Advice/Suggestions on my Siggies and Avvies?

I've decided to attempt to make myself some avvie/siggy combos using GIMP. I don't have many fonts, I use Ubuntu Linux and I haven't found a way to add new fonts... I'm not quite sure how it's going, but I like most of them :funky: I'd love your opinions. I'm trying to create something relatively unique, but not too weird.

Sailing Ship:

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Avvie:


Siggy:

Abstracty:

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Avvie:


Siggy:

Sad-Like Lady:

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Avvie:


Siggy:

Pirate-ish Guy:

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Avvie:


Siggy 1:


Siggy 2:

Words:

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For this one, I couldn't decide on what I wanted in the siggy...

Avvie:


Siggy 1:


Siggy 2:


Siggy 3:


Siggy 4:

Questions/Comments for a beginner such as myself? :funky:

 

Sigs looking nice The white "shine" on the avatars can be of a lighter opacity though ^^" Other than that, they're nice!

 

The first and the last one are the best. Choose one of them and keep up the good work.

 

I like the simplicity of the first signature, though on the Abstract one especially, I think the scanlines are wayyy too strong.
Also, I think it would maybe look nicer with the text outlined. Other than that, they're quite nice

 

Thanks everyone for the wonderful advice :funky:
I've also been playing around some more, and I made myself a few more stuffs

Forlorn Girl:

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Avvie:


Siggy 1:


Siggy 2:

Girl with Ribbon:

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Avvie:


Siggy:

 

Hmm on the Forlorn girl, I don't like the font. But I know you can't really change that. I think you should try the make the borders a bit smoother, like in the sailing ship or the sad-like lady. I do really like the girl herself, though I'm not sure if you made that yourself, lol.

And on the second one I can't quite say what it is, but it looks really .. strong. A bit too strong. Sorry, don't know how to put it.

I like the first one in your first post most, actually.

 

Thanks for the suggestions, Milanos ^_^
Pretty much everyone likes the first set I ever made... You'd think I get better the more I do...
and no, I didn't make any of the images myself, I got them from various render sites. I'm not that good

EDIT: I messed with the images a bit. Here's what I got:

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Lol I wanted to re-do this one, to soften the edges and get rid of scan lines.


I edited this one twice, because I didn't like it the first time.


I didn't bother editing the Forlorn Girl ones, I don't much like those.

 

My favorite is the Ship [ But not the Siggy Ship... ]

 

I really like the sad-like lady and the words both siggies and avvies! I wish I was as good as you!

 

I like the 'pirate' first siggy

 

Great work! I think the second "Pirate ish guy" came out better than the first. I really like that brown color.