[Resslerd]

THIS HAS NO RELATION TO MY OTHER TUTORIALS, BUT IT MAY BE BETTER TO READ THEM FIRST SO YOU KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT AND YOU CAN MAKE MORE EFFECTS.

This tutorial is for Photoshop only. I may make these same lessons in GIMP if I install it later on.

Flow is very important for a sig to have. If your sig has no flow and things are everywhere randomly, it won't look good. This time, I won't be giving you so much of a tutorial as a job to do. I will tell you what to create and you will do the best you can to make it. You will then post your result here and somebody will tell you what you need to do to improve on the lesson.

Flow is the direction in which your sig has motion. For instance, my Yoshi sig that I used for my technique lessons has a down-right flow. This means that all the effects are sort of pointing towards the down-right. The direction that your sig flows in really depends on your render. Most of the time, if a character is running, the direction that they are running is where the flow comes from. This also applies if there is wind.

If you were to use this render, the flow would be to the up-right becuase thats where it looks like the wind is coming from.

Flow is really something that comes with experience, so don't get frustrated if you don't get it.

So please post your results of a sig with flow.

[SinX]

oh sry I cant post any of my results now since I'm in school so heres another tip. A sig looks good if you have more than 1 flow direction though dont overdo it.
e.g.Another Flow on the Ichigo render is from bottom going to to right.

Another thing. Flow can be seen by the effect where the objects go and if you know where the flow is then it is easier to make a light source for lighting.
e.g. Resslerd's sig. The light source is in the top left so his sig flow started from top left to bottom right. Anyway you guys can experiment and finding ways to make your sigs look natural ^^

Smudging also gives flow to your sigs ^^

[Resslerd]

Ummm, if you have two different flows, don't make them in opposite directions, that just ruins the sig.

[SinX]

Originally Posted by Resslerd

Ummm, if you have two different flows, don't make them in opposite directions, that just ruins the sig.

I mean that you use it in a proper manner not that careless so doing this kind of trick is kinda really dangerous. Even I can't do it perfectly thats why I stick on the 1 way flow style.