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![[Avatar]](http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/05fe72209cbe1ce2cb8ca573491d8698.gif) "Don't try to be original, just try to be good." - Paul Rand Posts: 34 Status: Offline Gender: Male Location: Maryland, USA Age: 32 Joined:
pmwwwmsnaimvForum | Virtute et Armis (2nd May 10 at 12:52am UTC) | |
Approximately 40 minutes, once I had selected the stock. Spent the longest time fighting over what to put as the text. Originally I was trying for a few lines from Tennyson's "Ulysses", but I settled for good old Latin.
I haven't designed a signature in forever.
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dog199200 Guest | Re: Virtute et Armis (2nd May 10 at 1:45am UTC) | | i think the second one looks the best of the two | |
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webmaren New Member

![[Avatar]](http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/05fe72209cbe1ce2cb8ca573491d8698.gif) "Don't try to be original, just try to be good." - Paul Rand Posts: 34 Status: Offline Gender: Male Location: Maryland, USA Age: 32 Joined:
pmwwwmsnaimvForum | Re: Virtute et Armis (2nd May 10 at 11:17am UTC) | | Thanks. I'm working on a third version to enhance the depth and contrast in the background. | |

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pmwww | Re: Virtute et Armis (4th May 10 at 2:47am UTC) | | I agree with Broken. | |
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webmaren New Member

![[Avatar]](http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/05fe72209cbe1ce2cb8ca573491d8698.gif) "Don't try to be original, just try to be good." - Paul Rand Posts: 34 Status: Offline Gender: Male Location: Maryland, USA Age: 32 Joined:
pmwwwmsnaimvForum | Re: Virtute et Armis (4th May 10 at 8:44pm UTC) | | Does that include the third version that I just added? | |

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dog199200 Guest | Re: Virtute et Armis (4th May 10 at 9:16pm UTC) | | The third version looks really good, but you really should lighten the text color before you blend it because its very hard to see | |
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webmaren New Member

![[Avatar]](http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/05fe72209cbe1ce2cb8ca573491d8698.gif) "Don't try to be original, just try to be good." - Paul Rand Posts: 34 Status: Offline Gender: Male Location: Maryland, USA Age: 32 Joined:
pmwwwmsnaimvForum | Re: Virtute et Armis (8th May 10 at 5:26pm UTC) | | Thanks Broken. I'll keep that in mind on future works. | |

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