[Contest]Make me a Sig! Win MxO Beta!

[Biohazzard56]

I need a sig, and the ones I make arent so good. Since the Fileplanet keys for the Matrix Online Beta are all gone Im giving my beta invite away. I got this beta invite back in August and havent had the time to play so im giving it away, the catch. Make me a sig with the theme of Half Life 2 and the Combine Soldier. I have provided links and pictures of the combine solider so you know what to look for.

http://www.planethalflife.com/half-life2/screenshots/18.jpg
Concept art of the Combine Soldier

Thats what you need to look for, I do prefer a ingame screenshot of the combine soldier in my sig though.

I have an idea of what I want it to look like, the half life orange color as a border (you can find the exact color on the Half Life 2 logo). Use that as a border then the name Biohazzard56 in the lower right corner just above the border, with an ingame background. On the left put a combine soldier behind the Half Life 2 logo, but make the empty holes in the logo transparent so you can still see the combine soldierer. (If you can incorporate the biohazzard logo into it, maybe above my name)

I do have some good links that ive come across to use for your reference.

Planet HalfLife Screenshots - http://www.planethalflife.com/half-life2/screenshots/index.shtm

Gamespy Screenshot Archive
http://media.pc.gamespy.com/media/492/492830/imgs_1.html

Half Life 2 Official Site
http://www.half-life2.com/media.html

Good luck to everyone, the contest will end on Tuesday so get started i cant wait to see what you come up with. On tuesday when I select the final sig, I will foward the Invitation e-mail to the winner. Cant wait to see what you guys create.

Edit: the sig has to be compatable with PSU Sig Sizes and Dimension rules.

[Sputty]

Who wants MxO beta?

[Giovanni]

Meh I'm bored so I might as well try I'm on it for the next hour.

[Dharkbayne]

Who wants MxO beta?

^

You'd get more responses if the title was [Contest]Make me a sig! Have a bear eat your penis!

[Biohazzard56]

^

You'd get more responses if the title was [Contest]Make me a sig! Have a bear eat your penis!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

That can be arranged. :brow:

[Hezzy]

Your sister doesn't count as a bear, even though she is kinda hairy.

[MrPaul]

I'm done. But I need a decent font. Any suggestions?

[Mag]

www.dafont.com

[JetRaiden]

http://img96.exs.cx/img96/5791/bio1.jpg

I already have a fileplanet account. nice try bio.

edit: you can blame the crappy text on my makeshift mousepad.

[MrPaul]

Yeah I know about dafont, was browsing there for a while, didnt see any "standout" fonts :(. And those I liked, when I downloaded and unzipped them, didn't seem to want to be available for use in Photoshop...

Well, here it is *so far*, crappy font 'n' all.

http://img91.exs.cx/img91/9261/combine.jpg

EDIT:
I guess I strayed from the brief...

[Corrosion]

http://www.1001fonts.com

[MrPaul]

http://img87.exs.cx/img87/7994/combine2.jpg
I *think* that font looks better.

Also with added Ghosting, I'm really unsure if this is better or not.. Bleh.
http://img100.exs.cx/img100/3011/combineghost.jpg

[Biohazzard56]

Thats awesome, some suggestions. Replace Gordon Freeman with a Combine Soldier, and make it to where you can see all of the Half Life 2 logo and add 56 to Biohazzard56. It looks awesome though :thumbsup:

[EarlyDawn]

^

You'd get more responses if the title was [Contest]Make me a sig! Have a bear eat your penis!Precisely. :rofl: :lol:

[Fragmatic]

http://img63.exs.cx/img63/4144/biosig1.jpg
http://img63.exs.cx/img63/9877/biosig2.jpg
http://img63.exs.cx/img63/3319/Biosig3.jpg
http://img63.exs.cx/img63/1412/biosig.jpg


sizes still need some work and it still needs fine tuning :)

[Biohazzard56]

Frag those own.

[ViperGTS]

http://img95.exs.cx/img95/9537/ooo3.jpg
Ill take some sand paper ;)

[JetRaiden]

http://img95.exs.cx/img95/9537/ooo3.jpg
Ill take some sand paper ;)

:( damn Im beat.

[Infernus]

http://img95.exs.cx/img95/9537/ooo3.jpg
Ill take some sand paper ;)

The half life symbol is backwards

[Boomer]

ill make one for you.. you will be blown away.. i guarantee it. all of these suck compared to what I will give you. YOU WILL be COMPLETELY blown away. it will be absolutely stunning....




























but now it is time for bed.. I will make it tomorrow.

[Biohazzard56]

http://img95.exs.cx/img95/9537/ooo3.jpg
Ill take some sand paper ;) I will wear it with pride until the contest is over.

I do have one question though, why does the Half Life logo look like a tent with a small errect penis coming out the top of it?

[ViperGTS]

Uh....
Faunswarth made me do it!

[Sputty]

I will wear it with pride until the contest is over.

I do have one question though, why does the Half Life logo look like a tent with a small errect penis coming out the top of it?
Because you have a dirty, dirty mind

[MrPaul]

I know it's all in vain (Frag pwns me) [as does Viper] but I made a slight variation - but it's 278Kb! :( How do I make a smaller .GIF in ImageReady anyone? ( + My "Export" option doesnt seem to want to work - might be because I used snippets of .jpgs? I dunno.)

For those interested, it's here:
http://mr-paul.co.uk/combine4.gif

[Giovanni]

http://img14.exs.cx/img14/1412/biosig.jpg

Not quite to your specs but meh!

[NightWalker XI]

I like Pauls design except that there shouldn't be any image going past orange boarder and u need to work on text blending, try softlight or voerlay or maybe hard mix, also use anti alias and could do with a 1 pixel stroke

[MrPaul]

I like Pauls design except that there shouldn't be any image going past orange boarder and u need to work on text blending, try softlight or voerlay or maybe hard mix, also use anti alias and could do with a 1 pixel stroke
http://img81.exs.cx/img81/732/Maybe.gif

?


Oh, and the reason the soldier is sort of "through" the logo is because it's to represent the clever AI - he's using the logo as "cover" ;). That and it looks good. hehe, if you don't want this one I'll have it!

[Biohazzard56]

Its going to be a close one.

[Boomer]

took me 20 minutes to make.. definately still a WIP.. NOT done.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/TuckerSE/Signatures/BiohazzardSigcopy.jpg

[JetRaiden]

god dammit...I was offering my fucking WORLD OF WARCRAFT beta for a few sigs and I barely get anything....and for the MxO beta you give him this?
:( why did I have to sell that before the big sig renaissance here....

[MrPaul]

I feel owned. Can we share? ;)

[ObnoxiousFrog]

http://img21.exs.cx/img21/575/biohazzardsig.jpg


Fuck not with the Paint king.

[Giovanni]

god dammit...I was offering my fucking WORLD OF WARCRAFT beta for a few sigs and I barely get anything....and for the MxO beta you give him this?
:( why did I have to sell that before the big sig renaissance here....

If only I didnt lurk back then and had photoshop I would of given you a sig :(.

[eXoSloth]

Holy f*ck. You guys rule.

[Biohazzard56]

Holy fuck you guys own, ill have to declare a winner at 10 PM Central.

[eXoSloth]

http://www.konfuzzled.com/upload/bio.gif

[Indecisive]

Shit, I really hope you guys are doing this out of the kindness of your heart and not for Mxo, because god does it suck.

[Boomer]

http://www.konfuzzled.com/upload/bio.gif


Too big wont work you lose.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/TuckerSE/Signatures/BiohazzardSigcopy2.jpg

quick revision.. still thinking of how to fix it.

[Hezzy]

Shit, I really hope you guys are doing this out of the kindness of your heart and not for Mxo, because god does it suck.
:nod:

[Fragmatic]

Too big wont work you lose.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/TuckerSE/Signatures/BiohazzardSigcopy2.jpg

quick revision.. still thinking of how to fix it.

it will if you know what your doing.

your font choices are horrible by the way.

[eXoSloth]

it will if you know what your doing.

:nod:

[Fragmatic]

:nod:

:love:

[eXoSloth]

:love: :bananasex

[Fragmatic]

:bananasex

:eek:

;)

[Biohazzard56]

Winnar will be decided tomorrow.

[Boomer]

i said I wasnt done.. dont know which font to use. looking for a good font. I like my font though.. it may be changed.

[MattxMosh]

I know it's all in vain (Frag pwns me) [as does Viper] but I made a slight variation - but it's 278Kb! :( How do I make a smaller .GIF in ImageReady anyone? ( + My "Export" option doesnt seem to want to work - might be because I used snippets of .jpgs? I dunno.)

I tried to make it sdmaller for you, 129k is the lowest I have gotten so far, I'll tweak it a bit to see if I can get it lower.

EDIT: 121k is as far as I can go without it looking like shit. Unless you send me the PSD.

[Hezzy]

Tried flattening the image?

[MrPaul]

Tried flattening the image?
I tried that, it just makes it bigger ( :doh: )...
Here's the PSD:
http://mr-paul.co.uk/combine4.psd
:) I tried using "GIF Cruncher" but that sucks - as soon as you get a noticable difference in size (30%) the quality becomes = the uber suck.

[Biohazzard56]

I am pleased to announce Fragmatic is the winner.

Thanks to all of you for your entries.

Notable Mentions

Boomer
ExoSloth
MrPaul

All in all, it was very hard to decide a winner.

:thumbsup: to all of you

[Boomer]

meh.. .he made a whole set.. but he didnt use an in game background!! bleh.. this one didnt take too much time anyway.

[MrPaul]

So I get to keep mine? hehe, that'll do me!

[Fragmatic]

meh.. .he made a whole set.. but he didnt use an in game background!! bleh.. this one didnt take too much time anyway.

So what?

I kept it to the theme of the game :)

[Boomer]

but it doesnt fit the requirements?

[MrPaul]

but it doesnt fit the requirements?
"No-one knows what they want"

Obviously Bio thought Frag's idea was as good/ better than what he originally thought up in his head?