I think you missed his point, Jethawk.
We do like some seriousness around here, and having a character appear to float is just not very impressive to us.
Also, use pngs or bmps, not jpeg, for the image quality is horrible in jpegs.
And cut down on the bright colors.
I do believe map making should be left to someone else. Not to insult you, but for the sake of my eyes, it should be done. You need to make some mini-mods, so that you can get used to modding.
Also, that link goes nowhere.