Any and all suggestions and critique welcome

[Vafann]

I don´t know how to fix this, I want to learn how to make typography posters and things so I´m experimenting, but this looks totally wrong to me, the picture is too "smokey" I think and the text doesn´t match. I tried using a paper texture underneath, but that just made it worse so I took it out.

I´ll take any help I can get.

[luna]

When doing a poster or Wallpaper first start with radial gradien that gives you a focus light,then put a texture(old paper)try color burn lajer blending mode.Regarding brushes attempt to control them better(try using lajer mask removing brushes where they are not needed)maybe put some behind the model(now the model is barely seen) are you doing this by tutorial?

[Vafann]

When doing a poster or Wallpaper first start with radial gradien that gives you a focus light,then put a texture(old paper)try color burn lajer blending mode.Regarding brushes attempt to control them better(try using lajer mask removing brushes where they are not needed)maybe put some behind the model(now the model is barely seen) are you doing this by tutorial?

Thank you Luna! No It´s not by tutorial, I´m just trying things out, I did have an old paper texture on it, but I don´t think it worked. I´ll go get it and show you.

[Vafann]

Ok, this is what I did first with paper texture and less "smoke", but now the text looks "naked".

[luna]

Put a few examples of posters that you try to make,You can change color of text via layer style(gradinent overlay for example)and maybe change the shape of via free transform-warp

[luna]

and maybe change the shape of smoke via free transform-warp

[Vafann]

Ok, I´ll try . I have put every letter on a diffrent layer, and changed the size by scaling and moved them to how they are now. I will try free transform but it´s going to be a pain to change the color and warp of every letter lol. I need to learn things though, so this is good, thank you!

[luna]

I thought that you use warp on smoke not on Text ,

[Vafann]

I thought that you use warp on smoke not on Text ,

I put the text together so I could change it without doing it one by one, I warped the smoke and changed the color a bit. Is this better?

[luna]

That it is better,but i still can not see what you trying to get Can you describe?(how you imagined this composition)