STEP 1

Start up a new sig, pick a size, ussually sig makers have a favourite size not to big but not to small, I like 350x125 pixels its up to you though

Ok first off, I think every sig I've ever made except my first 5 starts off like this: black background that should look like this



STEP 1

go to Layer>New>Layer (on top tool bar, it might be insert>layer depending on your program)

Then I do a bit of brushing with white for this first part I used a brush called: shiny_little_brushes, make sure to put the oppacity and fill of the brush of 100% (so its not see through) So... (use a few different brushes in your brush type try to not place them over each other too much but perhaps a bit just try a few things out) Heres what I got




STEP 2

Next we get our image



STEP 3

Next we add another layer (go to Layer>New>Layer (on top tool bar, it might be insert>layer depending on your program)) we put this layer lower then our image layer, then we use the eyedropper tool (the one that lets you select a certain colour from a picture or image) and take a colour from our image that we like and think will fit in, colour the whole page then change the layer type (I changed the layer type to Overlay, try out everything and see what you like)



STEP 4

that background now looks fairly kool but It could look better, insert another layer. put the layer above our last one, but below the image
do some brushing using a colour similar to the one you used before (you can take it from the image again if you want) Play around with layer type and the opacity of the layer see what you like

This step I end up redoing the most if I don't like don't be afraid to redo if you really don't like what you've made, but if you think what you've made is ok looking after 2 or 3 tries just use that. heres what I got:



STEP 5

add text make the text at least a bit see through or people may complain (I still don't know why but some people don't like things standing out to much)

Read this next part if you can't get your text to be seen clearly

Right click your layer on your layer tool bar and select blending options, then try a few of them (ussually just drop shadow works fine) until something work



STEP 6

The only thing left to do is the step I most often forget, make a new layer press ctrl+a to select your whole picture go edit>stroke change stroke colour to black, stroke the center of your image and make it 1-3 pixels wide (ussually 1)



There don't worry If the first time you try this it doesn't turn out great post the image anyways and see what other people think, then make your next sig


RESULTS:

Mine:

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