New Sig.

[fishman550]

i tried again, what you guys think :)

[H2O SkywalkerX]

bg is too flat for me.
look for some good tutorials.
their all over the place, you just gotta look hard for them.
also with the scan lines, lower the opac till you can barily see them. that's how i like em anyways.
and it might just be me but it seems a lil to dark, maybe mess around with the brightness and contrast a bit.

[fishman550]

how would you advise getting the bg to be less flat?

[Dekine]

you need to add more things to the background than just a picture, and when you do you should vary the opacity. Thats what will give you background some depth. If you look at my current sig as an exaple you can see that around the corners, it is very dark then comes to light. Using filters on your background will help with this.

[shortbus74]

also to you can do other things to briten it up, brightness/contrast layer...do a curves layer to make it more 3d...experiment thats half the fun of ps....also go to one of the render sites like gamerenders.com or planetrenders.net and get on the forums and try some tuts. They will teach you and help you develop your own style.