Wow, this is really fitting and creative. Nice idea!
The image itself could use some improvements, however. Your gradients have no hue shifting or saturation variety, and this could use some anti-aliasing. This tutorial may be helpful to you: http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299. After reading it, I suggest that you look at how good artists do it and study it.
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Wow, this is really fitting and creative. Nice idea!
The image itself could use some improvements, however. Your gradients have no hue shifting or saturation variety, and this could use some anti-aliasing. This tutorial may be helpful to you: http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299. After reading it, I suggest that you look at how good artists do it and study it.