First attempt at grunge

Here is my first attempt at a grunge style work, I'm still a photoshop newbie so brace yourself. Any critique, criticism, and tips on how to improve it are welcome. And btw thanx for hosting this for me tornupinside!

Grunge

[EDIT]For some reason I can't get this link to work, please check it out and tell me what im doing wrong, yes i did make a folder, and it does exist on the ftp server.[/EDIT]
[EDIT2]Fixed, apparently the server is case-sensitive, btw sorry for the long load time.[/EDIT2]

More people will take the time to look at that file if you'll save it in .jpg or .gif format...

plus that file is 2.5 meg or somewhere there about... If I let everyone upload 2 to 5 meg I would be in trouble.

Open it back up in photoshop, >File >Save for Web select your file type.... save it....

now close the .bmp file and re upload the new file you just created.

The .bmp format forces people to download it, rather than simply view it in their browser.

Sorry about the inconvenience of the bitmap file, I had exported it as a bitmap a while ago for some unknown reason. I also didn't know that bitmaps download onto the users computer. Thanx for the tips. What do you think of the image?

I think you should try to use a few more colors. Maybe some photos or something. Just red and then that spray-paint look doesn't really look grungy to me. Sloppy maybe... but not really grunge. But anyway... it's your first attempt, and you obviously have the right idea. Just add more to it.

yup, like deker said... experiment and expand on that.

I like the base texture pretty well, I don't know about all that diffuse filter though.