My first Photoshop work. Please rate!

This is the first thing I did with Photoshop. It's nothing special, but still... it's the first.

 

its very nice ..you done decent work even its your first design ,am sure you will make more good design in future .Good luck

 

you are really a great designer .....just go on it.........well-done..........

 

Good work as a beginner but there are lot to improve in designing. You will surely learn them by practicing.

 

Thanks to you all guys. You inspired me to go on.

 

Yeah great for a beginner. ! Photoshop is a subject in itself or a language. will take time to master

 

Good start off.

Here are a few pointers:

When designing a website always use the following diameters - 18 inch width x 22 inch height
Resolution : 72 dpi
Color Mode: RGB Color 8-bit

Here is a screenshot of the new project window to give you a better look at it.



Just change the options to these.

Secondly use gradients instead of solid colors. Also try playing around with your Blending options and the layer options. (Right click on the layer in the layer sidebar [default F7 button])

Finally use web friendly texts such as Arial(most recommended) or Times New Roman (least recommended - but this depends too).

Also look up some tutorial sites such as the tuts+ sites or speckyboy or smashingmagazine. These are great places to learn new techniques and also have a very good inspirational gallery.

Good Luck,
Sid
Chemicalinck

 

Thank you, Chemicalinck

 

looking good, best of luck for your future

 

Good start...
I will give 5/10

 

You could have done it 10x faster in Fireworks

 

What to use for web designs - Photoshop or Fireworks?

 

I'll give 8/10 (as you're newbie)
Otherwise its no more than 2/10

 

For your first attempt you did an excellent job............

 

That's very nice .you done awesome work .Good luck in future

 

WOW, the best design I've ever seen! NOT!

The worst design, brush up your skills!

 

Second try...

 

i Suggest the use of some other fonts, maybe its due to the image you posted - but the font is making the eye strain.

You are in the right path, by dividing the site into sections and designing accordingly will help while slicing and converting it to HTML and CSS

I will give you a thumps up, for this design... but the best way to improve your designs is by continuing to make more designs... as they say nothing can beat experience...

 

Thanks, I'll try to do one more at this weekend.

 

Here are my suggestions:
- Go to your favorite site. Look at what colors they use and then use them in your design. Check out their font as well.
- Google "free icon" or something like that. There are some pretty cool icons available for free.