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Oh man. You know that thing where you start with some idea in your head, and then work and work and work, and in the end, it's nothing like what you envisioned? This is that. Originally, it was supposed to be text instead of shapes for the figure's body and have a TV for a head. Go figure.

Anyway, lots of work, lots of learning, lots of changing, lots of winging it, and I come up with this. Whaddya think? Am I getting any better at this game?

Please, PLEASE give me some heavy critique if you're gonna comment. I need to know what I can improve so I can work on it, and maybe kick off my graphic design career.

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I find the 'red ribbon' layer and the LIVE FOR TODAY layer less successful than the humanoid figure layer and (what I'll call) the 'background' layer. The red ribbon works from a compositional standpoint and for this reason should not necessarily be eliminated, but it appears incongruous with the rest of the image. The red ribbon itself could be blended (or altered) differently so it doesn't stick out in quite the same gaudy fashion--though of course that's just one man's opinion.
The text is positioned and matched/blended in aesthetically pleasing fashion, and the message is not too distracting -- but since I can read it my eyes spend more time on it than perhaps should be devoted to perusing the rest of the image. (Minor observation)
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Thanks for the critique. I definitely hear you on the ribbon/text points, as those very much were the last thing to be added, and didn't get the same care everything else did. I thought the ribbon shoulda been blended differently, I'll just have to figure out how to make it work.

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