Brand new to graphic art!

I took a break from the internet for about a year, and recently got back online. I've discovered that things have really changed. In just the last few years it seems that a graphic art explosion has taken place. Since I already have photoshop and other photo editing software, ( I do photo art, slideshows, etc..) I decided to teach myself how to do this. So if I get it wrong, don't be too cruel! :-)

Hi everyone! Just wanted to apologize to anybody who thought I was ignoring their requests. Right after I joined this web site my laptop broke down. It took the store where I bought from over a month to finally decide to just give me a new one. This new one is about 4 times more powerful than the last one I had! Yea!! However, I think I may have lost some of my files in the old one. So if you guys still want those nametags, I should be able to reproduce them, but if they're slightly different, that's the reason. And if you don't like something I've done, please let me know and I'll keep at it until you're happy with it! :-)