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Suckish tag that I made about a week ago. Again, black B/G to not risk crappy smudging, but the cuts in the sig were done by hand. Honest CnC please...

 

Well first off,Cloud is epic :3
Ok...well I like the main theme of it,and the green is pretty cool.
But the whole thing is just...I dunno over crowded?
Too many pics,and theyre all of different styles...
But its really good overall

 

I like where you're going with this, but im gonna give you some pointers.
The first is th you have to stick to one focal. Like Daxa said, it looks a little overcrowded. It looks like you tried to make the Dissidia cloud more noticable by upping the opacity and size.
Next thing I wanna talk about is colour. See those green things around the main cloud? You've chosen a border which is probably the exact colour opposite of it, so the colour already clashes. I dunno whether this was your intention, but in future stick to a black or white border =)
Lastly is your text. Now, I'm not the best with text, but it seems to me that the text on the right is a bit sharpened, and the text on the left is a bit blurred. I say get rid of one of them, as a general rule is not to have two things of text on either side of the tag.

I hope I'm not sounding too harsh, but it should get you off to a good start. I really do hope you know I'm trying to help =)

 

I'm only going to talk about the text since Amethyst pointed out the major flaws. I'm actually not that skilled when it comes to graphics, especially tags (Tuts are my friends<3) but I love the text on the right. It is a bit too sharpened...alright, way too sharpened, but it has a nice style.

Oh sometimes, more than one render/stock works very well if done correctly, but to me it seems like all three of your focals are different styles. The main one is more drawn while the others are more CG, you know? When it comes to placing more than one focal in one tag, I think there has to be some kind of flow and reason for it.

 

Alright. I'll try remaking (or at least editing) the tag, using this advice. It's not too harsh at all. I saw some of the flaws anyway but the left side was blank after I had finished with the hand-drawn Cloud and the lifestream surrounding him. Yes, it's a render of the lifestream I got from a clip in Crisis Core then cut out and dodged/burned and sharpened...

I'll see when I can post it for more CnC. Thanks everyone. (: