My first attempt...

[StarRob4ever]

Here is my first attempt at an avatar with Paint Shop
*takes deep breath*

Here:



Please comment/be critical... I am trying to see what I should or should not do and improve. (More shall follow this one soon)

[Kaboose]

Ok truth, her face and body seem streched, dunno why, the ava looks ways big than I think... intended, other than that eheeh good job

[StarRob4ever]

Yes, I have trouble resizing pictures to tell the truth... I'm working on that hehe.

[Red Robin]

One comment on my behalf. It's nicely done, except the text 'Forsaken Me' is pretty hard to see. I did have to read it a couple of times before I could see what those words were. Maybe work on that. But that's all for me.

As for the resizing problem, when you resize the pic, is the box next to 'Lock aspect ratio' in the bottom left hand corner checked? That resizes pics pretty evenly.

[Kaboose]

Really when I looked at it... I though you had forgoten 'why have you' and.... sort of forgot another word XP

[StarRob4ever]

Ah, thanks Red Robin... that solves my scaling problem.

As for the wording, well, I was trying to go for that little effect like the one on my current avatar... except I didn't know how to make it lol. So, I kinda winged it. I guess that didn't turn out too well

Edit:

Here is another one that I made. Actually, I made 3 different variations of it to see which one would come off better.







So, please tell me what I did right/wrong on this one (or 3)... all comments are welcomed hehe

[Kaboose]

1st one... I thought it said Refuse to Shino XP

[StarRob4ever]

*looks around*

Maybe it does...
lol j/k


Ya, as you can see, I'm still having trouble with text. Getting the right colors and size/font and everything... but I'm working on it! lol

Edit:

Alright... let's try this one on for size:

[Siris]

This might sound mean so if It does I"m sorry.

That last once is your best one yet. Its clear, consise, and the words are easy to read. You didnt put much extra things in it, which make it easy to read, but still gets the point across.

On the slight down side, the powers as a smudge hard to read, becuase of the bright colors and that they are sideways. But, like i said before. It gets the point across.

[StarRob4ever]

Hehe, well safe to say I've come a long way since I've posted all these up. I can actually make avatars now... even animated ones. Yay! (I have one of my mine up for avatar right now actually).

Thanks, though, Sin. For both the compliment/encourgements and the helpful comments.