ignore the M i suck with text
i know i need to fix the color on his face

stock

It's mono, but that's a given.
I suggest don't bother adding text until you get really good, you shouldn't have to worry about people ripping you anyway.
Try look around for tuts and give them a try!

Very mono as mentioned above
Also, try not to center your focals and drop the text for now
Its a little chaotic as well, but not that bad of a tag

You picked a render, that is pretty hard to work with (colors/lighting etc.)

Looking for more attempts from you

thanks fellas
appreciate the words of advice

Sides are kind of boring, try to add something to help with the flow of the piece.

just an update with some improvements

Much better imo, but if you add another color in there, It would look 10x better. The monotone touch to this one (especially the gradient you chose) kills it.
For color combinations and pretty much everything thats crucial in making a decent tag, take a look here: http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=50972641&f=105
The images in there are scaled down, Odin needs to reupload them :/

awesome, I'll have a look at that link when I get home from work