limited to 3 images per post
that's how it is everywhere (except the photography sub)

Remember to hold down shift as you resize images to maintain proportions and avoid skewing it. Here's a compiled hotkey list, which will help your time efficiency.

Tool Hotkeys:
V – Select
M – Marquee
L – Lasso
C – Crop
I – Eyedropper (If you select the tool, click and hold in the workspace, then you can drag anywhere on the screen to sample a color, even outside of Photoshop.)
J – Patch/Healing / Red Eye
B – Brush/Pencil ([ or ] brackets used to increase/decrease size)
S – Stamp (hold Alt to make stamp selection)
E – Eraser
O – Dodge / Burn
P – Pen
T – Text
A – Path (Select)
H – Hand Tool (or hold space bar while dragging screen)
Z – Zoom In/Out , Alt + (mouse scroll) – Zoom In/Out

Useful Hotkeys:
Ctrl + Alt + N – New Document
Ctrl + S – Save , Ctrl + Shift + S – Save As
Ctrl + Q – Quit
Ctrl + Z – Undo/Redo , Ctrl + Alt + Z – Undo Multiple Times , Ctrl + Shift + Z – Redo Multiple Times
Ctrl + Shift + N – New Layer
Ctrl + 0(zero) – Fit to Screen
Shift + (while moving object) – Maintains Alignment
Shift + Alt (while moving object) – Duplicates Object
Ctrl + Alt + I – Brings Up Image Size / Resolution Options
Ctrl + T – Free Transform
Ctrl + A – Select All
Ctrl + D – Deselect
Ctrl + Shift + I – Invert Selection
Ctrl + Left Click Layer on Layer Pallet – Selects Outline of Shape on Layer.
Ctrl + Alt – Fills Layer with Primary Color.
Ctrl + Backspace – Fills Layer with Secondary Color.
Ctrl + E (while selecting multiple layers in the layer pallet) – Merges Layers
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E (while selecting the top layer in layer pallet) – Merges Visible
Ctrl + Shift + .(period) – Increase Type Size , Ctrl + Shift + ,(comma) – Decrease Type Size
Ctrl + Shift + L or C or R – Left-align, Center-align, Right-align Type (cursor must be inside text box)
Ctrl + ; - Show / Hide Guides
Ctrl + R – Show/Hide Ruler
F – Free Roam Layout (click multiple times to cycle through the different layout options)
Alt + ↑ or ↓ or ← or → –Adjust Tracking, Kerning, and Leading of Type (while text is highlighted

thanks man that helps alot actually.

'Non Relentless' on the first and 'Kelz' on the last image are barely readable. Generally speaking you want your text to contrast with your background, even if you're going for something dark themed.

I like the second image but I don't know what you started from. I'm going to assume it's a cut and paste composition. The skull on the right looks like it's floating above the ground though.
You could try to add a shadow underneath it (learn how to work with layers if you want to do this effectively)
I would personally use a soft brush and the right layer blend mode (usually that means multiply when you're talking about shadows. Stay away from drop shadows.

This post was edited by Merscil on Jul 19 2015 01:11pm