Can Anybody Suggest Improvements?, Again, sorry! Options

[skyerawr]

I found out how to do the image effect & i just had to see if it would work in a layout.
I'm at a loss with the rest of it though. This is all i can seem to come up with and it's really too simple.

Ideas/Feedback much appreciated.

[JonHMChan]

Perhaps it is too gridded (not the grid lines specifically, it looks blocky). It seems as though you just had an image, then a place for navigation, then content, very cookie-cutter style without any sort of integration. It takes a bit more work, but I think you can do it - take a look at a few tutorials on div layers. Also, I think you fonts could be better; they look a little slapped-on as the very standard fonts that people would use (esp. the gray text).