DarkBlades First TEXT GFX

First time making a text with CS3. Any criticism would be nice. NO HATE POSTS

EDIT: Here's another:

That shine was a nice touch, I must say xD
Well, you pretty much have the highlight, coloring, and border stuff down; as they are the essentials of text signatures (well, not really highlight, but it works if you're trying to make something metallic and etc.).

However, I notice that there's extra transparent space around the text; you might want to crop it or get CS3 to autocrop it for you, because when you Merge the layers, it'll be bigger most of the time. Of course, you NEVER FLATTEN THE LAYERS if you haven't locked the transparency!!!!!!

'Twas a nice start, Absol ^_^ (I can't call you Dark or Blade because to me that sounds weird o_0)

So, here's a random GIF to applaud you for your efforts.

Spoiler:

Yay ^^ I'm goin' to keep workin' on them ^^