Wreaks 16th avatar!

so i just made a new avatar, and i really pushed my last avatar to the limit with the help of you guys last time, so im at it again. I was really happy with this avatar really quick. i wanted wreak to kind of flow from the black through the light back into the black again. i tried embossing it and a couple other effects but it took away from the flow from shadow to shadow so i cut them out but kept the drop shadow to reinforce the light aspect. i really like the shade of orange i picked, i feel its more unique and its kinda my favorite color lol. I thought the font made it look pretty sweet, and i feel it looks good i guess lol. i am not planning on adding a gradient to the text to again re-iterate the whole spot light deal because i feel it takes away from the whole sneaking through the light idea, and it makes the word a bit harder to read when its small.

well any constructive criticism is great and much appreciated!

It looks really nice but I do agree that the text doesn't quite fit the background, it looks a little too pasted-on-top.  Have you considered duplicating the text to another layer (below the current text layer) and giving that underneath text the same kind of radial zoom/blur effect as the background?  I think if you could tweak the setting on that intermediary layer then you could make the text fit in with the background a little more while also keeping the clear text above readible.

Just my 2c, though.

Something like this may look good with your color and style

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photoshop-text/text-effects/light-burst/

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i like it

Awesome, much better than your last, which was still good anyway!

i think that effect would be perfect. i do like it now though

dude.. you always make some pretty awesome avatars.. but i think i like this one the most.. especially in avatar/thumbnail form by your name..

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first off the color i could change with a couple clicks regardless. secondly the light in that tutorial comes from the center and not the corner. also in the tut the words are kind of shadows from an eclipse type deal in my eyes, which is not what i was going for. regardless it looks pretty cool and i may use it in the future. thanks!

Haha, I love it! Orange is my favorite color too

I don't like how the W and the K touches the black. Also, the light part makes it look like a thumb

Other than that, looks amazing