SYN Kiwi
New member
Hi Guys. Bringing you another fantastic tip from "Sinon's Studio" (I shall dub it.. ) to help out with your overall graphic design.
As a rule of thumb, if you're taking up more than 10-15 minutes to do a signature something is going wrong somewhere.
Does this mean you need to find better quality photos? Maybe
Does this mean picking a background more suitable to the stock image? Maybe
Does this mean telling the client that they're out to lunch with all the garbage they want in their sig? Maybe (sometimes most definitely)
Does this mean you need to relearn some basic photoshop tools? Maybe (I even do from time to time)
But most of all, it probably means that you picked photos (or the client did) that are on opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to:
Lighting
Colors
Perspective
& Style
How do you fix this?
Well.. Lighting and Color Adjustments I'll post a video on this.
Perspective? Get a new photo. It CAN be edited, but trust me, it'll be faster finding a new photo.
Style? Get a new photo. It CAN be edited, but trust me, it'll be faster finding a new photo.
Try to place your main stock/character in a setting where it's somewhat believable. Put anime characters in with an anime background, tech/cyborgs in with a metallic background.
The better suited your photos are, the less Photoshop magic you'll have to do to pull it off.
How to educate your client on photo selection?
Don't. Just don't. Tell them the same thing I do. Their photos may be rejected due to quality or suitability and replaced with "like" images without notice. I've never had a complaint yet.
As a rule of thumb, if you're taking up more than 10-15 minutes to do a signature something is going wrong somewhere.
Does this mean you need to find better quality photos? Maybe
Does this mean picking a background more suitable to the stock image? Maybe
Does this mean telling the client that they're out to lunch with all the garbage they want in their sig? Maybe (sometimes most definitely)
Does this mean you need to relearn some basic photoshop tools? Maybe (I even do from time to time)
But most of all, it probably means that you picked photos (or the client did) that are on opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to:
Lighting
Colors
Perspective
& Style
How do you fix this?
Well.. Lighting and Color Adjustments I'll post a video on this.
Perspective? Get a new photo. It CAN be edited, but trust me, it'll be faster finding a new photo.
Style? Get a new photo. It CAN be edited, but trust me, it'll be faster finding a new photo.
Try to place your main stock/character in a setting where it's somewhat believable. Put anime characters in with an anime background, tech/cyborgs in with a metallic background.
The better suited your photos are, the less Photoshop magic you'll have to do to pull it off.
How to educate your client on photo selection?
Don't. Just don't. Tell them the same thing I do. Their photos may be rejected due to quality or suitability and replaced with "like" images without notice. I've never had a complaint yet.