Some Banners I Made

Overall I'm not too keen on these but I can see you have some good ideas as far as color schemes and placement.

Hogan - First off, the size of this graphic is just ugly to me. This is just my personal preference but in this case you've left way too much dead space. I would not make the graphic extend left to right that far. I like the background itself as it is fitting of Hogan. The picture choice is good but I'm not a fan of that bright outer glow at all. To me, white halo glows usually make a graphic look cheaper and more amateur. The font choice is a big no no. Text work is a huge problem for a lot of people. It can make a great graphic look bad and it can make a horrible graphic look good. In this case, if you had a more fitting Hulkamania style font (dafont.com has plenty for free) then it would go a long way. You're on the right track with adding effects to your text to bring it to life and lift it off of the background but I don't like the red font myself. I would have gone with a bold yellow in a large Hulkamania style font and stacked and angled it across that whole left side of the graphic. I would have added light red and black strokes to add depth to the text as well as a small drop shadow to truly bring it to life. The graphic could also use a small black border to set the whole thing off.

Undertaker - I like this one a lot better! The first thing I will say is that, like the Hogan graphic, the size of the canvas bothers me. It leaves way too much empty space. I'm really digging the background choice as it fits Undertaker perfectly. The picture choice is great and the very light subtle purple glow around Taker works great in this instance. The text work is much much better here. The font actually isn't bad and fits Taker. You added multiple strokes to really add some uniqueness to the text which is good. I think you went wrong with having the main text color to be black w/ purple stroke opposed to purple w/black stroke though. I think if you were to switch those two colors around you would notice your Taker text looks much more bold and effective. I would also close the gap between "The" and "Undertaker" a bit and play with the font sizes a bit so "Undertaker" is quite a bit bigger and bolder than "The". I like that you experimented with the border but that type of border is just looking cheap in my opinion. Overall this is my favorite one but if you would pull everything together a little bit tighter to avoid dead space and made a bolder impact with the text, it would really pull it together.

Pillman - I really don't like this one. The background is just really boring in this one. The gray color scheme is boring and the random paint strokes just isn't pleasing or interesting at all. I like that you experimented using multiple images but the problem is that they're sized incorrectly and the effects on them are just bad. If you're going to do an effect like that on an image, it needs to be cohesive with the other images and not look like 3 pics with all different effects applied. That just makes everything look clustered and really makes it lack cohesiveness which is important in graphic design. As I stated, the sizing of the images doesn't look right. I would scale the two images on the side to be identical in size and have the main middle image tower over both. The fact that the picture on the right is shirtless compared to the others in all black clothing is a bit distracting visually as well. Your font choice in this one isn't the worst but the font color is really really bad. Grey text on grey background is a big no no like the Comic Sans font lol. Your text effects aren't that bad because they do make the text stand out a bit but the text needs to be a lot bigger and needs some color to stand out. A border is also needed.

Warrior - This one is pretty decent. The grayscale is a little overkill for me. The text needs to be broken up into different sizes so it doesn't all look so flat and boring. I would have chosen a different font for the dates as well and spaced it out more so it doesn't look so cluttered. This one also needs a small black border around the whole thing.


I would say that you have a decent eye for overall composition and ideas. I would definitely keep trying to make new things and you will definitely improve. Feel free to message me if you ever need any more tips, have any questions or just want an opinion on something.