Hay Joan, don't quit making them. You should have seen MY first one.. Fact is, YOU made it and it was a good one I thought. Just keep playing and you will see how far you can advance and have all sorts of ideas that'll keep you busy.. Isn't it fun making them? Remember what I TRY to, the color of the animals I am working with and the background, you want your subject to be the attention getter, the background is only a filler. You want your subject to POP right out at the person seeing it...
I get to playing sometimes and forget that and end up with to much "clutter" in mine...deltte, delete, delete.. recycle bin...DELETE! I find I delete less and less now...