first tag in ages,

 

crits welcome :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

also, what are the bbcodes to align my signature on the left?

Black and white is boring.

 

 

 

The board auto-aligns your signature to the left.

oops, #-o no wonder it wasnt doing what i wanted it to do. i really meant RIGHT haha.

 

any other crits?

The focal takes up too much space giving you a hard time with effects, it's also placed furthest to the left which is a pretty bad spot if you ask me as the stock you used as background just feels "pasted" there, instead try to make the focal a part of the background. The weird brushes you used for effects doesn't really add up to anything interesting even with the the blue as an addition to black&white.

 

 

 

Try to make the focal smaller next time and try to place it at a third to the middle, you'll see it's a lot easier to add effects with all that extra room and it'll be a lot sleeker too showing more of the background.