First Ever Gfx Attempt..cnc Now

Well..this is my first time making gfx or whatever..so be kind.
Pics are here:





^THESE ARE RANKS FOR A DIFF SITE AND NOT MADE WITH PAINT^
Personal Sig Here for a friend:



^Those was for cv..somebody you prolly don't know^

Please note that I have just started today..
RATE AS FAR AS I JUST STARTED TODAY..

 

1.the backgrounds of the ranks are different.
2.i know who cv is =p
3.the first assassins creed one is like the sig i made you =p ... cause i just took a grunge brush and a fractal render =p (not good for you either it looks like theres a fractal render and nothing else there) and its too small.
4.(2nd sig {assassin})too plain, doesn't look like much is going on in the sig, and the text doesn't match the whole sig (try getting new fonts {pm me}and diff colors)
5. i like the border {I saw the tut on how to do that } but again looks like samus is on a piece of wood, i see you smudged the render but i dont like smudging so i wouldnt know how to comment that besides that it looks like its on multiply or something (if your using ps) again text problems and i think too much text for that one sig..


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ok now i know this is your first time but you tsake cnc and use it too learn and progress

 

for the ranks, use a transparent background so it looks better than just a defualt background

 

First one, try pushing out the colors around the right mask, by using the smudge tool. Right now it looks sorta off, and a bit blocky, tbh. The text could use some work, for donating 100m+, you'd expect a richer looking text.

Second and third, make transparent, and get a richer looking text, and they'll be just fine.

4th is beautiful, but for some reason I kinda doubt you could make that on your first photoshop attempt.
5th is pretty good, kinda lame background though, lacks vibrancy. The CV kinda ruins the effect.
6th, no. Just no. That render is WAY overused, the blurring is too heavy, the text, looks like you didn't even try, and you can clearly see her cannonthing is cut off on the far left.This one disappoints me.