Just started, looking for advice?

[ReeceM]

Hey there. I just got photoshop cs5.5 last night, and was messing around with it. Never really done anything with photo editing. I was wondering if anyone could give me any advice? The bottom one has two because I couldn't figure out which one I liked better. Thanks in advance!

 

[Toil Real Hard]

If you want to add me on MSN, I can teach you a LOT.

 

[Kinaesthic]

Get out the bevel and emboss out of the second one and get some lighting in it so it doesn't look so dark!
For a starter, that's actually very good!