assassin's creed signature tutorial

[Wolvy]

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq112/usagi-usagi/dark.png

Assassin's Creed

Result

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/wolvycreed.png

Introduction

Hello, heres a tut on one of my most resent sigs, I'll try to make it begginer friendly so everyone can try it :D

Fractals/c4ds

http://photocopier.deviantart.com/art/renderz-practice-61759499

Tutorial

1. open a canvas, mine was 400x113

2. put in a stock photo, something kind of dark, i chose a forest

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act1.png

3. duplicate this stock so you have it 5 times. you can duplicate it in the layers dialogue. dialogues>layers

4. on the second from the bottum, do a filters>blur>gaussin blur at settings=5. set this layer to softlight 68% opacity

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act2.png

5. on the next layer up, do another gaussin blur (same settings) and set it to screen 76% opacity.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act3.png

6. on the next layer up do another gaussin blur (same settings) set it to screen 100% opacity

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act4.png

7. on the top layer go filters>blur>pixelize. settings=6. next go filters>enhance>sharpen settings=90. set this layer to screen 17% opacity

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act5.png

8. now bring in your render and place it where you wish. duplicate this so you have 10 copies of it. hide all of them except for the buttom one-by clicking the far left box in layers dialogue.

9. select the bottom render layer. go filters>blur>motion blur. make it a 45 degree angle and the length 95. set this to overlay 100% opacity

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act6.png

10. unhide the next layer up and select it. layer>scale layer and make it a little bit bigger. set it to colour 30% opacity

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act7.png

11. unhide the next layer up, and scale it fairly larger. think of it as your renders giant shadow. set it to dodge 27% opacity

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act8.png

12. unhide the next layer up and select it. do a filters>noise>pick both settings to 100 and then click randomize. set this to overlay 70-100% opacity

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act9.png

13. unhide the next layer. do a filter>blur> gaussin blur settings 5-10. lower its opacity to 60%

14. unhide the next layer up. this is now your main render layer. leave it alone as we are now going to do some stuff on top of it

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act10.png

15. unhide and select the next layer up. right click it and chose alph to selection. then go select>shrink at about 2-6 depending on how much glow you want. then press ctrl+I to invert selection

16. go filters> artistic>cubism
tile size= 3.4
tile saturation 2.5

select> none. erase the effects at the bottum with the eraser tool and then set this layer to overlay

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act11.png

17. repeat steps 15-16 on the next layer up

18. now on next layer up (yes you must be tired of reading that now) do another alpha to selection. select>shrink =2-4. select>none

19. now go filters> blur>gaussin blur settings 2-5. then go colours>colourize and make the blur close to the colour scheme that seems to be going on. mine was a blue-ish colour.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act12.png

20. now put in a c4d of your choice (mine is supplied at the top) and erase bits that dont look good. make this layer at the very top lighten only 100% opacity. I only did a little bit at first:

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act13.png

21. then i added it again lighten only 100% opacity

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act14png.png

22. then i added it again erasing parts all throughout that i didn't like.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act15.png

23. add a new transparent layer and set it at the top. select the paintbrush tool and brush the shoulders of your render with white while using the circle fuzzy brush.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act16.png

24. set this layer to softlight then duplicate it once.

25. next i added another new transparent layer and selected the gradient tool(blend tool) make it FG-transparent and make your FG white. make the shape radial. next i drew a small gradient for a light source coming up from the bottom of the render. I set this layer to overlay 100% opacity.

26. next i added a couple purple fractals (it matched my scheme) and set them to lighten only

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act17.png

27. now its time for some some colour touch ups. go edit>copy visible edit> paste. right click it>new layer. make sure all these are at the top. now go colours> brightness contrasts settings at

brightness=about 40
contrast=about 35

28.do another copy visible layer then choose the gradient/blend tool. make the shape linear and change the gradient to french flag smooth. go colours> map>gradient map. set this layer to overlay 46% opacity

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act18.png

29. do another copy visible layer and change the gradient to incandescent. colours>map>gradient map set this layer to overlay 26% opacity

30. do another copy visible layer and change the gradient to mexican flag smooth colours>map?gradient map set this layer to hue 32% opacity

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act19.png

31. i found that th pxls were somewhat disapearing, so i did another copy visible then did the filters>blur>pixelize at the same settings as earlier. then sharpened it. then using the erase tool, i erased all the pxls off the render

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act20.png

32. set this layers opacity to 15-20% which ever you prefer

33. next I added scanlines and set it to overlay 28% opacity then erased parts that didnt look too good.

* a tutorial for scanlines can be found here by gimptalks getfirefox :

http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=9044&start=0

34. add some text now and your done!


Results/Ideas/Helpfull comments from other users

stuffhappensclone
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s174/Shinomaster78/ikecool.jpg

I_is_1337
http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp156/FIFAOne/assasians1.png

shift
http://i43.tinypic.com/r09mi1.jpg

xbootstrapp
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p10/MikeMc09/altair.png

[Sandfuel]

how do i open a canvas and do i need to install a C4D

[Wolvy]

a canvas is just opening up your sig (which starts off blank ofcourse)

and a c4d is just an image that improves your sig imo, lol u can google them, and find some nice ones on deviant art, just dont rip

[Sandfuel]

oh yeah how do you put the guy there without any background, i have put a picture there but theres a background and it's covering the forest

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj122/alialex95/act17.png

[+dd. KRS25]

You cant copy Wolvy's picture tommadzs and paste it into GIMP.
You need to get an unedited version.

[Sandfuel]

You cant copy Wolvy's picture tommadzs and paste it into GIMP.
You need to get an unedited version.

no i didnt copy the assassins creed guy i copied the forest which is blank and i have my own assassins creed picture but when i put them to the forest it covers everything

[Wolvy]

you can lower its opacity in the layers dialgue or use the erase tool to erase certain parts

i think thats the info u need O_o but not totaly sure what ur asking

[hammerandpickle]

Thanks for that gave it a good shot but not the same:confused:

[g0dZz]

thank you

[xWTFx]

great tutorial! learnt heaps =D thanks

[Wolvy]

glad u guys liked it