I don't allow meanies in my forum lol. Well until you get better and understand why I'm griping at you :D
I have to admit from when you first started to now, you've improved a bit, especially in color choice. I like the first one a lot. As your still a High Beginner, getting to Novice, I can seriously critique right, but merely guide.
Keep experiementing, while all pieces may look the same to you, it's just about diversifiying your style that you have now, and will develop later. I'm going ot make a conscious effort to create GIMP tuts and link people to helpful ones here, so watch for those. Main thing about it, have fun. Something I've been having to do.
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