you should get drunk more often. this is probably your best. tone down on teh dots in the bg and add more to the text besides 'zack'. a light source would work well here
i like the concept, just not the execution. try using a different colour and size for the text so it doesnt stnad out so much, and lower the opac on the scan lines. also there isnt really much of a focal here. do some burning and dodging.
not big on the render effects, theyre too washed out. make the shoulders redder and less black, and lower the lighting ab it. also get rid of the scott gomez text. i love the backgorund though
i love the clean feeling of the howard one, although as SG said, text doesnt really fit. i like how you integrated the text, but i think a different font choice would be better
for the lebron one, it's so original, amazing job. my only problem is the text. looks like it was slapped on at the...