The first pic/sig i ever made and yea some questions

thanks to outkaster(for tutorial) and fren on msn, i completed my firstimage at the age of 15 , i know, pathetic, :( but still im determined to get good now so :)
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/808...vermade0rk.png
now that ive got the basic of basics, i wanna learn like how do u guys determine the angle and stuff to set in blending options and advance stuff and please guide me to make a really good pic that can pass 5/10 :)
and another one :) just need a pic for cropping
http://img272.imageshack.us/img272/2...liaolor9ut.png
btw i noticed most real pros do not have borders but their work are nice and advance, how do i get that? like those color, do i have to customize it mahself?

pretty good for ur first
i remembered my first sigs lol
i didnt followed any tutorials for those

i cant see the picture o.O?

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Originally Posted by Jeriel

btw i noticed most real pros do not have borders but their work are nice and advance, how do i get that?

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Most of time no-boarders looks ugly.(not always)
but most of time simple 1px boarder looks great :)-that may look like no boarder.

also sometimes white boarder seems to disapear.

Needs some Render blending

If you want to get good at photoshop i suggest you try make something original play about with different colours and try make other stuff apart from sigs.

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/3...ysha1hy2ve.jpg
take this work for example, by lord inuyasha i believe... how do i get the background
and also i like darranthegreat sig, i cant just seem to get them, please advise me. thanks in advance

brushes, they are your friends.

hmmm i see brushes, i dont know anything about em, seems like i will have to get a guide... got any good ones to reccomend?

Depending on ur verson of photoshop or whatever your looknig, you need to get more brushes so you have a wide range of shapes etc... mixing them in then creating another layer to do some more over different.. this is how people create the effects in the background.
Check around on the web, download and test them.

for first is good

id say its pretty good for a first keep up the good work