Digital Art First crack at graphic editing

I used Microsoft Expression Design 4. It's nothing more than working with layers but I have to start somewhere right? lol But yeah this is it. Please let me know if there is a specific technique that you believe will be a big help in manipulating graphical images. I know I should have kept consistency in the style of the pictures with sora but I liked the anime-ish style of sora in the final form better. I was basically having fun with this one. :) I attempted to use photoshop during the free trial I had but I was researching more on how use effects and layers than actually using them. If anyone else uses Design 4 for graphical editing let me know. :)

 

Neat! I love how you did the background behind all the Soras. You could have blended the Drive Form images with the background a bit more, but for a first try this is awesome. :)

 

It's okay for a first time. But all the sora's are a little distracting to me. And the background too.

 

Along with this, I don't really see a "point of focus". Everything is kind of placed around the image. Perhaps if it had a focal point. But, not bad to say the least.