My attempt at a banner

Ive never really used photoshop before and wanted to try and make a banner and see what it turned out like. Any advice would be great on how to make it better

It's good being only an attempt. But the Cyan background doesn't go well with GoW IMO.

No i was going for a darker colour but then i uploaded the wrong one :p
Here this one

Now that looks way better. But sadly it's probably not going to get the banner, Good luck next time.

I know its not that good :p its like one of the first things ive made in photoshop

Gear of chesse wrote:

I know its not that good :p its like one of the first things ive made in photoshop

Well there's always practising.

Not a bad attempt for your first the 2nd image is better but needs a little work here and there.

I just seen an ad banner on these forums which gave me an idea:



So the Gears of War logo in the middle with the 'Gears of War 3 Forum' somehow fitted in there and then on one side Locusts and the other side Cogs using one main character that comes in from the left and right side.

Thats nice, i might try and make a banner like that later

Edit:

Here is my go, but i dont like the look so much, what do you think?