your sprite sigs are lacking.. Make more with renders or stocks, Stocks = ALOT to blur, Liquify, Ripple.. =P
but if you insist doing sprites, Down the opacity on the text it will make the focal point the explosion leading your eyes to the sprite and lastly the text. =)
AND holy shit, I'm suprised the ladder is still going ahaha. Totally just left.. but no more Photoshop for me O.o not until i get my own computer again FUCKING family computers are lame