Here are some sites that have some very good tips to creating sigs with Paint Shop Pro. If you have Photoshop, I can point you to some others as well.
http://mardiweb.com/web/
http://www.bearchele.com/michele/tips.htm
http://www.bysarah.com/mg/index.html
http://newdawn.gzinc.com/
http://www.psptoybox.com/
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconVall...264/start.html
Here's some Photoshop links for text and graphic art:
http://www.iboost.com/build/software/pshop/
http://www.planetphotoshop.com/tutorials.html
http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/2d/
http://www.candeekis.com/alltutorials.html (also for Paint Shop Pro)
Hope this can help you out! If you're looking for a specific effect, contact me and I may be able to walk you through it.
Lioness, good luck on your sig hunting! I personally think yours is great right now, though!
Cheers,
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