Roll 20 Graphic Design Project! :3

Keep in mind that what I say is as one artist to another. Don't take the criticism too harshly and take what advice you think is relevant to you. Since this is your freshman year (and I assume first semester) of graphic design, you probably haven't even touched typography yet, so I'll forgive you for the use of Papyrus. :) Seriously though, you'll find soon enough that that font is nearly as universally despised as Comic Sans. Mostly because it's very hard to read. Decorative fonts always have that problem and Papyrus is really notably bad for that. That font sticks out in all the wrong ways and should be avoided. When you're working on a very busy texture (like the wood paneled floor seen here), you want a font with some weight to it so it stands out and is legible. The web address listed at the bottom is actually incorrect. It's listed as "Http//: <a href="http://www.roll20.net" rel="nofollow">www.roll20.net</a> " where it should have started as "Http://"(technically "https"). These days, you don't even need to advertise the "https://" and a lot of times you can leave off the " <a href="http://www" rel="nofollow">www</a>. " entirely too. As for the d20, The sides aren't very well defined and it looks very flat. It needs some shading and highlighting to give it depth and counter how busy the cover designs are. Because of the busyness, my eyes aren't allowed a chance to rest to be able to make out the subjects of the individual die faces. I'd have recommended lighting a physical d20 (one single, non stippled colored die would be best) and taken a photograph of it. That way you'd not only have a highlight and shadow reference for the sides of the d20, but you'd have a realistic shadow shape to copy from rather than using a layer drop shadow. As for the central face of the die... The tan color really clashes against the rest of the die and I can't quite tell what sort of texture is going on inside it. Splitting the web address isn't a good idea either. You want it all on one line. Outline text is typically illegible and should be avoided. The application name is "Roll20", so you really don't need the ".net" in there. First stuff off the top of my head. Keep it up!

Don't worry about it, Mark. It's a learning process. Always is. You probably still want a serif font, but pick one that's still pleasing to your aesthetic you're going for here AND a thicker font weight. Google has a whole bunch of open source fonts to peruse if you don't want to go hunting online for font sites. As for dice highlight and shading: I'd recommend creating two Adjustment Layers using the Levels feature. Create one adjustment layer for your highlight and one for your shadow and then you can paint on the adjustment layers (like painting on a layer mask) so you don't have to worry about mucking up your current work.

...You know. I distinctly recall one of my first Intro to Photoshop assignments used dice when I was a freshman in art college. Ha! Go figure.

Oh goodness! Lost to the annals of time and deceased hard drives I suspect. I graduated ten years ago. *chuckles* Glad to hear you were able to find your original file.