first piece I've posted in this forum

I'm new to PS but I made a little piece I want you guys to criticize. I'm not sure which one is better - 1 or 2. Also there are other things which could be better but I don't really know what to do to make it look more professional.

1- www.freewebs.com/trhaynes/informationage1.jpg
2- www.freewebs.com/trhaynes/informationage2.jpg

- UPDATE -
Made them smaller and took out the grid. Which one is better?
1- www.freewebs.com/trhaynes/ia1nogrid.jpg
2- www.freewebs.com/trhaynes/ia2nogrid.jpg

thanks.

tom

(*edit* not first post in forum - first post in this section.)

I think they're pretty good, but lose the awful grid.
They'd look way more professional and clean with just the white BG in my opinon.

wtf... it keeps linking me back to the forums :P I even copied and pasted in a new window and still didnt work.

copy/paste worked for me (although i do keep getting linked back. I guess they dont allow hotlinking....)



Yeah i agree about the grid. Not bad for a beginning. Im not really sure what advice to give (its a fairly straight forward picture) so instead i would say...dont focus on making it professional...just keep working away in photoshop! Make crap thats ugly...make crap you hate..just make crap (lol) and i guarantee you'll learn from it. Worry about being prof. after you have a good hold on photoshop...but for now just freak out artistically!

Yeah I've made some crap but I don't paste it. I felt like actually making something and didn't have that much time to work with so this seemed like a good project. Check the first post for an update. Better?

tom

Alot better.
I like the No2 better, the "DON'T BE LEFT OUT" text has more impact being bigger and more robust.

Well done.

i like em all

i like number 2 no grid but i think you should add a border at least to it

There must be a bug or something with opera because every time i try to check the graphics it always links me right back here, but when i try it in IE it works just fine :P

Anyways about the graphics... I think the second one looks better (without grid) but maybe make the width of the box as wide as the one in #1 (without grid). I think that would ballance it out more.

I like the book/mouse ideea - I'd like it even better if the book were open and it would have pictres (motion pictures)

very nice - much better without the grid