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You are getting better,i should say ^^

The first thing you need to work on is light.Taking the first signature you can see light on his helmet and his upper part of arm,but no light on the background or any other light sources.You should see where the light is comming from,especially if render was lightened to begin with. Use burn tool and burn darker parts of render to make light parts stand out more.
Of coures more blendning needed :p C4D on first tag looks like they don't belong there.More adjustment layers,my friend.Don't be afraid to go crazy in that part.
So the next is text,i belive it's better to simplify text as much as you can cuz what you did in the first signature doesn't look very good.This rectangle line or shadow (not sure how to call it) goes through half of your tag,which i don't find appealing.

I'm totally confused over second signature,to be honest o_O
The right part of of c4d is a no no,they ruin your concept.You did better on lightning here but again look at his face...there is a strong yellow light that basically comes from nowhere.Well,same thing over blending and depth but don't worry,it's metter of practice.
Ahh and about motion blur,bubble c4d and background has different vector directions.

Overall: i like that you attempting to do signatures,really.Avatars shows only 1/10 of total personal skill,when other piece of arts can show true potential of the artist.It's a good sign that you will improve and rock GFX section someday >.O
KIU

P.S sorry for my english >.> ​
 
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Hēi said:
You are getting better,i should say ^^

The first thing you need to work on is light.Taking the first signature you can see light on his helmet and his upper part of arm,but no light on the background or any other light sources.You should see where the light is comming from,especially if render was lightened to begin with. Use burn tool and burn darker parts of render to make light parts stand out more.
Of coures more blendning needed :p C4D on first tag looks like they don't belong there.More adjustment layers,my friend.Don't be afraid to go crazy in that part.
So the next is text,i belive it's better to simplify text as much as you can cuz what you did in the first signature doesn't look very good.This rectangle line or shadow (not sure how to call it) goes through half of your tag,which i don't find appealing.

I'm totally confused over second signature,to be honest o_O
The right part of of c4d is a no no,they ruin your concept.You did better on lightning here but again look at his face...there is a strong yellow light that basically comes from nowhere.Well,same thing over blending and depth but don't worry,it's metter of practice.
Ahh and about motion blur,bubble c4d and background has different vector directions.

Overall: i like that you attempting to do signatures,really.Avatars shows only 1/10 of total personal skill,when other piece of arts can show true potential of the artist.It's a good sign that you will improve and rock GFX section someday >.O
KIU

P.S sorry for my english >.> ​
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Tons of thanks man, I think you are right everywhere. The lightning should be better and more focused on a single light source. The black background of the text, looks awful yeah, dunno why I make it TBH, it seemed something which looked good at 4 am. The other one I made in the other morning, fixed some ideas and made the lighting better. Though I understand one thing, the right C4D render was supposed to give it some kind of 3D effect. Pretty much like floating out of the image, I hope you understand. Though if it looks bad, I will change that concept as well.

Thanks a ton for your help, I will surely try to get better :).
 
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As I told you already, for your first attempt, its really well done. I'm really impressed.


Edit

Okay, its a bit hard to properly CnC these tags because they're almost monochromatic, i.e most of the colors comes from a single hue.

Firstly, the text:
Now text is very hard to manipulate to match a tag perfectly. It takes a considerable amount of tries to get proficient and practicable in the said field. The fonts chosen in these two tags are good, they seem to go with the theme of the tag. However, their positioning along the rule of thirds grid kind of makes them unbalanced and un-unified (they're practically at the center). Now the rule of thirds basically disallows you to center focal points (in this case, the text..the renders are fine), which in turn makes an image more "interesting".
This rule doesn't always apply though.


Now, the C4D's and the background comp:
Hei already mentioned what I wanna say about the background. The C4D's just look out of place and they don't follow the flow of the motioning background. Also, the bubbles are supposed to be under the border, not over it (but it looks like the border was placed on overlay to create a transparent effect, which I'm guessing wasn't meant to be. The borders are also too thick and would look more awesome if smaller.
To make your tags pop, you should experiment with the basic adjustment layers, and try some color lookup layers, manipulated with the blending modes. Also, get a topaz filter, it completely changes the quality of a tag.
I'm not gonna go into lighting, because Hei already summarized that department.

All in all, its a good start :)
 
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