Sign with a black pen on plain white paper, photograph it in daylight, and crop tightly around the ink. The SSC signature preset resizes to 140×60 pixels (about 4×2 cm) and lands between 10 and 20 KB: if the JPEG comes out smaller than 10 KB, the tool pads it up so the portal doesn't reject it as too small.
For the photo, choose SSC photo in the Placement menu: 413×531 pixels (3.5×4.5 cm), between 20 and 50 KB, plain background, recent, no cap or glasses.