re: Teach a man to Fish (Fark Board Beginner Questions)

If you have predefined limits, try to think about the image dimensions as a canvas. That is the space that you have to "paint." Think what you want to include and how to optimize the space available.

This is something with which you are going to get better with practice.

And there isn't a wrong answer, just some things might look better for different applications.

So for this particular case, I would not use the transparency gradient. I would move your guy to the bottom of the image. Then I would put the bike close up near the top. I would put a black rectangle around it. Why? Because you have hard edges of the picture. You can't really blend these to make them look smooth so draw attention to it like you meant for it be be there. Then finish it with the GRIP saying larger in the middle. Maybe add a little color too. Something like this: