I've been thinking about trying it for a while. Finally got around to it today.

With my name:


No Text:


C&C please.

Edit:
Updates:

White text tilted with no glow:


Smaller white text tilted with glow:



Also comment on the set WIP link in my sig.. =]

NICE JOB! I like this avvy and think its pretty cool! It would take me long time to make something like this 9/10 ! +rep.

Looks better without the name.
Has a light sorce, a good ammount of effects, nice clean border. I like it, 8/10, i'm sure theres some way to incorporrate the name into it.

@Optic: Thanks. Didn't take as long as I thought it would actually.

@Bio: Yeah that's why I posted a copy without text on it because I thought it looked better without. Still going to try to find a good place for it later though.

The text slaughters the avatar.
PM surf about text in avatars, he's VERY helpful.

Looks really nice.

Yeah, it looks better without text.

Messed around with text placement and color:

White text tilted with no glow:


Smaller white text tilted with glow:

No glow looks good. 8/10, nice work with the backround.

Tried to match it with a sig:

V.1:


v.2:

Quit Slaughtering your images with the text, try and use normal fonts.
Arial, somethin plain, it will look better, trust me.