create some unique effects!

Since a large part of art is trial and error xD

[yakuzakitty]

Yeah, I'm defo loosing image quality. Might try PNG :)

And yes, I have been getting brushes from DevArt.
I'm learning as I go :)

Thanks for the constructive criticism :)

[werr]

The best one is the Heavenly Queen.

Here is some general stuff that you should have in mind (there are many styles in GFXing, but some things are common in them all):

Render:
The render is the main part of any sig, therefor it should be the most visible. Blending does not mean making the render one with the background, but making it look as part of the whole. Contrary on what you have done in the first few sigs, the render needs to stand out, sometimes you need to sharpen it and blur the rest to make it the first thing one sees when looking at the picture.

Lighting: http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg306/bolshun/naruto1315copy.png
Every sig needs a source of light. It can be more than one, the others being smaller and less illuminated, but generally a single light source is used. The light comes from one direction and all the objects in the image should have lights and shadows depending on it. When the entire image is dark or light, it looks plain and lacks vibrancy.

Text: here is a good example of well used text (by Shiki) http://ourtranscendence.com/forum/index.php?topic=537.msg9358 (the second one from the top)
One of the most simple looking but very difficult issue when creating a sig. To make it blend, but still be visible and look nice is not easy. If you are using PS you can use blending modes and filters. Transform it as you fancy, as well. Rotate it, skew it, warp it, distort it if the situation requires it. Font is not the only thing that makes a text look nice, it is placement and color, size and orientation, filters and blending. Avoid brushing over it like in your third sig.
These are two sigs I made almost two years ago, but I am still quite fond of them ans I like the text: http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg306/bolshun/The_Jokers_Hand.png http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg306/bolshun/Untitled-2copy-5.png

Saving:
Go to File > Save for Web & Devices (Alt+Ctrl+Shift+S) and use PNG-24. You can uncheck "Transparency" if you do not have a transparent spot on the image you are creating.

That's it for now, I am going to shut up and let you figure it out. Have you looked into tutorials? A few sites that offer PS tutorials:

http://www.good-tutorials.com/
http://www.photoshopstar.com/
http://www.sigtutorials.com/
http://www.signaturestop.com/

[yakuzakitty]

Thanks a bunch :D

[Xye]

Werr has spoken! 

[Hoang]

you did better than my first tries at photoshop, people say i was really good, i was like...RLLY??, i was sorta...inexperienced with no mentors so to render my pictures, i had to use the lasso tool, yup, lasso tool for EVERY picture

[Xye]

Wow....lasso?! that is hella long time 

[Hoang]

exactly, considering the game i played was EXTREMELY grapic...yup...

[yakuzakitty]

My my :P

[werr]

Any new works?

[Koyue]

  I love the Cardcaptor Sakura ones and the Gothic Pimp o3o